No Quarter

Going To California

noreply@blogger.com (Jason Copland) — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:44:00 +0000

That's it, folks! I'm walking out the door for ECCC! Makes sure you drop by the Pop Goes The Icon booth Saturday, if you can. I would love to meet you all!

There Goes My Gun

noreply@blogger.com (Jason Copland) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:11:00 +0000

Obviously no one has told this guy that it's dangerous to go pointing guns at things!

I'll be heading to Seattle for the Emerald City Comic Con on Friday! Come see me if you happen to be at the show on Saturday 'round 2PM. I'll be at the Pop Goes The Icon table! Oh yeah, and enter to win some original art while you're there, too! Details...? Click here!

Straight Outta Compton

noreply@blogger.com (Jason Copland) — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:53:00 +0000

Rough penciled splash page for the Zombie Bomb! story. I'll be going straight to ink on all the roughs. No tight penciling for this project. There's going to be a lot of dry-brush and splatter on these pages, too! I'm excited about that!

Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)

noreply@blogger.com (Jason Copland) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:05:00 +0000

Look out!!! Behind you!!! (more zombie scribbles)

Hey! I'll be attending Emerald City Comic Con this coming weekend, mostly as a comic fan. I have a long list of people I want to stop by and see. The show looks to be even better than last year, which is great news because last year's was awesome!

Now, I said *mostly* as a comic fan because I will be there as a creator of comics, too. I'll be doing a little meet and greet at the Pop Goes The Icon table. Not only will I be there to hawk some wares but PGtI and I will also be raffling off the 2 pages I drew for PGtI's premier issue of Omega Comics Presents! That's right... enter to win both pages of original art... for free! All the details are right here!

I'll be mentioning the raffle through out the week and I hope to see you fine people there at the show!

The Show Must Go On

noreply@blogger.com (Jason Copland) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:15:00 +0000

Work on my next Zombie Bomb short story collaboration with Anthony Schiavino has begun. I'm doing the roughs now and will be inking next week. This going to be a show stopper! Well, until part 3 comes along... ha!

Space (I Believe In)

noreply@blogger.com (Jason Copland) — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:06:00 +0000

Here's another panel from "The Last Leaf". The inking for this is 98% done, I just have a few minor things to touch up. Then it's on to the next project... more Zombie, I believe...

Wrapped Around My Finger

noreply@blogger.com (Jason Copland) — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:26:00 +0000

I'm trying not to start every post with a shot at Blogger but getting stuff up on my blog has become a real pain. Anyways....

I drew this last night with absolutely no idea what I was drawing until I already drew the hand around the smaller figure's legs. The hand originally was going to be robotic (you can see the metal "seams" around the fingers) but somehow the figure ended up being the Hulk. So then I added some tech-y stuff to the flying figure and suddenly it was Iron Man. Go figure.

100% ink on paper. I plan on colouring this... but that will be done digitally.

Walk Talk Madly

noreply@blogger.com (Jason Copland) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:38:00 +0000

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.

Shine A Little Love

noreply@blogger.com (Jason Copland) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:30:00 +0000

Finally! A big thanks to Blogger and their FTP for letting me post something!

Just thought I'd show a panel comparison to shine some light on the process.

Later!

Just Begin Again

noreply@blogger.com (Jason Copland) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:25:00 +0000

I've been having some problems loading images up on this here blog for the past few days. It must have something to do with Blogger and their new mandate to stop allowing the few users (like me) who publish their blog through the FTP function. Not sure what I'm going to do. I'm no Tech wizard, so I don't even know what my options are. I wonder if I'll have to start a whole new blog...?

Anyways, I hope to have something new up here, today.

Nothing To Say

noreply@blogger.com (Jason Copland) — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:23:00 +0000

A Last Leaf panel.

Umm... well... so... how about those Olympics...?

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

noreply@blogger.com (Jason Copland) — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:07:00 +0000

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).

Greatest Mistake

noreply@blogger.com (Jason Copland) — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:06:00 +0000

Here's 2 more panels from The Last Leaf. The inking has gone well.... so far. Some of the pages are very thick with whiteout, though, which makes for some pretty ugly looking originals. Strangely, I don't really believe in "getting it right" the first time, in regards to inking. I don't mind making mistakes on the page. In fact, I've gotten good at using whiteout the moment things aren't going right.

Oh Yeah! You can get your own sneak peek of THE PERHAPANAUTS: MOLLY’S STORY (by Dezago, Weinstein, Copland and Thomas) : http://forum.superpouvoir.com/showthread.php?t=14426

Feel So Different

noreply@blogger.com (Jason Copland) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:14:00 +0000

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)

noreply@blogger.com (Jason Copland) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:29:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Jason Copland) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:22:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Jason Copland) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:37:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Jason Copland) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:40:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Jason Copland) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:18:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Jason Copland) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:26:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Jason Copland) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:47:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Jason Copland) — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:02:00 +0000

Run, Thor, run!

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

All done on my cintiq.

Next To The Moon

noreply@blogger.com (Jason Copland) — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:51:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Jason Copland) — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:12:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Jason Copland) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:13:00 +0000

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.