http://browse.deviantart.com/journals/?order=5&q=by%3Acraigcermak deviantART RSS for in:journals sort:time by:craigcermak en-us Copyright 2013, deviantART.com Wed, 22 May 2013 16:58:59 PDT deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://st.deviantart.net/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/Open-for-Commissions-369416118 http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/Open-for-Commissions-369416118 Fri, 03 May 2013 08:23:46 PDT Open for Commissions nonadult journals/personal craigcermak http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/craigcermak.jpg?2 Copyright 2013 ~craigcermak
Also, the C2E2 show was great and it was nice to meet so many kind people. If you were one of them, thanks for coming by!

-Craig ]]> http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/C2E2-and-Art-for-Sale-366445037 http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/C2E2-and-Art-for-Sale-366445037 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:21:35 PDT C2E2 and Art for Sale nonadult journals/personal craigcermak http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/craigcermak.jpg?2 Copyright 2013 ~craigcermak
I'll have way too much art with me, copies of Voltron Year One and Red Team, and prints. I look forward to seeing any of you there! Come by and say hello.

Also, I have over a hundred pages of Voltron Year One and they're looking for a caring home (I've neglected them...) so if anyone is interested in purchasing any, feel free to send me a note. Red Team pages are available as well. I have a Comic Art Fans account with my original art th ]]> http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/RED-TEAM-Release-and-Store-Signing-349451745 http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/RED-TEAM-Release-and-Store-Signing-349451745 Sat, 19 Jan 2013 19:19:13 PST RED TEAM, Release and Store Signing nonadult journals/personal craigcermak http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/craigcermak.jpg?2 Copyright 2013 ~craigcermak
I'll be doing a store signing in Chicago on Feb 6th at Graham Crackers Comics Loop location, for the release of Red Team. More info here: http://www.grahamcrackers.com/events.htm

Thank ]]> http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/WWChicago-Comic-Con-Voltron-Year-One-4-319526345 http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/WWChicago-Comic-Con-Voltron-Year-One-4-319526345 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 23:30:22 PDT WWChicago Comic-Con + Voltron Year One #4 nonadult journals/personal craigcermak http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/craigcermak.jpg?2 Copyright 2012-2013 ~craigcermak
More info about the Chicago show here: http://www.wizardworld.com/home-ch.html

AND this Wednesday Voltron Year One #4 is released and you can see a preview here: http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=preview&id=13187

If you pick up a copy I'll think you're the coolest.

Thanks for all the faves, comments, and such! Much a ]]> http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/Russ-Manning-Award-Nomination-313608640 http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/Russ-Manning-Award-Nomination-313608640 Mon, 09 Jul 2012 11:02:03 PDT Russ Manning Award Nomination... nonadult journals/personal craigcermak http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/craigcermak.jpg?2 Copyright 2012-2013 ~craigcermak
Very surprised and very honored to be nominated for the Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award this year. I cannot express my gratitude to my friend and Voltron Year One writer Brandon Thomas and Dynamite Entertainment for taking a chance on me. Thanks to ALL OF YOU who've been supporting me all these years and following my work. You're the best, as well. I've been losing my mind over this. Good news makes me panic. Congrats to all the other artists who were nominated as well. All very talented and much deserving of the ]]> http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/Voltron-Year-1-2-Preview-FCBD-signing-299298827 http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/Voltron-Year-1-2-Preview-FCBD-signing-299298827 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:46:49 PDT Voltron Year 1 #2 Preview + FCBD signing nonadult journals/personal craigcermak http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/craigcermak.jpg?2 Copyright 2012-2013 ~craigcermak
I put together the 2 page spread for easier viewing:
http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3b1xc4hhb1qbkasuo2_1280.jpg

Saw colors for Issue 3 and colorist Adriano Lucas did an incredible job, as usual. He's always making me look better than I deserve. I think I dropped the ball a bunch in issue 2, but I stepped it up a bit for 3, and I'm really pushing it for issue 4. We'll see what others think. So far everyone else disagrees with me, but I'm a cranky old man inside, so what can ya do.

Also, I'll be doing a Free ]]> http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/C2E2-Signings-and-Artists-Alley-295635375 http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/C2E2-Signings-and-Artists-Alley-295635375 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:00:12 PDT C2E2 Signings and Artists Alley nonadult journals/personal craigcermak http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/craigcermak.jpg?2 Copyright 2012-2013 ~craigcermak
As well as manning the art table at times, I'll be doing some signings at the Voltron booth and even a Voltron panel. The Voltron booth is Booth #430 and I'll be signing alongside friend and writer of Voltron Year One, Brandon Thomas. So come by!

FRIDAY-

5:00-6:00 (Booth #430)

SATURDAY-

11:00-12:00 (Booth #430)

3:15-4:15 (Room #S401abc) - VOLTRON: FORM BLAZING COMIC ]]> http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/Voltron-Year-One-1-out-Wed-and-C2E2-info-293546554 http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/Voltron-Year-One-1-out-Wed-and-C2E2-info-293546554 Sun, 01 Apr 2012 12:25:25 PDT Voltron: Year One #1 out Wed and C2E2 info nonadult journals/personal craigcermak http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/craigcermak.jpg?2 Copyright 2012-2013 ~craigcermak
Check out a colored preview of VOLTRON YEAR ONE here:
http://www.newsarama.com/php/multimedia/album_view.php?gid=4058&page=2

Thanks for your interest and support!
-Craig

PS For the time being I'm not taking any commission requests due to a tremendous workload. I've a commission or two I still need to get to from months ago (Y ]]> http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/Voltron-Year-One-for-Dynamite-Entertainment-280279608 http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/Voltron-Year-One-for-Dynamite-Entertainment-280279608 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:55:50 PST Voltron: Year One for Dynamite Entertainment! nonadult journals/personal craigcermak http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/craigcermak.jpg?2 Copyright 2012-2013 ~craigcermak
and I'm happy to say that I'm the artist on the book!

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/01/19/dynamite-publish-voltron-year-one/

This is a big leap for me, my first professional penciling/inking job with a major comics publisher! Excited and nervous and anxious are all understatements. I got the job in November, couldn't say anything about it, currently working on the 2nd issue, and hope anyone who's followed my work online will now follow it come April when this new series hits the stands!

Even better, it's written by ]]> http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/Open-for-Commissions-258129979 http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/Open-for-Commissions-258129979 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:15:55 PDT Open for Commissions nonadult journals/personal craigcermak http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/craigcermak.jpg?2 Copyright 2011-2013 ~craigcermak
Prices can vary but here are the basics:

$70 for a fully penciled and inked 11x17 splash/cover image with up to 3 characters - anymore characters and it goes up in price accordingly. You can add $20 for grey tones, if you'd like.

Example a) http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d480gnu Example b) http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d482ecm

$40 for a single character penciled/inked/grey tones, with minimal background/design on 11x14

Ex ]]> http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/Vitruvian-Underground-Kickstarter-253589012 http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/Vitruvian-Underground-Kickstarter-253589012 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 02:50:52 PDT Vitruvian Underground Kickstarter! nonadult journals/personal craigcermak http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/craigcermak.jpg?2 Copyright 2011-2013 ~craigcermak
While a small print run was made exclusively for the Chicago Comic Con this past weekend, we want to raise funds to get a big print run of our first issue that'll include the main story written/colored by Ramon, penciled/inked/lettered by me and a back up story written by Kris Krause and illustrated by Ramon, that we can distribute to any comic store that'll have us, allow us to bring copies to many conventions, and to sell them on our own online store, and then from the money made from selling those and any additional money from the Kickstarter will go into ]]> http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/Chicago-Comic-Con-Aug-11th-14th-252090969 http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/Chicago-Comic-Con-Aug-11th-14th-252090969 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 09:41:26 PDT Chicago Comic Con - Aug. 11th-14th! nonadult journals/personal craigcermak http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/craigcermak.jpg?2 Copyright 2011-2013 ~craigcermak
the very FIRST issue of Vitruvian Underground! 22 full color pages! All the art by lil' ol' me!

Yes, that's right, I've got a very limited print run of the first issue of the new series by myself and co-creator/writer/colorist Ramon Villalobos! I'm incredibly relieved to have copies, as it's been a very long road of hard work, so please come by, say hello, and get yourself a copy!

Thanks and hope to see some of you there!

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/ ]]> http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/Vitruvian-Underground-Web-comic-244793328 http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/Vitruvian-Underground-Web-comic-244793328 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 14:29:37 PDT Vitruvian Underground Web-comic nonadult journals/personal craigcermak http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/craigcermak.jpg?2 Copyright 2011-2013 ~craigcermak
Been working on this for awhile now and while we'll have the actual full-length book available in August we're also putting up a page a week, to hopefully entice readers! So be enticed! Please! Or don't and risk making me unhappy...

The first page is up today, so check it out on our site here:
http://www.vitruvianunderground.com/craigcermak/webcomic.html

Also you can follow us on facebook here: ht ]]> http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/Vitruvian-Update-217912816 http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/Vitruvian-Update-217912816 Sat, 18 Jun 2011 09:39:11 PDT Vitruvian Update! nonadult journals/personal craigcermak http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/craigcermak.jpg?2 Copyright 2011-2013 ~craigcermak
Wanted to let everyone know that my friend :iconglantern133: and I have been putting up countless updates on the news site for our creator-owned comic book, the Vitruvian Underground! We're very happy with what we've accomplished so far and we're really hoping others will check it out and enjoy it as well.

Vitruvian Tumblr page: http://vitruvianunderground.tumblr.com/

We're a few weeks away (maybe sooner) from completion and we'll be posting our publishing plans soon! Until then please follow us on our tumblr page and/or facebook page

Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/vitruvianunderground  --like us, please!

I'll start post ]]> http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/Graduation-and-Big-Apple-Con-218657586 http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/Graduation-and-Big-Apple-Con-218657586 Fri, 20 May 2011 15:19:39 PDT Graduation and Big Apple Con nonadult journals/personal craigcermak http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/craigcermak.jpg?2 Copyright 2011-2013 ~craigcermak
So to kick things off, I'll be at the New York Big Apple Comic Con this weekend! Should be a fun show, I'll have prints available, some original art, and I will be doing some sketches/commissions. Also will have a preview of the Vitruvian Underground. So please stop by and say hello! Would love to me ]]> http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/The-Vitruvian-Underground-219283308 http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/The-Vitruvian-Underground-219283308 Sat, 23 Apr 2011 09:12:12 PDT The Vitruvian Underground nonadult journals/personal craigcermak http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/craigcermak.jpg?2 Copyright 2011-2013 ~craigcermak
VitruvianUnderground.com

and on Facebook (there's a link from the main site to facebook also):

Vitruvian Underground on Facebook

Thanks again! ]]> http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/Miranda-Mercury-on-Amazon-219574792 http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/Miranda-Mercury-on-Amazon-219574792 Sun, 10 Apr 2011 08:50:18 PDT Miranda Mercury on Amazon nonadult journals/personal craigcermak http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/craigcermak.jpg?2 Copyright 2011-2013 ~craigcermak
As of right now this'll be the first time I'm printed professionally (unless something else comes out before hand - Some projects are up in the air at the moment).

So please support us, and insure we all get to do more with this series!!
Miranda Mercury on Am ]]> http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/Taciturnus-No-More-223464614 http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/Taciturnus-No-More-223464614 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 17:14:21 PDT Taciturnus No More! nonadult journals/personal craigcermak http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/craigcermak.jpg?2 Copyright 2010-2013 ~craigcermak
I'm now in my third and FINAL year at the Joe Kubert School in NJ. It's great - I love my class, the instructors, the thrill of trying to get into comics, and being able to draw all the time. I've discovered a lot about myself artistically these past few years and only recently have I felt things start to change for the best. I'm seeing my flaws and trying to make my i ]]> http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/School-and-Art-on-eBay-230644493 http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/School-and-Art-on-eBay-230644493 Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:11:10 PDT School and Art on eBay nonadult journals/personal craigcermak http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/craigcermak.jpg?2 Copyright 2009-2013 ~craigcermak
In the meantime, my latest piece is currently on eBay and is ending Sunday night.
For anyone interested, here's the link of Joker's Birthday Party Original art for sale: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=130332426697&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT#ht_500wt_938

Thanks for the support and stopping by!
Craig ]]> http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/Chicago-Con-09-231470799 http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/Chicago-Con-09-231470799 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:33:13 PDT Chicago Con '09 nonadult journals/personal craigcermak http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/craigcermak.jpg?2 Copyright 2009-2013 ~craigcermak
Looking forward ]]> http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/Thanks-everyone-232287895 http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/Thanks-everyone-232287895 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:31:19 PDT Thanks everyone! nonadult journals/personal craigcermak http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/craigcermak.jpg?2 Copyright 2009-2013 ~craigcermak http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/School-s-out-time-for-work-232677248 http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/School-s-out-time-for-work-232677248 Tue, 19 May 2009 11:59:12 PDT School's out, time for work! nonadult journals/personal craigcermak http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/craigcermak.jpg?2 Copyright 2009-2013 ~craigcermak
Now I'm on my way to completing Veritas, written by Joshua Pantalleresco. Barely 2 pages left and then I'm on to the second issue! We hope to have the first issue available this summer and I hope to have copies at the Chicago Comic Convention in August where I'm getting an Artist's Alley table for the first ]]> http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/Art-for-Sale-233374637 http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/Art-for-Sale-233374637 Sun, 29 Mar 2009 10:27:37 PDT Art for Sale nonadult journals/personal craigcermak http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/craigcermak.jpg?2 Copyright 2009-2013 ~craigcermak
http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/craigscomicshoppe_W0QQ_nkwZQQ_armrsZ1QQ_fromZQQ_mdoZ

I'm also open to do commissions. PM if you're interested.Thanks! ]]> http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/Hmmm-234055752 http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/Hmmm-234055752 Sun, 08 Feb 2009 00:08:08 PST Hmmm... nonadult journals/personal craigcermak http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/craigcermak.jpg?2 Copyright 2009-2013 ~craigcermak http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/Homesick-Short-Story-237462180 http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/Homesick-Short-Story-237462180 Mon, 19 May 2008 17:48:00 PDT Homesick! -Short Story nonadult journals/personal craigcermak http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/craigcermak.jpg?2 Copyright 2008-2013 ~craigcermak
http://falloutriz.blogspot.com/2008/05/homesick.html

Let me know what you think! :D ]]> http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/Kubert-School-238680922 http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/Kubert-School-238680922 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:16:53 PST Kubert School nonadult journals/personal craigcermak http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/craigcermak.jpg?2 Copyright 2008-2013 ~craigcermak
...and I was accepted.

Today's a pretty nice day. I feel more encouraged than ever to continue illustrating.

Thanks to all those who've left comments and critiques! It pushes me to try harder and I'm glad I did. :) ]]> http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/Liberty-Girl-1st-Published-Work-239026775 http://craigcermak.deviantart.com/journal/Liberty-Girl-1st-Published-Work-239026775 Wed, 26 Dec 2007 21:14:41 PST Liberty Girl - 1st Published Work! nonadult journals/personal craigcermak http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/c/r/craigcermak.jpg?2 Copyright 2007-2013 ~craigcermak
http://www.heroicpub.com/previews/lx02.php

Many moons ago I penciled 6 pages for a Libery Girl story, had them professionally inked by the talented Rob Jones, and then sent to the company - who in turn presented me with a check (Cha-CHING!) - and now here it is for pre-order!!!

I'm super excited, obviously. This will be my first published work and I pray it won't be the last. I've always wanted to do nothing but illustrate comics so this is that first step to being able to do it professionally.

Anyways, if you are able PLEASE show support by pre-ordering either through the site or waiting for it to show in the Diamond Previ ]]>