Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Velvet #1

Did a limited edition cover for Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting's new comic from Image...


Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Reject #50

Well, The Art Of Sean Phillips book should have shipped today, but apparently it's held up in customs. New on-sale date is now November 6th. I'll have about a dozen copies with me at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in Kendal, Cumbria this weekend though if anybody wants one...

Final rejected image, from Stephen King's The Dark Tower, ink on paper, 2010.


Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Monday, October 14, 2013

Cthulhu Lives!

Did my first painting using Manga Studio and Frenden brushes on a Cintiq...


Tuesday, October 08, 2013

Reject #49

Unused cover idea for The Invisibles #3.
Marker pen, 1994.


Monday, October 07, 2013

Reject #48

Only managed to fit one Minx cover into my art book, but this one is probably my favourite...
Minx #4, Pen, ink, Photoshop and Painter, 1998.


Exhibition Preview

Had the opening/preview of my exhibition last night. Had a great time and thanks for everyone who came along. And thanks to my son Jake who was official photographer for the evening...








Sunday, October 06, 2013

Reject #47

Short story "Still Life", written by John Smith.
Published in the Revolver Romance Special.
Watercolours, 1990.

Friday, October 04, 2013

Wednesday, October 02, 2013

Exhibition

Finished hanging my exhibition! Opens Sunday 6th October at the Brewery in Kendal, and runs for five weeks.



Monday, September 30, 2013

Exhibition

Started hanging my exhibition today... Opens on Sunday!




Friday, September 27, 2013

Sketch

Did my first drawing today using Manga Studio and Frenden brushes on a Cintiq. Going quite well so far...


Reject #46

Angel cover,
Brush, ink and Photoshop, 2005.


Thursday, September 26, 2013

FATALE inks


Reject #45

I managed to fit the cover I painted for Stephen Blackmoore's novel, City Of The Lost into my book, but not any of the interior pictures I also did for it.

Brush and ink, 2011


Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Reject #44

Did this a few years ago for Ed's internet movie Angel Of Death...
Took a few tries to get Zoë Bell's hair right!
Brush and ink, Photoshop, 2008.




Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Reject #43

There was talk a few years ago of putting out a new edition of A Complete Lowlife, a collection of Ed Brubaker's auto bio indie comics. I was going to design the book but this was as far as I got, a rough for the cover...

Pen on paper and collaged type, 2008.

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

FATALE #18 inks

Ed Brubaker and I have produced over 1600 pages of comics together and this is our first double page spread...


Reject #42

Page from a short story in the 2000AD Yearbook. The on-screen lettering was done with rub-down Letraset type which has peeled off over the years.
Pen, brush and ink, 1991.


Monday, September 16, 2013

The Walking Dead

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