Rush has been my favorite band since I was in high school. I’ve seen Rush in concert four or five times since 1982. I own every album they’ve ever put out. I own a Rickenbacker bass guitar because Geddy Lee played one. My latest art piece is a tribute to Rush, done from a photo by the late Andrew MacNaughtan.

Over the past six months, I’ve been working on layouts for the new Static Live magazine. Static focuses on the music and entertainment scene in the Daytona Beach and Volusia County area and beyond. I take all of the edited articles and photos, and arrange them into coherent pages. I’ve done a few illustrations for the cover art of the magazine. They haven’t been of subjects that resonated with me personally, like Rush. I didn’t do the cover art for issue 6. I decided maybe I would do a few pieces of my own. I could possibly make some prints to sell at conventions.

I just finished the comic project I’ve been working on for the last 18 months, and am getting ready to start something new. While I’m between projects, I thought I would try something a little different, and draw some of my favorite musicians, like Rush.

This piece, featuring Rush, is still a work in progress. It is done entirely in ProCreate on the iPad Pro. I used an Apple Pencil with the ink line tool. I’m almost done with the line art on the figures. Soon I’ll add a backdrop and do the colors. Rush has had a lot of different looks over the years. I felt this image captures the mature, confident version of the band. I may do a stage setting for the backdrop with a lot of color. If this Rush piece turns out well and generates some interest, then I may try a few more and make it a series. Every artist tries to find a niche that they can make their own, and this may be mine.

Jeff Whiting - Summer 2018

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August Convention Appearances

Last month, we finished up the first issue of our new comic book series, Shanghai: Breathing Fire, and sent it off to the printer. This book was funded by our second successful Kickstarter program. We wrote it, drew it, and published it all on our own. It's 40 full-color pages, and features a cover art by comics legend George Perez on the standard edition, and Magic: the Gathering legend Quinton Hoover on the special edition. All of the backer sketches and rewards will be going out shortly after we get the book back from the printer.

Later this month, we'll be showing the new book at the Pikeville Comic Convention in Kentucky. The show is August 25th, at the East Kentucky Expo center, located at 126 Main St, Pikeville, KY 41501. We'll also be signing copies of other books that Jeff worked on in the past, including the Tick and many Malibu Ultraverse titles.

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Static Live Magazine

For the past six months, Brick House Digital has been contracted to create and assemble the interiors of the new Static Live Magazine, which features local entertainment and music articles in the Volusia County area and beyond. Half a year is in the can already! We also created the cover art for the first five issues and we're currently working on number seven. It's a lot of fun, and the magazine is available for free at many area restaurants and establishments, as well as on their own website.