Monday, June 09, 2008
Thursday, June 05, 2008
Thugs! - Hostess Parody Ad
Blue pencils for the UltraMaiden 'Hostess' parody ad. Guest script by Rich 'BlueMeanie' MacAuliffe.I'll ink this beauty up and it'll go into the first issues of 'Thugs!'
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Deb Bonair - Page 1
Originally intended for color. I created, wrote and Inked this strip with amazingly gorgeous pencils by Rory Hensley!The color thing hasn't worked out so far. it's taken Kevin Volo nearly a year and a half to put color to this. As far as I know there are only two pages colored.
So, I decided to go ahead and publish it in the second CGS Anthology book in black and white. I had to go in and alter the artwork to suit.
Who knows what'll happen. I still want Kevin to finish it...but I don't know when that'll be.
Thugs! - Page 14
UltraMaiden is miffed!
That's it for Issue One! Gotta to get some 'back matter' done and the inside front cover. BlueMeanie is writing a 'Hostess' parody ad. I might color it too and have it as the back cover.
We'll see.
That's it for Issue One! Gotta to get some 'back matter' done and the inside front cover. BlueMeanie is writing a 'Hostess' parody ad. I might color it too and have it as the back cover.
We'll see.
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Thugs! - Page 13
Changed the layout a bit and added small logos to each character as they're introduced into the strip. Really happy with the facial expressions on this page.
Monday, June 02, 2008
Sunday, June 01, 2008
Thugs! - Page 10
Redrew the top panel on this page...and the lettering, of course. Stuck in a few 'Easter Eggs'.Thursday, May 29, 2008
Thugs! - Page 9
I like the way this re-do turned out. A lot less claustrophobic than the original...especially the word balloon placement.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Thugs! - Page 6
It's been really interesting resizing the artwork to fit comic book specs.What to move closer together...what to leave out. Re-doing the lettering, making sure it becomes part of the page and not seperate...y'know, stuff like that.
Still have around 8 more pages to go for the first issue.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Monday, May 19, 2008
Friday, May 16, 2008
Slumber Party! pencils - page 1
Page one blue pencils on a two page 'gory' story for Angry Gnome comics. (http://www.angrygnomecomics.com/)
It's been a bit of a challenge to layout. Shawn (the writer) has written 12 panels for the two pages. When I thumbnailed it out it was tough to pick what should be the focus, what should take up more space...etc!
It's fun though.
It's been a bit of a challenge to layout. Shawn (the writer) has written 12 panels for the two pages. When I thumbnailed it out it was tough to pick what should be the focus, what should take up more space...etc!
It's fun though.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Caretakers Tales! - Endpiece - Page 2 - Panel 3!
It's complete!The interior art for Caretakers Tales is finished!
All 49 pages!!!!!
Now all that's left is the cover...which I'll probably leave for a while until Rob catches a bit up on adding color to the pages.
Spicy Space Tales - Page 9!
Well...after all the trials and tribulations of dealing with a broken scanner and reformatting the computer...I finally got it done. Completed right on deadline day!Phew!
I hope someone calls 'dibs'...I'm getting po'ed at the lack of commitment.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Babes - Page 14 - Panel 2!
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Thugs! - Page 3
My scanner is STILL broken!I'm off to fry's electronics tonight to get me a new one!
In the meantime here's page 3 of Thugs! Again, I had to resize and reletter it to fit the print format. It's a pain ...but it gives me the opportunity to fine tune everything...so, it's not all bad.
Thursday, May 08, 2008
Scanner Problems!
Aaargh!
My scanner is on the fritz!
For some strange reason it's scanning 'Blank'. I reinstalled drivers etc, and did everything possible to fix it!
No dice!
I was cruising through pages today until the scanner issue. Wasted half my day trying every sort of solution.
If I can't get it sorted in the next couple of days...I'll have to buy a new one. What a bummer!
I have two pages to scan. One of 'Caretakers' and the other is the next page of 'Spicy Space Tales!'
........
My scanner is on the fritz!
For some strange reason it's scanning 'Blank'. I reinstalled drivers etc, and did everything possible to fix it!
No dice!
I was cruising through pages today until the scanner issue. Wasted half my day trying every sort of solution.
If I can't get it sorted in the next couple of days...I'll have to buy a new one. What a bummer!
I have two pages to scan. One of 'Caretakers' and the other is the next page of 'Spicy Space Tales!'
........
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Thugs! - Page 2
As you may or may not know, Thugs! started as a web-strip, but that kinda fell to the wayside because the site the strip was on needed an overhaul.Myself and Al have decided to self-publish 'Thugs!'. We decided that we are going to print through Ka-Blam and that's when I came across an important format issue. The pages are too big for Ka-Blams technical specs. So, now I have to go through each page and resize/reposition and in some cases completely redo the layout. Also, I'm going to tweak the lettering and the artwork...try and give it a more polished look.
So...what you see above is page 2 of Thugs! Book One...which was actually Page 1 of the webstrip. The Ubabee page was added as a nice intro to the series.
Confused? Don't worry...as the strip gets a fresh look for print...I'll be confused too!
Monday, May 05, 2008
THUGS! - Ubabee!
While I was doing some rough pencils on the last Caretakers story...I decided to draw the opening page for the Thugs! book.Al Sparrow provided the words. It's Ubabee, The looker...the Thugs! universe version of Uatu, The Watcher.
Thursday, May 01, 2008
THUGS! - Cover Ruff!
Heres the ruff cover for Thugs! No.1.It's an homage to Batman: Gotham Adventures No.1 cover by Ty Templeton.
Of course I'll put the credit on the cover when I'm finished. Also, we spoofed the tagline from 'DC Universe 0' - The Ending Begins Here!'
In fact the whole of Thugs is a huge lovesong/spoof of all our favorite Superheroes. Lots of homages and 'tip of the hat' type stuff.
We hope to have the first issue published by August. It seems like it's a long way aways but time flies...
I'll post the final cover when I'm finished tweaking this one.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Babes - Page 10 - Panel 1!
Here's a peek at Page 10!I got back from Sedona on the weekend. Myself and my beautiful wife of 10 years had a great time. Now my batteries are recharged.
I did page 10 today of the last Caretakers story. I'm really hyped because...not only am I near the end of the book, but my team 'Manchester United' beat 'Barcelona' today to go to the Champions League Final.
Woohoo!
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Mercury and The Murd - color mock-up!
Here's the nearly completed cover for PKD Media's 'Mercury and the Murd' issue 2.What I mean by mock-up is...the logos, credits etc proabably need to be switched around. I sent Shawn the uncluttered version for him to play around with. I put the the stuff on there to get an inkling of what the cover might look like because it looks very bare without it.
As soon as I get the complete cover back from Shawn at PKD I'll post it.
This post will be my last post for until Monday the 28th. I'm off to Sedona for a few days to celebrate my 10th Anniversary.
See y'all later!
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Babes - Page 9 - Panel 1!
Alrighty!I can't post anymore complete pages at the moment. I don't want to spoil the story...so, here's a snippet of page 9.
Monday, April 21, 2008
New York!
An oldie but goodie!Did this a few years ago. It was one background of a series of backgrounds showing the whole of the USA. This was the first one. I think I actually did around seven backgrounds before the idea was scrapped because the head of the department changed his mind a month into it. He was so incompetent.
The amount of time and money wasted on the whims of that lunatic are unbelieveable.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Darkseid
DARKSEID IS!Or basically...Darkseid was!
The Fourth World is no more. The New Gods are Dead. Long Live the Fifth World.
It will be interesting to see what DC do now with Kirby's characters likely to be reborn in this Fifth World.
A 5 Minute Doodle!
Batman - 70's
A 5 Minute Doodle!Wasn't intentionally meant to look like a 70's era Batman...just turned out that way.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Babes - Page 7 - Inks!
I'll probably show one more preview page and then I'll post an odd panel or two. I don't want to ruin the ending.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Mercury and the Murd - Sneak Peek!
Here's a sneak peek of the second issue cover of the new independent comic book 'Mercury and the Murd' from PKD Media.Shawn Pryor, the series creator, approached me to draw a cover for him. I hope he can get a good color artist to color it. I have a couple of suggestions for the background. and foreground.
Loady McGee
Here's A 5 Minute Doodle of one of my favorite Johnny Ryan characters...'Loady McGee'.A friend of mine, Jim Mariano, introduced me to the amazingly politically incorrect world of Johnny Ryan a few years ago. I've been hooked on his work ever since.
You can check out Mr. Ryans work here. Be warned it's Not Safe For Work.
http://www.johnnyr.com/
Monday, April 07, 2008
Spicy Space Tales - Page 7
...And then there were two!Here's my attempt of trying to keep the strip on track and somewhat consistent.
You can check out all the previous pages from different artists at
http://spicyspacetales.blogspot.com
Friday, April 04, 2008
Babes - Page 3 - Inks!
I'm happy with the first panel background...but the second panel background is awful! I hope that Rob can work his magic on 'fixing' this at the color stage...either that, or I'll end up redrawing it.I think that's the end of the two panel pages for at least another few pages...I know, I know, theres only so many times I can get away with showing off the ladies.
Thursday, April 03, 2008
The Scarlet Rios v Lobo!
Did this really quick.There was a heated debate going on over in the CGS Forums between Peter Rios and and forumite 'Lobo'. It was over DCBS (Discount Comic Book Service)...Lobo was having an issue with the service and things got a little out of hand.
I couldn't resist drawing this up. If you're not familiar with the people on the CGS Forum...you won't get the joke. I thought it was really funny and appropriate...so did fellow forumite Frank Castle.
As long as I can make one person chuckle (besides myself!)...my job is done.
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
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