Bunny Boy

(well, he's probably cumming right now, but coming to PRINT soon)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Missing Cat: FAT Fridaze YR 2 Banner Retrospective/Making of Part 1

A lot of the format of FAT Fridaze has been due to the way blogspot is set up. That is why I chose to do a vertical strip as opposed to horizontal. I also wanted to insure that people could read the strip easily on their phone. I've been using banners like comic book covers since none of the strips have been printed yet to just move the story along. (Can't wait to print a book of FAT Fridaze sketches, drawings and banners some day :)))

This time I did the banner a different way... it's an actual whole image as opposed to just drawings of a few characters with a background thrown in. I drew this image with pencil, then went over it with a black colored pencil (shown below) then without doing any fill I hand colored it on Photoshop, I was really thrilled with how the texture and color worked together :)

Below are FF2's banner art so far... I already have the next 2 finished... Thanks for letting me take you guys on this little journey with me... and thanks again for reading and supporting!! 

To read FAT Fridaze, click .....      HERE

Happy Holidaze

Here is last year's (anti)Holiday Strip... 

HAPPY HOLIDAZE EVERYONE!! <3 p="p">

UPDAAATE!!!

I haven't made any blog posts in a while so I thought I would just talk about what I'm working on these days and go from there... it sucks because I am working working working (hermit alert) on content but so many things are unfinished/not copy written etc that I don't have much to show at the moment... I'm hoping to have several treats to print next year...

I'm presently working on about 7 completely different comics/comic series (all at different stages)... one of which just hit it's 10 year anniversary since I started it in high school with a friend (teaser picture above)... I've never had the money to print so it had been laying around unfinished (only seen by family and close friends)... I honestly never planned on releasing it it was just such a fun project I couldn't stop working on it... I presently have about 16 15+ page issues (with several more planned out), most finished, some still needing color, pencils, ink etc... this is probably some of my best writing/character design... this is the series that taught me how to make comics and write and develop characters (all hand colored with colored pencil and marker)...

Also in the works... FAT Fridaze Year 2. I just finished Strip 79!!... which posts every Friday only on FATfridaze blogspot. (Strip 69 posts tomorrow!) I'm really excited with these next 9 strips (71-79)... this is really the meat of the story for year 2... and it took a while for me to finally be able to put it in the strip... It's some of my darkest stuff and I'm really happy with the visuals... I only have 25 more strips to finish and year 2 is done :) I'm planning to do Year 3 and then take a break from Fat Fridaze to work on other stuff... but will probably always work on these characters... I love them too much and they have tons of stories that haven't been told yet (most themes have only been touched on) I plan to hopefully start animating some Fat Fridaze shorts next year and will continue exploring these characters...

Envira 3 was started in early 2011 and I'm finally about halfway done with it (just completed coloring page 10 a few days ago) I will be posting more about that soon and can't wait to have the first 2 Envira comics online again for your viewing pleasure. Envira 3 is the darkest most serious of the series thus far and is all colored in Photoshop.

The other 4 projects are all in different stages and will be fleshed out ASAP...

Can't wait to have tons of comics printed and in stores :)

Thanks for reading and keeping up with me... I hope to entertain you all soon!!

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Lazy Oaf @ Number A

(I don't own the rights to any of these photos)

FF Year 2 New Banner Art

(Adrian, Mews, Fahari & Phoenix)

I had this idea a while ago and had sketched it out. I like to change the banner as much as possible to keep it fresh. I know I get tired of seeing it myself ;)

Make sure to check out an all new comic strip tomorrow, only on FAT Fridaze

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FAT fridaze Year 2

8-10-12

FAT Fridaze 2 & other adventures...

I recently finished new banner art (that this teaser is from). I also inked FAT Fridaze Strip 53 (the first strip of my second year of this strip series!! WHEEE!!), but will be taking a break from it to work on something else very exciting!!

I've lived in LA about 5 years now give or take and 3 1/2 of those years have been devoted to the development, creation, collaboration and often fantasy of ripping all my hair out from the stress. This roller coaster has been well worth it, for next week I will finally start the dream job I've been waiting on...

I will finally be working on a cartoon!!!!

A CARTOOOOOOON!!! :D)))

Some people wanted to be Marine Biologists when they were kids (wonder how many stuck with that) others wanted to be an astronaut... I wanted to be a "Cartoonist". At least that was the word I used for it at the time. I felt it encompassed the entire cartoon process: the brainstorming, character design, illustration, coloring, inking, story, script, music, animation, and any other technical aspect I didn't know about. (I didn't really realize that it takes a huge team of people, lot's of money and time to bring all the elements together) Luckily since then I have been working on my own projects and trying to develop all aspects of my childhood idea of Cartoonist. So far I have done all of them except animation and recording music/edtiting etc... and that is something I'm hoping to change this year or next.


I won't be animating but I had the privilege of designing the characters, illustrating and hand coloring everything. I couldn't be more thrilled/blessed!! :)


Thanks so much to Kyle Schember and Wiley Hodgden for giving me this amazing opportunity!! I will work my ass off to make this my best work!!


We have only been picked up for a pilot though, so we will be counting on the viewers to help us get picked up (fingers crossed) 


More details soon :)

Thanks guys!
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FAT Fridaze Finale

A year worth of comic strips… This Friday May 11th marks the 52nd consecutive All New and Original Comic Strip by yours truly: Daniel Iley.

It has been an exciting year… that is only getting more and more interesting. I have had a blast writing and drawing this series in my free time and look forward to what lies ahead for these characters in the not so distant future.

Thanks for anyone who has read!! <3

Exciting NEWS coming soon!!

Spring Cleaning

A few weeks ago something awoke within me and I was able to step outside of all of my projects

I was finally able to flesh out most of FAT Fridaze Year 2's comic strips... that's right... 52 new FF stories!! The awesome part is, while writing the first year I had so many ideas of where I wanted to take the story that most of year 2 was fleshed out.

Also, I am slowly but surely working on Envira III. I'm really excited to see it come to life because it was written over a year ago. Also, it will be a lot more vibrant and dark than the other 2 because it will be colored in Photoshop...

Thanks for all the support guys!! <3 Couldn't do it without ya ;)

I'm coloring the last comic strip...

It's crazy... I have been working on this project for about 10 or so months and I am finally almost finished with it all... it doesn't seem real.

It has been such a fascinating process... I feel like I know more of what it takes to bust out some work. Having the weekly deadline was really necessary and pushed me to be ahead of the game... at this point I am about 2.5 months ahead... so now I can just work on the cover art and extras for the printed version (Coming This Summer!!) and finally take a little break.

I am beyond thrilled to be printing my own work... this will be a first for me. I am so glad that I have had steady readers on the FF page. Thank you guys so much!! :)

Next up I am already 20 story ideas into FAT Fridaze year 2 (this isn't a Harry Potter thing...I swear) and I have a lot of ideas for Part 2... it's exciting... so much is going to happen to these guys (and girl... and cat) next year!!!

I want to finish up Envira III and also start working on shorts for a graphic novel I have been planning for several years...

I'd like to be productive as possible this year... I hope the world doesn't end... because I have too many story and character ideas...

Thanks guys,

-D

Here are some of the newest collages I have made for Number-A's Facebook... <3

(Again, I don't own any of these photos)

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number-a.com

New Banner Art

Adrian

Fahari & Mews

Phoenix

I finally got to spend a good amount of time on new banner art!!! I'm really happy with the turn out, this is something I was designing for a while and have been editing/coloring it for about 2 months off and on between strips.

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Slow and steady...

I'm currently coloring 5 Strips at a time... *_* I must admit I am exhausted and ready to move on to another project, this has been quite the challenge to keep this up... I am excited that I haven't been interrupted yet. I hope you guys like what is happening now... many more twists and turns lay ahead :)
If I weren't publishing this online I probably couldn't have kept it up this long. (I am stumped on a few of the strips but had some really big visual breakthroughs on others) .... Zzzzzz

Sneak Peek from next Friday's Strip 

Thanks again for reading!!

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

I hope everyone had an awesome New Years! I'm so excited about 2012, It will be a big year for me!!! I am going to publish my first comic strip series sometime in the summer AND... the pilot for the cartoon (I have been so fortunate to be a part of) got picked up!!!! It's official. The pilot will be on TV!!! Soon I will finally be able to talk more about it and post pictures/videos etc. For anyone who knows me they have heard me talking about this for years... I know some people were skeptical, others have been really supportive. I want to thank everyone involved on the cartoon for putting in so much work before we had funding and also to all of my family and friends for keeping me going through the rough times. I can't wait to start working on the pilot, I want it to be my best work yet!

This is just the beginning of many exciting new projects that I am thrilled about. I have most of FAT Fridaze fleshed out and drawn... still deciding just how to end it. I have started thinking about FF Year 2 (and I will be collaborating on the story with a friend, identity will be revealed soon) I also have several other comic/graphic novel/zine ideas and will try and crank out as much stuff as I can this year (don't want to spread myself thin though... quality, not quantity)

I can't thank everyone enough for their love and support!! Thank you guys for reading FAT Fridaze!!

:)