Haven't done Illustration Friday in a long, long time, but I had a couple free hours to kill. Above, the warrior triumphant.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
A Glorious Return
I've been AWOL from this blog for quite a while. Mostly due to working like a demon on Frown Town and blogging the process. Some highlights from the blog:
Now the puppets are all finished and we're raising money to make the first episode.
In the mean time, I've also redone my illustration portfolio and added in a lot of stuff I've done over the past few months that I didn't post here. I'm changing my ways, and bringing this blog back from the dead, so I'll hopefully be posting quite a bit more. I'm attending the Center for Cartoon Studies in the fall and I doubt I'll lack for content!
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Corsica Landscape Mark Three
If you don't like something, try, try, try again until your eyes bleed. I thought the landscape for page four of the Corsica comic (title pending) had turned out pretty wonky:
Almost everything could use improving. The grass looked flat, the bushes looked like little spike animals, the rocks looked like melting ice cream and the mountains looked like giant sand dunes. Pretty much the only things I was happy with were the town, the clouds and the ocean. And that van, Christ that van.
Most of the comics I've done thus far have relied on super stylized backgrounds that took forever to draw, stuff like The King of the Cats and The Vacant Lot. I'm actually trying to evoke a real place with this comic, though, so I had to teach myself how to draw landscape for real, rather than relying on hundreds of tiny blades of grass and tree branches to fudge it.
I always liked how Craig Thompson drew fields of grass, so cribbed a bit from him on this page.
This one's trying to figure out the techniques Eric Shanower uses to create the wonderfully epic landscapes he uses.
And here's the redrawn version. The new van's still a bit off to me. It kind of looks like it's floating above the road, rather than driving along it. But still, I'm getting closer to the look I want for this comic.
Almost everything could use improving. The grass looked flat, the bushes looked like little spike animals, the rocks looked like melting ice cream and the mountains looked like giant sand dunes. Pretty much the only things I was happy with were the town, the clouds and the ocean. And that van, Christ that van.
Most of the comics I've done thus far have relied on super stylized backgrounds that took forever to draw, stuff like The King of the Cats and The Vacant Lot. I'm actually trying to evoke a real place with this comic, though, so I had to teach myself how to draw landscape for real, rather than relying on hundreds of tiny blades of grass and tree branches to fudge it.
I always liked how Craig Thompson drew fields of grass, so cribbed a bit from him on this page.
This one's trying to figure out the techniques Eric Shanower uses to create the wonderfully epic landscapes he uses.
And here's the redrawn version. The new van's still a bit off to me. It kind of looks like it's floating above the road, rather than driving along it. But still, I'm getting closer to the look I want for this comic.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Ant Fight!
It's been a while, but I h'aint been idle. Working on puppets a ton (see their progress at the website) and doing miscellaneous little projects. I found time to do these two pages of an ant fight. More to come soon!
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Friday, December 11, 2009
First Sets Sketch
The first sketch for the Frown Town sets. I'm trying to figure out a feel for the environment, but it'll need a lot more work.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Back in the USA (for a while now)
I've been back in the US since the 16th of November, but haven't gotten to posting here yet until now. We ended up going to Egypt, Israel and Jordan instead of Lebanon and Syria because of a visa mix up. Here're a few things I've been working on in the past two weeks:
1. A splash page from the old Corsica comic. I'm pulling it out, dusting it off, and trying to get a visual style nailed down & a script completed.
2. A strip for Threatmetrix that I had fun drawing.
3. The Frown Town website. Now up and operational!
I also did some sketches on my trip. I'll scan and upload them soon.
1. A splash page from the old Corsica comic. I'm pulling it out, dusting it off, and trying to get a visual style nailed down & a script completed.
2. A strip for Threatmetrix that I had fun drawing.
3. The Frown Town website. Now up and operational!
I also did some sketches on my trip. I'll scan and upload them soon.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Expatriotism
I'm leaving the US tomorrow for Turkey, Syria, then Lebanon. I'll be back November 18th!
Friday, August 21, 2009
Death Machine - page two
The second page of Death Machine, click for higher rez.
And because I couldn't resist, here's a detail of the coffee monster in the last panel. Click for a bigger versions. This sucker was loads of fun to draw!
And because I couldn't resist, here's a detail of the coffee monster in the last panel. Click for a bigger versions. This sucker was loads of fun to draw!
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Death Machine!
Rar! The first page of a two page made-up dream comic I'm calling "Death Machine." Click the image for a bigger preview.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Second Frown Town Production Day
Another major push on Frown Town production brings the total to five heads (there's been another couple rounds since then, actually, so their numbers have swollen even more).
They start out as giant foam blocks we glue together and trace the templates onto.
Fancy lads, little sleep, larval beards.
They start out as giant foam blocks we glue together and trace the templates onto.
Fancy lads, little sleep, larval beards.
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