Portland Comic Book Show 2009

I was checking out the site to see when the next Portland Comic Book Show is and found this picture of me and my son, Hunter.  Check it.

Luke Cage

Been playing a lot of Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 with the family. Reminded me that I used to like drawing Luke Cage. So this was for the kid in me

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Silver Bullet #3 cover

I wrote about this a few posts back.  I talked to Brett Woods, the penciller/inker of the book, and got the go ahead to post the final colors up.  This was a fun piece.  A lot more graphic in design than issue 2 cover, but still fun for a painterly guy like me.

Issues 1 and 2 are available through IndyPlanet here.

Batman WIP

Not sure where I'm going with this piece.  Lost a lot of action when the rendering tightened up, but still like it overall.  I think the near wall/building in the background is a bit too small, too--making Batman look huge in comparison.  The joy of working digital allows me to adjust this pretty easily, but I'm not sure this one is worth the effort yet.  We'll see.

Hellboy Study

Did this based on Mike Mignola's cover to Hellboy: Darkness Calls #1.  I'm a big fan of his work and hope to find something in it I can incorporate into my style.  I'd love to be as design oriented as he is, but frankly I'm just not that good yet. :)

Scarlet Witch

Still trying to get some "sexy" in my female drawings. They usually look too man-ish for my taste. Figured I would try using some ref to get tips. One of my main problems was my chest to hip proportions. Using the ref helped me see those better, as well as body thrust and general sexy posture, imo.

















































Added some tone to practice form, too.

Kitty Pryde and Lockhead

The Ten Ton sketch challenge was Kitty Pryde this week. I didn't enter because mine is digital, but I still use the prompt to push me to do things I don't normally draw. In this case, girls. I don't draw girls well. Never have. This is probably my most successful female without using tons of ref. C&C always welcome.