Some New Art and a Quick Update

by on October 11, 2020 at 6:30 pm
Posted In: Blog

Hello all~

I just wanted to chime in real quick to say I’m still very much alive and working on stuff. I’ve created some art and put work into other things that aren’t yet ready to go out into cyber world; (But I’ll give you a little preview in this post~)

First, Some New Fan Art: The Eighth Holder of ONE FOR ALL; All Might!

  • The Eighth Holder of ONE FOR ALL
  • All Might!

I’ve been wanting to catch All Might in my style for a while now. I have strong feelings about the dichotomy of his two designs; and how they’re portrayed throughout the story of My Hero Academia. Eventually, I want to create a new piece that portrays Strong Might in the same mood and tone as Skele-Might.

Rating: 3 out of 3.

Then, A Quick Look at the Things I’m Working On…

Finally finished the back cover; and and finishing inside back cover illustrations for Interstellar Mage Punk. While I was at it, I finished the inside front cover; I may go back and fill the rocks in.

I want to give my comics the feeling of being like short individual books. With that in mind, I think I should put something on the “insides” of my covers. Something similar to manga publishers put certain panel art for the filler pages they use to ensure chapter covers start on the correct side of the book. I guess that makes these one page comics?

Mage Punk and the Final Flame (part 1?)

I also went back and organized some earlier pages that I’ve already begun work on into separate shorter books. The goal, is to tell to tell the story in smaller chunks. I want each comic to stand on it’s own as an individual narrative while still being part of a larger sequence. For anyone who happens upon my site, I want their time here to be a small adventure for them. When I have far more stories up than I currently do, I want them to read my comic without feeling like they’re behind in some way.

Mage Punk and the Final Flame (part 2?)

To that end, I was originally gonna try to set stories to an eight page minimum; but it doesn’t feel like I can easily break this next part into smaller sections that can stand up well on their own in a satisfying way. At the time, I created this part of the story with the idea of trying to build up momentum for a larger story. Now, splitting it up into parts doesn’t feel right; so my goal here is to figure out how to gracefully slam the breaks on this one and bring it to a satisfying conclusion. This one’s probably going to take a while but I’ll keep you posted.

Rating: 3 out of 3.

I created a Twitch avatar and some color variants commissioned by my best friend! Go check our her Twitch channel, RhiLimePie!

Rating: 3 out of 3.

Also, I’ve revisited my old tumblr.

It’s not important, but if you wanna check it out, here is link.

Rating: 3 out of 3.

Last but not least…

I’m open for commissions.

If you’re interested in having me make you some art in exchange for monies, please feel free to send me an email at tablesmesa@gmail.com. I’d greatly appreciate it!

Rating: 3 out of 3.

That’s about it.

I have a few more small commissions to work on and then I can get to the other stuff. I’ve been having a lot of fun making the things that I have this year and I’m so happy that I’ve been able to make as much progress as I have despite everything that’s going on The most important thing is keeping up the momentum while trudging through the thick plagued jelly that is 2020. But I believe in us.

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New Video: “Let’s Draw! With Tables! The First Video!”

by on September 28, 2020 at 6:03 pm
Posted In: Blog

Jake Fox! On Video!

Hello all~ I made a time lapse video of a sketch I did in one of my smaller sketchbooks. Give it a look below and let me know what you think in the comments section!

Creating this was a major learning experience. I hope to release more videos in the future, as I get more familiar with the process of video editing. My end goal is to create art time lapse videos, featuring music playlists with a focus mainly on chiptune and other video game music. A big thank you to the music artists that lent their talents to this video.

Video Playlist

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What a Wild Year it Has Been!

by on August 22, 2020 at 2:17 am
Posted In: Blog, Updates

The Year 2020 Rings in the New Decade Chaotically

It’s been about a year since the last time I posted and I can’t believe just how much has happened/changed in such a short span of time. Around the time of my last post, I was working at Blick Art Materials in Miami as an Associate Manager; and we were just getting around to the busiest part of the year for art retail. Back-to-back it was Fall Back to School, the Holidays, and then finally Winter Back to School as we went into the new decade. Needless to say that it was a very busy year as usual.

2020 marked the start of my seventh year working art retail at Blick Art Materials. 2020 also marked the turn of a decade; it also marks the chance for mankind to experience the old browser-based pandemic game first-hand. Needless to say, Covid-19 has been a devastating and divisive force to get the ball rolling for the new decade. As a result of COVID, I’ve had more time to work on art, this site, and putting more content up for visitors to enjoy.

Here’s a brief rundown of all the new content you can find on Mage Punk Archives as of writing this post:

Interstellar Mage Punk: Epilogue X Prologue

Interstellar Mage Punk was initially a side project inspired by the album Rise of the Obsidian Interstellar by Disasterpeace. Listening to that album I imagined what it would be like to see the characters of Mage Punk Archives re-imagined in roles appropriate for a space opera type of story. I imagined a future in which the people of Orbyss are forced to live in outer space. Up to this point, I only ever thought of telling the story of Mage Punk Archives in a very linear manner. Mage Punk was to be this epic story that spanned generations of Jake and the other character’s families. We were to see Orbyss evolve through their eyes. Unfortunately, telling Mage Punk that way would mean having to wait before getting to all the cool parts. I didn’t want to spoil anything for myself or my potential readers.

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