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13 years ago
Hey Everyone at Fur Affinity!
WOAH!!! I can't believe the amount of positive comments from everyone, it's awesome and very much appreciated! I wouldn't be doing the story justice if I didn't tell how we got to where we are now.
The Carnal project has been a work in process for over a decade, maybe even closer to fifteen year at this point... It began with a nightmare I had where I dreamt I was looking up at an enormous grey rhino, covered in black striped war-paint and standing on his two legs. A group of ravenous hyenas were clawing all over him as he tightly held the severed head of a lion in his fist. This vision has followed me with every image, sketch and painting and it's something I've never been able to shake.
I started to work on the project religiously and in 2007 had the opportunity to participate in a contest through Imagine FX. A colleague and I submitted pieces of artwork along with some basic idea story lines and out of hundreds of applicants we were fortunate enough to win. That gave us the drive to keep pushing and create a full-blown graphic novel. The first story is called Carnal 1: Pride of the Lions and will be released digitally in June and in Hardcover in July. You can check it out on Amazon http://amzn.com/0983613168. We are currently working on Carnal 2: Rise of the Bull.
We've set up a website at www.nightmarerhino.com with additional story lines and artwork.
Thank you again for all your support
John Connell
WOAH!!! I can't believe the amount of positive comments from everyone, it's awesome and very much appreciated! I wouldn't be doing the story justice if I didn't tell how we got to where we are now.
The Carnal project has been a work in process for over a decade, maybe even closer to fifteen year at this point... It began with a nightmare I had where I dreamt I was looking up at an enormous grey rhino, covered in black striped war-paint and standing on his two legs. A group of ravenous hyenas were clawing all over him as he tightly held the severed head of a lion in his fist. This vision has followed me with every image, sketch and painting and it's something I've never been able to shake.
I started to work on the project religiously and in 2007 had the opportunity to participate in a contest through Imagine FX. A colleague and I submitted pieces of artwork along with some basic idea story lines and out of hundreds of applicants we were fortunate enough to win. That gave us the drive to keep pushing and create a full-blown graphic novel. The first story is called Carnal 1: Pride of the Lions and will be released digitally in June and in Hardcover in July. You can check it out on Amazon http://amzn.com/0983613168. We are currently working on Carnal 2: Rise of the Bull.
We've set up a website at www.nightmarerhino.com with additional story lines and artwork.
Thank you again for all your support
John Connell
I first saw the artwork over on DA (I believe) and I remember just thinking how amazing it looks.
Best of luck with things in the future, I have a feeling we'll be seeing a whole lot more .
Otherwise, congratulations! It's a great feeling to have a personal project become successful.