Two weeks later...

Finally polished off Hellcat yesterday. Think it turned out okay for being rather rusty. I'd've like to kept tinkering with it, but decided it was time lay down the brush and get started on finishing THE HOLLOW inks. We're Lilah-less for another eight days and I'm hoping to get the remaining seven pages inked in that time. Pretty sure I can make it, especially since I also polished off RED DEAD REDEMPTION this weekend. A darn fine, immersive game. It's got me watching DEADWOOD again, much to Angie's dismay.

Also, my tooth finally appears to be in proper working order. Woo-hoo!

Coming up for air

As you may or may not know, Mafus has challenged me to a sketch-off as I haven't posted anything is about two months. He chose Hellcat for this auspicious occasion, a character I know next to nothing about, only that she really likes the color yellow. Since I've been wanting to paint I decided I'd use watercolor and gouache for the challenge. Due to the long break in my creative endeavors I'm creaking like the Tin-Man with a severe case of oxidation, so I'm still on the underpainting portion of the piece. (Sorry for the crappy phone pic, but it was easier than scanning at the moment.)

I hope to polish it off in the next couple o' days as it's been energizing to pick up the brushes again.

Progress update:
Haven't gotten as much done as I'd like, but dealing with a bad tooth. (Root canal in the morning! Woo-hoo!)

Ides o' March

Finally got around to polishing off the inks to Patrick's drawing. Think I got a little carried away at times. Especially with the background. There wasn't one drawn and the liberties I took didn't really pan out for me. Ach! Ink and learn, my friends.

Also finally got some nice weather this weekend and we took advantage of it. Lilah seems to be a bit of a natural when it comes to football. (I speak of the English sort, not American.) Two sunny days of kicking and passing with plenty of deck-time. Sucks to have to go to work on another 66 degree day.

Still plodding away on Zuda. Lost my mojo with these side projects/pieces and utterly missed my March 1st deadline. Shooting for finishing the pencils by St. Pat's and hopefully get a good jump on the inks for an April 1st deadline. Then there's coloring and lettering...

In the interim...

Still chugging away at the Zuda entry, but already plotting another entry with some cohorts this time. We're trying to figure out the division of labor, so we're doing an inking swap. We both draw a monster menacing a damsel in distress and then the other will ink it. As I was watching BLACK DYNAMITE again, I was in a festive, campy mood and my monster turned into a '50's sci-fi movie monster. I'll post the inks to Patrick's piece once I've finished 'em. And if you haven't seen BLACK DYNAMITE already I highly suggest you rectify that situation. Can you dig it?!

Done

Back to Zuda!

Only have lettering left...

Starting off February right

Here's an uncolored, unrefined piece for the AFRODISIAC contest being held at Velocity. Jim Rugg, one of the authors will be at the shop this Friday for a release party and will be judging the contest: AFRODISIAC vs. (?). I think you can guess who I placed him up against, but there'll be some slight modification with Toho's moneymaker before I'm through.

Still working on my Zuda entry and currently have four pages pencilled and a fifth started, but wanted to get something in the Velocity contest, so Patrick has a solid showing on Friday.

Crazy snow down/up here (guess we're technically almost in the middle) and they're calling for more tomorrow and then this upcoming weekend. Damn. I left the Midwest for a reason.

Halloween came early

Lilah got into Angie's eye-shadow and zombified herself. I've been working on a Zuda submission and their rules state you're not allowed to post the artwork elsewhere, which explains my lack of posts so far this year. That said, things may be a little dry until I finish up my story.

C'mon, what're you waiting for?

It's fun. It's easy. Everyone is doing it...

Seriously, have you tried a #2?

Ah, the Kolinsky Sable #2

I sure do love that brush.

Snowhug '09

Her blue period

Tried to get a quick sketch done for some Lilah portraits last night and, of course, I needed help. Luckily, Lilah was in bed when I transferred the final drawing to the board for painting...

Blackest Night, Bluest Drawing

Okay, so I'm back after a long hiatus. Been reading Blackest Night and it got me thinking about a character I remember from way back in the day — Driq of Criq. Driq was a Green Lantern that was killed by Sinestro, but his ring refused to let him die. He was basically a zombie who spouted various moans and groans, but could still sling a ring and survive anything Sinestro could throw at him. Kinda reminds me of the Black Lanterns of today without all the drawn out hoopla.

That said, I keep hoping (or holding out) that Driq will again reappear as the hero of Blackest Night. Nothing against Hal Jordan and the rest of the Corps, but Driq was always an oddity, who stood out in my heart as an essential part of the Green Lantern universe — always ready to play a bigger role.

Now to the blue part of the title...Lilah makes it pretty much impossible to get any drawing done anymore. She sees Daddy drawing, she's gotta be drawing, too. Usually right on the page I'm working on. With Driq here she was drawing Spider-man. After awhile you start to see ol' Spidey...

Sure, I could draw after she goes to bed, but by then I'm usually done and ready for bed. I'm working on getting up earlier to get some drawing done or just resigning myself to dealing with plenty of non-repro blue (her weapon of choice) showing up on my work. I'm guessing it'll be the latter.

Hope everyone had a safe and happy Turkey Day.

Snoogans.

Since it's been awhile

Just a quick sketch since I've been working on things I can't be showing you fine folks yet.

Contest inks

Finally got off me arse and finished this piece. Doubt I'll color as my 'rents are in town and tomorrow's the last day to turn in entries. Think I'll just stick with Jesse's red eyes for a color accent.

Okay, I lied. I took a Copic marker to it and added some more depth. Unfortunately I did this at work and can't scan the piece again before I turn it in.

20 minute Ducky

Had a mad moment of inspiration yesterday after Angie said, "You need to paint something for Lilah's bathroom. How about a Rubber Ducky?" About 20 minutes later here's what happened.

Bar Fight Pencils

Submitted without comment.

Renfield

Been meaning to post something all week, but birthday celebrations, filming and just plain ol' life got in the way. Here's the painting of Renfield I did for Angie's birthday. Nothing fancy, but Angie seems to love it, so I guess everything turned out okay. Still working on a contest for Velocity and I'm hoping to finally finish pencilling it tonight and maybe inking in the next day or two. That's all I got for now. Peace!

Blue blazes!

Posted this over on the 'Haps forum in the Nova sketch jam, but figured I'd post it here as it's been quiet for a couple days. Still need to color our boy Nova in, which I hope to find time to do today or tomorrow. Also gonna try to snap a shot of the painting I did for Angie's birthday. (It's 2' x 4', so it's a bit hard to scan.) That's all I got for the moment. Hope everyone had a safe and happy 4th.

Color Update: