Hannah has made it to Print!!!

Healthy Hannah's Fitness Fables has finally gone to print! Jay, Hannah and myself couldn't be happier! This was a major learning process for all of us considering it was our first time putting a book together from scratch. This is a Health and Fitness book geared towards kids. We are trying to promote an active and positive introduction into a healthy life style for kids! As a former Sports Med grad and personal trainer I am really proud of what we are trying to do!!
Soooo, now you can check it out at www.Healthy-Hannah.org and get your kids up and moving!

Let us know what you think!!!

Where has all the sleep gone?

I have some really cool things going on right now. I had an awesome opportunity to talk to Paul Jenkins and have him review some of my work. What an incredible guy. Can't thank him enough for all the feedback and getting me moving in the right direction.

I've basically shelved all of my projects except one. It's a story I've wanted to do for about six years. Thumbnails are done, the 500th draft of the script is done. I'm sure a couple hundred revisions are still looming in my future. I start the penciling tomorrow and can't wait to get it rolling.

In the mean time. Here is a Black Adam pic I penciled and inked and my buddy Jeff Balke colored for me. Jeff agreed to do the coloring for my book and I am pumped to have him on board. Keep you posted.

Later,

Joe

SHAZAM!!!

Here is a Captain Marvel pic I did with Jeff Balke. I did the pencils and inks and Jeff worked his magic on the color.
I have always loved Captain Marvel! Come on, be honest..... how cool would it have been as a kid to be able to turn into one of the most powerful superheroes in the world? SHAZAM!!!!
Hope you like it.

Later,

Joe

Super Heroes with Jeff Balke

Here is a fun little print I did with the very talented Jeff Balke. I did the pencils and Inks and Jeff worked his mad coloring skills. Hope you like it!!
Later,

Joe

The Incredible Makeover

Alright, if you are not doing anything and really want to help a couple guys out, feel free to mossy on over to The Incredible Makeover contest and vote for me and Rob Gervais. We submitted one of the pages from our Seeds of Change project for a before and after contest hosted by Photoshop and Wacom. Rob wrote the story and I did all of the art work. Even if we don't win we are hoping people will get a chance to check out some of the art work for our project.
It will give you a little peek into how I start with simple inks  and then digitally color it in photoshop.

So take a look and give us a vote. The name of our submission is "Seeds of Change" by Joe Romano II. Thanks everybody! You ROCK!!

http://www.photoshopuser.com/makeovervoting

Oh, and feel free to give it 5 stars if you like!! Just a humble suggestion.

Healthy Hannah's Fitness Fables

We are off to the printers! I just sent in the final illustrations for "Healthy Hannah's Fitness Fables" a children's book I worked on with my buddies Jay and Hannah England! Jay and Hannah have created a really fun, health and wellness book for kids and I had the honor of bringing their characters to life. We have been working our butts off for quite awhile and are really pumped to finally send this out to the printers today. We should have a sample copy in two weeks. Hopefully everything looks good and we can start getting this book out and helping kids live a healthy life style. Super pumped. Here is a sneak peek at the cover and back wrap around!!!

Balkenator Promo

Here is a little sample of a project I am working on with my buddy the very talented Jeff Balke. I did the pencils and inks and Jeff did all of the color work. It's really cool working with someone and seeing how they color your images. Jeff is amazing at what he does. I'll post some more on our project soon.

Later,

Joe

Seeds of Change Cover

Well, I just finished the cover for Seeds of Change. Rob Gervais has written a really cool story that I am having so much fun working on. We have officially submitted to two publishers and have our fingers crossed. Here is a mock up of the cover we sent to Image. We have not been picked up yet, but hope to hear some good news soon!!! Hope you like it.

Later,
Joe

First Submission for Seeds of Change

Rob Gervais and I have finally sent in our first submission for "Seeds of Change". We sent in an 8 page submission that we are really excited about. Now the hard part.....waiting.

Here is a little clip from one of the pages we submitted.

Been Awhile!!!

I've been crazy busy the last few months. Having three kids will do that to ya! Quick update. The Children's book I've been working on should go to print some time in March!!! I'm really pumped. Can't wait to Share a little more soon.

Rob and I are almost done with our graphic novel submission for "Seeds". I'll post some pics and the full name soon as well.

I'm also really excited to announce I'll be working with the very talented Jeff Balke on an Ashcan that we are putting together. I'll be doing all the pencil and inks and Jeff his going to throw down some awesome color. Can't wait! So many cool things going on right now. Here are a couple of sketches that I threw together for our character concepts. The project is call "Balkenator" Should be a light hearted fun story for all ages. Hope ya like it.

Later,

Joe