The idea for Red Sky Diary was hatched back in 1993, or 1991, depending on how you look at it. The concept for "Gallows", and Red Sky Diary evolved from an idea I had to do a prequel to a comic story I worked on with Writer/Artist Timothy Truman in 1991 called "Dragon Chiang." I wanted to do a spin off prequel book featuring a "Young Dragon Chiang, lean, mean, and badass. I worked up some visuals that really turned me on and sent them over to Truman. He was very supportive but alas, he was too busy to do anything with the material for a while.

As time passed these images kept gnawing at my subconscious and I found myself compelled to draw the character every chance I got. Pretty soon I had amassed a decent number of illustrations that meshed together very well. By 1993 Gallows began to force his way into my consciousness. The idea for the character came flowing out of my mind and onto the page one evening as I sat looking at a new illustration I'd just finished featuring the character (see my pics). I soon realized that the nebulous young Dragon Chiang would be swallowed whole by the fierce warrior known as Kerulan Ulaanbaatar, AKA Man Gallows.

I had some card stock photo copies made of the illustration immediately and sat down to figure out once and for all who this character was and what he was all about. I made notes and little sketches all over the copies I'd made. That was the night that Red Sky Diary was born.

Over the last 14 years I've had the story in my head, every once in a while I'd take out my notes and add more. Every once in a while I'd find myself drawn back to the character and have to do a new illustration. I've thought about doing it as a comic, an illustrated book, a film, or a series of portfolios. For the last 5 years I've been thinking that film will be the ultimate destination for Gallows. A screenplay and prose novel are in the works and while that stuff is being worked on I continue to work on Red Sky Diary illustrations and am cooking up ideas for a comics series. After years of gestation I think I can safely say that I'm about to let this guy loose on the world. Stay tuned.

Tim Bradstreet - San Diego, California.

Don't forget to check the "pics" in this profile for a look at the evolution of Red Sky Diary over the years. From early versions of the character to his present incarnation. I've got everything from illustration to oil paintings, production concept art, photo studies and even a look at my photo-roughs of illustrations in progress. This gallery will be updated periodically with additional artwork as I release older stuff bit by bit and finish new work.