Morning Quickie 3: Hawkman

This also doubles as the last Guns of Shadow Valley Comments Contest sketch card. Been meaning to get this done for a long time.

Friday Afternoon Quickie: Super Skrull

Didn't get to this one this morning because I had to run errands, including a trip to the comic shop. Trying to keep them under 30 minutes. This one is 12x4.5 inches, using the other half of the page from the Fin Fang Foom done yesterday.

Morning Quickies

A couple quick sketches to get myself going in the morning. I feel like I've been neglecting my sketching skills, as well as this blog. So the last two mornings I did these, trying to do them as quickly as possible. Big Foot is 6x9in took about 15 minutes, Foom is 4.5x12 and took more like 40(ugh).

Transmetropolitan Art Book

As I mentioned last time, I'm doing a two page spread pin-up for the Transmetropolitan Art Book. Here's a look at the inks. The colors are almost done, but you won't get to see the finished piece unless you buy the book! Proceeds go to the CBLDF and Hero Initiative. There's a Kickstarter campaign going on right now to help raise money for the production of the book. They've just passed the halfway point, but there's only 27 days left to raise the rest of the money! Please, consider giving to these worthy causes and to help bring this book to life!

Out with the Old

Wow, it's an actual blog post! Yeah, I thought I'd end out the year with one of these rarities. 2010 was a wonderful, confusing, horrible, and strange year for me. I experienced the highest highs and the lowest lows of my life this year. It will certainly be memorable, but I'm more than happy to kick it to the curb and look forward to 2011. I'll be working toward a prosperous and exciting time ahead, and I hope the same for all my friends and family out there.

Of course, I can't finish out the year without showing some sort of art. I'm a little ahead of schedule for my work at IDW, so I'm ending out the year(and starting the next one) with a double page spread I'm creating for the new Transmetropolitan Art Book. It's a fancy new book in which a bunch of artists have been asked to contribute art relating to the world of Transmetropolitan, the comic series by Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson. I've posted just the sketch. I may post the pencils later. If you want to see the finished piece, you have to buy the book! All proceeds from sales of the book go toward the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and The Hero Initiative. They have a Kickstarter campaign to help raise money for production. Check it out here and consider donating!

That's all for now. Enjoy yourselves, be safe during the holiday, and join me in 2011 as I battle to protect the innocent and destroy evil in all it's forms!

Why I've been away

As you can see, recently my contributions to this blog have been slim pickings. Also, Guns of Shadow Valley fans are aware that the webcomic has slowed it's production rate. This is because I've had to devote my time to a new gig at one of the bigger publishers. I've been pretty tight lipped about it publicly, but I've been given permission to reveal a few things about it from the publisher. For the last 6 weeks or so I've been drawing and inking pages for a three issue miniseries for IDW, called That Hell-bound Train. It's penned by Joe and John Lansdale and is being colored by Alfredo Rodríguez. It will be solicited some time in March for a May 2011 release. I'll be giving out more details when the time comes, so look out for that. So far, I'm having an immensely fun time working on these pages. It's a great story with lots of cool imagery. I'm also pleased that I'm able to keep up the production schedule, which is always one of my greatest worries. This is my first work for a larger comic book publisher, and I'm incredibly thrilled about it. I view this as a chance to prove myself and I hope that it will lead to more work down the line.

Come next year, as I close out this project, you'll see more sketch posts from me again. Especially as the 2011 convention season warms up. I'm very grateful for everyone who follows this blog, or just stops in once in a while, as well as all the great fans of my webcomic The Guns of Shadow Valley. Have no fear, my pace on these may have slowed, but they are not going away. I appreciate your patience and I hope you all check out That Hell-bound Train when it hits the shelves. Don't worry, I'll remind you again. And again.

Prints for sale!

I've put up a new page in the Store with 35 different prints that can be purchased online. They are each $15 for U.S. orders, $18 int'l. That includes shipping. Payments made through PayPal. See them all here!

Sketches from PIX

These are some of the sketches I did at the first Pittsburgh Indy Comics Expo last month.

Gorilla Grodd

Maybe I'll just draw gorillas from now on. Guns of Shadow Valley can be about cowboy gorillas. All gorillas, all the time!

Godzilla

A headshot I did to have at the table for Allentown Comic Con.

Sketches from Allentown Comic Con

WWII Captain America

Drew this before Allentown Comic Con to sell at the table, and it did!