Monday, September 16, 2013

The Walking Dead

Inked these pencils of Charlie's just for fun...


Reject #41

Photo ref shot for the cover of Kid Eternity #12.
To get the double light source, I stood out in the street in the sun, took two photos facing in opposite directions and cut and pasted them together. Much easier nowadays with a couple of studio spotlights.
Polaroids and Sellotape, 1994.



Friday, September 13, 2013

Reject #40

Added some quick Photoshop colour to that 12 Angry Men sketch...
Brushpen, Photoshop, 2012.


Reject #39

Sketch of my old friend from college days, Shaun Hollywood.
Markers on paper, 1987.


Thursday, September 12, 2013

Reject #38

Hawkman trading card.
Pen, ink and Photoshop, 2005.


Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Reject #37

Here's sketches of the 12 Angry Men... Some changed before I did the final painting, but most were approved straight away.
I'll be introducing a one-off showing of the movie as part of my exhibition next month.

Brushpen on paper, 2012.


Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Art Book

I've been spending the last week looking at the advance copies of my art book, and couldn't be more pleased with how it turned out...






Reject #36

My adequate inks over the sublime pencils of Jose Luis Garcia Lopez...
From JLA Classified #19, 2006.


Monday, September 09, 2013

Fatale #21 cover


Reject #35

The first three pages of a planned devil-worship epic drawn when I was 13 or so. Written with my old mate David Holman, who I did the Kids From Rec Road with.
That empty panel on page three was meant to contain an interior of the vicarage. Obviously I thought it was too difficult to draw, and that was as far as we got with this story...
Pen and ink, 1978.




Friday, September 06, 2013

Fatale inks


Reject #34

Back cover pin-up from Looney Bin #2.
Ballpoint pen, coloured pencils, 1978.

Thursday, September 05, 2013

Reject #33

Life drawing,
ballpoint pen on paper, 2005.


Wednesday, September 04, 2013

Reject #32

I didn't have a decent scan of this available for my book as the printed comic had an extra silver ink over the background and wouldn't scan well.
Luckily the owner of the original art has kindly offered to lend it to me for my upcoming exhibition at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival next month.
Cover for the Judge Dredd Mega Special #5, acrylics, 1991.


Tuesday, September 03, 2013

Reject #31

Brotherhood #9 cover.
Acrylics on board, 2001.


Monday, September 02, 2013

Reject #30

Only had room in the book for a couple of life paintings, and no room for any of the landscapes or seascapes I've painted.
Newgale beach, oils, 2007.


We Gotta Get Out Of This Place

Painted and designed my first film poster... The film premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival this weekend.


Friday, August 23, 2013

Reject #29

After today's Ben Affleck Batman news, here's a cover for Batman: Jekyll and Hyde...
Pen, ink and Photoshop, 2005.


Thursday, August 22, 2013

Reject #28

Only had room in the book for a couple of my fine art paintings. Here's one of the rejects...
Acrylic an panel, 2006.



Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Reject #27

Page from User, written by Devin Grayson, published by Vertigo.
Digital, Painter and Photoshop, 2003.