Art + Commentary

Book Covers

2009-07-31T19:55:00.000-05:00

Book Covers

2009-07-31T19:54:00.000-05:00

Dead Man - Free Comic

2009-01-20T20:29:00.002-05:00

10 pages of Old West goodness.

Two Pages

2008-08-17T14:57:00.003-05:00

Two pages of my first Western. Five parts, ten pages each.
Good old fashioned action-packed old west revenge story.

FREE Comic!

2008-07-12T08:31:00.006-05:00

Buy it at Indy Planet! Only $1.25!

Failure!

2008-07-12T07:50:00.003-05:00

This was done for a book cover. Then I started putting the whole thing together and it just didn't work out. But I like the illustration and the coloring. Good thing I work fast.

Dead of Night

2008-05-02T16:04:00.003-05:00

Three Pages. I don't think I ever posted the whole thing. Too bad I never got the book this was published in.

New Stuff!

2008-05-02T16:00:00.003-05:00

More New Stuff!

2007-12-13T15:41:00.000-05:00

New Stuff!

2007-12-13T15:34:00.001-05:00

Artwork from my real job.

Full Color Pages

2007-11-22T13:03:00.001-05:00

Two fully colored pages.
Notice the changes in color to the splash page.
The red background just didn't work out for me.

Censored! #2

2007-10-20T10:53:00.001-05:00

Should be done with this one pretty soon.
8 pages of penguins, polar bears and really nasty language.
It's fun.
Still willing to send out Censored! #1 to anyone who wants it.
Not suitable for children or christians.

The Next Book!

2007-09-19T16:03:00.001-05:00

Here are some pages from my next book.
These were done a while ago, but now that I've found Indy Planet, I can put 'em all together and have them in a really nice book.
28 black and white pages of comic strip goodness!

Splash page. Half colored.

2007-09-06T20:18:00.000-05:00

Flat colors laid down. I'd like this to be a full color book, published by a big-time publisher.
If that doesn't work out, you'll be able to find it on Indy Planet pretty damn soon!

Coming Soon!

2007-07-28T08:33:00.001-05:00

Here's the cover to my first ever published comic.
The big idea is to get six of these babies - each a standalone story - out this year, as well as my WWII book.
This should be on Indy Planet pretty soon.
www.indyplanet.com

Superman!

2007-06-30T07:02:00.001-05:00

Did this story last year. It's fun. Need to re-work the craziness of the panels if I ever ink it.

Big Fat Loser

2007-06-30T06:46:00.001-05:00

My submission into the Comic Book Challenge.
This WILL be turned into a book one day.

Simple and Effective

2007-06-07T16:02:00.000-05:00

I like the way this one turned out.

3/3 of Page One.

2007-05-21T16:27:00.000-05:00

...Aaaaaannnnd, now the whole thing...

2/3 of Page One.

2007-05-20T16:17:00.000-05:00

2/3 of page one of my World War II story.
I think this story should be pretty good and fun.
It gets going fast, kicks some serious ass and ends at just the right spot.
Still thinking if I'm going to color it, color it with grays or use halftones.
Still have twenty-one and 1/3 pages to go before I tackle that one.

Pencils

2007-05-17T18:50:00.000-05:00

Everyone has a World War II comic.
This wasn't an attempt to make one of my own, but i thought of a cool story and wanted to see it finished.
Let the inking begin!

Preliminary Drawings

2007-05-02T14:50:00.000-05:00

I have a big drawing coming up with a lot of parts that's supposed to have a bunch of school kids doing various school kid kinds of things. So I started sketching what the kids should look like.

Then I drew the kid with the eyepatch with the missing arm and leg and it all went downhill from there.
But I think it's funny.

Loose Spidey Sketch

2007-05-02T14:49:00.000-05:00

Spidey sketch. Less than three minutes of work.
I like it. I like to work loose.

2006 Easter Card

2007-04-25T17:15:00.000-05:00

This was fun.
Tried to write and wrap up the whole thing in four pages.

Dead of Night, Page One

2007-04-25T15:28:00.000-05:00

This is the full page featuring the pencils and inks that were previously posted.
This is a three page zombie story.
Had a lot of fun with this sucker.

Four Pages

2007-04-25T15:25:00.000-05:00

Four page preview.
I like this comic and submitted it and it wasn't picked up.
Can't win 'em all.
But I will make it available to buy. I'd even like to finish the first four issues, if for no other reason to show that I tackled this beast.

Soldier Sketch

2007-04-25T15:13:00.000-05:00

I'm working on a book that takes place during World War II.
It's big action and adventure.
This is me playing around with character ideas. Before I started this project I was sure - I was convinced - that I had no ability to draw an army helmet. So I did something groundbreakig and amazing and used some reference.
Now I'm confident with drawing army helmets.

Just a Sketch

2007-04-23T14:56:00.000-05:00

I'm fourteen or fifteen pages into penciling a new book, so I figured I'd play aroudn with some inking/drawing. For me, it all comes out in the inking.

YEEE-HAW!

2007-04-20T21:04:00.000-05:00

The theme this week - even though I didn't realize it while it was happening - was cows.

My First Ad

2007-04-13T14:53:00.000-05:00

A publication needed an ad and they knew I did freelance illustration. So they asked me if I wanted to put an ad in their book.
Who knows if there are any potential clients who will get the book, but I love the ad.
Cows are funny.

Fun with Halftones

2007-04-06T14:46:00.000-05:00

I liked the way this turned out and have been looking at halftone shading and gave it a try.
I have no idea if it's the right size halftone screen for printing at comic book size but it looks all right.
Either way, I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out.

I love this stuff!

2007-04-01T16:04:00.000-05:00

Nice bright, colorful drawings for a preschool year book.
That's right, a yearbook for preschool kids. Don't know if they really need one, but they got some nice drawings to go in it.

More Drawing Goodness

2007-03-22T15:33:00.000-05:00

This was a lot of fun to do.
and it only took a few hours.
Ka must have been with me for this one.

Recent Work

2007-03-21T15:06:00.000-05:00

Pretty happy with the way these turned out.

Two Thirds of a Page

2007-02-20T19:23:00.000-05:00

Just a few covers, some inking and I want to throw some color down on five pages and this baby is in the mail.
Then it's off to the big, bad world of having a published comic... or I'm going ahead with the first four issues and self publishing it.

More Submission Violence

2007-02-06T21:02:00.000-05:00

Two panels, in sequence from my submission. I'll have this thing out in the next two weeks. Still have some covers and coloring to get done before I can send it on its merry way.

Now With Color!

2007-01-29T20:36:00.000-05:00

Pencils, inks and graytones.

Sequence of Events

2007-01-28T00:07:00.000-05:00

These are the first three panels of a three page story I'm submitting to an anthology.
If I actually make it in time - family emergencies have come up and they come first - it will be my first published comic story/art. I'm excited about it. Now just two more pages to finish.

Our 2006 Christmas Card

2007-01-23T20:12:00.000-05:00

Next year's card will be a big, elaborate production.
I'll start on it in the fall.
There are huge plans in effect for next years major Christmas Card production.
I'll make enough to give to everyone and anyone.

The Duck.

2007-01-23T20:10:00.000-05:00

This is second, of two comic strips starring The Duck.
Toilet jokes are funny. But probably not as funny as fart jokes.

One of Many Spidey Sketches

2007-01-23T20:08:00.000-05:00

So what do you do when you can't think of anything else to draw?
Well, you draw Spider-Man.

Robot!

2007-01-23T20:06:00.000-05:00

Robots are fun to doodle.
I'd like to have a whole 'finished' sketchbook of just robots.
That'll probably happen by the time I'm and old man.

Page from Submission

2007-01-20T00:01:00.000-05:00

Having fun keeping things loose. I love nice texture in drawings.
Three more pages and a cover and it's ready for coloring.

Chickens are dumb

2007-01-15T08:30:00.000-05:00

Cows are dumb, too, but they seem smarter. Probably because they're a lot bigger.

Just a sample

2007-01-15T08:26:00.000-05:00

This is just a small sample of illustrations done for a big reading program. These things are cool because they're featured in a multi-million dollar selling program. And there haven't been very many changes (which is nice.)

A Panel from my Submission

2007-01-13T23:09:00.000-05:00

This is a panel from a submission I'm working on.
Of course, I'm sure it's the best damn thing any comic company will ever see.

The Man Who Was Poe

2007-01-13T08:54:00.000-05:00

Cover art for "The Man Who Was Poe"
I like the way this turned out.

The Comic Strip

2007-01-13T08:19:00.000-05:00

I wish I could think of a good title for this comic strip.
I also wish I had the time to finish more, so I could finally print a huge book of all of the strips I have written, stuffed in an envelope on my book shelf.

Zombie Cop

2007-01-13T08:15:00.000-05:00