Killing Time

*lesigh* I think I'm more pissed than My Beauty here at having to reinstall Windows 7 twice. It's not really the install that takes so long... it's the UPDATES! :P

But it gave me some time to practice some more digital inking.  Original pencils kinda get sketchy at the gun. :D

San Diego Comicon Sketches!

San Diego has come and gone.  Decompressed, feet achy.  Time to put up some sketches!  These are the relatively clean ones for the kiddies, ya know. ;D

I still have a Jet Black from Cowboy Bebop to finish off at home, so there will be the slightest shred of Beefcake in there for the ladies.  Overall, a fun trip.  Great to meet some new friends and rejoin old ones.  Many thanks to the people who run Artist's Alley and to DeviantArt for making it all happen again this year.  Hope to see ya'll next year!

Baroness!

G.I. Joe/Danger Girl #2 Inks done. Enjoy some Baroness! Pencils by John Royle.

Some commissions then SDCC! :D

SpringCon 2012

Another SpringCon has come and gone. TY to the MCBA and all the organizers and supporters for having us out again in Minneapolis.  Their 25th Anniversary is coming up next year and they're saying they're going to "blow the budget" ala Carnivale.  Sounds Exciting. :)  Anyhoo, Sketches!

My Power Girl Bunny print (people just don't get it! :P) didn't do as well as expected but it did generate some interest in commissions for her regular (only!) costume.  One wanted her with her Tabby cat which ended up being a Shoulder Happy Cat, but I did mull over the idea of having it hang from her boob window.  Maybe draw later.

 

I was also commished to do a Scarlet Witch on one of them Sketch Covers.  Very nice stock to work on if you have a dark lead pencil.  And another artist from the alley asked for a Squall from Final Fantasy.  I made sure to give him dem abs and obliques that women seem to love so much. :D

 

Finally, my only marker piece for the con was for their Charity Auction donating to the Lupus Foundation or the CBLDF.  I thought it turned out pretty well.  Some lucky person got it for $50, probably should have bid on it myself. :P

We had the traditionally post con dinner with Gordon Purcell who brought along Dan Jurgens and Bob McLeod.  David (Ninja Quiet guy--forget the last name--grr) was there too who has some neat ideas for remarketing and promoting comics.  A very cool dinner indeed.  Next con up--San Diego! *squee!*

Power Girl Bunny

Welp, I finally got a new print colored up.  It took forever and I'm still figuring out how I want to paint.  The Opacity approach is a bit like wrestling with a bear and can lead to over tone modulations and some muddiness. I personally like more cel shaded stuff and will probably look to do more of that in the future.  Anyhoo, I'm off to the printer to see how it looks on paper, looking at 12x18" but possibly 11x14" too.  Hopefully have it for the upcoming SpringCon in Minneapolis, on the weekend of May 19.  Come out and pick one up. ;)

Post C2E2

Well, C2E2 was a fun time to be had, glad to meet lots of fans (some mistakening me for Jeff, natch.) Signed lots of copies of Star Trek/Legion and did some sketching for peeps.  I also met some people who might get me off mah lazy butt and get some more prints out.  Enjoy the sketches though. :)

First up is a fan's character in Mass Effect 2 Armor, which sometimes can be a PitA to draw. :P

Followed by doing some more "Magic fer Johnny." An original anime style fairy.  Colors seem a tad all over the place, and I got carried away on the background again, not good because it sucks my markers dry.

 These two are actually 1 commission that was paid for but never picked up.  The gent wanted Martian Manhunter, but I neglected to ask if he wanted the comic version or the animated version.  I had some time on my hands so I did both.  Might ink them up to make them look a-really-nicee!

 

Some Star Trek sketch covers drawn up by my bro, Jeff, then inked traditionally with brush. I really like the Spock out of the batch.

Lastly, I didn't draw it, nor own it, but just had to share, a Playboy Bunny rendered in marker and watercolor by the fabulous Stephane Roux who sat next to us.  Simple and Elegant, I think I'm trying too hard.

Inkers Gonna Ink!

Pages came in for the new project I'm working on with John Royle and IDW.  Little snipet for ya!  It should be solicited soon.