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2018 MANGA MADNESS brackets, pt.7!
Following up on an earlier post, here are the results from the final round of competition in a set of "March Manga Madness" brackets I worked up back in 2018:Alas, due to, ah, Real World Unpleasantness that's descended on me in earnest this week, I've no time today to get into why Be Free! was the winne...
DISTRESSED DAMSELS: Lily once again imperiled at the office, pt.2!
Following up on a previous post's collection of loosely rendered (and loosely commissioned) DiD sketch sets featuring operative Yu-- nay, Lily imperiled in some vague and ill-defined office setting, here are a few more pages of sketches along those lines, once more jazzed up with some highly speculative scribbled t...
WORK STAGES on my UNNAMED ROBOT COMIC pages, pt.5!
Behold, following up on my previous post of layout pages from Unnamed Robot Comic (better known as 2004's mecha-team miniseries Livewires), here are the work stages on the first few pages from issue #5 that I wound up penciling myself, as opposed to leaving the work to series penciler Rick Mays; I did so either for...
Life drawings from photoreference: high-res scans #142
Once again, I'm doubling up with these latest (well, latest to post) sets of life drawings fromrandom photoref. First above is an September 2017 sketch set heavy on the ol' high contrast, followed by a looser, lighter, "sketchier" set from May 2017.Note that we've (rather a while ago) crossed an imp...
2018 MANGA MADNESS brackets, pt.6!
Following up on an earlier post, here are the results from the next round of competition in a set of "March Manga Madness" brackets I worked up back in 2018:(BTW, the correct title of the #15 seed at lower right is To Your Eternity, of course. Whoops!)A few words on the manga involved in the latest set of brack...
My way-too-tight layouts (and WORK STAGES!) for "Unnamed Robot Comic" issue #5, pt.1!
UPDATE: Here's a link to our previous installment, in case you'd forgotten what the heck was going on in the series.)Behold, the first set of my layouts for issue #5 of 2004's Marvel mecha-team miniseries Livewires (link no doubt rendered useless by the recent utter bollixing of Comixology), titled here as ...
2018 MANGA MADNESS brackets, pt.5!
Following up on an earlier post, here are the results from the next round of competition in a set of "March Manga Madness" brackets I worked up back in 2018:(BTW, the correct title of the #15 seed at lower right is To Your Eternity, of course. Whoops!)A few words on the manga involved in the latest set of brack...
DISTRESSED DAMSELS: Lily once again imperiled at the office!
Behold, a mixed-bag bunch of loose DiD sketch sets from a year or two ago, featuring some sporadically decent images of Y**i--I mean, Lily imperiled yet again whilst undercover in supposed "businesswear." I found the results rather boring overall (some of the poses being notably stiff and lifeless), so I recent...
I AM EMPOWERED, pt. 25: The YEAR ONE prose experiment continues (with DRAFT DAY, pt.2)!
You can check out I Am Empowered's previous installment here, or check out the entire archive of this defunct project here.In case you'd forgotten, or are a semi-recent Patron and haven't had the time nor the inclination to look back though this site's sprawling archive, I Am Empowered was a short-lived...
2018 MANGA MADNESS brackets, pt.4!
Following up on an earlier post, here are the results from the next round of competition in a set of "March Manga Madness" brackets I worked up back in 2018:(BTW, the correct title of the #15 seed at lower right is To Your Eternity, of course. Whoops!)A few words on the manga involved in the latest set of brack...
DESIGNS AHOY for Ryan Kinnaird's 2012 EMPOWERED one-shot!
Following up on a Work Stages post from February detailing the development of the cover illo for 2012's one-shot Empowered: Hellbent or Heaven Sent by excellent Guest Artist and frequent collaborator Ryan Kinnaird and myself, here are some design sketches and early CG renders for the issue's characters. UPDATE:...
Life drawings from photoreference: high-res scans #141
Once again, I'm doubling up with these latest (well, latest to post) sets of life drawings fromrandom photoref. First above is an apparently challenging September 2017 sketch set featuring yet another appearance by cosplayer Jia Jem's version of my (early) version of Kei from Dirty Pair, followed by a cosplay-f...
2018 MANGA MADNESS brackets, pt.3!
Following up on an earlier post, here are the results from the next round of competition in a set of "March Manga Madness" brackets I worked up back in 2018:(BTW, the correct title of the #15 seed at lower right is To Your Eternity, of course. Whoops!)A few words on the more obscure manga involved in the latest...
No, THIS is the final new piece of artwork from EMPOWERED vol. 12 (I hope)!
Despite a false alarm with a previous post, this page is prrrrrobably the last new major piece of artwork for Empowered vol. 12. I was originally planning to do the title page above as strictly a Photoshop font-based "graphic" dealie, but decided instead to do a hand-lettered version integrated with additional ...
2018 MANGA MADNESS brackets, pt.2!
Following up on an earlier post, here are the results from the first round of competition in a set of "March Manga Madness" brackets I worked up back in 2018:(BTW, the correct title of the #15 seed at lower right is To Your Eternity, of course. Whoops!)A few words on the more obscure manga titles that lost out:...
DISTRESSED DAMSELS: Rose & Lily vs. Troops, THE (INCONCLUSIVE) END!
Wellp, the ultimately tragic tale of Kei & Y-- uh, Rose & Lily's struggles against the hapless "Troops" wheezes to its welcome if inconclusive ending with these pages, as I haven't been able to dig up the remaining pages. Nor am I likely to spend much time looking for 'em, TBH, after our previous, n...
I AM EMPOWERED, pt. 24: The YEAR ONE prose experiment continues (with DRAFT DAY, pt.1)!
You can check out I Am Empowered's previous installment here, or check out the entire archive of this defunct project here.In case you'd forgotten, or are a semi-recent Patron and haven't had the time nor the inclination to look back though this site's sprawling archive, I Am Empowered was a short-lived...
2018 MANGA MADNESS brackets, pt.1!
In a wacky new Patreon feature I'm gonna be dispersing throughout the month mostly on "off days" between more substantive posts, here are the "March Manga Madness" brackets I worked up and filled out back in 2018, when I apparently had the time to indulge such wacky diversions.(BTW, the correct titl...
WORK STAGES on my UNNAMED ROBOT COMIC pages, pt.4!
Behold, following up on my previous post of layout pages from Unnamed Robot Comic (better known as 2004's Marvel mecha-team miniseries Livewires), here are the work stages on the final two pages from issue #4 that I wound up penciling and inking myself, as opposed to leaving the work to series penciler Rick Mays; I...
Life drawings from photoreference: high-res scans #140
Once again, I'm doubling up with these latest (well, latest to post) sets of life drawings fromrandom photoref. First above is an October 2017 sketch set featuring another cameo by Jia Jem cosplaying her version of my (early) version of Kei from Dirty Pair, followed by a not dissimilar (but, alas, cosplay-free) set...
Behold, the final panel I drew from EMPOWERED vol.12! (Well, probably.)
Kind Patrons, feast your eyes from what is very likely the last new panel to be drawn for Empowered vol. 12. Huzzah! (Trimmed for SPOILER reasons, alas.) A fine image to go out on, don't you think?I still have multiple days of work on corrections and relettering and art patches facing me, but this probably represen...
DAMSEL IN DISTRESS partial (if not full) purge imminent
UPDATE: Wellp, the Patreon is off Double-Secret Probation and no longer threatened with suspension after I deleted the specific posts flagged by Patreon Trust & Safety, along with a dozen or two others that I likewise removed out of the ol' "abundance of caution" before hearing back from 'em. (Something...
My way-too-tight layouts (and WORK STAGES!) for "Unnamed Robot Comic" issue #4, pt.5!
UPDATE: Here's a link to our previous installment, in case you'd forgotten what the heck was going on in the series.)Behold, the fifth and final set of my layouts for issue #4 of 2004's Marvel mecha-team miniseries Livewires, titled here as "Unnamed Robot Comic" as I'm more than a tad dubious ab...
DISTRESSED DAMSELS: The EMPOWERED vol. 12 pages I'm leaving out!
Today, I'm taking a break from the Distressed Damsels serialization of poor Rose & Lily's desperate struggles in favor of a somewhat unfortunate Empowered vol. 12 update. Yay?As I draw and letter the final replacement pages, art patches & corrections for Empowered vol. 12 this week, I've had to leave out a ...
Life drawings from photoreference: high-res scans #139
Once again, I'm doubling up with these latest (well, latest to post) sets of life drawings fromrandom photoref. First above is an abdominally focused, movement-oriented set from May 2017 based on stills from a bellydancing video, followed by an October 2017 sketch that was my first attempt at working in charcoal si...
DISTRESSED DAMSELS: "Rose & Lily vs. Troops," pt.5!
Following up on an earlier post, here are more pages from a commissioned Dirty Pair comic story in proto-Empowered format, created back in 2003 during a time when I assumed that I wouldn't be drawing comics professionally any more, due to my disenchantment with struggling through conventionally penciled and inked c...
WORK STAGES on EMPOWERED: HELLBENT OR HEAVEN SENT one-shot's cover!
Wellp, here are the complete Work Stages on the cover illo for 2012's one-shot Empowered: Hellbent or Heaven Sent by excellent Guest Artist and frequent collaborator Ryan Kinnaird and myself. As with most of these one-shots' cover illos, I drew the Emp figure and the Guest Artist did everything else. Wheeeee!UP...
VINTAGE CON SKETCHES: A 2002 commission potpourri!
Behold, more scans of photocopies from my somewhat dwindling supply of early-2000s commissions. A few words:Not that I was shooting for resemblances, but that sorta looks like Ed Norton if you squint your eyes a lot; I made no such effort on Brad Pitt, though. (That cartoonishly stylized bod on Norton kinda works, gott...
My way-too-tight layouts (and WORK STAGES!) for "Unnamed Robot Comic" issue #4, pt.4!
UPDATE: Here's a link to our previous installment, in case you'd forgotten what the heck was going on in the series.)Behold, the fourth set of my layouts for issue #4 of 2004's Marvel mecha-team miniseries Livewires, titled here as "Unnamed Robot Comic" as I'm more than a tad dubious about ident...
DISTRESSED DAMSELS: "Rose & Lily vs. Troops," pt.4!
Following up on an earlier post, here are more pages from a commissioned Dirty Pair comic story in proto-Empowered format, created back in 2003 during a time when I assumed that I wouldn't be drawing comics professionally any more, due to my disenchantment with struggling through conventionally penciled and inked c...
