ALIVE!

Hey guys! Sorry for so few updates as of late! I'm working on a lot of stuff I can't post online right now, and need to cut down my internet time in order to keep from getting overwhelmed.

I'll have stuff to post soon!

Later! ;)

Triple Entendre

Finished trade piece with GloomyUnderwoods on DA. Her character, Kevin is on the right, and my dude is on the left. I really kind of went overboard with it. Much was learned for next time around!

Oh yeah, and To Do List:
Backgrounds (which sadly won't be posted here)

Proposal Work to be finished on or before Jan. 1st:
Format Main Document
Finish Pages
Sort Out Remaining Character Art

FOCUS

As much as I'd like to get both comics out in some form by New Year's I think I'm going to put "Ohlie Day" on hold for now and switch my focus exclusively onto the proposal (and the smaller projects for other people). It's more important and there will probably be plenty of waiting time after it's sent out where I can then concentrate on smaller stand-alone comics for a bit. :)

Art & Studies

So, here's a bunch of work that I've done from this week. I'm trying to incorporate backgrounds in my pieces more so that I can be more confident not just in my ability to make them well, but also to eventually try to be more creative with them.

First up:


Then I had this idea here which I'm coloring up this week --- I think the pipes sap electricity from the trees.


This one is a progress on an art trade I'm doing with GloomyUnderwoods on Deviantart. Kevin belongs to her, Ralph is of course mine. I was kind of itching for some character interaction and I have a cool idea for the lighting in this one!


Concept drawing for my comic:


which I then took into Photoshop to try to play with the color like so:


And that's all for now!

The Return

Back from Illuxcon -- AWESOME time. Everyone there is sweet as well as just damn brilliant! Hell of a learning experience too! Seeing all that amazing work and asking questions has lead me to a lot of rethinking of how I'm going about my own art.

That said, I did 3 pages of drawings today, including some observational work and will likely continue along that vein for the rest of the week along with finishing up some backgrounds for a friend as well as my own comic work. I'll be sure to post the best stuff at the end of the week. :)

Cheers!

Off to Illuxcon + some art

So I'm off to Illuxcon with Mat and Zack for the weekend to talk to illustrators, look at awesome paintings, try to get ourselves out into the art world, and just generally relax! Definitely attending as many lectures as possible!

In the meantime here's some art -- I've been drawing like a lunatic getting comic work done plus art trades, and just general doodling. Most of this is already uploaded around other websites, but this first one is a progress page from my comic, Chainsmoke! I'll upload more stuff when I get back. :) Enjoy!

This is WAR, boys!

More character art drawn in between comic pages. The drawing was done about a year ago and dug up from the MAGICAL ARCHIVES to use for something else, so I colored it.

You would trust General Ralph to lead you through battle alive. I know you would.