Kenny Keil: A Process of Awesomeness
I put up a review of a hilarious comic entitled Tales to Suffice the other day. What I had thought to be the work of many writers and illustrators, to my surprise and admiration, was actually crafted by one man. His name is Kenny Keil and he has a blog with one of the best names I’ve ever heard. It’s called AWESOMENOMICON and you should all go check it out, for a couple of reasons.
Number one, is that he’s been kind enough to link to our review of his comic. Which is cool because, well, who the hell would have thought that would happen? When a comic book creator deems you worthy of mention…shit yeah, we appreciate that.
Number two, and the far more worthy reason, is to check out an article that Mr. Keil has posted regarding his process in creating the awesome cover for Tales to Suffice. I’m a big fan of the inner workings of artists and craftsman. I don’t care if we’re talking game designers making levels, animated specials being created, how special sci fi movie effects work or seeing some poor college drop-out draw the latest poster at Starbucks. I’m all about seeing the creative process in action and I find it inspiring.
Kenny shows the step by step methods and programs he used to bring that bad ass “robot destroying a city” cover to life. It’s worth a look to see how that beauty came to pass. After checking that out, I start regretting that we only pay in chicken sandwiches around here. I’m betting Mr. Keil could make a couple of BAD ASS visual editions to the Robot Panic.
So, go buy the comic and then show some love to Mr. Kenny Keil and check out his site!
