40 Days in Time and Space - Page 10

Here's the latest page.

The entire thing, so far, can be found right here.

40 Days in Time and Space - Page 9

The latest page is done.

The entire thing, so far, can be seen over here.

Really pushing to get the next page done soon. I hope it stays simpler then these last 3 pages have gotten.

40 Days in Time and Space - Page 07

Not dead... yet.

I know it's been a while since the last page was completed, but things are back on track. I hope you enjoy this new page in the series.

All the previous pages can be found here.

Illustration Station 009 - More Action Man, More Books

I did this drawing recently as a going away present for a co-worker. The long due next page of 40 days in time and space should come along shortly, as well.

Illustration Station 008 - A few small drawings

These are a few 2.5 in. x 3.5 in. drawings I've been doing over the past week. I wanted to work at a similar level of detail without having the space to develop a large, complex drawing.

40 Days in Time and Space - Page 5

And the previous pages can still be found right here.

40 Days in Time and Space - Page 4

Page 4 took a little longer then expected, but here it is.

Earlier pages can be viewed right here.

40 Days in Time and Space - Page 3

page 3.

Previous pages are at this link.

40 Days in Time and Space - Page 2

Here's the second page from 40 Days in Time and Space. The entire archive of the book can be found here.

Working on a New Book Project

I've started work on a small new book project. Here's the first page.

Inspired by Moebius's 40 Days in the Desert. The book will contain no words other then those you see on the first page and contain only one panel per page. That's the current plan. I've been know to make deviations from my original plans.

Also, some sketches from the last week.

Illustration Station 006 - Warm up sketch

After a number of set backs, I've gotten back to work on my comics. This image has nothing to do with said comic, but it's just the warm up sketch I did before getting to the real work.

Work work to come, soon.

Illustration Station 005 - Floating in Space

Made this little drawing as a going away gift for a co-worker. Thought I'd through it up here as part of my attempt to revive this online appendage of mine.

Illustration Station 003 - ray gun girl

It's been a long time since updating, so I thought I'd start with a new illustration instead of some sketchbook pages, but I'll be following up with those pretty soon.

It's a really pulp mass-market cover style drawing, but that's kinda what I like to do when I can't figure out what else to draw.

Tales from the Sketchbook 021 - filled another sketchbook

I finally finished off this sketchbook. Not with what I would call my best sketches, but either way, it feels good to move onto another book.

And then the last page:

And here's a picture of that sketchbook, held together with venting tape.

Tales from the Sketchbook 017 - Day 24

I didn't plan on this to be a sketchbook dump, but that seems to be the only artwork I've been able to make time for, lately. Once I get this big video project finished, I think I'll have some illustrations to get to.

This is a character I sketched and have had some fun developing into a bigger concept.

 

Tales from the Sketchbook 016 - So busy these days

Sketches from the last 4 days.

Tales from the Sketchbook 013 - days 14 through 17

Been a busy weekend.

Started sketching this at the Free Press Summerfest in Houston, but the rain kinda stopped my ability to get much more sketching done. Either way, seeing a live performance from the Flaming Lips fill your head with enough imagery to last for months.
A bit of that imagery has been working it's way into an idea for a pin-up poster illustration. Still haven't started on the final image, but I like the way the sketches are going.

Also, the idea for this cathedral/spaceship has been floating around in my head too. I'm not sure about the design I have here, but we'll see where it goes.

Illustrations Station 001 - Space Girl pin-up

Just been working on a pin up poster. I'm a big fan of the Barbarella movie. I've only seen a little bit of the comics, since I don't think they've been republished in English for a long while.
I use pin-up imagery in my paintings, but I've never really tried to do just a strait, cheesecake pin-up. It's been a long standing weakness of mine to due a strait illustration. Doing comics allows me to compose a narrative over a span of time or through multiple views of a space. Trying to put a narrative into a single image has been a really tough challenge, but one I feel like I need to start trying. Things like book covers and posters are really necessary for drawing people in to experience the inside of your comics.
The other advantage to the single pin-up illustration, is that having fun with designs that don't ever need to be very logical. One of those great things about ray-guns is that since they're physically impossible, you can let for go wild and ignore function.

And here's the messy pencils. I've never been one for clean pencils. Everybody tells me work from thumbnail sketches. It's sound advice, but I think my painterly training has got me stuck on thinking on the page.