More sketchbook wanderings

Will up the ante very soon but for now more sketches...

Copperhead Blues- Title page and intro

This short comic was supposed to make its rounds with me at SPX in 2007. The only wrinkle in that plan being that I wasn't able to attend. It remained on hold because it was tapped to be printed last year. However, the publication has had to battle the same financial dragons everyone else has. I've wanted to let this one see the light of day for some time especially since I'm twisting my arm to sit down and commit to new comics. The good people at the publication gave their blessing so here it is. With any luck, it will be a good lead in to the next piece I'm working on and allow feedback that could help the new piece before I get into the meat of the visuals. Constructive criticism anyone?

Copperhead Blues Part 1

Copperhead Blues part 2

Yeah... more.

Got a second draft done on the new comic and am starting breakdowns but have been keeping these up for kicks because they've been great fun. I may try some sequential versions of these brain on cruise control images before I really dive into the real deal.

More animals.

Disappointing attempts at Rauschenberg. That guy had so much energy and a lightness to him so I was a little bummed out when neither attempt really worked. I'll give it another go from another photo some time. I was happy with how his hand came out though.

More art influences/betters.

A couple more...

Same story.

Sketchbook wanderings

I've been busy writing comics but miss drawing when I do. To counterbalance the feelings this week I've been putting the old brain on autopilot and been drawing various sketches from photos. Trying to quickly bang them out with just a brushpen. I always enjoy looking at other folk's sketches so I thought I'd put mine up too. Here's a few of the results:

Sketchbook throwback

Since I decided to put up the newer sketches, I figured I'd throw these that were preliminaries for Art Murmur 5.




The idea was to do quick detailed studies from reference so that I didn't rely on photos for the end result. I probably should have done some quick color gestures as well to have made the final piece stronger. These are brushpen also.

Monkeying part 2

Monkeying around for the holidays...