HEK TREASURY

Full page process video - real time.
over 4 years ago – Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 04:06:56 PM

By (semi)popular request...! I posted a real-time video of me painting a page from the HEK Treasury...I put it on youtube just now -- along with a bunch of other process videos of other projects...check out the HEK page here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un8BUIcPh2E&feature=youtu.be

(and hit subscribe while you're there -- to get more updates if you're interested in process and day-in-the-life of a cartoonist/writer type of videos.

Thanks again! Hope everyone is staying safe and healthy!

-matt

Progress and process!
almost 5 years ago – Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 12:23:53 AM

At HEK studio our careers have kept us at a social distance for years...so things seem very much the same in some respects. The best stress-reliever? Art...art as therapy...it works. If you have some extra time this week - break out some watercolors and try your hand at it. The beauty of watercolor, for me, is the fact that it can't be controlled. You can gently suggest what it does -- but you're also kind of along for the ride. The fun is seeing what it does and what happens and how the colors react to each other. Put some water down first...and then drops some paint into it while it's still wet. Control what you can control. Do everything within your power...and the rest of it will take care of itself.

Hope everyone is well...here's a process video of me painting one panel from one page of the HEK book. I've painted 25 of the 60 pages -- and should have the remaining 40 or so pages done by early next week. Then lettering...then done...and to the printer. Much more to come!

-matt

We're getting there!
almost 5 years ago – Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 01:22:30 AM

I, personally, have 2 more pages to pencil/ink and then I'll be done with all the line-art! It's been a long time coming - but nearly there. I think, as a studio, we just kept adding pages as we wanted/needed them. Total freedom is an amazing thing.

Below -- a few more pages from me and Brian's collaboration story. Next week I'll start posting some inked pages and some painting process videos if you guys are interested. Thanks again for the support! We really appreciate the positivity and encouragement. None of these stories or any of this art would have happened without all of you taking part.

-matt

We're nearly there!
almost 5 years ago – Thu, Feb 06, 2020 at 12:54:17 AM

We apologize for the radio silence over the holidays...it was...the holidays. But the good news is we have all had our heads down and been working on finishing up the art for the book! We are nearly there -- 

Marie is done and coloring her pages - which look amazing - the best work she's ever done. I love seeing her style applied to sci-fi. It's so crazy.

I am about 15 pages from being done with all of the line art and then it's only 3 weeks of painting and then I'll be done.

And Brian is...insane -- I've never seen pages as detailed and action-packed in my life. If you thought you knew how good he is? You have no idea -- these pages he's doing have transcended anything he's done before. I'll talk him into posting some teaser images soon!

We're on target for having all art assets will be done by the end of February and then it's off to the printer! We'll be posting more process/art in the next few weeks. 

Also - these images are for a bonus story that Brian and I collaborated on - we plotted it together, I scripted, he penciled and inked it - and I painted it. It was a bonus story we thought up while working on the book - that wasn't supposed to be part of the book -- which is why we're taking a little longer to get finished - we're adding some bonus story!

Thanks for the support!

-matt kindt

THANK YOU! (and one more thing)
over 5 years ago – Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 07:27:16 PM

Hoo-boy.  We can't thank everyone enough for the overwhelming support on this project.  Your passion for comics has coalesced with our own to help us create this book that is very special to us here at HEK Studio.  Now that the all-consuming campaign is over we can turn ourselves to the hard--but FUN--work of finishing this book.  We'll be updating everyone regularly throughout the process with behind the scenes art, etc.  And, if you aren't already aware, HEK Studio also has a Patreon where we post sketches, process pieces, and other art (https://www.patreon.com/hek_studio).

And LASTLY, we came SOOO close to that last stretch goal of adding an additional 10 pages of content that we've decided that we're going to do it anyway!

Again, thanks SO much for your support on this dream project!  We'll talk soon!