Got some good help last week from a great guy I haven't had the chance to meet yet. His name is Roman Morales III and he's the founder of Third Empire Studios. Roman resides in Los Angeles and is a tattoo artist as well as an excellent penciler. Also a marine and police officer for over 15 years. How cool is that? Even better, one of his pieces will be appearing in UNDERTOW #1. Greg Harms is doing the lion's share of the work putting this cover together, and seeing as Greg is the other half of Third Empire Studios, Roman was willing to jump in and put together a collage of characters from the book. I had the idea of putting the characters against Greg's original 7th Wave logo and it worked out better than I'd imagined. I LOVE TEAMWORK! Thank you to you both. Roman's original pencils are below, along with some other stuff I've pulled from his portfolios. Make sure to check out the links these guys do beautiful work. Oh, yeah, and call Roman to set up an appointment for a tattoo.
I'm Luke Donkersloot, the creator/writer of the comic anthology Undertow and owner/caretaker of 6000+ comic books. Undertow was started in 2003 with my childhood friend Derek Webster. After a long hiatus, Undertow #1 debuted at the Amazing Arizona Comic Con in Mesa, Arizona in 2011.
Undertow is where I share my stories, and it's an amazing learning experience as I create something that's given me an immeasurable amount of enjoyment throughout my life. If you're reading this, then you're here to share in that, so thank you.
My books are available for purchase here on my blog. If you're not intested in spending money just yet, the four stories that comprise the entire first issue of Undertow are actually posted if you look through the archive. There are regular updates on Twitter @7thwavecomics, and also a page for Undertow on the fb that features in-progress artwork and such from each upcoming issue. If you have time to look around and think my stories have even a kernel of hope, then please follow my work, and tell your friends. Thanks for reading!
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