Banana Girl Production Update

The statues are nearly done!



This photo shows the design being silkscreened onto the bottoms of the bases, but as I understand it assembly has been completed and the manufacturer is now making it's final rounds of quality control before boxing them up. So I'm anticipating that they'll be ready to ship any day now.

For the moment Pre-orders are still open.

Banana Girls on Parade

Banana girl statues are well into production, as demonstrated by the photo below.

Everything is moving along on time for a release late this month.
Pre orders are still open.

The statue was actually modeled digitally by Anders Ehrenborg in Z-Brush. You can see the original digital model in the video above.

Below are some photos of the unpainted prototype.

Fluide.G

I was lucky enough to find myself back in France last week where I came across the issue of Fluide.G I'm featured in.

Here it is found in it's natural habitat next to GQ.

So it turns out that Fluide.G is a ladies magazine. It's funny what I learn on my travels.
Had I known I may have chosen different subject matter.

Or maybe I would have done this anyway :P

Fifi Cleans Up America

I recently did a four page comic for the May issue of the French magazine Fluide.G.
If you live in France it should be on the stands now.

I'm not entirely sure if the French are aware of the American stereotype of a French maid, so I'm curious what kind of reaction it'll get. If you're French and you've read it, let me know what you think.

Here's a preview.

Banana Girl Realized

My Banana Girl piece is now a statue! Sculpted by my friend Anders Ehrenborg in association with Digital Banana Studio. As I write this she is well into production with a ship date of late June this year. She stands 6 1/2" tall (Including the base) and is individually numbered and limited to an edition of 225 copies.

A limited quantity is now available for pre-order, once they're ready they'll ship directly from the manufacturer to you.

I've set up a separate blog to showcase additional photos and information as well as handle orders.

Click here to pre-order!

Also available is this nude variant, sans skirt for an additional cost. These are limited to an edition of a mere 25 copies.

Pre-order here!

Taiyaki Mermaid

A drawing I did for my friend Steph.

She likes Taiyaki.

Gwendolyn

I'm here to plug my good friend Bill Robinson's yet to be released children's book Gwendolyn and the Underworld.

Gwendolyn and the Underworld is an illustrated storybook about a young Pet Reaper (think Grim Reaper + dead pets) who ventures to solve the mystery behind her Overworld roots. She uncovers a rotten conspiracy with her corpulent corpse aunt, a sidekick Peacodgehog, an army of Skellies, and slew of part-this and part-that creatures.



On Kickstarter.
Gwendolyn on Facebook,
$30 to pre-order the 64-page hardcover, signed, first edition (with spot gloss and foil stamped title)
Lots of cool rewards, including bookmarks, art prints, books, and original art
Written by Ian Samuels and illustrated by Bill Robinson.