NEWS! (sort of)

Like the title suggests, I have news... Sort of.

Work on a certain submission to a certain publisher is finally underway. Thumbs and sketches from that may find their way here in the coming days. Also, I hear there are rumblings coming from the IWC camp that a particular nobodies-even-heard-of-me artist may have some really exciting stuff to work on in the near future. Here's a hint; it involves panels and unitards. Wrinkles are being worked out and notes are being collected. There has been much scribbling lately, but nothing that can get posted at the moment. As soon as I can say and show more (or anything heh), trust me, I will. now it's off to more scribbles, and from the feel of it, naps. Everybody likes naps.

Spider Man called, he wants his pose back

Just a little piece of a piece of a panel involving... Ninjas!

However, Finally, all the projects on my plate are done. Time to start sniffing out some new ones I guess. Prospects, we have them. It's just a matter of some discussion to decide what is immediately next. My relationship with ink'dwell comics is now two projects deep, and will definitely be growing as the future progresses. You remember them, right?

There is also a certain submission to a certain publisher that's being worked on on the side with my writer from WTWTR, Jennie Roy. This one could take a little while to see the light of day however, as we want to absolutely nail this one.

And speaking of the goddamn Batman (well, I'm sure SOMEONE was), I've had an idea for a short (probably 3-5 pages) floating in my head for the last few days that I think I need to start putting on paper soon. It's less of an actual story and more so a personal exercise in visual transitions really. I know how I'm doing my page layouts and roughly whats going in every panel for the most part, but haven't even thought about the text itself yet. I may hand the finished art over to someone else along with an overview of the concept and let them fill in the words for me. I believe the appropriate term is "Holy ass backwards Batman".

And on a related note, I may be in the market for a colorist soon. I don't do colors. Well, I don't do them well at least. Having someone to collaborate with on that front would be amazing. I'd love to see some of my lineart fully colored (properly and well) so badly heh.

Hoping to start getting more art up soon and more often as I get the time to work on things that I can actually post here. I'm also thinking of posting some pics of my current work space in the near-ish future just to show the world how ghetto my studio really is. It is growing and improving (albeit slowly).

Until later days, Chewing sharpies and spitting on the page

NicO

Nom nom noms

Newest in the handful of "Spidey doing boring shit" pics that I've done. Parker's lunch break is waaaay better than yours... or mine.

Keep an eye out

Just a quick preview of the Infantasy cover. Well, part of it at least. Releasing this fall, keep your eyes peeled when this hits stands. Juss sayin'

They say he draws... On occasion

W00t! Set up with a copy of Photoshop CS4, installed, and even gave it it's first run through the paces tonight. CS4 looks weird :S I miss my old PS classic/legacy/whatever interface. Something tells me I've just completely missed an option somewhere; spacey artist is spacey heh.

I have new items that need scanning, some of which I'm even kinda proud of. And yes, yet others that are scanned and half done... They'll get done. Eventually. I swear... don't quote me on that.

And we even have some newness up tonight, woo! Took me long enough >.>

I'm still trying to get a decent looking scan of pieces colored in marker, but these are leaps forward from what I was coming up with. There's a very 'Saturday morning cartoon' feel to these in particular. I find they give me a really nostalgic feeling, like sitting on the floor in my pj's watching reruns of the old 1960's animated spidey. You've probably noticed my aversion to drawing the web-detail on the whole costume. Well, that's where it comes from. Mask, gloves, boots; the rest can stay solid red and unobtrusive. I like to think I take cues from guys like Ditko and Romita Sr. and mix them with McFarlane, Ramos, Hererra (sp?) for a mix of very old spidey through a modern lens. But enough hot air, enjoy the silly men in tights punching each other, and new updates should be a little more frequent and regular again. Scouts honor lol.

Chewing sharpies

nico

Minor complications

Well if it isn't one thing it's something else. Had to reinstall windows last night, but managed to save all my art stuff this time around. Lessons learned the hard way in the past about making back ups heh. So many pages filling up lately, and so many things I want to scan, finish up, and post in between project work. I say want because at the moment I can't. I'm currently without a copy of photoshop and until get my grimy li'l fingers on a new one, I'm dead in the water for the most part. I will get something up soon, even if I have to start uploading some cell phone photos.

Also... Spider-Man.

That is all

Vampires, Werewolves, and Zombies Oh my.

So that thing I finished recently is now officially online and viewable. It's a very cool blog written by the talented Kell Harker and posted on SFX magazines website. This was a lot of fun to illustrate because... Well... Monsters are fun to draw heh. Everybody should head over to SFX immediately after reading this and check it out. And of course feel free to throw copious compliments to Kell in the comments and force the poor lady to blush across the internets :P

Moving right along, I have two active projects on the go at the moment as well. I've been commissioned to do the cover image for a one-shot being released sometime between summer and fall-ish (if I remember correctly) by ink'd well comics. I've mentioned it before, I think, but it bears repeating. Jay is a great guy and a talented writer, and I'm stoked to be able to have the chance to do this for him. It's a short project, but it's already proving so fun to do. I have the thumbnail design done to where I'm happy with the layout and can start on the full size soon. I should probably mention the title is "Infantasy".

The other project on the go is a 5 page short for the upcoming "What the wild things read" compilation due out later this year. It's being written by Jennie Roy, who like the previous two individuals mentioned, kicks ass by the cart load. We've got a really fun concept going that's been a blast to work on from point one. What I will say about the strip for now is this; "Fucking Ninjas". Because we were 80's babies and therefore the ninja is king! Also there may be other plans involving this short after it's "WTWTR" release, but that's getting way ahead of myself.

As for getting some art online here, you know, the kind you can actually see now instead of in six months or some such; it's on the way. I'm working on the Spidey/green goblin piece that was previewed recently, and started colors on the eluded to "much better" piece just the other day. What's the "much better" you ask? Well... Batman is a bad ass, do I really need to say any more than that? Really?

And there you have it, projects afoot, and some personal stuff in between. New art up soon, fanboy's promise.

-chewing sharpies