Title: “An Uninvited Advance Engenders Swift Resolution”
I planned on using bees as a theme for the “Westerly Strut” subset to “Butterbroda”, but decided to go with the main series…at least for this one.
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Jun 10
Norns Final Illustration
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Title: “A Trembled Thread Through Our Hands”
I thought I could get away with breaking this into three images, but after experimenting, I decided that breaking up the thread wasn’t working…so I’ll be selling this print as one 15″x7″ image rather than three 5″x7″s
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May 10
Serenity Graphic Novel Cover
One of the covers I recently created, has been released to the general public. The above image is for a Serenity graphic novel (published by Dark Horse Comics) called, The Shepherd’s Tale. The focus of this story is Shepherd Book, a character from Joss Whedon’s TV series Firefly. For more information about the GN you can read about it at Comic Book Resources here.
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May 10
The Norns Sketch
I’ve been head deep in another job, specifically a comic book cover, which I can’t say much about right now, but it’s kept me from getting any personal work done. Before the cover, I had started sketching out a new triptych for Butterbroda with a depiction of The Norns. The Norns (similar to The Fates), are three maiden giantesses who decide the fates of men through their judicious twinning, measuring and cutting of the tread of fate, of each individual. I’ve drawn them standing in front of the World Tree (Yggdrasill), which is the blue squiggles in the back. Hopefully I’ll be able to get started on this during the weekend.
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Apr 10
Likenesses
These Qui Gon Jinn and Buffy sketches (click the “continue reading” link to see the Buffy sketch) are a result of a potential client, requesting that I provide examples to demonstrate my ability to create a likeness accurately.
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Apr 10
Interview at Illustration Toolbox
I recently submitted a painting to Illustration Toolbox, and to my surprise, I was offered a full interview by the owner, Brian Rhinehart. The interview just went “live” today and you can read it here»
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Apr 10
“Verboten” graphic novel, page 3
"Verboten" page 3
I converted another page of my GN “Verboten” from the Butterbroda style to this more colorful style. I haven’t yet applied the Photoshop gradients, like I have for the first page…which will help add depth and atmosphere. Converting a page from the old style to the new, is more time consuming that I thought it would be, because of the time it takes to muddle through the Illustrator file…I’ll be curious to see how long a page takes once I start new pages. Working on the pages in the Butterbroda style was like assembling a jigsaw puzzle because the limited color pallet greatly restricts how shapes can overlap and be placed, it’s nice to be freed from that.
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Mar 10
“Felled and Fallen” color final
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This is the final image, for the time being, I’ll go back to it in a couple of weeks just to see if I want to add any other details or define anything better. I had posted the first “finished” version at ConceptArt and the general feedback was that the angel’s position was too hard to figure out under a pile of leaves, so I removed almost all the leaves, moved her leg and added an arm.
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Mar 10
“Felled and Fallen” color WIP.1
I’ve started coloring “Felled”. I’ve reverted back to a less green tinted version from the detail above. The green tint was added to help bring more focus to the angel’s face (with the contrasting color), but I liked the slightly more muted tone of the original…I can always tint at the end if I decide to go back in that direction. The picture is about 40% finished, in terms of adding color detail and rendering, I also want to paint over more of the line art. I keep intending on doing some more simple pictures (this was suppose to be one of those) but they end up getting more complicated despite my original intention.
