I’ve been sick and stressed…
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008…for a variety or reasons. But I did finally get pictures of this larger drawing I did for a friend. It wouldn’t fit on my scanner.
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October….done.
Saturday, November 1st, 2008Halloween came and went leaving me visited by a couple Darth Vaders, a jaguar (which I incorrectly guessed was a leopard and was corrected), a Frankenstein monster who I’m sure was in high school, and one girl that looked kind of like a prostitute but I’m sure was supposed to be a pop star.
Looking out [...]
This just in: Boring Manhunter Drawing
Friday, October 24th, 2008I spent all day working on a commission piece that the manager of the local comic shop here in town had me do for a DC writer that’s doing an in-store signing. I spent all afternoon working on it, and almost trashed it halfway through.
I learned a few things while doing this today:
1) [...]
This weekend I met….
Sunday, October 19th, 2008This weekend I was at a convention, which is nothing too unusual.
Except that someone made a costume of one of my characters.
I thought that was pretty cool. The guy that made it (modeled here by a friend of his) says it’s not quite done yet (I notice there’s no belt or sleeves yet) but [...]
Inside the Moleskine: Feeding the addiction
Thursday, October 16th, 2008The economy may be in trouble, but legal stimulants aren’t going anywhere. And if Joe the Plumber is going to make enough money to spread the wealth around, he’s going to need a lot of them too.
Inside the Moleskine: Fire-side talk
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008I, like our large friend here pictured by the fire and speaking in transliterated greek, dream in color. I’ve always heard this is rare, but most people I talk to seem to dream in color. Another reason for me to doubt hearsay statistics. I have also heard, and can’t remember where, [...]
the impending robot apocolypse
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008Today I was thinking about the creepiness of Honda’s Asimo Robot. Then I remembered the sheer terror that is the Boston Dynamics Big Dog. With its lack of discernible head, unstoppable momentum and the crazy, freak-out inducing beehive sound, I cursed the day science bent its collective warped mind to [...]
Cartoon Journal: Running Down the Sun
Monday, October 13th, 2008Learning to Use Watercolor
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008Painting is something I thought that I’d like to be able to do for a while now, but it’s been a very slow process for me. When I was learning to use markers (and I’m still learning) I had tried initially to use color and the drawings turned out like poo. So I [...]
My afternoon with Blue Beetle
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008I figured I’d continue the art theme.
Someone paid me a little money for a sketch back in May at an event at the local comic shop, and it took me nearly 5 months to get to it. So I figured I should do it up right since they had to wait so long. [...]
fatigue and a sketch
Monday, September 29th, 2008Some days getting up at 4am leaves me feeling worn down and unproductive for the rest of the day. Other days, I get a second wind and it’s like any other day. Today there was no second wind.
Instead, there’s just me trying to get through this afternoon and a sketch of [...]
One more head sketch
Saturday, September 27th, 2008Yesterday I couldn’t get very focused on work. Maybe it was the rain and wind, or the fact that my day began at 4 am. I tried to do some actual work, but only managed to do two sketch cards and then played around with watercolors, which will help me in the long [...]
another head study
Friday, September 26th, 2008Another head sketch.
Head Study
Thursday, September 25th, 2008I’ve been trying take some time during the week to work out some issues in my drawing. Working from old black and white photos is a good way to study lighting and form. Do it enough and you’ll begin to learn how shadows and light fall on the various planes of the face. [...]
what I learned about coloring today
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008I just finished coloring a page for the editor of a book a friend of mine is inking. I’ve realized a couple things.
-After the last few years coloring with traditional mediums, coloring on the computer makes me feel disconnected from the work. This is part of the reason why I don’t [...]
Marvel Masterpieces Set 3
Saturday, September 6th, 2008I finished up my cards for the third Marvel Masterpieces set, and got word back yesterday that they were approved. Here’s some of the ones that I think turned out best:
And here’s the first “puzzle” I did with six cards. I wonder what the chances are of someone tracking them all down.
Phoenix!
Monday, August 25th, 2008During conventions it’s either feast or famine with the commission work. Often during down times I’ll just work up something with the hopes that it’ll sell on Ebay, and at the very least pad-out my commission portfolio. This particular one was drawn while I was sitting around commission-less in Charlotte, but later sold [...]
sample pages
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008I’ve been working up some updated sample pages of my pencil work to send out to editors. After trying to find a good script, to no avail, I decided to do a simple action scene. It probably won’t be more than four pages or so, just enough to convey a sense of storytelling, [...]
MM set III
Thursday, August 14th, 2008I’m in the middle of the next batch of cards for the third Marvel Masterpieces series. I’m trying to do more action shots and multiple-card images this time just to raise my own bar a little. After seeing what some other people are able to achieve in a 2.5 X 3.5 area, it [...]
Rules were apparently made to be broken.
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008I know I said I wasn’t going to post much art here. But as it’s becoming a full-time endeavor, I figure it’s unavoidable at this point.
This is a preliminary sketch for a commission based on the book “The Man Who Was Thursday” by G.K. Chesterton.