ANOTHER RANDOM PANEL

I know... but I like it.

RANDOM PANEL

As much as I'd like to show off some of the pages I've finished up this week, I'm gonna need to play it a little closer to the vest... so here's a random panel! Cheers!

SAINTS

So before anyone asks, the answer is no... I did these two pages as a sort of exercise in trying to adapt the look, tone and mood of the movie (BOONDOCK SAINTS) onto the comic book page. Overall I was pretty happy with the way they turned out but I think my biggest mistake was in attempting too literal a translation. I pretty much went shot for shot, not realizing until afterwards that the pages didn't read the way they should.

SUPERMAN

I figure I haven't posted a Superman drawing since January so I'm pretty much due. Getting Supes down to a science is an on-going process with me... you could say, he's my 'end game' and working towards mastering a classic, iconic and fun look is a big part of that.

OPEN GRAVE - INKED 07

All right folks, here's Page 7 of my 7 page OPEN GRAVE preview. Enjoy!

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Dirge is having a hard time with the ladies...

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Heh. Egg gave me A-LOT of freedom on what I threw into the mish mash on some of these pages and even though I didn't get to draw the sequence I loved the idea of our leading man Dirge fighting a giant gorilla.

OPEN GRAVE - INKED 01

So here's the inked version of page 1 of my collaboration with Writer Egg Embry, OPEN GRAVE. I use a combination of tools when I ink - Pentel Black Color Brush Pen, Bombay Black India Ink, Loew - Cornell 797 Flat Stain Brush, Loew - Cornell 795 Round Brush as well as Copic Multiliner Pens. On those 'flashback' panels I'm doing an ink wash just to get a different texture in there, which is something I've employed on previous projects like SALEM as well as DEMONS REGRET. I'll be updating with new pages every other day or so, make sure to also hop over to my buddy Egg's site and check out some of his other work - http://comicsbyegg.com/

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