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Preorder Wretched Things
Get to your local comic shop and order Wretched Things and these other great titles from Source Point Press. Use code JUL182143 in July's edition of PREVIEWSworld
C2E2 with Comic Experience and Source Point Press
C2E2 is coming up fast. Devon and myself will be at the Source Point Press booth for the launch of Wretched Things in a collected trade. Over 130 pages! We will be at the booth throughout the weekend along with the creators of the other books from Comic Experience. Come by booth 417 and say hi.
Wretched Things Rejected Cover
Time lapsed inking session creating the rejected cover for the Wretched Things collected edition. Music by the multi-talented Devon Wong. Published by Comics Experience and Source Point Press
Various brushes, mostly raphael 8404 no 4 or a W&N series 7 no 4 (I like bigger brushes) and pens, map & maru deleter nibs. I believe this was the last of my Eon brand black ink and Eon branded bristol board in a plate finish. This is about 3-4 hours of inking squished down under 7 minutes.
Wretched Things collected edition cover time lapse
For the process junkies here's a time lapse of the creation of the cover image for Wretched Things printed collection. Several hours of work shrunk into 6 minutes. Music by @VignetteProject . Big thanks to @Comicexperience & @SourcePtPress #makecoomics
The Next Dance Kickstarter
The Next Dance kickstarter is winding down and only a few hundred dollars away from being a success. Head over and take a look all reward tiers are still open from a print copy of the book to original art and sketches.
Process videos
I'll be posting more process videos soon. If there is something you'd be interested in seeing such as the inking or coloring stages let me know.
Double Page Spread Process. Part 2
We left off in part 1 with the final digital pencils.
From this I print out bluelines directly onto 2 sheets of 11"x17" bristol board, taped them together and start inking.
I'll be sure to post some more process stuff in the future. If you have any questions leave a comment or contact me. Hope you enjoyed seeing this spread come to life.
Thanks for reading and be sure to check out Wretched Things on Comixology at http://bit.ly/2c7ynlf
Double Page Spread Process. Part 1
One of the most often asked requests I get is if someone can watch me work. While I enjoy watching the process used by other artists I find my own way of doing things uninteresting. When sitting at a table during a comic con you just need to let go and not feel awkward drawing in front of people, but usually I'm in my studio with my dog as the only silent witness to my trash can full of awful sketches that will never see the light of day.
With the third chapter of Wretched Things out now I'm going to walk through my process for creating the opening double page spread, which included the credits page that is found at the front of all comics. Why the hell would you do such a thing? Well it sounded cool and cinematic when Devon pitched the idea to me and he did a helluva job describing the scene in the script. I'm always in for a challenge no matter how much extra work I create for myself.
From here it's scribbling on the script page and on random pieces of paper to come up with layouts and visual ideas.
I'll stop here for now and continue on to the inking process in part 2.
Thanks for reading and be sure to check out Wretched Things on Comixology at http://bit.ly/2c7ynlf
I've got how many pages to ink?!?!
Progress is steady and starting to gain momentum this week. Some sleepless nights of comics making ahead but I'm stocked on caffeine, movies and music.
Big congrats to Chris Lewis and the team on Karma Police on their successful kickstarter. Here's to more and future success for the creators coming out of the Comicsexperience workshop!
Wretched Things #2 out this week! Story time!
After a long delay Wretched Things #2 will be out on Comixology this Wednesday.
Issue #2: the finish line is in sight
Issue #1 has been out a few weeks now. Issue #2 is taking longer than hoped but we're only a few pages away from that goal. Working 48 hours per week at the fire dept. then the same if not more in the studio has taken its toll. That said I am happy for the opportunity to be doing both. It is a great feeling seeing the finished product and hearing the positive feedback and knowing that someone actually cared enough to already pirate it and make it available for illegal download.
One of the most asked questions I've been getting is along the lines of 'What's the most messed up thing you've had to draw?' For Wretched it has all been pretty crazy. Lots of fantastic environments, creepy things with lots of hairy legs and huge freakin fangs. Though spider on spider torture would probably be the most twisted item.
Back to the drawing board for now. Make sure to check out Wretched Things #1 over on comixology.com!
Final colors are in!
Issue #1 of Wretched Things is fully colored and the lettering is getting the final tweaks and polish.
I learned a lot about my production process during this issue. While I was happy with the results I was certainly producing slower than I had hoped. Some of that was due to scheduling and an injury at work but a big part of it was how I was working. I talked to a bunch of other artists and I think I've refined the process down where I can produce the quality I want in a more timely fashion. That and becoming more familiar with the tools I'm using and the characters Devon has populated this story with.
I've also made it a point to take weekends off, at least from drawing comics. Apart from family time it will be spent on sculpting and painting. Stepping away from comics for a day or two is definitely needed for both physical and mental health.
Now back to more mouse and spider action...
Work getting in the way of work
I hate when 'real life' gets in the way of my comics making.
Issue #1 of Wretched Things is fully penciled and inked with colors and lettering well underway. I've got thumbnails and layouts for half of issue #2 done and most of those pages worked up to roughs.
I've fallen way behind on working on this new site and getting sketches and sketch covers done. Hopefully get all my EMT renewal stuff done this week so that I can get back in the groove.
In the meantime I've attached a rough from issue #2 of Wretched.