This is the final inked page (1 of 2) for Gray Haven’s GATHERING DARK antholody I am doing with Writer Tauriq Moosa, and Letterer David Paul. I made a change in panel 4 to hide the vanishing point, and also, I made a total change to the protagonist’s hand, face and head for the last panel, I think it looks much better- overall this page turned out pretty well. I also had fun with the minimal lines only background in page 7, I look forward to using that technique more in the future.
Some really great collaborative artwork from the “Through the Eyes of Grizelda” Team. Cat Silhouette of Grizelda by yours truly- Jason Lenox, Bad Ass Pentagram by Letterist David Paul and Dani Kaulakis Color Goddess with the digital merge to bring it all together!!
This is the inked pinup (part one of two) for the Heroes of the classic 1980’s Saturday Morning Cartoon- “THUNDARR- THE BARBARIAN”. Great show that I just picked up last year on DVD, and this is my tribute to the show. Have OOKLA, THUNDARR, and ARIEL ever looked this good? I worked to have a classic “fine” art look to these characters, which is in contrast to the normal 80’s quality generic cartoon appearance they always had. I was really pleased especially with Thundarr’s Sun-Sword and Ariel’s magic- I tried using some different inking techniques to make the effect of their unique weapons stand out- Ookla, well, he has his claws and mean face.
This is the final page of the “Through the Eyes of Grizelda” project. I really liked the peace and calm of this page compared to the high action/violence of the prior pages. It was a nice “book end” to the first page which started with the Cat’s Eye- to Grizelda sitting, to this page with Grizelda sitting (and getting petted- the motive for all of her actions!) to the final shot of the closeup of the Cat’s eye and the Great Beast to close it out. Also, I really was happy with the closeup of the wrinkled skin of the Necromancer, It turned out to be creepy like I wanted it to. The Kickstarter Campaign to bring this to a final colored state should be out shortly, and feel free to comment on this project- thanks!
Another page closer to the end, and one to go! This was a very labor intensive page. Some notes of interest- I left Grizelda as a photo negative “white” as opposed to her normal black in the transformation panel on the left. I also felt this as a good counter image to the first transformation scene. I tried a new kind of stipling on the right panel at the bottom smoke, and the fire chalice at the top, I was pleased with the effect. Also, I added my friend Don Carpenter as the bottom Left Zombie soldier, I altered the appearance to look like him, if he was an undead soldier. Congratulations Don, you are now a mindless servant of Evil!
I really tried to get some creative and different camera angles on here, and I think it worked. Our Hero meets his ultimate fate, and we see just how much of a bad ass our Necromancer is, This page just clicked. The healing arm really caught a touch of Albrecht Durer’s style in the B&W, in my humble opinion.
This is one of the toughest pages in “Grizelda”- from the architecture in the background on the first panel, to counting all out 11 victims from the group shot on top- to their individual deaths in the next few panels- they are all there! I messed up the great beast’s face and was not able to fix it in my first attempt to ink this page, however, I made a new face separately, and JARU “Super Digital Goddess” –Kristin, just took my separate image (below- 2nd from top image) and placed it perfectly on the main image- problem solved for the final Black and White image for page 10. I also thought the individual kill panels looked sweet as well on panels 2-5.
My first published Role Playing Game Artwork for TPK Games “Infamous Adversaries” series. This module is available for purchase at
Infamous Adversaries: Raxath’Viz, the Creeping Rot
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Another labor intensive page- Really pushed the use of negative black space to make the magic effects stand out a bit more, I was pleased with the result. Also the cat transformation was not as intended with more black space on the right side, but I liked how it turned out as being “uneven” with the transformation effect being different on each side of the dissolving head. Also, I loved how the Necromancer’s robe/skirt turned out, it really got a nice “fabric” wrinkled look to it.
