Zombie Fran

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Kale issue #1 FOR SALE!

Hey everyone! The dust has settled a bit so I now have time to post sale information for Kale issue #1 :D

Kale: Lost & Found is about a young woman named Kale who is training to be a knight. Her mentor, Lady Karenthia, is kidnapped. Kale meets up with old friends and new ones as she tries to rescue her mentor, and find out why she was taken, and by who.

I have 28 copies available. Each book is 'manga sized' at 7.5" x 5 3/16". The cover is colored while the inside pages are black and white. There are 48 pages total. They include the comic, an extra comic, never before seen artwork, and fanart. I will sign and doodle in each one, and each will come with a random bookmark of a character from the book. They will be $7 including shipping in the US. If there are any inquiries for the book out of the US I will calculate shipping cost along the way.










If you'd like to buy a comic then please send an email to fran_rowan(at)yahoo(dot)com. Please title the email 'Kale Comic' so that I know it's not spam. Please list your name, how many books you'd like, what character you'd like me to doodle in it if you have a preference, and your shipping address. I will reply with an invoice and my paypal address. Please pay within a week of receiving the invoice so I can get it shipped off to you as soon as I can. I don't have a car so I have to make means ahead of time to get shipping supplies and get to the post office. Please keep this in mind, however I will do my best to get books shipped as soon as possible!
Thank you everyone for sticking with me while I worked on this book over the last year! Now it's on to issue #2!


The books were printed by Ka-blam! who did an AWESOME job,were very helpful, and have great customer service. I highly recommend them to anyone wanting to self publish their comics.

Work Work Work this Weekend

Hey everyone!
Aside from my portfolio project that I posted previously, I have been busy with more school work! Game Design in perticular. Here's what I've been working on:


Redesign of the tunnel level. Darker version vs. lighter to show details. Also a scale of how tall the entry ways really are.



I hate ships right now :< I'll map out the bottom half of the ship but not for right now. I'm going to get some more landscape/areas done next and get started on the game booklet. Also hoping Unity will download on my iMac properly so I can render some of the island for it too :D


Here's the box art after I received critique and changed it. I like it a lot better now.

So after all that work I managed to find time to draw myself something. Particularly Ramla (my Scion:Hero RP character). She's been bugging me to draw her all week :P

Looking forward to coloring her. Also as much as I love that hand gesture, it is a bitch to draw without looking weird :/ Hands are weird...

Also finished a drawing of Alencia before I went out for the weekend.

I missed doing black and white contrast with ink so I went for it. Thumbnailed it in my sketchbook and threw it down on bristol board. My fingers were, and still are stained with ink. I've missed that :)

Back to classes tomorrow, stay tuned for more work! I should have some ATCs coming up soon :D

For my senior portfolio class I've been working on a fake cover for Cereal:Geek magazine. Its' a magazine that specializes in animation from the 1980s. The theme for my fake issue is Girl's Cartoons of the 1980's. I was a child of the 90's, while I was exposed to 80's cartoons I still missed out on a lot of them that my friends who have lived in the US their whole lives grew up with.
For this project I did some research to find the most popular and well loved girl's toons of that era. I found Rainbow Bright, She-Ra, Lady Lovely Locks, and JEM. I LOVE JEM. I had heard of her but never seen the show before. After some searching on YouTube my room mate and I watched a playlist of Jem 'music videos' from the show. I love the animation, and the styling, and the music is actually really fun. I wish I could have dressed up as Jem for Halloween. Maybe next year... I also added toons from my own childhood in My Little Pony, Care Bears, Strawberry Shortcake, and Bianca from Beverly Hills Teens. (I enjoyed that last show more than I should have :P)
I ran through some scenarios for the cover including a slumber party, arm wrestling, and a reunion. I decided to go with the reunion scenario and try to portray the characters as if they and aged since the 80's.

Here is my value study, line work, and the finished cover.




I had fun doing this, but I'm also glad its' done :P My mom caught a mistake on it and I thought I'd have to start over part of it but I was able to fix it.

Now I'm off to have dinner. Have a good weekend everyone!
I'll have a new illustration to share when I get back!

Neko Madness!

Hey everyone! I thought I'd take a break from the hectic and downright rage-inducing day I've been having at school to drop some updates for you!

Nekocon was pretty awesome. It was a great experience, and while I didn't sell very much I learned a lot and it's not going to deter me from getting a table in the Artist Alley next year. I didn't get to go any panels but a lot of my friends visited me at my table which was great. That and my brother from another mother, El Goro of 'Talk Without Rhythm Podcast', drove down all the way from Ohio to see us :D He had promised me a long time ago that when I get my first AA table he will be there. And he was <3 I was also visited by friends from school and my friend Michelle who cosplayed as Kale from my comic book that I was selling there. I have awesome friends C:

Here is a photo of the table. We have decided that we will have bigger displays next year, and more art in general. We're also hoping to have the 'Or Maybe Not' comics printed up along with some buttons! A friend of mine offered her press for us to use so I think next year we will.


Some pictures of the merch, ganked from facebook since my original photos are on the laptop.




Kale cosplay!

She looks so good ;_; We took a cosplay photo together at the photo booth there (I was dressed as Alencia from my comic as she appears in the first issue, so sans tunic). I might scan the other photo later.

While at the table I decided to keep busy and draw. I would slip each new piece into my portfolio as I finished them. Some of them I may make little prints or buttons out of for next year.


Lil' Conqour for Ryan. Conqour is an out of work B-Movie monster and the star of some of Ryan's original short films. He has such a big personality!


There were lots of steampunks around the con so I drew this lovely lady up. I used some metalic gold gel pen to add shiny bits to her.


A chibi maid.


Chibi Cthulhu. At least he's not happy about it.
I think I'm going to do a nicer Cthulhu print next year...



Disgruntled Lolita. The quote is from 'Return of the Living Dead.' The guy saying it was talking about Punk, but I think it applies so easily to Lolita. Love it!


A gift for Michelle. After her Kale cosplay she went to a Sailor Moon meet up (casual clothing cosplay) as Chibi-moon so I drew Chibi-moon in the outfit she wore to the meet up. I'm quite proud of it, but I would like to do a different background when I get some time.


BEST COMMISSION EVAR. HANDS DOWN.
Done for Ian. He asked for Teddy Roosevelt punching sasquatch in the head. And he got it.

Some of these are going up on DA soon, but for now, I have work to do ;_;
See you later if school doesn't eat me up first!

HEY GUYS. I HAVE A COMIC BOOK! 8D