Summer 09 is for Sketchbooks VI

Brush Pen, Micron, Markers, Ball-Point Pens, a little Gouache

The submariner stating that he doesn't speak French is for a project I'll talk more about later on.

Summer 09 is for Sketchbooks V

Micron; Pink & Cyan Ball-Point Pens

For those interested, the Nightcrawler Nine Times at Night Time is all gone. Thanks for those who showed interest.

Summer 09 is for Sketchbooks IV

Micron, Pink & Cyan Ball-Point Pens

Actual size is about 1.5".

Mahattan, KS DVDs

I did the DVD packaging art for Tara Wray's documentary Manhattan, Kansas DVD. It's an intense documentary about Tara about her relationship with her mentally-ill mother.


I just got a few of the DVDs in the mail. It's always nice to get these things after the project is all done because it has been so long since I finished the project that I'm not stressed about it anymore - I have a little bit of distance from the project, time wise, so it's easier to appreciate the printing and the packaging without being too self-conscious about the art itself.

Summer 09 is for Sketchbooks III

Brush Pen, G-Nib & Ink, Guache

I Sell Rhymes Like Dimes

I put together this sketchbook for Hereos Con 09. It's 60lb (I think) creme cover stock signatures with 100lb (again, I think) "redhot" cover stock for the end-papers. The covers, made with some scrap paper-pad backing board wrapped in butcher paper, are glued to the end-papers. And the corners were rounded using a corner-rounder found in the CCS lab.


The theme is rhyming. Rhymes Like Dimes. The title page is by me.


Top left quadrant: Sean Ford, Greg Means
Top right quadrant: Stephen Floyd, Joey Weiser
Bottom left: Liz Bailie, MK Reed
Bottom right: Chris Schweizer, Drew Weing



Top left: Alec Longstreth
Top right: Chris Pitzer
Bottom left: Lamar Abrams
Bottom right: J Chris Campbell


Top left: Steve Hamaker, Evan Dahm
Top right: David Mack
Bottom left: Brian Michael Bendis
Bottom right: Jason Lutes

Thanks to everyone who did a doodle!

Summer 09 is for Sketchbooks II

This is a study for the Nightcrawler Nine Times at Nighttime print I put together for Heroes Con this year.

Micron; Pink, Cyan, Green, Red & Purple Ball-Point Pens

Whenever possible I like to avoid penciling - that is to draw whatever it is that I'm drawing with pencil before drawing it again in ink or paint or whatever over the pencil lines on the same piece of paper. For some reason I have more fun drawing the character or image several times for practice before I do it for real. It feels more organic that way.

Anyway, the above sketchbook sample is me trying to figure things out. I'm happy that I chose the green/pink/black combination, but the green ball-point ink was, for some reason, very difficult to draw with.