Walk Talk Madly

An idea for a new comic is forming. Don't want to talk about it too much but I thought I'd post a little something that is related to it.

All done on the cintiq.

I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart

Hey, all!

Today's the big day. The Perhapanauts: Molly's Story one-shot is out in comic shops today! I haven't seen it in printed form yet but I hear it looks great. Run down to your local comic shop, grab a copy and let me know what you thought!

Also, the good people at Review2aKill have put together a heartwarming overview of some of my recent work. Please check it (and the rest of the site) out here.

I've been inking the Last Leaf pages and haven't had a whole lot of time for anything else. I did manage to scribble out the drawing of Batman (see above).

Feel So Different

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)

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

Done on the Cintiq.

Gotta run!

Mind Eraser, No Chaser

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

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

Run, Thor, run!

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

All done on my cintiq.

All In A Mouse's Night

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.

Wonderin'

The final inks have been added to this panel. The progression is almost complete. All it needs now is someone to add some colour. I wonder who that will be ...?

Fun Fun Fun

Here's that last panel but with more lines on it. I'm not sure why I'm tightening this drawing up as much as I am. My plan was to do the tightening during the inking phase. I guess I'm still just having fun figuring out how to use the Cintiq.

Business Time

I feel like I`m starting to get the hang of this Cintiq business.

Here`s an almost complete rough drawing of one of the panels for the Zombie Bomb story I`m working on. I still have to draw in most of the zombie figures... but that stuff tends to be easier to draw.

All drawn on the Cintiq.

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

Yesterday saw the beginnings of a new way of making comics, for me. I'm starting to use my new Cintiq tablet for the rough drawing/layout steps. It's a liberating way of working in that I can "erase" my mistakes and resize/move things that I've drawn that aren't quite right. I've barely scratched the surface of what this thing can/will do for me so that I can make comics in a faster and more immediate manner.

For those interested, here is a look at one of the panels for the new Zombie Bomb short story I'm doing with writer Dino Caruso called, Zombie Night In Canada. The top image is the panel I drew with the Cintiq and the second image is the final inked drawing, done over a non-photo printout of the Cintiq sketch, using real life brush and ink. I still don't see me doing "digital inks" on the Cintiq, though. I think traditional inking is still the best way for me to retain the quality of line I'm looking for. Maybe I just haven't found the right digital tool/brush to make my marks with.

The Heart's Filthy Lesson

I set up my Cintiq, today. After making some random lines, I attempted my first digital sketch. This is it, in all it's pixelated glory. Seems I was drawing in a really small image size...

First lesson learned!

One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces

We've reached the 200th post milestone here at No Quarter! What better way to celebrate this wondrous occasion than buying a Cintiq 12WX drawing tablet?!!

I just got the word from eBay that I finally managed to win one of these beauties and at a great price, too! I see me using this for all my preliminary rough drawings and for doing coloring, when the opportunity presents itself. I still anticipate doing all my inking with pen/brush/whatever on good old fashion bristol board.

Hard to sell original digital pages...