FUTUREQUAKE
























Been really busy this month so i didn't get to work on the Futurequake cover idea that i posted a while back. However, i did have a piece i was quite happy with from a War Heroes competition, and what wasn't going to get used that was similar in subject matter. I was pretty lucky in that regard as i didn't have to disappoint the good folks at FutureQuake, so with a little reworking, everyone was happy.

Dec.

ACTION!












Yet another pencilled panel from Sweeney Todd. I'll post a full, inked page soon; i pwomise.

Dec.

A SWIFT KICK UP THE ARSE











I just had to give myself one of these. Soooooooo much work to do.....

Dec.

MORE SWEENEY TODD PENCILS AND AWARD NOMINATION...?
























Ugh. It's annoying when i'm getting lots done but can't really show anything. Here's another pencilled Sweeney Todd panel in the meantime. I like drawing him in the hat and cape. It's like drawing Batman.

Oh, and check this out; seems this blog has been nominated for an Irish Blog Award?














I didn't even know there was such a thing, never mind how my blog got nominated. It's in the category of 'Best Blog of a Business' . See the list of nominations here.

Dec.

BUSY BUSY BUSY








Here's a panel from something i'm working on. Not Sweeney Todd, obviously. Then again, did they have 'iron birds' in Ye Olden times....?

Dec.

FRANKENSTEIN QUICK TEXT SECOND PRINTING
























From the Classical Comics news page;

"Frankenstein Quick Text to go into 2nd edition.
Only three months since it was first printed, sales have exceeded our estimates and we're having to reprint the Quick Text version of Frankenstein!"

Great stuff. I have no idea what the actual numbers are or anything, but the fact that the quick text has to be reprinted only 3 months after it was published is great.

Congrats to all the team!

Dec.

SWEENEY TODD PENCILS


















A pencilled panel from Sweeney Todd.

Dec.

'REAPER' SKETCHES



















Did these sketches last night.

Dec.

NEXT STOP: NEW YORK



Everything (nearly) in order for the New York Comic Con next month. Lotsa work to do between now and then. Had better get to it.....



















Dec.

PENCILS vs INKS
















There's a very worn-out joke that implies 'inkers are tracers'. Anyone who has any appreciation for the art-form knows that is absolutely not the case. However, i don't really ink over my pencils in the traditional style. I really like interpreting pencil lines into interesting ink lines and the artists i gravitate to more are those who really excel at that approach. Instead of posting just the inked version of the page, i thought i'd concentrate on one specific panel from Sweeney Todd to show how i've taken my pencils and interpreted them in ink. I changed some lines, i added others. I kept solid blacks, i broke up solid blacks. I made sure i played around with the image rather than strictly tighten it up. The panel is hardly radically different after inking but i would like to think that the end result is more interesting than if i had slickly inked every pencilled line.

I quess ye can be the judge of that.

Dec.

FUTUREQUAKE COVER SKETCH
























This is a rough to a cover the good folks at FutureQuake asked me to do. Should have the final art soon, but i like this quick sketch as is.

Dec.

THE WIRE: OMAR


















Been watching a lot of post-Christmas DVDs in the last few days and started to feel guilty, so i thought i'd use them as an excuse to draw something. I'm a big fan of the TV series The Wire. This is one of my favourite characters, Omar Little. Loved this moment from one episode, so i just thought i'd do a drawing of it. I've long wanted to do a proper piece for this series, along with Six Feet Under, but haven't found the time. Small pieces like this and the Angel drawings i did before may be the answer. I may do more of these.

Dec.