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Gencon was a blast as always. It was great to see all of the artists again. One of my Harajuku Zombies paintings won the Artist Guest of Honor Tom Baxa's juror's choice award.
The gallery show at Rotofugi went well also. sold a few drawings. There's still some pieces left, so if you want some cool zombie art go to http://rotofugi.com/gallery/exhibits/ChicagoVariety2010/ and pick up one of the remaining pieces.

The opening for the Harajuku Zombies at the rotofugi gallery will be held on Friday, August 13th. Check out their site at http://www.rotofugigallery.com. I will also be at Gencon in Indy the weekend before, from August 5th-8th promoting Ink Bloom.

Great news,
I will be premiering the Harajuku Zombies at the prestigious Rotofugi Gallery in Chicago in August. When I find out the exact date I'll post it right away. I'm very excited about it.

Check out their gallery at http://rotofugi.com/gallery/

Since we're nearing the release date of Ink Bloom I've uploaded some of my art from the book in the books section, so check it out.
I've also been working on a series of personal pieces called the Harajuku Zombies that you can see in the Concept Sketches section. I may have some very exciting news about them soon.
We debuted Ink Bloom at the C2E2 show in Chicago this weekend and the feedback was tremendous. It was a very exciting show for Chris and me.

Hey everybody,
The official website for the new book is up and fully operational. Check it out at http://www.inkbloomadventure.com

I'm excited to announce the official website for Ink Bloom. Check it out at http://www.inkbloomadventure.com.

Right now it's just a homepage, but Chris' brother Dan has some great ideas for the site. We'll let you know once it launches.

Also the Ink Bloom blog http://www.hachihachimitsu.blogspot.com has a whole new look. Thanks Dan. It looks sweet.

The layout of the book is coming along nicely. Guy at Impact is doing a fantastic job, and the book should be ready to go to the printer at the end of the month. We're really excited on this end.

Jim

Chris and my creation has broken free and started her own Facebook page. Such a precocious youth, although technically she's much older than me.

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Scott Purdy [http://www.scottpurdy.net] has started a blog [http://beautifulflesh.blogspot.com/?zx=f3a3abe5b09eae3f] of zombie portraits, and was kind enough to ask me to join. Pop on over to see some really cool and disturbing art.

The pieces that I will be showing on this blog are paintings I am doing to fill a void left by the soul sucking effects of 15 years of freelance illustration. I hope to move these pieces into the lowbrow art scene, and perhaps to put out a book of these images with Scott.
The theme of these paintings, as the title of this post exclaims, is Harajuku Zombies. Harajuku Zombies are a combination of the two great passions of my life. 1) Zombies 2) Japanese pop culture. I want to combine the sickeningly sweet with the just plain sickening. I will also be throwing in all kinds of references to manga and anime, so if you are a fan keep your eyes peeled.

For those off you who do not know, Harajuku is a small area in Tokyo next to the Meiji Shrine. It is the epicenter of Tokyo fashion, and is a gathering place for the youth of Tokyo who show off their style and individuality. If you go there on a Sunday you will see some sights that will really blow your mind.

Hey all,
I'll be teaching a class at Horrorbles, a really awesome horror collectibles store in Berwyn. The theme will be Fantasy, Horror & Zombie Graphic Illustration. It will run on two consecutive Wednesdays starting November 11th, from 7PM to 9PM. The cost is $25 and you have to provide your own materials. If you are interested in checking it out contact me directly or John at Horrorbles. His website is http://www.horrorbles.com

Hopefully I'll see some of you there.

Jim

Back from Gen Con. Had a great time seeing friends and fellow artists. I had the great honor of winning 3rd place in the art show for the painting I did for Dark Horse's Knights of the Old Republic #46, which should be out in a couple of months. You can check the piece out in the illustration gallery.

Good friend and Ink Bloom contributor Chris Seaman won the Best In Show honors, which he greatly deserved for all of the kick ass work he's done this year. We also showcased a couple of pieces of art from Ink Bloom, which generated quite a bit of buzz.

It was a great time. Can't wait for next year.

Jim

Chris and I will be debuting our first finished Ink Bloom artwork at the Gen Con Art Show this weekend, August 13-16. If you're going to be there stop by the art show and check it out.

Once we're back from the show we will be able to talk more freely about the project on the blog, http://hachihachimitsu.blogspot.com , and give some additional sneak peeks there as well.

Hope to see you there,

Jim

Hell Beasts just got a really great review, and I got a gallery of my stuff up over at http://HorrorNews.net.

Here's the links.
Check out the review at http://www.horrornews.net/book_reviews/html/Hell_Beasts.htm

Check out the artwork at http://www.horrornews.net/Horror_Arts/horror_arts_frameset.htm and look for my name on the right hand side of the page and click on it.

The new issue of Imagine FX is out, and we're all very excited. I had a really great time doing a break down of a female super hero. You can get the magazine at any major bookstore, or check them out online at http://www.imaginefx.com.

I got my first major comic cover. It's a Star Wars cover for Dark Horse. I'm really excited about it, and hope that it leads to more comic work. I'll reveal more as the project gets farther along.

Also, Ink Bloom has been bumped up to 160 pages, and will have a DVD included with it showing Chris drawing. That's a lot of bang for the buck.

Well, my publisher, Impact Books, turned Hell Beasts into an art kit. It comes with pencils, paper, eraser, blending stump, and all kinds of cool stuff. It's really cool, only bad thing is that they neglected to tell me they did it. It wasn't until a friend called and said he saw it at Barnes and Noble that I knew anything about it. So, it's out there, go get it. Here's a link. Hope you like it.

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/How-to-Draw-Hell-Beasts/Jim-Pavelec/e/9781435111707/?itm=3