So Much Stuff

Wow, I haven’t posted in a while. Longer than I remember, even. I’ve been busy between work and comics and playin the crap out of Bioshock Infinite.
Let me start by saying Bioshock Infinite had a LOT to live up to, as far as I was concerned. The whole game was pretty amazing. Just as I started to feel it was “ho-hum”, it flipped the story on me. I highly recommend it to pretty much everyone who likes story driven games. Zero Punctuation did a pretty good review of it.
Aside from that, I’ve been churning out pages of comics. All the pages of Black River part two are slowly coming along:

I’m also, working on a story that i’m trying to do as fast as i can. I spend, maybe 30 minutes a page. Quick sketched pencils and fast inks. The working title is “Art Show 2008″. It’s mostly about time travel:

Finally, most recently, I’ve been doing some new Lincoln Franklin Ghost Hunters 2070 stuff. It’s a story I’ve been wanting to do for about 2 years. It takes place immediately after the 3rd chapter of the first book. I drew these pages in the last week. I think I’m going to try to do another chapter and collect the two into the next book by Heroes Con. This story is also, strangely, about time travel:

It’s been a while since I drew all these Linky Franky characters. This chapter doesn’t really have Goodnight Moon or Goodnight Stars. I was getting antsy, so I drew this the other day…just for fun:

I’m also thinking of putting out the first book with a kind of “directors commentary” format. To point out all the little things I hid in those books, I’m sure no one will ever notice.
Also, I’ve been working with a Pentel Brush pen more often. I rocked out this fan art of Ashley Wood‘s Robots Vs. Amazons drawing a while ago and tried out new coloring techniques:

Also, I did this fan art for my friend Ian’s tumblr. Naked ladies with animal skulls for heads?! Seems right up my alley:

Finally, I did some fan art for my long time idol Trent Kaniuga’s new webcomic Twilight Monk. I’m sure if you look hard enough, you’ll notice Trent’s influence in my stuff:

So, I am, in fact busy. I’ll most likely post the original Lincoln Franklin story soon. It’ll have it’s own tab like Brohenge.

Audio: Say Anything.Anarchy, My Dear / Sigur Ros.BRennisteinn EP / Queen.The Very Best Of

Visual: Cloud Atlas / The Life Of Pi / Harry Potter 1-4

Plugging Away

Proof that I have been working on something big:

 

I draw as I go along, mostly. I know the key points I want to happen, but mostly let the story lead me. I drew myself into a fight scene. I’m not the BEST at them, so I try to draw them, to get better. So, that’s what’s taking me so long. I’m pretty sure, as of today, what to do next. We’ll see, in the coming week.

I’ve mostly been doodling, in my fight scene artists block.

 

I hear Naruto is getting good again. I need to go back and re-read a bunch of it. I started playing Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2.The Broken Bond. The fight animations are definitely helping me with my block. I love “drawing” inspiration from all forms of media, not just comics!

Then, I drew myself as a Hogwarts student:

 

Obviously, I’d be a Slytherin.

And, finally, I’ve been spending time everyday drawing the buildings in my town. I really like drawing architecture. It’s hard, but fun. I enjoy pushing my artistic talent by doing stuff I don’t like doing. Here’s the one I did today. I didn’t even want to ink it after penciling, because it was SUPER nuts:

 

I’m going to try to do most of the buildings in town (there aren’t many). they finished book will not be in color. I just threw some on this one ’cause Photoshop was already open, due to coloring other stuff.

PROOOOOF!  I am working on stuff and not just neglecting my blog.

 

Audio: Yeasayer.Fragrant World / Blackalicious.Blazing Arrow

Visual: The Cabin In The Woods / Breaking Bad.Season 5

janked

I need to get back on this blogging once a week thing. Now that the CCS class of 2012 is all graduated, I can focus back on drawing more. Thusly, I did this comic of a conversation that went down the other night:

It’s hard to draw Andrew without a giant smile on his face. It’s also hard to draw Alex without that big, bushy mustache on his face, like I did all through Brohenge.

Also, if you haven’t seen Chronicle, you should. I’ve watched it three times in the last month and still think it’s pretty awesome. So awesome in fact, I drew a spot of fan art:

Audio: Broken Social Scene.Forgiveness Rock Record / Pretty Lights.Taking Up Your Precious Time

Visual: Adventure Time.Season One / Primer / Heroes.Season 4

art blogging like an adult

I’m still alive and drawing comics, I promise. Probably the only part of the comic’s making process I dislike is scanning. It was amazing to have my own scanner, right next to me, on my desk. However, when I moved, I threw the power cord in a random box. I have yet to locate it.

I went to the CCS lab and actually scanned some things yesterday. My buddy Ryan has been spinning records at our friend Parker’s bar, The Sparrow. He asked me to design a poster for his next gig. I was told to just “swing away”. This is what I ended up doing:

Also, the new Sharknife: Double Z book by Corey Lewis came out! It’s been 7 years in the making. I think it was totally worth the wait! He’s definitely leveled up, drawing and storytelling wise. I highly recommend buying a copy from amazon! I even did fan arts:

It’s a few weeks old worth of news, but equally as awesome as Double Z coming out! My art friend Brandon Graham‘s book King City came out earlier this month. It’s 424 pages of gold pressed latinum! I can’t recommend you buy this book more. Every page is better than the last. I’ve re-read it about three times in the last two weeks. I should probably do some fan arts for it, too. In the mean time, get your own copy.

OR, you can read Prophet, by Image comics. Brandon is writing it and this dude, Simon Roy is drawing it. I’ve actually being going to the local comic book store and buying the individual copies. It’s basically Conan in space.

Side note, Conan by Becky Cloonan is pretty baller right now, too.

You should already own her mini comic, Wolves. It’s SO beautiful!

See how easily I get sucked into praising comics. It’s almost like I’m actually blogging, like an adult.

Now, I’m gunna hop back to drawing porn comics. I’ve been pretty much been doing that for the last month. They are fun to draw and sex sells (that’s why i’m so broke). I’ll scan some and post it, elsewhere, soon.

Ausio: Childish Gambino.Poindexter / Coldplay.Parachutes

Visual: The Hunger Games / Young Adult / Breaking Dawn, Part One

ninja, ninja RAP!

I started a Tumblr. Isn’t that what all the cool kids are doing?

I also drew this, because I haven’t posted anything in a while.

I went old school with their masks. I’m pretty sure we ALL know who would be playing what….

Audio: Dan Deacon.Spiderman Of the Rings / Alkaline Trio.Goddamnit

Visual: Conan The Barbarian(2011) / Rubber

hinky solomon

I drew fan art of the founder of CCS, Inky Solomon.

Audio: Thrice.The Artist in The Ambulance

Visual: Horrible Bosses

Random Haus

It’s OFFICIAL! Mike and Mary and I have dubbed our living space, “Random Haus”. Yes, I know that’s a publishing company. If you visit our humble abode, Random Haus totally applies. You’ll see.

So all the comics I draw from now on (aside from Linky Franky and Bro Henge) will be Random Haus ComiXXX. I’ve some things percolating.
Today I doodled this out, as a warm up:

A warm up for what, you ask? I finished reading Popbot yesterday and simply had to rock some fan art:

Tomorrow, COMICS!?

Audio: The Beatles.Aubbey Road / The Protomen.Act II: The Father of Death

Visual: Game of Thrones.Season One

Goodnight Meme

So, Brandon Graham started this meme. He took a Moebius drawing and redrew it, in his style. It’s pretty rad. A ton of other artists got on board. Here’s mine, Goodnight Meme:

I pencilled the next page for Brohenge. I also think i know how I’m going to make the plot flow from one silly conversation to the next. However, yesterday I worked 9 hours and today I’m working 10. Tomorrow I picked up an 8 hour shift. So…I will post tomorrow, but It’ll be late, prolly.
Welcome to the real world of drawing comics. If there wasn’t a weepy going away party for the lovely Beth Hetland last night. OR a going away party for the boozy Emily Sauter tonight, I might get work done.

Audio: Bombay Bicycle Club.I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Off

Visual: Fringe.Season 3 (I only watch about two a day…ALMOST done)

dot dot dot

Still no diary comics. I’m over here drawing and coloring Rockman comics…and Liz Prince is putting out this!

She’s re-convinced me that sappy emo comics are where it’s at. Not really, but kind of.

So, tomorrow, diary comics. Just like before. Until then, this:

Audio: Outkast.Speakerboxxx

Visual: Fringe.Season 3

Final Fantasy Dudes

I like this, comics all week, fan art on the week-ends. I like it so much, I drew this:

Other than the amazing character designs in Final Fantasy VII, these dudes are my favorites.

Tomorrow, diary comics. I know you can’t wait.

Audio: Jonsi.Go Do

Visual: Jackasss 3 / Puzzle Fighter