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Tagged!!
We recently had our year-end function and Ryan thought it would be cool to tag our shirts with the logo. Mahlon was one of our lucky tag-rats and recieved a sweet spray-on logo.
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Street Beat
A very cool by-product of Ryan's tag stencil!I'll probably use this later for something... ;)A.
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Concept sketches
Ryan Carolisen will be handling pencilling duties on one of our stories "Kasi Wash". Here are some of his character concept sketches!
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"Stick em up...!"
Here is a scene from Mzansi Beats' second issue. Who is this guy with the piece and what is he doing with Bonisa? Guess you'll just have to check out issue 2 eh...? :)
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Press release for launch issue!
YOUNG UPSTART CHALLENGES CONVENTION AT MEDIA24In this age of BEE and MTV, Black South African youths are left to find their own way to a future with plenty of opportunities but no guarantees. This is...
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MSHANA Website goes live!
The Mshana website is up and running! Check it out, there's loads of info on all our characters and stories!MSHANA WEBSITE
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Mshana Taxis hit the roads!
Hi all,Just to keep you updated. The Mshana taxis will be appearing around Gauteng in the coming week.This is a list of the areas in which they will operate.I’ve also attached some pictures. For those...
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Unicity Easter Eggs!!
So... did you spot them? Every issue of Unicity has a few easter eggs lying about, waiting for the eagle eyed reader to spot. Some may be releatively easy some not so much... Haha, one more thing about...
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Mzansi Beats pages
Check out some of David Blaine's Mzansi pages. Colours by Mahlon Haupt
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KasiWash pages
Here are some KasiWash pages by Ryan Carolisen and coloured by Andrew Cramer
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Tips and Tricks
Karl, Ryan and Andrew recently paid a visit to 3rd year students at the Cape Technicon in connection with some comic projects that they are busy with so coming up on the blog will be a few tips and...
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A quick look at colouring an Unicity page
Well, firstly I will be the first to say that I will probably suck at trying to put together a tutorial but what the hell... here goes.INK/LINES First of all comes the scan of the pencilled page which...
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Out with the old, in with the new...
Out with the old and in with the new. As we say goodbye to our Mzansi Beats Illustrator; David Blaine; we introduce the FNG (F&*%ing new guy), Nicolas Rix. With his cool illustration style, Mzansi...
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The Studio
This is the studio. I tried my hand at making a Panoramic pic... turned out ok I guess.-AC
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So sad...
Well no sooner do I post a pic of the studio but then we hear that we are being closed down *shakes fist*Well fear not, the spirit of Beat Comics will live on... stay tuned to see what I mean.In the...
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Unicity Collection cover
This is the cover for the complete collection of Unicity - the comic I coloured for Mshana Magazine until the studio was shut down.Art by Karl Mostert
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Karl Mostert's Masters of the Universe
Well as promised here is some more art by the Beat crew. Karl Mostert has recently been on a Masters of the Universe spree... here are his visions of He-Man and Battle Cat, Skeletor, Teela and Evil Lyn.AC
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