I'm waiting on an "ok" before I can show off a few things I've done recently. Comic book publishing has a strange and out dated timing. You finish the project, then send it o the distributor, they put it in the catalogue ( that can take about a month) the catalogue goes to comic book stores for them to place their orders...that is window of time to advertise/raise hell about it part 1. You have to get the stores and the readers who are advanced enough to look through the online catalogue on their own and tell their stores what they want.
THEN about a month to two months later...after the orders were placed, books were printed and shipped to the distributor who then shipped them to stores...the book in on the shelf! That is window of time to advertise Part 2.
You need the stores to order AND you then need fans to go get it.
so...yeah...timing is important and sometimes you have to wait a bit until it is smart to mention a project/ mentioning it will do the most good.
SO...right now I'm in a holding pattern on some stuff I'd like to show off. BUT, I found a couple of things that I haven't shown off yet while I was looking for something else ( which I have not found...I really should get my computer better organized)
Lately I've just been showing you a lot of inking, but I do color stuff as well. It's just not that interesting. I have a simple theory about coloring and that is - less is more, don't ruin the inking. Inking is my strong suit and when I color I just make sure that all the hard work I did on that shows through. Since the advent of photoshop there has been no shortage of really beautiful black and white illustrations that were absolutely murdered by the coloring.
You know the drill by now I do a thumbnail sketch, pencil it ink it. This was for Comedian Mike Bobbit's comedy and burlesque show...He had an idea in mind, I didn't ask any questions (shrug).
Then you have the finished inks...which I color.
Here's on for a pin up of Athena published by Altered Reality Comics
and here's a pin up of The Osprey also published by Altered Reality Comics
and they liked it so much it was used for the cover of Rhode Island
Altered Reality comics are here ( although I'm not sure what issues my stuff is in, I forgot to ask)
Mike Bobbit can be found here
I...can lways be found here
or
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annnnd...that's all for now.
Later!
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