Drawing For Myself – Karin

What’s this? A new entry in my series of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe re-imaginings? It’s been forever! Here’s my take on Karin from the Filmation episode The Wizard of Stone Mountain: KARIN – Pencilled on 5.5×8.25″ bristol, inked in Manga Studio EX4, colored in Photoshop. This is my entry for Lean Into [...]

Drawing for Myself – Jax Epoch

So last night I finally got to read Explorer: The Mystery Boxes, a comics anthology for all ages, put together by Kazu Kibuishi (you’ve probably heard about it–if not, seriously, get this for you and your kids). The terrific piece within by Dave Roman and Raina Telgemeier got all the more fun when I noticed [...]

Drawing For Myself: Delilah Dirk!

Took a short break from freelancing today to do a quick ink sketch, and instead of my usual 80s cartoon characters sketches, I thought I’d do a little fan art for a comic I’m very excited about!   DELILAH DIRK Pencil and brush pen on 5.5×8.25″ bristol. If  you haven’t read Delilah Dirk and the [...]

Drawing for Myself – Zachary Foxx

Working on more pieces for the big commission sale I’m holding, and I was asked to do a fun one this past week. Zachary Foxx of the Galaxy Rangers! Pencil and brush pen on 5.5×8.25″ bristol. I personally love the Galaxy Rangers show, though I’ve known some others who share my tastes yet can’t seem [...]

Drawing for Myself – Painting the MNSA Building

Last time I showed how I used Google Sketchup to build a 3D model of a major setting in my upcoming Front comic, Petty Dreadful. Today I took on the next step, coloring the image in Photoshop: It’s not quite done yet, but it’s coming along. Trying out some of the painting techniques Brandon Dayton [...]

Drawing for Myself – Brawn

Time for another warm up sketch and dig a little deeper into this Manga Studio thing. Today’s sketch, in keeping with the holiday, is the most lovable of the G1 Transformers (okay, that’s a stretch)! BRAWN Pencil and Manga Studio on 8.5×11″ paper. And here’s the original sketch on copy paper:  

Drawing for Myself – Using Sketchup for My Settings

Working hard on the new Front comic, entitled Petty Dreadful, and one of the pre-production items I need to take on is the main setting for the story, the MNSA (Multi National Security Agency) headquarters. Like another comic I worked on a few years back, Switch Runners, I plan on making some digital paintings of [...]

Drawing for Myself – Red Ranger

Continuing on with my Manga Studio inking tests. I’m finding the pen tool in vector mode is pretty intuitive. The brush tool, however, was not today. RED RANGER Pencil and Manga Studio on 8.5×11″ paper It came as a surprise to me that the brush’s density and size depend on the speed at which you [...]

Drawing for Myself – Inking in Manga Studio

So after seeing Audra Furuichi draw in Manga Studio at the AADL Comic Artists Forum, then watching a demo by Stephen McCranie on Comics Are Great! 46, I just had to set aside some time to play with this Manga Studio thing everyone in comics seems to be talking about. I kept hearing about how [...]

Drawing for Myself – Crasher

Today’s warm-up sketch is that lovely lady Renegade GoBot, Crasher! CRASHER Pencil, brush pen, and crayon on 5.5×8.25″ bristol. One thing you have to give the GoBots: they featured prominent female characters (both good and evil) years before the Transformers did. And please don’t try to wrestle me on the whole why would robots need genders? [...]

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