MASH-UP entry: V.A.M.P.D.O.K.

I am not eligible to compete, but I still like to throw one in. This is for Velocity's MASH-UP contest, where folks mash 2 characters together, creating a singular new character.

This week's output

I've been busy coloring and lettering APOCALYPSE INCORPORATED, preparing to shop it around to get it published. I'll post some of those pages once I get around to making them web-worthy.

These images are the October Cheat Sheet image for the shop, and a sketch I did in a new 100% recycled paper sketchbook. I wanted to see how the paper, which is pretty smooth, would take to a good brushin'. Turns out, it takes it pretty well.

AIR GUITAR

Always tackling the important issues, here are the prelims for my Team 8 series hopefully screen-printed by the end of the month.

Cheat sheet banner

This was done last week for the September Cheat Sheet for the shop. A cheat sheet is what we give customers at Velocity that lists all the new product we will order at month's end, gives them a chance to add it to their list. I've gotten tired of just moving the store logo around the top of these things, so I figured I'd start drawing new banners for each month.

Vestiges pages 1 and 2

And last but not least for now are the first 2 unlettered pages of VESTIGES, the mini-comic I did as part of the TEAM 8 CREATOR SHOWCASE, overseen by myself and Spencer Hansen. Go to http://www.team8press.com/ to see all the hot junk Team 8 is working on.

RIDEFINDERS comic

This is pages 2 3 and 4 of the Ridefinders comic I did for GRTC earlier this year. It is to be handed out to elementary school children all around the city to teach them the benefits of carpooling, biking and riding the bus to reduce carbon emissions and stuff like that. Scott Wichmann wrote it, it was a lot of fun to do. The corrections and deadline crunches, eh, not so much.

Apocalypse Inc #1 page 1

Man, where'd the time go? Oh yeah, towards getting a lot of stuff done, which I'll try to pile on here. This 1st thing is page one of the forthcoming APOCALYPSE INCORPORATED series. This is penciled by my amazing pal KERRY TALBOTT, who is too busy and important to ink or color so I'm the lucky guy that gets to do all that.

I'm going to see if I can throw up some more recent stuff in a minute.

VESTIGES minicomic cover

This here's the cover to my forthcoming minicomic VESTIGES. It's part of a line of minis I'm overseeing that'll debut at HeroesCon in Charlotte, NC in June. We've got some super talented folks involved, you should check 'em out when they arrive!

My apologies...

This is what happens when I get no sleep and then have to sit behind a table all day.

SQUINJA!

More from New York Comic Con.

BEAUTY QUEEN Jam from NYCC

Yep, this is how we pass the time at Cons. Courtesy of Matt Deans, Spencer Hansen and myself. I'll let you guess who did what.

Figure drawing 4/6/08

More of the same model from last time. I'm getting closer to a likeness I can live with.

Figure drawing 03/23/08

This was the one I was happy with. Done w/ brush pen.

Vestiges

...and, last but not least are some character sketches for the two fellas in my minicomic (debuting at Charlotte HeroesCon 2007) VESTIGES. This title is an umbrella for a couple shorter minis and one longform comic.

Superdude sketches

Some more recent sketches trying to work the brush pen along with some prismacolor grey markers.

Recent figure drawings

A couple of figure drawings from last week at Ghostprint Gallery. It had been a while since I had gone to any sessions, and I'm really glad I went. I did these with a brush pen, no pencil or anything beforehand. The first image is just my cracking open a new brush pen (of which I'm still learning limitations and benefits), the next two from one pose over the course of 4 0 minutes or so.

Been a while...

Ironically, I set this blog up to push me to get more art done and post, and since I've had the blog I've done more art than in a long time, just haven't had the time to scan. I've picked up a few little jobs that I'll post here when done, and am working on some comic stuff of my own.

I'm going to post a few sets of images today. The first is of some pieces I did for the store, for new gift certificates. I'll probably post the fully designed versions when they're done.