Page 2 inked and lettered!

I put nose to grindstone yesterday evening and today and got page 2 completely inked and lettered. Somehow I still found time to enjoy time with family and work out. I am amazed at that. This stuff takes time! I am getting used to the process somewhat, but I must admit that I am less than impressed with the aesthetic quality of the drawing.  Actually there are a lot of little nit-picky things that I wish were better as well, but I am trying to stay focused on clearly communicating the story first and foremost. Looking at it now I’m wishing the lettering was a bit bigger too.

Oh well, on to the next page.

Pirates Page 1 inked

"Pirates" page 1 inked.

Pirates p3-4-web

Pirates p3-4-web, a photo by na37216 on Flickr.

Pirates p1-2-web

Pirates p1-2-web, a photo by na37216 on Flickr.

Good Find: Streetfighter 2 Raw Edition

I was in the comic shop the other day and I came across a few issues of Streetfigher 2 Raw Edition books. (click on that link to see a more thorough review)
These are really interesting, even for someone who has never read Streetfighter comics. What these books do is show only the finished pencils for each edition by Alvin Lee along with 'notes/commentary' on the process of creating each page from the writer and artist. In the last few pages of each issue the full finished script is printed.
Very educational... and best of all the drawings are tremendously well done.

Drawing Every Day

Since returning from heroescon (which was awesome by the way), I have put my lovely girls on a plane to visit Sweden, and have bees hanging out with the cat, drawing mostly all day, every day, for the last few days. I met a fellow who publishes an online comic called Hallowscream once a year that specializes in short illustrated horror stories. Needless to say, I stepped up ad offered to participate. He sent me a few scripts to read, I picked one and I am getting through it. Again, flying by the seat of my pants here, I have a finished file size and dpi, but otherwise it is pretty much up to me. I asked if I could change the pacing of the story a little bit so instead of 2 jam packed pages I will have 5, that roll along at a smoother pace...
And yes, so these last few days i have been drawing every day ...and I like it!

Walking in Chalrotte

I Rolled into Charlotte NC yesterday evening and immediately took a stroll around downtown. It was real nice and clean and very hip and modern too. I was impressed. Especially due to the fact that in just a couple of blocks I passed the Harvey B. Ganntt Center/museum of African-American culture, the Mint Museum of modern art, a free live performance of Shakepeare in a park and a big giant shiny skull!

Above photo taken from the steps of the Mint Museum.

The view from outside the convention center... where I will be spending a lot of time for the next few days.

Nice.

In the Beginning...

Tonight I am on the eve of heading off to ole' Charlotte North Carolina to attend HeroesCon,  THE big convention for comic book artists. I am excited and insane for running off and doing such a thing but with portfolio in hand and a suitcase full of art supplies I will drive off cross country tomorrow to meet some of my favorite artists of all time. (Bernie Wrightson will be there...among others!) I will miss my girls, but sometimes art people just gotta do crazy stuff...
And so, I figure, right now, I might as well get this blog thing started as well, and if I don't have a complete meltdown due to catastrophic art-nerd overload I will attempt to keep some king of regular record of events here for the next few days, to like, preserve the memories.
Before long the new artwork will begin to appear... and then I'll add some helpful instructional stuff, and weird things found on the web... and before you know it, BAM! world domination from the comfort of my dream home.
The future is now after all.
 Let's do it.

ALSO:
Check the schedule of events here: http://www.heroesonline.com/heroescon/schedule/
Oh Man... There is too much good stuff!