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Early Attempts at Cartooning

I had been at the local comics shop and saw some of the Muggs Star Wars toys. Their rounded shapes intrigued me and inspired me. I wondered if I could try some cartooning of known characters using something like the … Continue reading

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Process of Art (2) for “Zoe Alone”

This whole graphic short story is a big experiment for me, so I figured I might as well do it to please myself. Thus, I am doing things no sane person would do on a regular comic. Like doing hand … Continue reading

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Process of Art for “Zoe Alone”

I’ve had this graphic short story bubbling away in my brain for a couple of years now. The thumbnail sketches and character designs for the story have existed for quite a while. But I’m only now buckling down to tackle … Continue reading

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Sakai Usagi

So, this is a photo of the finished piece of Stan Sakai as his ronin rabbit Usagi Yojimbo. It was rather fun to do. Once I started doing the light shading, I realize the more realistic approach just wasn’t going to … Continue reading

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Sketch and references

I’d gotten the idea at the June CAPS meeting, for no particular reason other than really liking Stan Sakai and enjoying his Usagi Yojimbo very much. I just started wondering if I could do a portrait of Stan as Usagi. … Continue reading

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Drinking Light – color

Once I colored “Drinking Light”, I found that I liked it much, much better. I chose to keep a lot of it untinted, because the whole intent of the moment in the story was how Ungoliant was consuming and destroying … Continue reading

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Drinking Light – original

I had previously posted this on LiveJournal. I am in the process of reposting material on my own site (independantly hosted database). But since I am planning on posting more of my artwork for Mythlore, now that I have finally … Continue reading

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Incidental Mythlore Art – Now in Color

So, more of my “playing” with Photoshop.  It’s stimulating to do these, but I do need to get back to work writing.  I gave myself the weekend and holiday off from that. In the meantime, I give you these two … Continue reading

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Learning to Work More with Photoshop

(Originally posted on LiveJournal) I’ve been working rather intently on the first draft of a script recently, and when I needed to take a break from it, I have worked on coloring an old pen & ink drawing in Photoshop. … Continue reading

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Work in Progress – Zoe Alone: Part 3

(Originally posted on LiveJournal) This is actually an extension of the previous post. I liked the original color sketch for itself, but it didn’t quite suit what I want for the comic story. So I did a second sketch. And … Continue reading

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