Before I begin: All 2012 preorders, whether Domestic or International, are still in order. You will get your books signed by me, with signed prints and a signed poster. We will deliver them as soon as they come in.

But for everyone else, at last, 2 years later from it's original release, LMS: Killbook of a Bounty Hunter, is up for presale. Not only that, Dark Horse Comics (Hellboy, BPRD, Star Wars and more) will be publishing it.

This is the REPRINT. But! It's been completely rewritten, new story, new bios, new art AND at the back of the book will be featured 60+ professional artists' contributions to the LMS world. Such artists as Dave Rapoza, Anthony Jones, Andree Wallin, Reid Southen, Kekai Kotaki, Ash Thorp, Marco Nelor and more...

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We're also not only in the top 100 best sellers right now, but we're beating out Bioshock Infinite's art book, The Hobbit, Avatar, Adventure Time and Star Wars right now. Cloud nine. Thank you all for the support, I think you're in for a treat.

There's brushes everywhere!

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Hey new watchers and followers!

Well apparently Yoshi, Finn and Donald Duck seemed to have drifted across the internet--loved by some, while scarring others.

They're part of a new series I will be doing which will be based off pop-culture references and characters. My object? Make you forget what you thought you once knew about those loved characters.

But in the best way possible! Yes, they will be menacing, they will be violent, and some may even be just badass.

"Why", asked many tweens the past few days as as I submitted. "Why must you ruin my childhood and shit all over my loved ones?"

Well, because it's funny. And it's also quite refreshing to do.

Why do I use my powers to fuel your nightmares?

First of all, because I can and will, just as any of you can. I also like to think that I can grow and try new things and not draw the same shit over and over again, 24/7.

So for those who are here to enjoy and watch, by all means, thank you so much for your continued support and love. It really means a lot to me, and I hope I keep you around! <3

To those I have offended and shocked with these vile and terrible images of your once pure heroes?

I'm only getting started.

Facebook: www.facebook.com/DANLUVISIART

Come laugh and talk about dumb stuff and see A LOT of art from me.

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Watch me paint live or recorded videos of past paintings.

Twitter: www.twitter.com/danluvisiart

The above.

Website: www.danluvisiart.com

My art.

Instagram: danluvisiart

Cats. Just lots of cat photos.

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Come watch. I'm on every now and then, but I'm painting something right now.

Warning: your childhood will be ruined.

I'm very active on Facebook, concerning new projects, art, updates and more.

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Subscribe here. Plus I communicate a lot with the followers and friends <3

And tell bad cat jokes.

lots of cat jokes.

Hey guys!

Thank you so much for the response to the "Road to creating your own IP journals" that I have been writing.

Glad you've been digging them and that some of you have felt motivated to get back at it. That was the goal entirely!

I've been super busy, but will put Part 7 up soon!

But for now, I got good news.

LMS just found a new publisher, and quite a good one at that. I can't reveal yet, but the next reprint of the Killbook will be out this July.

As for those that pre-ordered last year, don't worry. You're covered, and got some extra goodies as well.

For those that want it, Pre-orders should be coming soon.

Also, the next reprint will come with over 40 pieces of art created by such artists like Dave Rapoza, Anthony Jones, `ukitakumuki, *AndreeWallin, Dave Wilkins, Joe Vriens, Kekai Kotaki, Jeff Simpson and many many many more artists.

So if you're wanting to grab one, this will be the copy to get.

More info soon! Sorry I've been so AWOL, just need to get this book turned into the printers by April 1st.

Until then, much love and thank you so much for the constant support and love <3 I plan to make this book and comic series very fan-interactive, with a chance to be included in it. So stay tuned!!

Go here to like the LMS page and keep up with the new art, and chances to win free copies of the book: [link]

Part 1, The Next Three Years Of My Life: [link]

Part 2, Sell That Damn Book, Danny: [link]

Part 3, I Was Not Ready For This: [link]

Part 4, Objective: Character and Story Building: [link]

PART 5, The Family: [link]

PART 6:

WAVES OF DOUBT

I remember this one night I couldn't get anything to work with LMS. I couldn't draw, I couldn't write, I couldn't be creative. I felt trapped, sick to my stomach and had an ongoing feeling of anxiety.

I would get up, walk around, and force ideas. Stupid, uncreative and rushed thoughts. I went upstairs and laid down next to my gf at the time, who was passed out. It had to have been 4 or 5 am, because it was getting light out.

I remember lying there, looking up at the ceiling. What the hell was I doing?

The same thoughts kept on repeating. What if this flops? What if Heavy Metal hates it? What if the audience hate it?

I had a strong following of loyal readers, watchers, and likers. I wouldn't be anywhere where I am today without their support and loyalty. It ranges from DeviantART, to Twitter, Facebook and more.

So I had to make this right. I couldn't phone it in. I wanted to make a book those people above deserved. I wanted to fulfill the quota I promised and not take any shortcuts.

But why couldn't I think of anything? I had to get out.

I had been living in Santa Monica for a year or so now, and felt it was time I exercised the toothpicks I call legs. The next morning I had taken a long walk, about three hours or so. This was a new thing for me; taking walks and listening to music.

I'd listen to a lot of trailer music and electronic. Immediate Music, Two Steps From Hell, NERO, Daft Punk, Justice and Kavinsky.

That was the soundtrack to LMS.

I'd take these walks and just let go of all the bullshit. The drama. The relationship slowly cracking. The bills. The piling debt. This process allowed me to focus on the inspiration and not so much the objective. When I came to that point I could just listen to the music and imagine visuals.

Imagine it like a trailer for a movie. What would you want to see if you could make your own IP? What does your trailer reveal? What story does it tell?

Let your imagination take and create your story for you.

Justice - Stress
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I remember listening to this song, which then inspired this LMS fight scene about Gabriel and Abel:

Gabriel in a club fighting against Abel's security. Allister watches.

Then I'd take that idea and go, well, why does Gabriel need to do that?

Listen some more.

Maybe Abel is testing him.

For what?

To train him.

Now I know the factor of Abel's life. Why he's important.

This process helped clear a lot of road blocks during the creative side of things. It's a work-flow I suggest a lot to people.

But there's a dark side to this factor. Soon those walks became every day, twice a day, sometimes three times a day.

Started working so much that I began losing sight of things, such as bills, my health and the relationship between my gf and I.

I didn't have time for anything. Barely spoke to my family, because I was so busy either working on either LMS or DC Comics or Universal's Your Highness.

I became addicted to the craft and it stopped turning into a hobby and more of a job. I became obsessed with the characters, with who they were, what they would wear, eat, watch or what weapon they'd use.

So many weapons, costumes, cities, side stories, advertisements,looks, styles, trailer-ideas. Every single fucking day I would think about WHAT makes this book WHAT it is.

I had to stop and relax. Take a breath or something that didn't involve the letters L M S. I was now giving myself anxiety and losing the focus of what brought me here in the first place.

And then I remembered what my dad once told me. He was always hard on me, it was the way he was raised. His father had passed when he was young, thus forcing him to help take the mantle and provide for his family. He's always been a strong worker, never gives up, never backs down, and doesn't take shit from anyone.

He keeps to himself, stays humble and modest, and does what he has to for his family. We butted heads from time to time when I told him what I wanted to do. He was looking out for me, but we didn't see eye-to-eye sometimes. But I'll never forget what he said to me this one time:

"Every day you're resting on your craft, someone else is catching up to you."

Goddamn he was stubborn, and I guess I got it from him.

Back to the drawing board.

Part 1, The Next Three Years Of My Life: [link]

Part 2, Sell That Damn Book, Danny: [link]

Part 3, I Was Not Ready For This: [link]

Part 4, Objective: Character and Story Building: [link]

PART 5:

THE FAMILY

The first thing I had to do was create a sample. What would the pages look like? What is a Killbook?

In the story, before Gabriel breaks out of Level-9, he is introduced to an "Agent-O, a character that gives Gabriel the documents needed to begin this revenge quest. Inside of the documents are bios and information on all of the characters Gabriel will meet/team-up with/or kill.

Well, I didn't just want to show boring documents, I wanted to add life to it. So I came up with the idea of presenting it as Gabriel's scrapbook, as if he was putting it together for a publisher to then design a book out of it.

It would be sloppy, messy, unorganized. Blood would be here or there, little notes by Gabriel and so forth. I did a few rough versions of what I wanted it to feel like. Tried new approaches, different design schemes.

But the idea that stuck with me the most was purely: a pissed off bounty hunter, buying a bunch of art supplies, and sitting at home making his own little book.

That's where the voice and personality came in. The book was no longer just documents, it was turning into a world building device.

I pitched the idea to Stephan, asking: "What if you could discover all of the X-Men before you read Issue 1? You get a behind the scenes look at WHAT they can do, WHO they are, and HOW they were created. That way, fans have their favorites and get giddy the moment that character is shown or mentioned."

The goal was not to create a glorified tease book. Give the audience enough of a reason to enjoy and get into the world, and allow them full coverage on every character there is.

I then pulled myself away from the computer.

How do I go about that? I now have 43 characters or so, some painted, some sketched, some roughed, some written. I didn't know all of their back stories yet, nor did I know where they were headed in the universe.

I started creating outlines, and let me tell you, those were a life saver.

First, a Table of Contents. I had to have SOME path that I was following, otherwise this would get messy. Once I was confident with that, I then had to determine who WOULD and who WOULDN'T be in the book. I had to cut some good characters, but those will be saved for later. The ones that I did spare, they then went through the rendering process.

I go at designing characters a different way, and I find it to be a lot more helpful. I used to write who I wanted to see first, but then that became too forced.

I'd go for a lot of walks, listen to music and just zone the hell out. I always trust my gut, so I would just ask myself "What do you want to see?"

Well, I love sharks. I love robots. I love zombies. I love samurais. I love sci-fi, cyberpunk, fantasy and action. I love girls.

Then the characters started forming from simple ideas. Mostly visual thoughts. I still remember where I came up with Hex. Was walking down Lincoln, in Santa Monica, listening to the Thin Red Line soundtrack, and it just hit me. "A man with a glass body, with the universe trapped inside. I think that'd be cool."

When I had a good enough thought of what I wanted to draw, once again, having no backstory for them, I then went to the drawing board.

After months of rendering out these characters, I began developing the story while doing so. Adding simple details added great background history.

For example, The Father, a redneck mercenary/bounty hunter, had a string of ears around his neck. I just thought it'd be gross/goofy, but when I wrote the backstory it became part of his quest to becoming who he was, and those that damned him. Also plays an important role in the series, and a very violent 'flashback'.

Or Abaddon's lust for a religious cult of assassins.

Abel's hip-hop fame and success story.

Noa's crossed out police department logo on her armor, as she's gone renegade.

Tons of little things I designed on them, allowed me to venture more into the history of who these people were. And once I had that, I wrote them up one by one.

Now, this played an even larger part in the actual book, as each one of these 40-sum characters had a two page spread, explaining and showing who they were. And now with a full backstory, and art, I knew my character like the back of my hand and was able to add even more details, faux advertisements, weapon bios, character sheets, and more to those pages.

At this point, I was feeling very confident with what I had. But then one day, it hit me pretty hard.

What if this entire thing is just a big dumb idea? What if people don't like this? What if the approach is wrong? I've never done this before, what am I doing?  

And that's where the stress and self doubt came in. And I still had two years to go.

(Cont. Part 6: [link])

Part 1, The Next Three Years Of My Life: [link]

Part 2, Sell That Damn Book, Danny: [link]

Part 3, I Was Not Ready For This: [link]

Part 4:

OBJECTIVE: CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT AND STORY BUILDING

I began working pretty heavily on LMS during the first quarter of 2009. I had now a handful of characters, a rough idea of the story, and a general scope of what I wanted the book to be. To get started, I felt every book should have a theme. Movies do, right?

Spider-Man: Great powers, great responsibility.

Batman: Be more than just a man, a symbol, and be remembered a legend.

Star Wars: The myth of a heroes destiny, and the truth that allows him to be set free.

Who was Gabriel? What type of character or archetype was he? What were his rises and downfalls?

I started with his History: Well, he's a super soldier created to help win an interstellar war and has been genetically created to be invincible. He wins the war, thus coming back to Earth and is celebrated as a hero. A new superman.  Then it goes further, he becomes a celebrity, an icon. Movies, toys, books, cereals, clothes, you name it, they made it.

Then his powers:  He's also incredibly intelligent, lethal, adaptable, and physically unbreakable.

I didn't want to give him regeneration, because that was Deadpool and Wolverine. But I wanted him to have the speed, strength and overall badass-ness that they had.

Could he fly? Hell no. Any supernatural forces? Well, not yet, but no.

Once I had his strengths, I then developed his weaknesses. The fun part.

How can an unbreakable man feel pain? Well, I came up with the idea that even though Gabriel is bullet proof, his friend's are not. So he was going to lose people around him, and I like a good character death, so future readers: No one is safe in LMS.

Then my father once told me something that really began to get me thinking. "The thing that's interesting about Gabriel, is that instead of a normal man becoming a superhero, it's a story about a superhero becoming normal."

And holy shit, he was right.

I then began exploring the theme of death. To kill a God would be something unimaginable, and to have that type of power...That strength.

And then...boom. Dante, Gabriel's nemesis, was born.

I started putting it all together in my head. Dante want's Gabriel done with, so how do you kill an unbreakable man?

Well, you know how pissed you get when you run out of batteries? That's what Gabriel's life was. He was a dying battery.

At first, incredibly charged, most powerful. But if you drain it over time, you lose that strength and that will. And how do you drain a God?

By putting Him in a prison, LEVEL-9, and torturing them physically and mentally for 9 years. Thus, draining the battery.

Piece by piece the story began framing in my head. Thoughts of Count of Monte Cristo, Oldboy, and other great revenge classics began inspiring in the back of my subconscious. And with that, Gabriel had to break out. He had to escape. So he does.

And then I thought, what do you do with a living icon, who's wrongfully shunned and betrayed, and shown to the world as a terrorist/murderer after he escapes?

You get revenge. And Gabriel, as prideful as he was, would want to make a book out of it. Prove to the world who he really was then and now before he finally was put down.

And that's where the theme of the book was truly born.

This was going to be Gabriel's Killbook of a Bounty Hunter.

(Cont. with Part 5: [link])

Part 1:[link]
Part 2:[link]

Part 3:

I Was Not Ready For This

Oh shit.

What did I just sign myself up for?

I had never made, drawn, written, or created a book in my life, so this was all pretty foreign to me. I had told Heavy Metal publishing I'd do it on my own dime. Reason was, this was my project.

Not that I can't cooperate or collaborate, but this time I wanted to create what I saw in my head, and not have a voice behind me telling me what to do and what not to do. Kevin Eastman, head of HM Pub, was incredibly generous in this decision and told me to lead the way, and I tried my damnest.

So I started with the obvious fundamentals. What is the story of LMS?

Now, as a whole, LMS's simple logline is incredibly simple. A man who gets framed for a crime he didn't commit, breaks out of prison and goes after those responsible.

Boring, right? Well, it's for a reason.

See, it's hard to express what LMS is truly about, because I was going at it from a different angle. The original goal was to create a graphic novel series about LMS that dives deep into Gabriel's journey, backstory, the characters he meets, interacts with, and so much more. So, in all honesty, it's a boring set up, to a huge and expansive world filled with hundreds of side stories, characters and more.

But for the Killbook, it was different, because well, the Killbook is NOT a comic.

What is the Killbook? How does it pertain to my story?

The Killbook would be a guide to entering Gabriel's world before you go on his adventure with him. Much like a prologue.

For the entire ride that Gabriel was about to go on, I wanted the audience to be IN Gabriel's suit with him. I wanted them to feel as if THEY were the bounty hunter. So I made the first entry of the LMS series a book that was, literally, Gabriel's book.

Okay, so now we have the setup. It's Gabriel's SCRAPBOOK that he's putting together for people to read once he's done with this revenge quest. His memoirs. How do we go from there now?

I needed to explain how Gabriel got here, what his end goal was, and who he was as a character.

I went back to what inspired me in the first place: Star Wars. What made Luke a good character? What pushed him? Who was his mentor? Who was his comrade? Who was his lover (man, Luke was NOT a lady's man.)? Where did he begin and where did he end?

I present you this outline, The Hero's Journey: [link]

Created by Joseph Campbell, I'd say a good chunk of films follow these rules. Now, it can be used as a crutch unless you think wisely about it. There are many ways you can go about utilizing the hero's journey and figuring out your story. The more creative you are, the better your story becomes. Trust me, once you learn it, no movie will be the same.

After I had that knowledge, I began watching every Pixar movie I could get my hands on. Not for the film, but for the commentaries. The notes. The history. The character development. I absorbed every piece of information I could get from them and tried to use it to my advantage.

So back to the Killbook.

Now with this knowledge, I had to start the world. Who were Gabriel's heroes? His villains? His nemesis? Where did he live? Was it our world? An alternate universe? What did Gabriel eat? Read? Watch? Play with? What were his weapons? Oh wait, now apply all of this by 40+ other characters that were being added to the series by the day.

This was going to be hard. Because what was once a 30 page book, was slowly turning into a 230 page world-building series.

Shit, I was in for a beating.

(Read Part 4: [link])

Part 1, The Next Three Years Of My Life: [link]

Part 2:

OBJECTIVE: SELL THIS DAMN BOOK, DANNY.

At first, Gabriel was nothing more than a character named ONE. He had no backstory, no face, nothing. I just wanted to create a character that was a badass, yet with a sense of humor.

I was inspired by such characters as Boba Fett, Wolverine, Deadpool and Clint Eastwood from The Man With No Name trilogy. I needed to create something that fit that build, however, I'll admit, it wasn't intended at first.

I uploaded him on December 8th, 2008, (which, you can find here: [link]) and he became one of the most popular characters of the series, if not, the most. Soon I started finding him on forums, websites, fashion blogs (what?), and more.

But what hit me so hard was that the majority of the comments related to his sense of humor; the falling candies.

So I thought to myself, maybe I have something here. What if there was a way to develop a story from this?

I started brainstorming ideas, revolving inspiring movies and comics. But, at the time, honestly I had nothing.

I spoke to `Rahll about it a lot. What could I do with this? Who is he? What's his story?

We began spitballing ideas, and then I came up with the idea of Gabriel breaking into a police station to steal some police photos and documents of killers that he was going after. Thus, began his role as a bounty hunter.

So the project began to grow legs. Soon after, people began asking: What is this? Is this a comic? A book? Something new?

So I came up with the title Last Man Standing: Killbook of a Bounty Hunter, which would be a small collection (30 pages or less) of about 15 killers, their backstories, and why Gabriel was going after them. Simply a pet project.

I told Stephan, my business partner, about the idea. I'll never forget where we were.

We were standing in his apartment, which he had graciously let me live in since I couldn't afford anything else, and I had called him down from the office to talk to me about a new property.

While I am paraphrasing, this was the gist of it:

"I want to create and write a book. It's going to be small, based off the characters that I have drawn and a few new ones, but the goal is to create something that is different, new, and out there. It'll be weird, it'll be funky, it'll be colorful, but most of all, it'll hopefully be cool. Now, it's going to take a long time for me to do this, so I need to know that you have my back and can support this road we're about to go down. I'm gonna get cranky, I'm gonna get stressed, and I'm gonna push myself to the limit to do this for us. I want to create a new world."

He nodded, and as always, said "So let's do this. I'm down."

From here, Stephan called Kevin Eastman, head of Heavy Metal publishing, to sit down with us and take a meeting. I had prepared for this meeting for nearly 2-3 months. Working on new characters, new ideas, new ways to present the book and then finally put together a pitch project.

Finally the day had come. I was ready, but nervous as all hell. I had never pitched a project before (oh god, the road I was about to face), but it was either this or nothing. I had not a dollar to my name, no past work, and not a pot to piss in, but this was it.

Kevin Eastman came in, someone I had looked up to ever since Ninja Turtles (creator of it), and was very kind to me. We all sat down in Stephan's office, late one night, and he looked up at me and said: "Alright, well, let me hear it!."

So I pitched my heart away. And the entire time, he just stared and didn't say a word. I kept looking at Stephan, who looked nervous as all hell. I had blown it. I fucked this whole thing up. I kept skipping over words, remembering old shit that I had forgot. It was a clusterfuck.

And then I finished, and sat back down. He still stared at me, not saying a thing. I asked, "So?" And then he said:

"It'd be an honor to publish this book with you."


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Read Part 3 here: [link]

Intellectual property (IP) is a legal concept which refers to creations of the mind for which exclusive rights are recognized.[1] Under intellectual property law, owners are granted certain exclusive rights to a variety of intangible assets, such as musical, literary, and artistic works; discoveries and inventions; and words, phrases, symbols, and design.

Part 1

THE NEXT THREE YEARS OF MY LIFE

I had received a job offer at Microsoft. I guess this could have been one of my first 'big time' jobs, so I was a little ecstatic. It felt like a slow build to get to this point, after numerous indie games and under the table freelance jobs, but finally it had come.

I was working with my now best friend and business partner, Stephan, a suave German who I had met only a year or so prior. He had brought me into the fray, working with several other individuals who will, well, simply be known as individuals for privacy sake.

But yes, finally, I could put a professional company I was proud of on my résumé! I remember telling everyone and their mom, literally, that I had finally landed a good job.

How wrong I was.

Now, Microsoft was not to blame, but others were. And, a shitty work environment can cause for pretty shitty inspiration as you might know, and I wasn't ready for that.

I express this a lot, and I think now I understand why. I have ADD, attention deficit disorder. Screwed me over hard time in school, and I was always ashamed of it. Nearly failed middle school, held back, and struggled to get through high school.

I succeeded in some classes, but never math or science. Those classes nearly sent me into a downward spiral of F's. But English, History and Art...I loved those.

Art, well, you know this story already.

History gave me a chance to learn. I was hungry for detail, so anything I could absorb, I took in. I fell hard for wars. World War 2, Vietnam, Desert Storm and what had been happening in the middle east at that time. Every lit bit I learned, read books in the library or read stories online. It just really got to me, which I blame Steven Spielberg for with Saving Private Ryan.

English gave me a chance to write and explore my imagination in another form. Short stories were my thing, and my parent's computers took a beating for it. Wrote a lot of Star Wars fan-fiction (I know, stop), Matrix spin-off ideas, and others. But what really got to me was creating my own. I started to fall in love with the idea of building worlds and creating from nothing but pure inspiration and art.

So, back to Microsoft gig.

To step away from the stress and harm of working in a shitty environment (once again, not Microsoft), and battle this ADD, I decided to start creating some of my own characters. Just for fun, nothing more.

The first one was a young lady with nerdy glasses, a blue sweater, and few pins and stickers and more importantly, a guitar-gun. Her name was Alice.

I submitted the painting, not expecting much. But, much to my enjoyment, came on DA the next day to see that Alice had blown up. The majority of the comments spoke volumes about the details ON her. Not so much the cosmetic details, but the personality. The stickers. The toys hanging off the weapons. The human-side.

I stuck with that, and created the next one. Abel. Same thing.

Then Doyle, Nikolai, Fish, Lucy...

But it wasn't until I created one character, where everything changed.

His name was Gabriel.

(To continue on, Part 2: [link])

Hey guys,

Wow, it's been quiet here. I know, I kinda disappeared, but for good reason. I needed to work on somethings, and we got those things done and completed. What are those said things?

How about your LMS books. In the short of it, we ran into a huge hold up with a publisher, but now everything is A-OK and back on track.

LMS: Killbook of a Bounty Hunter will be coming out this spring/summer. No exact date yet, but let's get to the basics:

1. Everyone and anyone who ordered and book last year through our pre-orders: You guys are still guaranteed your copies. If you never got a response to your email, rest assured, all will be looked at and taken care of. And if still nothing comes, then you can personally message me on here once the books are in.

And incase you missed what you now get with that, follow this link here: [link]

2. For new pre-orders, a link will be given once ready (More than likely March if all goes well).

3. The book will ship domestically and internationally. No more messiness of the last book. This time, everyone gets it.

4. There will be over 35+ professional pieces by artists I've chosen. I don't want to spoil who yet, but you guys will be happy.

5. My deepest apologies for being so AWOL and hidden. I had to take care of some issues on a personal and business level, and I never wish to combine my art with that. Lots of fires to put out, and lots of new relationships to build.

I'm in a good place now, and from that, on top of LMS, I'm going to start:

Livestreams with unlimited watchers. www.livestream.com/danluvisiart to watch some of the videos already on there.

Recordings of paintings with voiceover explaining what I do.

Tutorials and walkthroughs for numerous topics.

And start posting more art.

For now, I leave you with this, a tease of a 20" Gabriel statue that will be sold this year.



And for more LMS updates, art, chances to win a free book or possibly more, join the LMS Facebook page (where I update with the most news).

LMS FANPAGE: [link]

(This has been emailed to all that have pre-ordered LMS in the past recent months. For future orders, we will be updating soon. Thank you for your continued patience.)

Hi everyone:

It's been a while, so an update regarding your LMS re-print book order feels due...

If you haven't received any prior confirmation, please let this email serve as receipt of your order, as well as your payment - and once again our appreciation for the continued support. In an ideal world, we would have shipped books by now, but, due to some quality control issues, are falling a bit behind schedule.

All fixable issues which are currently being addressed overseas, and we hope for your understanding and assume that, in the long run, maximum quality dominates - in importance - over breaking speed records (at this rate, we won't be accused of the latter.

That said, we also deem it only fair to allow for anyone whose patience has run out to withdraw from their purchase and receive a refund in full. If that is a preference at this stage, please reply to this email and add REFUND to the header and we will take care of you.

Hopefully though, you will all remain excited about what is coming and, in turning a negative into a positive, Dan has since decided to add a SECOND print to the already included limited print and this one will not be a previously published image from the book, but a brand-new one, which he is now working on.

But that's not all: we will also include a print of a REDEMPTION image from Dan's upcoming book, which is currently in development and already under consideration by an amazing director. So: 3 prints altogether with the early bird orders. Our way of saying "sorry for the wait, but thank you for your loyalty!".

A very rough preview for the new LMS image is attached to give you an idea where he's headed with it; you can probably all imagine how very detailed it will be by the time he's done.

Further updates will be forthcoming, once we have final shipping dates; at this juncture, we need to anticipate to be out another 8-10 weeks. We're looking forward to spreading the good news when ready!

Meanwhile, everybody be well.

Best,
Your LMS Team

TEASER IMAGE OF LMS POSTER THAT WILL BE INCLUDED:

My birthday is tomorrow and I was lucky enough to receive an early bday gift from someone very dear to me.





Looks like Gizmo has a little brother now

Hello!

Long time no talk! Well, after a long road of issues, and a quick sell out of the first run, LMS is finally ready for print again!

Yup, you heard me right. You can now buy the book that nearly half my gallery is about! So please, spread this news around to anyone you know interested. They won't be available forever!

READ CAREFULLY. Also, order before a certain time and get goodies!

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DOMESTIC


First off: thanks for your continued interest in LMS and with tons of emails pouring in over the past year urging us to reprint the book (which many of you reported to have found for $ 500 and more on amazon & eBay), your pleads have finally been heard. So: straight to the good news; we just  selected our printing partner for a re-print and now it's time to get the party started for exactly that.

We are producing LMS in Hardcover Edition (223 pages; Size: 17" x 14" x 1") at the price of US-$ 49.00!



So, if you're still intent on picking up a (or several) copy/copies, as you indicated in your RSVP emails, please follow the procedure as outlined below:

1. Calculate your total $-amount, based on the number of copies you are ordering, plus shipping, as outlined at the bottom of the email. PLEASE INCLUDE SHIPPING FOR EACH PRODUCT, NOT TOGETHER. IF YOU DO NOT INCLUDE SHIPPING, YOUR ORDER WILL BE SENT BACK.

2. Submit payment of total via PayPal to the following Paypal account:

dmlxmd102@Hotmail.com

It is important you list all pertinent information, i.e. number of copies orders, your address (both email and shipping), plus, selected shipping method.

IMPORTANT: THESE BOOKS STILL NEED TO BE PRINTED AND ON THEIR WAY TO BEING SO. WE DO NOT CONTROL THE SHIPPING SPEED NOR WHEN IT ARRIVES. WE WILL CONTINUE TO UPDATE YOU AS WE PROGRESS THROUGH IT.

Based on the incoming orders, we will immediately place our print-order with our printer and ship to you upon arrival in Los Angeles.

Please note that we are a bit against the wall, time-wise (certainly not your fault, since you all reacted very fast upon announcement; simply a case of researching and identifying the right printer), so we will need to figure out the quantity for the print run as soon as possible, as we are aiming to have them here in time for Comic-Con. So, if you could place your order at your earliest convenience, it would help tremendously in our efforts to decide the size of the print run and to make sure no one gets left out. Many thanks for your understanding & sorry for the sudden rush, but that's the business we find ourselves in: "Hurry up & wait" (and then hurry!)

EARLY BIRD SPECIALS:

1. All  orders placed by 5/1/2012 will also receive a free LMS print, not available elsewhere, signed by LMS artist, Dan LuVisi.

2. All  orders placed by 5/8/2012 will also receive a free LMS print, not available elsewhere (unsigned).

Thanks & best,

Your Section 9 Team


PRICING

LMS, HARDCOVER EDITION
$ 49.00

SHIPPING & HANDLING RATES

1. USA (& PUERTO RICO):

A. US POSTAL SERVICE:
Regular: $ 12.95 (for each additional book, please add $ 7.00)
Express: approx. $ 50 (depending on exact shipping location / ZIP Code)

B. FEDERAL EXPRESS

In order to provide you with a FedEx quote, we will require your full address & number of copies ordered. Alternatively, you may also visit  
[link]
where you can find respective rates online. Please note that you will need to provide the shipping information, listed at the bottom of this email under 3. ("SELF")

You will have several options with varying rates (and delivery speeds), i.e.  FedEx Ground, Second Day and Overnight.


2. INTERNATIONAL

International customers: please send us a separate email to info@section9-ent.com  
with the following info:

Your Email address:
Country:
City:
ZIP Code:
No. of LMS copies ordered:

Sorry for the inconvenience of the additional step, but we found shipping rates to vary significantly from country to country, so we can unfortunately not provide a "one-for-all" rate.

3. SELF

To research your own shipping rates, you will need the following information:

a. Shipping from: Santa Monica, CA 90401 - USA

b. Packaging Dimensions: 17" x 14" x 1.5"

c. Weight: 5.5 pounds

US POSTAL SERVICE:
please visit: [link]

FEDERAL EXPRESS:
please visit: [link]

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Thank you so much! Also, to all purchases before we send them off to print, I will add your name to the THANK YOUS section in the back of the book!