Kitties and adventuring!!!

Here's a few things I've done lately!

 Pin-up for the wonderful comic Wuvable Oaf by Ed Luce. The latest issue made me extra mushy, so I really wanted to do something super sweet. Also kitties, all of the kitties. I made a black&white version too:

 Quick Bulma sketch from the other night that I ended up coloring. Drawing Dragon Ball Z characters back in elementary school is what really got me into making comics in the first place. <3

Aaaaand, oh, it's my secret project! My first fully colored comic!!! It's just seven pages, but I've put tons of work into it. I won't say anything else about it yet, but I couldn't wait to share some.

ALL OF THE RÖK!!! And the origin of Odin's hurdy gurdy!

It is a super exciting month for RÖK, the new issue will be out at the end of the month! You can watch me ink a page from it in this awesomesauce video:

But wait, there's more!

At the Alternative Press Expo there was a new RÖK comic that untill now hasn't made it to the internet! RÖK MINI!!!! Its a miniature sized 12 page issue of RÖK with three rather goofy (but totally metal) stories with all your favorite characters from the series!

You can go pick it up along with the other RÖK issues on my Etsy, here. However, I'm posting the first story from the comic, about the origins of Odin's mighty hurdy-gurdy, online right now! YAAAY! Without further ado, RÖK MINI:

\m/ RÖK ON~!

Nananananananana...Batman Readin' Comics!

Batman totally reads Archie.

Super fun little illustration for the Golden Gate Xpress, check it out here!

NEW DINOTASTIC ART!

 The big ol' exciting commission I've been working on finally made it to its owner, so I'm posting about it here! They requested a dino rock band theme, so we decided to make it an awesome band poster! So many things I like!

Pencil rough time!

They decided on dinosaurs in space, which is an even greater combination of things I like! Woo! Although I still really like the other two roughs as well. Maybe the world needs even more fake dinosaur band posters...

Anyway, to the inks!

 I had pretty well developed roughs already, so not to big a change. I just shifted things around to fit the composition better. Also I decided to hide a little nerdy reference in there. :P

AAAND, THE MOST EXCITING PART!!! COLORS!

Supaaah bright and crazy, as usual. Overall it was a really fun project. I'm very thankful of all the people in the world who decide their walls need awesome rockin' out dinos. 

 While I was researching this project, I actually discovered there was a real dinosaur band... Hevisaurus!!! They're a Finnish heavy metal band for children. All the band members are super cool dinosaurs. I'm 100% a fan of all these things.

 Räyh!

See you next time!

ART FOR YOU!

I declare this the summer where I make your walls kick butt!

I'm open for commissions officially for the first time, yay! Read on, kind lovers of the super awesome, and learn what kinds of amazing algebraic art forms can be yours:

$20 nifty little drawings:

 Want to be like these happy people? Get some custom drawings mailed to you!

For $20 (plus shipping) you get a 6x8 inked drawing with a little bit of color thrown in! (These will be on white bristol paper, which is archival unlike the cardboard shown in the examples. Ooooo! Fancy!) Feel free to request a particular idea or colors. I'll consider everything! Although be aware this isn't the section for requesting epic 100 person battles in space... hold on to your butts, we'll get to that!

Expected turn around time is 1 week from payment received. Yup, that's right, a week from now your wall could be 10 times more excellent.

fancy shmancy commissions:

Now we're getting serious! Everyone's awesome commish idea is different, but I've created a simple outline so you can get an idea of what you can expect to pay. Check it out!

Base Price Estimations

Size: 9x12

Single Character - B&W - $50

Single Character - Color = $75

Extras

Background = $50~$100

Additional Characters = $30~$60 each

Also remember, a character doesn't have to be a human: it could be a robot or a dinosaur... or a robot dinosaur with laser eyes!
 

All fancy schmancy commissions come with 300dpi .jpg for printing. For both B&W work and color, I'm happy to send you the original B&W inked line art if you provide shipping costs (or can meet in San Francisco!) 

Please note these prices are a rough estimate of what you can expect to pay. Finale estimate is dependent on overall scope of your request.

For commissions with custom sizes, tons of characters, or crazy extensive backgrounds, get in touch with me for a more customized estimate! (This is the section for epic 100 person battles in space)

Expected turn around time is 2-4 weeks from payment received.


for all commissions:

I keep the right to display the images and make prints. Prints will always be smaller than your original commission so that your work stays unique. You may make as many prints for personal use as you like, but please don't go using them for commercial purposes or selling them without asking, that's not cool at all!

contact:

Please send all commission related inquiries to katie@klongua.com.

Get in touch with me, and together we can end the plague of boring walls one wall at a time! Wooo! Arts!

RÖK #3 PARTYYYY~!

 

The RÖK #3 release party was so crazy fun! Thanks to everyone that showed up. It was great to meet RÖK fans that I didn't even know were out there~!!! I also created some life size cut-outs of Thor and Elaine, since they're most involved in the third issue! I'm so happy with them.. maybe I need to make the rest of the band and have a matching set?

If you're in San Francisco, you should check them out at the Isotope! They're still rocking out in the display window. If you wanna see more pictures of the release party, including some of the bajillion sketches I did, look over here.

Speaking of the third issue.. Its now available at Floating World along with the other issues in Portland. ALSOOOO.... RÖK #3 finally gets its Etsy debut!!!

To celebrate, here are a couple pages out of my super special secret planning notebook. These are only some of tons of different sketches I do before moving on to final comic pages. If you compare the comic pages to these, I'm sure you'll recognize quite a few pages! Also included a couple sample pages from #3~!

See you next time~!

VIKING TIIIIIME!

 I'm super excited to announce my first in store event-y fun times thing! I even drew this new RÖK illustration special for it. I peer pressure you all to come visit me at Isotope this Saturday! Viking helmets highly encouraged...

ARE YOU READY TO RÖK?!

My mighty band of heavy metal viking gods and I are taking over the Isotope this Saturday! Come hang out and get your hands on a copy of the shiny, brand new third issue of RÖK. Follow Elaine and the rest of her Nordic crew as they attempt to outwit the king of giants!

(No worries if you missed out on the first two issues. There will be copies available so you or a friend can get caught up on the sweetest magical-girl-rock-epic of all time!)

Also, extra awesome points and an honored place in Valhalla to viking warriors who come in appropriate garb and a wanderlust-y attitude!

RÖK ON!! \m/-_-\m/

-Katie

NEW COMIC! FROM SPAAAAACE!

Hey there all, I'm alive, and I come bearing a brand new comic! I'll have a new page weekly for twelve weeks, starting January. That's right, FREE COMICS FOR YOU! Even better, free space comics...

In the oppressive space future, magic has been outlawed for defying the laws of science. All the magicians throughout space were rounded up and exiled to the lamest planet around. Those who escape are hunted ruthlessly.









Although a magician hasn't been seen by the outside world in generations, their relics still pass through the space black market. While magicians are the only ones who can unlock these item's full potential, a wand or a hat can still change the tide of battle.


Space creatures on the wrong side of the law can make a fortune dealing in all sorts of forbidden magical artifacts. Including a certain sexy space girl with a rocket powered mace!






However, break the anti-space magic laws and you have to deal with the J.A.W.S., a fearsome robotic police force.

Once again, this comic is written and drawn by me. (the only Katie Longua.. I think) It was quite a bit of fun working on, so hopefully that comes across when you get to read it! With that, I'll leave you with the inks for the first page! If spacegirls with rocket powered maces fighting robot police space sharks don't catch your interest, I'm not sure what will.