Archive for October, 2009

Johnny Cash and the houses on Caswell St.

Sunday, October 11th, 2009

From this past week’s Sketch Charlotte meeting.

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Kilowog sketch

Friday, October 9th, 2009

I know I missed last night’s meeting, but that’s no excuse to not post. I feel like this is a bit of a letdown after Tom’s excellent last post, but I gotta keep my streak alive (heh). This is an initial sketch of Kilowog that I’ll later lightbox, tighten and ink. I absolutely hate that left arm, but haven’t figured out what to do with it yet. I hope to have this one ready for the convention on Oct 24.

p.s. Vy, this one has feet, so I hope you enjoy them. As stumpy as they are.

kilowog

Mitchin’ ‘n Ditchin’

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

Sorry I missed tonight’s meeting. Real life got in the way, unfortunately. Nothing dramatic, just chores that I overlooked and had to get done before tomorrow morning, namely put the old toilet that I removed as well as a room’s old carpet and padding, cut appropriately and bundled to city specs, out on the curb for Friday morning curbside pickup. Otherwise we’d be living in fine heritage style with those items on our carport for another two weeks. Sorry everyone, I really hated to miss, but it was my own fault. To make up for it, here is a finished work. But since I do believe we should post sketches, ala “Sketch” Charlotte, I’m also including the pencil rough, too. This is for an upcoming back cover for Comicopia, as well as a future splash page or cover for a Circle City Tales story.

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Sketch Charlotte Meetup Thursday Night

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

We’ll be meeting this Thursday night at the Philosopher’s Stone on 7th and Pecan at 6:30pm

Newcomers are welcome. Bring a sketchbook and something to draw with. Feel free to bring stuff you’re working on at home to show around.

We are a pretty casual group that mostly gets together to sketch while we talk about art, films, comics, music, writing, etc. This week we may experiment with themed sketches at the meetup.

Come join us!

New interview up

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

Hey Gang,
here’s a quick little interview I did for the Tom Corbett miniseries

http://www.shannonmccabe.com/Jazma_Online_Comics.html

Coin Operated Boy

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
Illustration For Coin Operated Boy comic

Illustration For Coin Operated Boy comic

Here’s the first of two pin-ups for my friend Steven’s comic Coin Operated Boy. It’ll be out in December from Arcana.

sleeper for a Monday…

Monday, October 5th, 2009

I just got around to reading the Sleeper series from Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips…and it is amazing! You can definitely see where Criminal & Incognito came from! The volume 2 tpb had a story recap and this was a 1″ square next to the main character’s info. It hit me pretty good, so I decided to knock it out on the back of a backing board before jumping into volume 3. Do yourself a favor and go check this series out!

after Sean Phillips...

after Sean Phillips...

Sketch for a potential Nathan Sorry cover/title page

Sunday, October 4th, 2009

cover_sketch

A sketch for a Friday

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

Just a pencil sketch I did this week … her neck and arms are all swooped out, but there’s something in there I really like. In fact, I dig this chick. I think I may have a new character. :)
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Shaun of the Dead, Part 1

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

Hey all, I’m hoping to post the step by step process of completing this piece. It takes me forever to draw, because I’m slow, and because my kids keep me occupied quite a bit. Anyway, this is the beginning of a Shaun of the Dead piece, featuring Shaun and Ed. This is just construction lines on 9×12 bristol. Next step will be to tighten this up, add some details, then lightbox it with bluelines onto a piece of 11×17 comic board. Hopefully I’ll have at least *some* of that done by next Thursday!

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