Recently I posted about a project of mine that needed an artist for a collaboration. I was lucky enough to receive portfolios from many talented people. One in particular caught my eye. When you meet someone who has that fire and enthusiasm, coupled with talent and experience, you know that you just have to do something together. However, I was realizing the project I had in mind was too close to my chest to not retain 100% creative control. So, I asked that artist if he would be willing to instead do a new project of his choosing and make it a true collaboration. The result is that I’ve found an artist and he’s found a writer.

Brian Brinlee has been a penciler for the past few years on an indy title called Sky Pirates of Valendor by Jolly Rogue Studios. Sky Pirates recently completed its first series and is now available as a collected trade, as well as an anthology. While Brian is currently working on the second series, he has also illustrated for the Comicbook Artists Guild in their Iconic anthology as well as several covers, pin-ups, and books for various self-publishers. As fellow fans of the fantasy genre Brian and I look forward to bringing a new world to life in comic form in the near future. Check out Brian’s beautiful work over at DeviantArt.