randoMonday 21-07-08

Important Announcement

Which is to say I'm off down the coast with the family for a few days but I'll try to get some work done while I'm there.

Preview Art - The Supateam

Supadude and Supagurl

As part of what I'm calling "Operation Don't Get Sued" I've begun the creation of various comic characters for use in the Sh!t Happens universe.
Since I intend to start publishing the comic soon and comics are a decent presence in the story (two people work in a comic store and another is a comic fan) I feel it is important to create my own Superheroes.

Chapter Four - Rivals and Robots

The End of Chapter Four

This little piece is my tribute to classic robot anime including a subtle reference to Mospeada.

Chapter Four - Rivals and Robots - Friday the 13th Bonus Art

New Logo - A Work In Progress

Well as the title may suggest I'm working on a new Logo for the comic.
This piece needs to be totally redrawn before it becomes official but I coloured a print-out anyway to test out my new little toy, a "water pen", basically it's a hollow plastic pen with a brush on the end to be used on the run.

Any comments are appreciated.

Random FreeArt

Max with Hammer and Gun
Done in HB & 4H shading.
No computer touch up

I usually do my artwork with 2H or 3H 0.5 pacer leads but since I'm almost out of them (probably enough for one or two comics left) I decided to try drawing with a mixture of 0.7 HB leads and 4H pencil which I usually use for shading.
Needless to say I must get to the store for more leads.

Chapter Four - Rivals and Robots

Large Version

Small Version

With today's comic I experimented wit doing two frames per page instead of one like usual, sort of a cost-cutting idea, but frankly the size was too awkward to work with.

Here's a bonus bit of freeArt:

Done in Crayola Pencils
Has a kinda 60s/70s look to it I think.

Character Artwork Previews + Freedrawing

Here's some WIP artwork for some upcoming secondary characters:

Grant and Jean
the designated married couple

Rico and Bron
the hosts of Rebellion on Radio

The BFM
a big f*cking mech

Kyle
a complete prick

And here is some freedrawing done at my night job:

Later

Chapter Three - The New Place + Bonus Wallpaper

Large Version

Small Version

And here is the last comic for this week (unless I get really bored tomorrow). The quality in this comic isn't quite up to the standards of the last two but still well above the older comics.

Bonus:

Work In Progress - Artwork

This little piece was started at work last night in between customers, because I was bored sh!tless but it turned out pretty well so I'm gonna keep working on it and maybe someday it will be the first official Sh!t Happens poster [$19.95 plus $500,000 p&h].

Max, Sammi, Roy, Lisa

This image is mostly unedited, I did crop it and clean up some really bad sketchlines. I'm trying to figure out how to fit the other characters into the picture, maybe I'll have to trace and redraw onto larger paper.

As usual there are some anatomy & proportion problems here but that's how bad an artist I am.

PLEASE leave comments, I like the criticism.

Character Artwork Preview

The following pics are work-in-progress previews of new artwork for the character profiles:

Random Sketchwork - Mystery Celeb

This is purely the result of boredom and has nothing to do with the comic, I just felt like trying out a sneaky little sketch technique. Then I decided to play around with the limited filters in my crappy editing program (I should get Photoshop someday).

The original scan.

Charcoal filter.

Equalizer filter.

Negative filter.

And just plain "enhanced".

First person to guess who the celebrity is gets a free prize, maybe.