LONDON SUPER COMIC CON

This weekend I'll be at London Super Comic Con. Above are some Spidey-related commission I've done for the show. I'll be signing and sketching during the weekend at the Close Encounters table (table D317-322) along with fellow Micks Stephen Mooney and Will Sliney. Nick Roche should be around the place too, so make sure you stop by and say hello!

Dec.

THUNDERBOLTS SKETCHES

All last week, Marvel ran a feature showcasing the illustrations I did of all the original Thunderbolts team, who will appear in the T-Bolts v T-Bolts arc in April. Thanks to the guys at Marvel.com for featutring them all. Here that all are in one post you your enjoyment. Huge thanks to Jordie for doing a fantastic jonb of colouring them all for me.

TECHNO
SONGBIRD
METEORITE
MACH 1
CITIZEN V
ATLAS

Make sure you check out THUNDERBOLTS #172 this April!

Dec.

THE FAUN [PAN'S LABYRINTH]
Just a quick sketch I did today.

Dec.

ALBANY COMIC CON

I went to the Albany Comic Con show yesterday and had a great day. Drew a few sketches for those who wanted them, most of which are below....






Dec.

RED HULK


Since a lot o' folk seemed to like the Red Hulk i did over on the Micks blog this week, i drew up another. Jordie worked the magic that is now becoming usual.

Dec.

BATMAN AND ROBIN



I don't update this blog with new artwork that much; it's generally coloured versions of Eclectic Micks pieces, or Comic Twart pieces, or preview pages shown online, so here is a piece to make up for it.

Dec.

PS. Coming soon; more coloured versions of Eclectic Micks pieces, Comic Twart pieces, and preview pages shown online

UNCANNY X-FORCE

























I did an Uncanny X-Force piece for the Eclectic Micks blog this week. Jordie coloured this one too. I really like it.

Dec.

ULTIMATE SPIDEY (in colour)


























I drew Ultimate Spider-man as part of this weeks Eclectic Micks theme week. Jordie Bellaire then did a nice job colouring it.

Dec.

ORIGINAL ART FOR SALE
















I get asked about selling work now and then. Truth be told, i'm not very organised, AND i'm forgetful. Might as well throw in 'lazy' too while i'm at it, so i'm not that adept when it comes to arranging to sell and post work. I prefer to concentrate on the actual drawing part of the job.

Thankfully, I don't need to worry about that now, as I sell the bulk of my work though Cadence Comic Art now. Any work available to sell will be up on his site. There's various pieces i've done for the Eclectic Micks and Comic Twart blogs, and it's just been updated with pages from my run on 28 DAYS LATER, and my recent THUNDERBOLTS issues.

So if interested, pop on over to my page at Cadence Comic Art so see what's up for grabs. There's also work from great talent like Nathan Fox, Sean Murphy and Gabriel Hardman, so you're spoiled for choice.

Dec.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!


























As per the tradition, I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Of course, I also wish a Good Merlinpeen to all my fellow Verdukians. Thanks to all who have been following my exploits this year.

And what a year it has been for the auld Decster. See yeh in the next one folks.

Dec.

(PS; thanks to Stephen Mooney for the Man-Tree-Thing idea)

ELEKTRA


























Here's another sketch I did at the Albany Comic Con a month back.

Dec.

'GOAT-MAN' INKS

























Every now and then I like to ink someone else's work; it stops me from getting too complacent when inking myself. Frequent readers of this blog may know that I predominantly ink with a Pental brush-pen, along with other tools of course. But still, I use the brush-pen a LOT. Recently Jordie Bellaire challenged me to ink with a proper old-school brush. I light-boxed one of her pencil drawings to try it out.

Her brushes were pretty small and rough, which resulted in an interesting line, but some awkward drawing. I lost all the precise lines i get with a brush-pen, but I got some unexpected, rough lines because of it. She also had a rough, busted-up pen, so I was able to get some nice, gritty lines with that. Afterwards, I thought I should bump it up with some greywash, but in retospect i think I should have just left it alone; it worked better without it. See below for Jordie's pencil drawing, and more of her work here.






























I'd like to have another try at the drawing with the tools i'm more comfortable with, but the experiment was worth it to open me up more to using a proper brush more.

Dec.

LADY BULLSEYE


























I was at the Albany con a couple of weeks ago. Did a few comissions, including the above Lady Bullseye. Thanks a million to Andrew Hanna for sending me a scan of the sketch!

Dec.

NYCC THIS WEEKEND!












This Friday-Sunday is New York Comic Con and I can't wait.

If you're going, at booth R-12 you will see the ECLECTIC MICKS banner; the place to find (at different times) Len O'Grady, Will Sliney, Stephen Mooney and myself signing and sketching copies of Eclectic Micks Vol. 2, the new edition of sketches from out group blog. It looks great. Kudos to Will for putting the whole thing together.

As for me specifically, I'll be at the following tables at the following times...

Friday:
Boom Studios booth 1-2pm
Eclectic Micks table 2 -5pm

Saturday:
Eclectic Micks table 10am - 1pm
Boom Studios booth 1-2pm
Eclectic Micks table 3-4pm

Sunday:
Eclectic Micks table 10 -12am
Marvel booth from 12.30 to 1.30 pm
Eclectic Micks table 3 -5pm

I'll have my pre-order sketches for those who ordered them, and will take a list for sketches ($50) on Friday and see how it goes after that.

Also; sketches from the Micks and Comic Twart blogs along with original artwork from 28 DAYS LATER and my first issue of THUNDERBOLTS will be on sale at the Cadence Comic Art table, Small Press booth #253

Hope to see yeh there!

Dec.

ULTRA-BOY

























Here's one of the first pre-order sketches i've done for NYCC; ULTRA-BOY from The Legion Of Superheroes. Can honestly say i've never drawn him before. Quite interestingly, most of the pre-orders are characters i've never drawn before.

Dec.

CROSSBONES

























Another Crossbones sketch that is being given away (i'm sick of giving these away!) for the release of Thunderbolts #148, this one for Asylum Books and Games in Aberdeen, Scotland. Check with the shop to see how you can win it.

Dec.

THUNDERBOLTS SIGNING


























I'll be doing a signing in Forbidden Planet Dublin for THUNDERBOLTS #148 on Sept 16th. More info on the Eclectic Micks blog.

CROSSBONES SKETCH
























I'm doing some sketches for selected comic shops to promote THUNDERBOLTS #148 coming out in a few weeks. This one is for Sub City in Dublin. Ask in the shop how you can win this piece.

Dec.

CUCHULAIN





























Got a nice surprise online during the week, when i saw a sketch i did at C2E2 in Chicago about a month ago that had been coloured (quite nicely i might add) by one Kyle Latino. He was good enough to send on a scan of the original, along with a hi-res version of his colours too.

Thanks Kyle!

Dec.

Here's a Black Widow sketch i did at the Albany comic con on Sunday. Thanks a million to Andrew Hanna for sending on this scan of it.

Dec.