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I've been busy at work on different projects. One of which you see the image from below, but not able to talk about it as of yet. I'm doing doodles for an idea for a web comic and I got some good feedback from a screenwriter friend on the formula for the web comic, so I'm looking forward in completing it. I'm still working on a pitch with Mike for an idea he came up with. I've only finished two pages so far, because I'm kind of busy doing commissions on other small projects.

I hope to have something good to tell you once I can finish one of these projects, so stay tuned.

Tutorial

I thought I'd do tutorial on making a pinup this time.

So, I had in my head a loan girl and her pet Saber Tooth Tiger. Naturally I referenced the character and her landscape. So, I figured Africa would be a good reference to start. I referenced a normal tiger, but I made a lot of changes to make him look cooler. A normal tiger doesn't really look they way I drew it.

I found a really nice image of grass that I used as a reference as well.




When I started the pencils I was thinking only of design and the pose. No details. When I started inking I thought a little more pencil work was needed for the grass, but they were still pretty rough and from there I started inking. I added all the shapes and line work when I inked it, but only because I know what I wanted when I started. If I'm not sure, I'll tighten up my pencil work and then ink it.

I inked the boarder first, then started inking the grass, her boot and the tiger, etc. I moved my way up and then finished it off by doing the clouds and mountains.


I hope this was somewhat interesting to you.

Thanks for reading.

Tommy Girl

This was a commission requested a few days ago. It's supposed to be a t-shirt later. The guy just requested a school girl with a tommy gun, dead guys around her, and white roses. I thought it was a cool combinations and he likes it.

Willow page

"Sometimes I need a break from work I'm doing. Normally I can just sketch something, but I want to do more sequential pages, so when I found the art contest for a single page over at the Blueline Boards I couldn't resist."

I said the above over at another board and didn't want to retype it here. This week I'm going back to work on coloring and more page work on the new project I'm doing with Mike. This time he came up with the idea and it's pretty fun doing something without the story going on in my head while I'm drawing it. Normally I'd be think of other plots and whatnot while drawing, but Mike is taking care of all that, so all I have to do is the art.

Willow sketches

I found a challenge on the Blueline boards about a character designed on the boards by a guy named Clayboy. Really cool design and the contest is one page sequential, so I thought I could fit that it my schedule. I'll post when I'm done.

The pitch we sent to Image Shadowline was rejected, but there are still other prospects. I'm looking into getting a colorist to work on the rest of the pages while I work on yet another pitch that Mike and I want to do.

Wolverine

I inked and colored this piece for the no prize challenge at ten ton studios. The idea was to ink over someone else's pencils that we found on the forum somewhere. So, Joh James came along and I couldn't resist inking his amazing pencils. He's a rising star and I'm sure you'll be seeing his work all over the place soon.