Flying toward a Hendecalon Language

Lately, I've been working on a nonsensical language for the Hendecalons to communicate with. I am trying to take the English alphabet and abstract it to a point where the characters will no longer be recognizable. I particularly like the example above (discovered by scanning my sketchpad sideways) because it has a character resembling the Hendecalon eye at the top.

Above are some samples of my fumbling around, trying to make the letters more fluid. The word I chose to "translate" was the word ABSTRACT, a key adjective in describing the Hendecalons and their culture.

I got some positive feed back on my unnamed "flying eye" character, so the above is an effort on my part to push it further. I added a character from the Hendecalon alphabet to the sides of the body, possibly making the creature more cryptic. It kind of reminds me of the box from HELLRAISER. It might also make a great tattoo.

Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee Roast

Here's a joke-gift I made for my friends on staff at my favorite coffee shop. They gave me a free coffee one day, so I felt obligated to make them a piece of art (even though they requested payment in the form of the ultra-rare Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee Bean). Needless to say, my package design skills need some improvement. At least the joke went over well--the grounds consist of a can of Publix Instant Decaf coffee!

VOORT! A Close Encounter with the Hendecalons!

The Hendecalons are an alien race with one pyramidal eye, capable of turning people into abstractions with a single VOORT. Here are thumbnails from a scene in Project: Hendecalon where Captain X experiences the partial effects of the Hendecalons' heinous power.

Good vs. Evil

Although Project: Hendecalon is not a team book like a collection of Marvel's "X-Men," I thought it would be fun to sort out exactly who are the Good Guys and who are the Bad Guys. The story is basically a simple tale of good vs. evil, told in the genre of science-fiction. So, here's how the characters stack up . . .

THE GOOD GUYS (L to R): The Great Spirit, Agent Y, Captain X, and Franklin.
THE BAD GUYS (L to R): Supremalon, Hendecalon, Unknown (Winged Creature), Unknown (Pyramid on Pedestal), Hendecalon, Supremalon.

Here are the kids who are central to the graphic novel:
Lastly, I would like to show you some of my attempts at thumbnailing and pacing. Below you can see about twelve of the first eighteen pages--how the panels will flow and which pages will face each other. It probably only makes total sense to me, but I can't give away the story just yet!!!

Snuffy and Loweezie

Here's a doodle of the immortal Snuffy Smith gettin' shed of his Moonshine!

Nasty Molerats!!!

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