It's Christmas time so here is a picture showing how the DAMbots probably celebrate Christmas.
This is a double celebration as the DAMbots were conceived 2 years ago. And if you look here you can find the first ever image I publicly revealed of them, also a Christmassy picture. Looking back, I definitely think I've matured a lot with my art style as well as my vision for the microscropic robots.
Here's to another 2 years...
I just went for something quick and simple for this week's Illustration Friday. I hope you like it.
Here are some crunchy leaves. I thought drawing leaves would be easy but I was completely wrong.
Here's a sneak peek of a panel from the first colour issue of Deadly Alien Microbots, which will be posted onto the website early in the new year. It was hard to choose a panel to show without giving away much of the story.
Anyway, I hope you like as it took ages and ages to paint - well, the whole page anyway. I can tell that this idea I had of doing the comic in colour is going to end in tears...
So, is my radical departure from black and white a good thing? A bad thing? Meh??
I've been toying with the idea of doing my, up till now completely black-and-white, comic in full colour. Here is a test I did for the cover of chapter 4. Yes, I can't believe that I've survived this long but chapter 3 is a third of the way through and number 4 is looming scarily closer. Anyway, regular readers will recognise some familiarity in the image but may also be miffed over why it looks so different to the DAMbots. You'll need to read the comic to find out...
In related news, I'm finally getting around to printing the comic. I've ordered my proof of Issue 1 of DAM, collecting chapter 1 and the Blood and Gorebot mini-episode in lovely hi-definition, and made the decision that I'll not make a single penny (or cent now that I'm in Canada) from the sales. Not only will it be at a super low price but I'll be donating all profits I make from it to a Leukemia charity, which hopefully should come to about 70c per copy. If this proves successful then I'll do the same for all future issues of DAM.
I'll let you folks now about it further down the line, but as always any feedback on the art or my unusual benevolence, or even just to say 'hi' is always welcome.
Hi there folks. As promised here's a picture I just painted. It's a bit experimental so please tell me your opinions...
Sometimes I feel like my art style is all over the place as each picture I draw is so different, but then I also feel like I'm coming towards finding a style that's 'my own'. And I definitely think this is more my thing than some of the others I've down.
It seems I have a visitor who comes into my room
And eats away at all the crumbs whenever there's a moon.
He tries to act all tough and strong and thinks he's quite the man,
But really he's a little mouse and I'll get him with my frying pan!!
Drawings and paintings will be coming real soon. In the meantime my webcomic is now on chapter 3!
Here's a test I'm doing for yet another of my crazy projects in between doing the Deadly Alien Microbots.
I thought that it's been a while since I've done any noir so here's a new one to whet the appetite. It's flawed but the overall look came out ok.
I stumbled across a paint package called Alchemy that helps inspire the creativity of the mind by doing lots of randomness.
I came up with the demon's legs and head randomly, then added the door frame and tweaked the rest in a traditional paint program.
It took a while but definitely something I'll use in the future.
People are always modifying their environment, usually for the worse.
I was originally going to do something sci-fi but then thought to be a bit more topical, so here's my take on this week's Illustration Friday word - modify.
I wanted to have a go at doing a scenery and also try a different style of painting, so here's a sort of cubist splodgy type thing.
The lonely octopus idly floats in the ocean waiting for a meal to come within an inch of its tentacles. Just what do they do with themselves all day?
This was a bold exploration in colour shading for me, and a pretty successful one at that. I especially love how the water came out.
Is it black and white or is it colour? I don't know.
Something I like to do is draw random doodles over and over until an image forms in my head, then I just run with it. The basic shape of the doodle was just a scribble and I saw the thief behind the squiggles.
Not bad, I think. More like this perhaps?
Wow! A lot of love for my previous picture. I'm going to keep at this colour malarky then and see what comes.
A while ago I did a piece for the IF topic of 'talisman'. Well, I wasn't that happy with it so I decided to have a second attempt, and this is the result - something that conveys much more of the concept of nature that I originally wanted. Overall, an improvement I think.
It's been a while since my last post as I've been busy exploring Montreal, which is very different from the desert this person is worn out from exploring.
Worn happens to be the word of the week for Illustration Friday.
Greetings from Montreal! I've been here a couple of days and loving it already.
Anyway, here's another attempt at digitally painting in colour. This time featuring Ballistik from the DAMbots.
As I'm leaving the country I'm not going to have access to a scanner for a while so I decided to do a quick test of ArtRage as an alternative for drawing my comic. This picture shows the results, drawn entirely on the laptop, and I think it does a pretty good job of it.
Long story short, no need for me to stop drawing my comic. Everyone rejoice!
Wow... finally reached the 100 blog posts milestone.
To mark this ceremonious occasion, a parade (of ants) will march past my house. I've also drawn this little painting showing some biological warfare going on inside the body.
