The good folks at Gray Haven Comics asked me to do this to help promote the Anthology I am working on a piece for. This will be out in October, the below piece will start making the rounds sooner- enjoy! I took some of the images from the comic, and made a new image with a closeup of the antagonist who we didnt get a ncie closeup of. I tried for a minimalist inking for a different spooky look, as opposed to my normal hyper black and white detailed approach.
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 my finalist entry into the “INDIGLOW” black light art contest sponsored by RED BULL at the Nightclub INDIGO in State College, PA. The theme was to use a 4×4 gator board and take artwork that we entered on facebook in the preliminary round and make it a “black light” poster. I entered page 4 of the GREAT VERMIN short story. This was difficult since I dont paint normally, I dont like large surfaces to work on, and fluorescent paint is almost impossible to work with. While difficult, I was pleased with the final result- win or lose! So here are some progress pictures I took of the project from start to finish. If you want to come out and support me- the final event and party will be at INDIGO Nightclub located 112 West College Avenue, State College, Pennsylvania on April 4th at 9pm. To vote for my entry, you need to use RED BULL can tabs. Hope to see you there!
The second page of pencil work for a short story I am doing for the Independent Anthology Book : “The Gathering”. Items of note- I was pleasantly surprised with the hand compositions in panels 5 & 6. Also, this page had 8 panels to get all the assigned story in, I thought I was able to convey it pretty well with as much content that had to be compressed into this space. I also included a scan of my thumbnail as well to show the creative process from where I start on complicated pages.
Creative Team for Project- Writer: Tauriq Moosa; Lettering: David Paul.
Hey check out the video that SAS Multimedia Studio produced to support the KICKSTARTER campaign to get the “Through The Eyes Of Grizelda” completed, and hopefully published!
You can visit the link at Grizelda Kickstarter – thanks!
A page of pencil work for a short story I am doing for the Independent Anthology Book : “The Gathering”. I was really pleased with the layout, and the opening eye on panel #3.
Creative Team for Project- Writer: Tauriq Moosa; Lettering: David Paul.
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!
