029 - ALIEN

Happy Wednesday!

AND THE WINNER IS

… not me. A little while back I posted a design I contributed to Project Rooftop’s BATMAN 2.0 Dynamic Do-Over re-design contest and after what seemed like some serious deliberation they’ve posted the winners and the runners up, of which I am one. Some really cool design work here, it was really interesting to see what all everyone else did compared to my own.

028 - RANDOM

Meh'... kinda' pointless and uninspired but it's been a little while since I posted anything so it is what it is.

BLUE LINE - SKETCH CARDS

Blue Line Art is organizing their second annual exhibition and auction of original sketch card art to benefit the American Cancer Society. Their first event in March of 2008 raised over $7,000 and hopefully their next will be bigger and better. There will be a public exhibition at Comics 2 Games, 8470 US42 Florence, KY on April 4th 2009. The auction of all the original art cards will go online starting the week before the Sketch Card exhibition and will end that evening. All proceeds from the sale of the cards will go to the American Cancer Society.

Being that my Wife was diagnosed with Breast Cancer back in September this is a very important cause to me so I hope everyone will get involved. All creators are invited to participate – Contact Jeremy Bell ( jeremyb@comics2cars.com ) for more information.

MARVELS / INKED

MARVELS

BULLDOG SKULL

I need to get business cards made up before MegaCon and I was kicking around ideas for a design. Since I tend to go with skulls for all my cards, I decided I might mix it up this time around... still not sold on it though. If anyone has any suggestions on the best place to order cards from, let me know!

BAT-WING

So in honor of Master Wayne's apparent demise in the pages of Final Crisis the folks over at PROJECT ROOFTOP are hosting a BATMAN 2.0 design contest, the jist of it being "redesign the Batman uniform to suit his most likely successor, Dick Grayson AKA Robin AKA Nightwing". I've never submitted a re-design before but being that Nightwing has always been one of my favorite characters I made a special effort to get this one in before the deadline... I even went as far as to color it myself!! This is most likely the only place you're likely to see it, as my lovely Wife was sweet enough to point out - "He still just looks like Nightwing"

027 - LABYRINTH

I don't usually post the pencils to these as they usually aren't much to look at (not that this one is) but I figured I might as well show both. Here's a creepy guy from PAN'S LABYRINTH - Guillermo Del Toro is one of my favorite directors... although I have to admit HELLBOY 2 is like a warm glass of milk to me, 10 minutes in and I'm out like a light. Anyhoo, these are fun to do and are relaxing in the sense that they're just for me and it doesn't much matter how they turn out so there isn't too much stress / anxiety involved.

MORE UPDATE '09

Here's an inked panel from the aforementioned book I'm currently working on and can't tell you anything about... basically because I'm superstitious and I don't like to jinx things. These nice officers are contemplating a door.

UPDATE '09

Here's a page of pencils from the book I'm currently working on and can't tell you anything about... basically because I'm superstitious and I don't like to jinx things.

026 - HARLEY

This is about as 'cheesecakey' as it tends to get 'round these parts... I get a kick out of it but I just don't think it's something I do especially well. Drawing Harley Quinn is always fun though.

025 - FIRST SIGHT

Love at first sight... or at least that's what I was trying for.

024 - INCREDIBLE

Happy New Year Everyone!! I wanted to get '09 started off strong with a big update... get it? 'strong'? 'big'? HA! Whatever... here's the Hulk.

023 - PROJECT ALICE

022 - SPIDEY

Have a safe & Happy Thanksgiving everybody!

021 - HELLBOY

020 - LEELOO

So on my last trip to BINDERS I picked up this funky new sketch book - it's a 6 x 12 Aquabee 'Tree Free' Hemp Sketch Book... it's only 20 sheets so I figure I have no excuse whatsoever not to be able to fill it. Leeloo (The 5th Element) here is another piece I'd been wanting to do for a while.

019 - ELLE DRIVER

So early Friday I finished up a commercial project that I was working on, having wrapped on both DEMON'S REGRET and SALEM: QUEEN OF THORNS prior to that, Friday was the first time in a year where I could take the weekend off and not have something hanging over my head. It felt good... so good in fact that I didn't draw anything all weekend and spent most of Sunday, cleaning my workspace and re-organizing all of my clutter. I figured I would draw something just for fun and settled on my favorite Deadly Viper, Elle Driver.

SERIAL

Here's a look at a cover I did for a book called SERIAL - Written by Mitch Brown (DEMON'S REGRET) with Art by my pal Don Thomas and Colors by Matthew Warlick

SALEM / REVISITED

They'll miss me when I'm gone...

DEMON’S REGRET # 3 IN STORES

Demon’s Regret – Issue # 3 Preview

By Mitch Brown, Wilfredo Torres, Matt Warlick, Nate Pride, cover by Michael GoldenIn the thrilling final issue of the mini-series, Asmodeus recalls his involvement with history’s most infamous criminals and war mongers. Then, under suspicion from Lucifer, Asmodeus finds himself in a predicament where he must deceive the Great Deceiver himself!! This issue contains an exclusive interview with the creator and writer of the mini-series, Mitch Brown. Also, character designs are included from artist Wilfredo Torres.

http://blog.digitalwebbing.com/2008/10/demons-regret-3-preview/

Issue # 3 Hits the stands on WEDNESDAY 10/29!

DR3 / The Wrap-Up

So if my guess is right, DEMON'S REGRET Issue 3 should be on its way to the printer right about now. It’s been a lot of fun working on this book and a real learning experience for me being that it was my first professional work. While attending HeroesCon in Charlotte, NC the year before last my buddy Don Thomas introduced me to the very talented Sanford Greene who is really one of the nicest guys I’ve met in this business. Sanford looked through my portfolio and said to me, “I know a guy that you should meet”. He then introduced me to Mitch Brown who at the time had a couple of different ideas he wanted to produce but was looking for an Artist… I just happened to be one and the rest as they say is history.

Along the way this book has had some great folks involved that through their contribution have made it that much cooler. Big thanks to Inker Nathan Massengill who championed this book from the beginning, our Publisher Ed Dukeshire over at Digital Webbing and also Cover Artist extraordinaire, Michael Golden. As always my gratitude goes out to Brian Stelfreeze who always takes the time to look over my stuff and provide me invaluable direction and feedback on how I can continue to improve my work. I would also like to thank my wonderful collaborators, the man with the hat Mike Kilgore on Colors for issues 1 and 2. Matthew ‘Soulcore’ Warlick for jumping in for Colors on issue 3 and Nate Pride on Letters – Last but not least Writer, Mitch Brown who took a chance on an unknown and let me play with his toys.

DR3 / Progress Report

Here's a look at a page 17 from the last installment of Mitch Brown's DEMON'S REGRET in pencil stage.

SALEM: QUEEN OF THORNS # 2 IN STORES

Salem: Queen of Thorns – Issue 2 is in stores and BOOM! Studios has provided CBR with advance looks at new comics on sale this week - September 10, 2008 -- including "Blood Bowl: Killer Contract" #3, "Challenger Deep" #1, "High Rollers" #2, "Necronomicon" #1, "Salem: Queen of Thorns" #2 and "Warhammer: Condemned by Fire" #4.

Check it out!