The Pneumatic Detective

A development blog for a new steampunk detective comic from Joshua Coon and Cassey Kuo

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a sneak peak to some of the colored pages ;) 

[sleepy-kc]

Coloring more of the comic pages for our comic! On the left is the planned color comp … Phew slow but steady. #pneumaticdetective #comic #steampunk #detective #graphicnovel #chase #color #wip #ink #illustration #needmorehours

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Here's a wip to one of the pages!

[eatsleepdraw]

A two page spread from The Pneumatic Detective a comic project by Joshua Coon and Cassey Kuo. See more art here: http://pneumaticdetective.tumblr.com

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Thank you so much to the folks over at the art blog Eat, Sleep and Draw for featuring our comic! Cassey and I are stoked to see the Pneumatic Detective featured with all the other great art!

[joshuamcoon]

Trying a pass at drawing the Pneumatic Detective after @sleepy_kc did such an awesome redesign on his arm! #ballpointpen #pneumaticdetective #penandink #wip #comicart #onipress #art #drawing #makingcomics #steampunk

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Cassey finished the colors on this two page spread and it's awesome! It's so exciting seeing these characters and their world come to life.

[sleepy-kc]

Sun, a character from the comic I’m working on, is chasing down some bad guys. #character #characterdesign #visdev #conceptart #comic #graphicnovel #sketch #sketchaday #sketchtillyouwretch #run #digital

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Reposting some character work from my personal tumblr to here! :)

[sleepy-kc]

Detective Paul Redford from the comic I am working on with #pneumaticdetective #comic #character #characterdesign #visdev #conceptart #portrait #graphicnovel #detective #sketch #sketchaday #sketchtillyouwretch #digital

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More progress on the colors!

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Cassey is hard at work on coloring and the pages are looking AWESOME! We will post the finished pages soon but for now here is a little preview.

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Coloring some of the ink drawings of Sun.  I’m kinda liking where this is going.

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Cassey and I are super stoked to be featured in the newest installment of The New Comics on the Entropy site! It's an interview about our new project The Pneumatic Detective. Here is a link please check it out! http://entropymag.org/the-new-comics-joshua-coon-and-cassey-kuo/

[joshuamcoon]

The pages are really coming together. This is our female protagonist Sun doing some sleuthing. Art is by @sleepy_kc . #pneumaticdetective #onipress #makingcomics #comics #comicpanel #comicart #art #drawing #penandink

[joshuamcoon]

Fun with letters! It’s great to see the pages come together. #pneumaticdetective #makingcomics #letteringcomics #onipress #submission

[joshuamcoon]

I haven’t had much time for drawing because I have been writing up a storm! @sleepy_kc and I just submitted our comic pitch to #onipress Cross your fingers for us! #pneumaticdetective #comics #makingcomics #writing #fingerscrossed

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Some vehicle designs for the city our story takes place in!

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Some explorations to our character Sun.  

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Explorations of our detective Paul Redford and his arm.