No Quarter

Feel So Different

2010-02-08T09:14:00.000-08:00

A new drawing of Davis. Still trying to get the look and feel of how I will handle the art of this project. This is pretty damn close. I think the real difference will be that I will ink it traditionally (this drawing is all digital).

Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)

2010-02-05T07:29:00.000-08:00

This a character sketch for one of the main characters for The Last Leaf story.

Done on the Cintiq.

Gotta run!

Stars In The Sky

2010-02-04T07:22:00.000-08:00

3 inked panels from "The Last Leaf". The pages are coming along. I seem to be happy with most of the inking, anyways. But, knowing me, that could change at any moment! ha

I just realized that there still needs to be some stars drawn in the windows in that first panel... oops.

The Perhapanauts: Molly's Story should be out in a couple of weeks! Make sure to grab a copy if you see it! And, I know you all know this but that UFO story I drew is now being serialized on the Ape Entertainment webcomics area. Here's a link to the latest page. Check it out and feel free to leave a comment and/or rating. Thanks!

A Statistic

2010-02-02T10:37:00.000-08:00

I just received an email from Blogger informing me that they aren't going to allow me to post via FTP as of March 26. Apparently, I'm part of a very small percentage (.5%!) of Blogger users that use the FTP function, so they are shutting it down. I'm not sure what I'm going to do about this new predicament.

This Loki sketch was done digitally.

Whole Lotta Rosie

2010-01-29T06:40:00.000-08:00

Ink brush and marker sketch done while watching the Calgary Flames lose another game. That was their 9th straight loss. If you add that up with the current 12 straight loses for the Edmonton Oilers, you have a whole lotta unhappy people in Wild Rose province (Alberta), eh?

Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy

2010-01-28T07:18:00.000-08:00

Inking on The Last Leaf story has begun! Working in digital is fine for some things but it feels good to be inking it with good'ol brush and ink.

At some point, I'm going to be colouring this story, too. THAT will be done digitally.

Mind Eraser, No Chaser

2010-01-27T07:26:00.000-08:00

I finished the layouts/pencils for The Last Leaf and thought I'd blow off a little creative steam drawing whatever came to mind. This, it seems, was what came to mind.

Digital drawing.

Don't Change Your Plans

2010-01-26T09:47:00.000-08:00

A rough panel from the Last Leaf story. I'm just finishing up the last of the roughs so I should be starting to ink the pages tomorrow.

That's the plan.... anyways.

Take It On The Run

2010-01-25T03:02:00.000-08:00

Run, Thor, run!

Finished this up last night when I should have been sleeping.

All done on my cintiq.

Next To The Moon

2010-01-23T08:51:00.000-08:00

This is what I'm currently working on, this morning. This is a panel from The Last Leaf. You can see that the hand is next for tightening up.

Digital drawing.

Life In A Northern Town

2010-01-22T07:12:00.000-08:00

So, remember I did the art for a 7 page UFO short story for Ape Entertainment called, Life Is Funny? And remember how I said it was going to be part of an online comic anthology (for now, anyways)? Well, the first 3 pages have gone "live". You can see them by going here! Please go check it out, and if you are in the mood, you can rate the story and/or leave comments. The more positive feedback the better. :)

The story was written by Chris Beckett, coloured by Osmarco Valladao, lettered by Josh Aitken and drawn by me. The above page is page 1 (FYI).

Let There Be More Light

2010-01-21T07:13:00.000-08:00

Here's the fourth page of the Kill All Monsters! pitch. Hell yeah, this stuff was fun to draw. Maybe more soon....?

Lines by my and colours by Scott Keating.

Daydream Believer

2010-01-20T11:01:00.001-08:00

I can't believe I've never posted the final finished Kill All Monsters! pages. The book has been sitting with a couple of interested publishers for a while now but no movement has taken place. Sigh.

Line art by me and the amazing colours are by Scott Keating.

Once Upon A Time In The Projects

2010-01-19T09:20:00.000-08:00

I'm finishing up the layouts/pencils for The Last Leaf. I'm pretty happy with them. This is a shot of one of the main characters tinkering with his latest project.

This is a mix of pencil and digital drawing.

Break My Body

2010-01-15T07:12:00.000-08:00

This was a page I did while I was in art school. I was asked to be in a group show that had a centralized theme of "The Body". We could take it however we wanted. This is where I took my piece.

These are characters that I created that I still have some interest in using... in some capacity.

Shock To The System

2010-01-14T07:18:00.000-08:00

I'm still working on the layouts for "The Last Leaf" short. I'm well into them, actually, and they are turning out to be far more detailed than I was originally planning on them being. Which is ok, I guess. Makes for easier inking, when the time comes.

Also, I still haven't figured out a system on how to do the layouts. I thought I was going to do the them completely in digital form but I found it hard to get a sense of the page as a whole. I've gone back to pencil for the most part and will use the Cintiq do tighten them up, after scanning them. Seems to be working.

All In A Mouse's Night

2010-01-13T10:26:00.000-08:00

Decided to throw some colour on this drawing from last week. First timing colouring with the Cintiq. It was definitely easier than colouring with the mouse.

So Lonely

2010-01-12T09:29:00.000-08:00

Here's another look at how I work out the perspective for a panel. It's a shot from the same setting as the last perspective image I posted. The background will be mostly be us looking out into space through the huge windows. The Last Leaf story has a real despairing and lonely feel to it, so I am trying to make the settings reflect that.

All done digitally.

What's He Building In There?

2010-01-08T07:17:00.000-08:00

I took an old ballpoint pen drawing of some downtown Vancouver buildings I did years ago, roughed in some figures digitally, printed it out in non-photo blue and inked it using one of my brush pens (while watching an old episode of That 70's Show).

It needs some colour.

Somebody Get Me A Doctor

2010-01-07T10:20:00.000-08:00

I'm working on the futuristic retelling of O. Henry's "The Last Leaf". It will be a part of the Digital Webbing anthology that revolves around the idea of re-envisioned fairy tales with a sci-fi slant. I don't think the project has an official name. I'm working with writer, Jason Mullikin, on this.

This is a panel from that story. 100% digitally done. I will end up inking this traditionally but damn if those digital lines aren't super close to being good enough for print.

Sense Of Doubt

2010-01-05T07:43:00.000-08:00

I doubt it will take the form of a historical fiction project but there will be a project that I draw which will contain a kilted man as one of the main characters. You can take that to the bank.

Marker on paper, with digital enhancing.

Ramblin' Man

2010-01-04T07:30:00.000-08:00

Sorry, folks. Just a page of sketches to show. Haven't had any time or energy to whip something up. I'm sick. Again. Great start to 2010, eh?

Going to be putting all my time into drawing the Last Leaf story, for the Digital Webbing anthology. After that, I've got some zombie stuff to do for the 3rd installment of Zombie Bomb.

After that? Hoping to be going into production on a large project with writer and pal, James Powell. I've also been given word that I may be drawing another Perhapanauts Special, this one written by Rich Woodall. It starts Big, one of my favorite characters from the book, so I'm pretty stoked on that!

I'm rambling, now. Time to go take some decongestant and lay down.

One Night Love Affair

2009-12-31T07:07:00.000-08:00

David Hopkins' One Night Stand is now out in the world. It was part of "Indy Comic Book Week", an event staged by indie comic creators to fill the new comics gap that occurred this Wednesday. Diamond Distribution, the distributor of almost every comic book publisher, decided to give its workers some Holiday time off and not send out any comics this week. This created a void that needed to be filled... with indie comic goodness. Thus, One Night Stand was born!

Due to very low distribution, I'm posting my one page collaboration with Hopkins here. It was a fast and dirty affair.

New Years thoughts and resolutions coming soon! I know you can't wait.

Happy and Safe New Years wishes to you all! See you next year!

Can't Get It Out Of My Head

2009-12-29T07:45:00.000-08:00

During the Christmas holidays, I managed to squeeze in some sketching time. Some of the sketches were influenced by the Alien Legion book I was reading. Some were influenced by the Northlanders book I was reading. And some of it just came out of my own head, uninfluenced.

Marker on paper.

Just Got Back From Baby's

2009-12-28T08:00:00.000-08:00

Just got back from a few days away. The Coplands spent a couple of days up at Whistler, just chillin'... literally. Man, it was cold up there.

Santa was good to me. I got a bunch of comic trades... let's see... Alien Legion Omnibus, Northlanders: Sven The Returned, The Umbrella Academy: Dallas, Scalped: Dead Mothers and Jack Kirby's: The Demon! Nice haul, no?

Raphael, of Teenage Mutant Ninja fame.
Marker and whiteout on paper.