The Dragon Hunter 11×14

Hunting dragons in my opinion is not always the safest profession. When I sketched this out, I realized that this would be one heck of an adventure, yet I wanted to let the reader imagine the beast for themselves. So I just drew a very big tail.

I enjoy doing these pieces in between Bean pages and one day I will do book of all these prints, or most of them. Right now they are a release for me. They allow me to play in stories that I normally do not and I love the artistic freedom that these pieces give me.

Keep creating-

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The Lovers

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I have found that many people that come to my site for the comic, do not realize that I also do fine art and fantasy art. It’s these pieces that give me a break from the world of the bean and allow me to play with color and tell a story in one panel instead of several. Each art piece is a little bit of my own imagination and the adventures that I see or have seen in life, sprinkled with a bit fantasy. I hope you stay for the magic and keep coming back. There is always something to see here.

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This print could be yours. I am holding a very special contest over at my face book page. If you want a chance to win this unique inked piece come on over and sign up by clicking the image below.

And remember to keep creating! Trav- oh and this contest ends Oct 8th.

The Journal 17×22

In the last 50 years the art of journals has all but disappeared. Our children will never know our histories or our mistakes. We need to correct that and take a moment in our “busy” lives and write down what was important to us and what did in life. So others might realize that they are not so alone.

Anyways- keep creating

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The Dragon Tamer 17×22

No beast is too difficult to tame. Sometimes we just need to get creative on how we choose to tame it. Even the greatest of dragons can be soothed.

Anyways- keep creating

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That’s right only 10 days left to back the Bean Vol 3.  If you back this project you get all sorts of cool benefits — like your name in the back of the book and a free sketch in the front of every printed book. There are also other perks to backing the bean. 8 pages of new story, plus the higher the pledge the more goodies you get, including maps, artwork and even you as a character in book 4. Once again thanks to everyone that supports the bean and other great independent art projects.

Today’s comic update and other Bean news:

One of the questions I have, is how does a little dragon get a castle? I am working  pretty hard on finishing book 3 I have about 12 pages left to draw and ink and I am now drawing one of my favorite characters of the story. I’ve waited a long time to draw her, so I can’t wait to introduce her to you all.

well keep creating

travis

Well I now have 8 pages to add to book 3.  I am looking forward to it. I am really excited. Our next stretch goal will be a new book- though i am thinking of adding one at the 15,000 mark.

Thanks again for helping get the word out and supporting this tale. The more support means the more I can do with it.

Also It’s good to see bean again. I tell you the book format is soooo much better to enjoy. Updates dont seem as long.

Time is running out on the kickstarter project!

“Tea with Sophia”

Check out my new imagination cartoons. A series that deals with how important it is to live in your imagination. I will update these on off days. There is no set dates, since I am just doing these for me and my kids, but I felt that it is important to share.

To see the first one just click Living in your Imagination. As more are added you can just click the living in your imagination category to see more. The goal is to remind people that you can literally do anything you set out to do and that life is meant to be enjoyed.

Also just finished up chapter 11 and I am now starting on the artwork to chapter 12. I am really excited how things are progressing and I am looking forward to starting the kickstarter project in a few weeks. Gonna be a fun time.

Well keep creating and keep enjoying the grand adventure-

trav

So many cool things happening right now. I wish I honestly had a little more time to get even more done. The biggest news is blog post

Bean vol 3: Broken Souls & kickstarter preview…

This is exactly what it means. The 3rd book of bean has a name and will start it’s kickstarter run very very soon. I felt it was important to share what the rewards were going to be early. There are some really special ones as well, including maps to the underground and the brokenmoon.

Also I am working through several other projects. Pirate Bears, Commissions and more Bean Pages. I am feeling pretty energized.

I do hope you are enjoying the story right now… and you know- lets do some Q&A today. We’ll talk bean. Ask away and I will answer as much as I can spoiler free.

So keep creating my friends- and enjoy the grand adventure that life has to offer.

trav

Can you believe we are about to break the 390 mark. I am a little blown away by that. The scary thing is we have a long ways to go and I am just at the tip of the ice-berg.

Well last night we got in at about 12:30. I am a little tired. Some of you might have noticed that I hadn’t posted my normal update with the comic. After 4 days of traveling and 3 full working days at a show, I was thinking of only one thing last night and that was sleep.

So here I am now, with a quick report of the ACE comic con in New Mexico. I will give a more in-depth review later.

The show was fun. I saw a lot of neat people, some familiar faces and many new ones. Talked with some old friends and also got a few pages drawn. My wife went with me and let me tell you, she truly is an incredible lady. She ran that show and the constant shoulder rubs were fantastic. I really enjoyed working with her. We were kidless this  last weekend, which made for a unusually quiet, yet adventurous weekend. We were also mugged. I met yet another Travis Hanson, and had Stan Lee walk by us and tell us good morning. That was nice. In a nutshell, I had a good time and if they invite us back I will prob go. I will though be posting a full review later.

Other than that, I get home to a full workload before SDCC. Several Commissions and ton of Bean and Bear work. It’s gonna be a wild few months.

Well keep creating and more updates to come-

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I am traveling today to the ACE show in New Mexico. If you are in Albuquerque stop on by to the Albuquerque Comic Expo. As usual if you are in the area and want a FREE sketch stop on by.

It’s been a busy week and there have been all sorts of projects old and new that I have been working on. Some are for the show, a few new commissions and two books.  I am plugging away pretty hard on Vol 3. There is just so much to tell. I am now starting chapter 12. Only 38 pages to go before we start the kickstarter project for it,

As several people know I like to do a lot of small b/w art pieces. None of them have much to do with Bean. Until now. In fact if you just scroll down you will find 6 new pieces that are dedicated to story of the Bean- before the events of our story. I really like telling a quick story with one picture. So if you want to get some close personal glimpses of the Bean and his friends of Silver Dagger, just look below. I think they will enhance the story- and maybe add a spoiler or two. Click here to enjoy the artwork.

NOW for the other big news. I finally have felt that it is time for the Teddy Bear Pirates of my print series to have their own book. Yes it is time for an adventure and these Bears are the stars.

I will start posting Bear pages in a few weeks. I am having a blast working on these pages along with the Bean. It has been a long time coming.

The main difference is the bears are a picture book and will not be a comic book. I could not handle to epic stories in comic form, but a picture book will not be a problem. It feels right.

Also the Bears will be available pre-order as a kickstarter project as well. I will post people the updates as soon as I know. Yet the only way this will work is with everyone’s help.

Well I think that this is enough excitement for one day. I sure appreciate everyone’s help and I look forward to seeing where the future goes.

Keep Creating- Trav-