Art of Jerry Ma

collecting some doodles and designs i like www.epicprops.com @epicprops

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happy international womens day everyone!

constance has been one of the main voices for asian americans recently...and her being a strong female only makes it better.

if you’re out there constance, thanks for everything.

#internationalwomensday #constancewu #wecandoit

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Thank you EVERYONE!!!

Not only has my KICKSTARTER hit 55% of its goal on the 2nd day, but KICKSTARTER themselves have chosen it as one of the projects they love!!!

I didn’t know what to expect when getting ready for this little journey, but so far it’s been more than I could have imagined.

Thank you again, and please keep spreading the word and pledging!  And I’ll work on some new rewards to make it worth all your while.

You can view the KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN HERE.

-jerry

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So its been a long road.  But my Kickstarter for my comic Legend is finally up and Live.

We only get so much time to try and achieve our dreams, so I’m done wasting what time I have left.

I know spending your hard earned cash money is not easy.  But support comes in many forms.  Spreading the word, words of encouragement, social media.  It all really helps.

I’d be super appreciative if you took the time to check out my campaign HERE.

Help support indie comics!

-jerry

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Thanks for getting the Kickstarter for the new book(link in bio) off to a great start. If you want to see more of my art for this western/horror/on a train story, then definitely check it out. If you already did, then I’d appreciate helping spread the word. And now I’m off to see Bad Religion and hoping they sing no Xmas songs #ofdevilsandmen #kenknudtsen #jamesschumacher

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hey i’ll be on the main exhibitor floor at ny comic con next week october 6-9 at the javits center.

BOOTH 2010!

come by!

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the Heralds of Galactus

-jerry

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13x19″ art print

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13x19″ art print

-jerry

@epicprops

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Happy StarWars Day everyone!

May the 4th be with you all!

Updated colors and textures for this old piece for this joyous day.

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I’ll be at WonderCon this weekend March 25-27 in Artist Alley at TABLE B22.

This’ll be my only visit to the Left Coast so please come by if you’re around!

-jerry

@epicprops

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13x19″ art print i’ll have with me at wondercon this weekend.

artist alley table b22.

-jerry

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13x19″ art print i’ll have with me at wondercon this weekend.

artist alley table b22.

-jerry

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13x19″ art print i’ll have with me at wondercon this weekend.

artist alley table b22.

-jerry

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13x19″ art print i’ll have with me at wondercon this weekend.

artist alley table b22.

-jerry

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13x19″ art print i’ll have with me at wondercon this weekend.

artist alley table b22

-jerry

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So back in April, I had quit my job/career in graphic design to answer the constant nagging of my inner child and finally write and draw my own comic graphic novel.

Well…the word graphic novel I use loosely.  I’m targetting 48 pages.  Which at the time seemed like such a realistic goal.

Now, it just seems impossible to get to.

But this is not my first time trying to do my own book.  In fact, this is 6th time.  But the first time in about 10 years.  And during those 10 years, I’ve worked on a couple short stories here and there and on projects like Secret Identities and Shattered.  Which were all great and definitely helped me out in many ways.

That being said, I feel like I’ve grown as an artist in a weird way. Even though I wasn’t drawing as much as I used to.  One of my mentor’s and good friends, Walter Simonson told me that finally maybe my hands were catching up to my brain.   Meaning that maybe after all this time, I’m finally able to execute what I had in my mind.

Anyway to make a long story short, I was sick and tired of just coasting through life.  I wanted to be challenged and finally roll the dice and see what I’m made of.  So I quit my job and just started this comic.

This….comic, is what I personally have always wanted to see at a comic store but never have.  It’s going to have Asian heroes, a touch of Chinese mythology, use parts of Asia I love as reference, have martial arts action, and hopefully not be the worst thing people will have seen.

I’m no writer…so the dialogue will be terrible…at best.

But hopefully people will be patient enough to see what I’m trying to do here.

Anyway, here are the first 7 pages for you to check out minus the text.

I tried something I’ve never done before on this project, which is going straight from pencils to color.  This was based off the recommendation of my friends Cliff Chiang, Ivan Brandon and Andy Macdonald.

Honestly, I was reluctant to try this as I generally hate when other artists do this.  But I must say, I do like the extra texture it gives my work.  Another of my good friends, Bernard Chang had been trying to get me color like this for years now actually.  And he was a big help in pointing out some awful tendencies I had in my storytelling.

This will eventually become the first 48 pages of my story, which will translate into the first 2 issues.  When I eventually get to that point, I’ll be launching a kickstarter campaign to hopefully get this project published and I sure would love your help and support when the time comes.

-jerry

www.epicprops.com

@epicprops

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My very own brand new Etsy shop….

Greetings everyone!

Long time no talk.  It’s been a while between posts, but that’s sincerely because of the fact that I have been working away tirelessly on a new comic project of my own.

I’ve quit my career as a graphic design art director to finally pursue my dream life/job/career/project/fill in the blank.

Which is to create, write and illustrate my very own comic graphic novel.

More on that later.

In the meantime, as a way to make a few dollars to help me make ends meat, I’ve created a Etsy shop to hopefully sell some of those loveable cute little pins I make and sell at comic cons.

The above two jpgs are just an example of some of the pins that I’ve made and am selling.

I’m offering sets of 6 pins measured at 1.25″ each for $15.

And anyone that does place an order, I’ll be sure to throw in an extra pin or two on the house.

You can check out my etsy shop HERE.

Thanks in advance for even just checking out the shop.  I understand not everyone has the scratch to be throwing around on pins, but there are other ways of helping to support the arts.  For example, just tell other people about the pins.

You  have no idea how far that goes for guys and gals like me.

Anyway, looking forward to updating everyone soon with the comic project I’m working on.

Thanks for your time.

-jerry

www.epicprops.com

@epicprops