What's going on?

Commission

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Forum Header 2

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Forum Header

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Tarzan and Jane

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Page

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Thundercats Ho!

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Gun Tottin' Babe

2008-10-07T20:08:00.000+01:00

Jason 2

2008-10-07T20:06:00.000+01:00

Hulk sketch

2008-10-07T20:03:00.000+01:00

Spot Illo

2008-10-07T20:02:00.000+01:00

Sketch

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Concept art

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Supergirl

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Lionheart

2008-10-07T19:59:00.001+01:00

Phoenix

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pencil sketch

2008-10-07T19:54:00.001+01:00

X-mas card doodles...

2008-10-07T19:52:00.000+01:00

Bizarro Supergirl, snip

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Spot illo

2008-10-07T19:50:00.001+01:00

Hawkwoman

2008-10-07T19:49:00.000+01:00

Colour Sketch (Snowy)

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Spiderwoman

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Kim Possible

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Mystique

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Jason

2008-10-07T19:45:00.001+01:00

Firestorm

2008-10-07T19:44:00.002+01:00

Batman sketch

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Sketches

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Fairchild

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Doc Samson

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General Sketches

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Vampira

2008-10-07T19:37:00.002+01:00

Shrinking Violet

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Hellcat

2008-10-07T19:35:00.001+01:00

Hula Girl Commission

2008-06-11T23:20:00.000+01:00

Quickpost this image to Myspace, Digg, Facebook, and others!

Snip from the Sir Billi Comic

2008-06-11T23:19:00.000+01:00

Quickpost this image to Myspace, Digg, Facebook, and others!

MILFANTASTIC

2008-01-23T20:16:00.000Z

Just for the hell-of-it!

Commission

2008-01-23T13:53:00.000Z

New commission.

The New Avengers #15

2008-01-20T13:54:00.001Z

Loved this cover. Frank Cho's wonderful cover to the New Avengers #15.

http://www.milehighcomics.com/cgi-bin/backissue.cgi?action=fullsize&i...

So decided to do my version.

[Commission] Power-Girl

2007-04-16T23:16:00.000+01:00

Here's a WIP. of the now in progress Power-Girl.

[06 January 2007] Hawkwoman

2007-01-06T16:03:00.000Z

First Commission of the Year, now in the works:

So I have a few Commissions in the works and I'm attending to them in order.

Oh! And I should note that I've fixed my lightbox now...thank goodness;-)

[03 January] News

2007-01-03T17:48:00.000Z

Okay, so I survived the Festive Period once more. You can put that under the "Good news" category! Bad News was that my Lightbox gave up the ghost-grrr. I've ordered replacement parts -and- also a shiny-new one too! Meanwhile it's back to smudge-central:-(

I can't remember the last time I had to -actually- ink over pencils. Normally I'm lightboxing on to crisp, clean (and decidedly smudge free)paper. I'm reminded that it's quite messy work! Pencil smudges everywhere...I've gone through a whole tub of handwash-LOL

So anyway, not shirking my good will entirely, Happy New Year!

[30 Aug 2006] Wednesday

2006-08-30T14:30:00.000+01:00

Did some more on the Supergirl image today.

It's at this stage I come to realise how much I've just bitten off. I mean, sure follow Adam Hughes...there's just -no- following this guy, he's just off the scale awesome!

Still, I'm pretty happy with the way my mortal inks are coming along-LOL

[30 Aug 2006] Wednesday

2006-08-30T10:22:00.000+01:00

Been a little ill over the last few days. Managed to pull my socks up and get back into the saddle today.

[25 Aug 2006] Friday

2006-08-25T19:06:00.000+01:00

An update on the AH! parody. The more I look at Adam's line work the more I find myself in awe. beautiful lines. Anyway, this is just a bit of fun. I'm about halfway through it now. Squeezing a little extra in now and then between commission work.

[24 Aug 2006] Thursday

2006-08-24T21:00:00.000+01:00

This is the next Commission in the cue. Two figures in this one and I'm kind of re-visiting a character I've done before (thanks to the "This Week" Jam.

I have a little expectation placed on this piece, because I want it to look good. Fingers crossed;-)

[23 Aug 2006] Wednesday

2006-08-23T21:15:00.000+01:00

Adam Hughes has done this wonderful image of Supergirl sat atop of a meteor, both are beginning to enter the atmosphere. Jokingly I mentioned that the scene just after that one, where she's sat atop a pebble would be funny to see.

[22 Aug 2006] Tuesday

2006-08-22T16:06:00.000+01:00

Finished the Commission I had been doing. Really enjoyed doing this one. Hope you like too. Now on to Chris's pencils to ink up for the "This Month" jam!

[21 Aug 2006] Monday

2006-08-21T20:27:00.000+01:00

Further on with this commission. She's really begining to take shape now.

[20 Aug 2006] Sunday post 2

2006-08-21T20:15:00.000+01:00

A commission I was working on. Really enjoying this piece.

[20 Aug 2006] Sunday

2006-08-21T20:06:00.000+01:00

Working on the Catthouse Kitten.

See the finished piece here, so long as you are an adult: Check out the Catthouse Kitten

[Commission] Freedom Star

2006-06-13T13:09:00.000+01:00

[Pin-Up] Lady Death

2006-06-13T13:07:00.000+01:00

[Cant remember!] Star Wars

2006-06-13T13:06:00.000+01:00

Was this for a "This Week" jam or was it just for fun? I think the latter...just can't remember!

[This Week] Starfire

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[Just For Fun] Lady Wolverine

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[This Week]

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[This Week] Jimmy Olson

2005-11-22T16:12:00.000Z

So I had started and was just inking this piece this morning when the Postman turned up with some pens I had ordered. Nowmally I wouldn't entertain buying these pens as they are like £60 for twelve...but I picked them up for only £18 including delivery from Germany!

Bargain of a life time.

I was very excited as I had ordered them like two or three weeks ago and had all but given up on them ever arriving. So polished off the Jimmy Olsen piece so that I could have a go with the markers.

I scanned in the B&W's first, just in case it all went belly-up!

Needn't have feared, what great pens. Really enjoyed using them, although they have a wierd smell to them! They're "Warm-grey" and I used red on her eyes. For speed I scanned it all in greyscale [my -colour- scans take like half-an-hour-grrrr] hence the stark greys here.

Enjoy:

[This Week] Cate Archer

2005-11-19T19:58:00.000Z

Here you go!

[Just For Fun] Nick & Val

2005-11-05T15:40:00.000Z

A con-style sketch done for a friend.

[Just For Fun] Hey, up here!

2005-11-04T00:00:00.000Z

An idea suggested to me by a friend [Thom].

[This Week] Red Sonja

2005-11-03T18:18:00.000Z

First Sonja piece:

Second:
" After a month searching and a weeklong running battle, finally Sonja enters the Temple. Finding the Wizard dead but more...His legendary wand!
Her first thought... "

[Just For Fun] Happy Halloween!

2005-10-31T17:25:00.000Z

Once again Vamperella had her annual Halloween party, to which I was not invited:-(

[About] Pencils.

2005-10-26T15:56:00.000+01:00

Here's an example of the level of detail I put in the "pencils" -if- I am then going to go on an ink it.

As you can see I tend to leave them quite empty. This leaves me room to have some fun during the inking process.

If I was pencilling for someone else to ink then I'd tighten the pencils up.

[This Week] X-23

2005-10-26T15:54:00.000+01:00

Done for the This Week Forum:

[Just For Fun] How to draw Power-Girl for comics.

2005-10-26T15:51:00.000+01:00

I fell in love with a great sketch that Adam Hughes did a whiles ago which was "How not to draw your friends wife". I was inspired to do something similar with Power-girl and have struggled to find the time to get to do just that.

Until last night saw me upto three in the morning.

Part 1.

Part 2.

[This Week] Thundra

2005-10-11T14:43:00.000+01:00

Here you go.

Anyone care to volunteer to help her with this demonstration?

[This Week] Shanna

2005-10-06T23:51:00.000+01:00

Here you go, some art!

[News] Commissions

2005-10-03T18:25:00.000+01:00

Working on more commissions just now, hence it appears to have gone a little quiet;-)

Oh and I received my new Goldline Bristol Board paper through the mail. Proving once again that buying via the net is easy and reliable...however, for some strange and as yet unfathomable reason the "smooth" paper I've been using now has a "tooth" to it!?

I'm very confused. the pads are clearly marked as "smooth" and yet they are very different from the usual stock I get from the same company...in the same pads!

Better to pencil on but not as good to ink:-(

May just be this batch, we'll see.

[Just For Fun] Powergirl...again!

2005-10-02T17:59:00.000+01:00

LOL...it is definitely like an addiction;-)

[This Week] Rogue.

2005-09-27T22:47:00.000+01:00

So you wanna have sex with Rogue?

The picture says it all!

;-)

Rogue.

2005-09-26T17:16:00.000+01:00

Rogue has come around in the "This Week" character selection. I have just drawn this character two times already, in the space of a few weeks. Anyway by way of poking a little fun at my "Roadkill" self, here you go:

[Just For Fun] Scott and Barda's anniversary.

2005-09-26T00:46:00.000+01:00

Here's something done this evening for fun:

[News] Where's all the artwork?

2005-09-24T10:02:00.000+01:00

"Sorry" for the few days with no artwork going up. I've been busy on a few commissions and some personal "life" stuff. As things stand just now, my next "scheduled" bit of "fun" art will be the hole I leave in my schedule for the "This Week" character selection.
That's not chosen until Sunday [tomorrow] and I've then got to draw it. So we'll see what next week brings huh?

[News] Back from Hospital.

2005-09-22T12:08:00.000+01:00

Just got back. I was in over night with my [middle] daughter. She was scheduled in for a "Sleep Study". I was up most of the night in the room beside her.

I'll maybe get something done later today. We'll see how I feel.

[This Week] Jack Hawksmoor.

2005-09-19T23:40:00.000+01:00

Done in pencil. First time I've done -full- pencils in, well it seems "forever".

[Commission] Suix.

2005-09-18T18:35:00.000+01:00

Another snippette of a commission finished today.

[Commission] Nasi

2005-09-17T14:37:00.000+01:00

Another commission snip.

[Commission] Adi.

2005-09-14T18:22:00.000+01:00

Finished that commission, moving on to something else today.

Here's a snip of the commission:

[Banter] Commissions

2005-09-14T12:47:00.000+01:00

Working on a commission today. This one is a creator owned character. I've been left to add my own touches and elements. I normally like to be left to my own devices, so when Someone says "Draw me a Wonder Woman" I get on with it draw them as good a Wonder Woman as I can muster. But in the case of characters that haven't yet been designed, I feel that the client knows what they are looking for but the artist needs to try and tease out those preferences from them-LOL.
In this case, although I have been allowed a certain degree of dispensation there are lots of great [individual] references in the clients gallery for these characters. You can have a look at the amazing artwork he has on display HERE

The character I'm working on today is Adi.

[Just For Fun] Another Big Barda piece...

2005-09-13T18:02:00.000+01:00

Here you go...had a little fun with Orion and Lightray.

[This Week] Just an Excuse!

2005-09-13T11:59:00.000+01:00

For me to draw the Batman;-)

Actually done for the This Week Jam on the Huntress HERE

[Just For Fun] New Power Girl.

2005-09-13T11:57:00.000+01:00

Here's a new Power Girl piece done just last night.

[News] At Last!

2005-09-13T11:50:00.000+01:00

Okay some News.

I woke up at 4.45am a few days ago, to find that "someone" had spammed/phished my email account once again! In and of itself no biggee but they had managed to ditch all my prefs and drop 3 gigs of info off my harddrive to boot!

This really was the last straw. After months of getting moderators to put my posts on moderation, then take me off then put me back on again, I really have been stretched to breaking point.

As such I took the step to back away from Yahoo Groups and -all- Mail based groups for the time being.

So you will only really find new updates HERE, or at my http://comicartcommunity.com/gallery/categories.php?cat_id=337. I will still be maintaining my renewed commitment to both Catthouse and Picture This! And keeping up with the This Week Weekly "Jam" here: http://www.thirdraildesignlab.com/forum/index.php

Thank you for your support and understanding.

The Flash!

2005-08-21T23:09:00.000+01:00

Working on a Flash drawing...I'll post when done later this week.

Update

2005-08-13T12:30:00.000+01:00

This morning I changed the dressing on my injured finger. Looked like maybe a stitch or two may –really- be needed. However, I’m going to leave it in favour of letting it nit-together naturally. I reached that decision because I’ re-dressed the wound and the finger, to make it more conducive to drawing. Cutting out a bit of the dressing to expose a little flesh where the pencil would normally rest against. Although not part of the wound area, it is bruised.
Tried to do a few rough sketches. This was sore but bearable. My line fidelity and fine motor control is down about 15% but not too bad.
Decided to think about what I’d be doing for the Kitten of the Year, which as you know is Rogue. After half an hour I nailed a good idea down. Scanned it, blew it up and printed it off. Had a “practice” at inking on her foot. Evaluated how thing went and figure, I’ll go for the inking! Just taking a little longer and have a little more forethought prior to laying down the lines.
I hope to have my KOTY piece finished this evening, after our houseguests, who have just shown up, leave.

Oops!

2005-08-12T17:52:00.000+01:00

I may be out of action for a couple of weeks...we'll see. I was putting a fence up in my back garden today with the help of my In-Laws, when the finger on my drawing hand met with a rather unfortuanate incident with a spade.

The finger is still attached to me, it's not -that- serious but skin was pulled up from one knuckle toowards the other. Leaving me without the ability to bend it or have any pressure on it. I'm hoping to give it a little "test" later this evening.

Spider Woman.

2005-08-09T20:40:00.000+01:00

Quick sketch.

Commissions

2005-08-09T19:15:00.000+01:00

Working on a couple of these right now. Also a quickie sketch of Spider Woman.

Barda.

2005-08-09T17:06:00.000+01:00

Here you go, click on the thumnail.

Barda again!

2005-08-09T15:42:00.000+01:00

In the process of putting the finishing touches on another Big Barda piece. I'll post the thumbnail here when I get done.

No victory too petty!

2005-08-07T16:08:00.000+01:00

LOL.

Sue.

2005-08-07T12:27:00.000+01:00

Storm...that's who I settled on in the end. I'll post once done.

Oh and Dr Doom makes an appearance;-)

At a loss!

2005-08-07T09:34:00.000+01:00

Well this morning, with the world at my feet, I'm at a loss who to draw. I think I'll take a little time to contemplate.

Don't mess with Kirby!

2005-08-07T01:57:00.000+01:00

Barda's advice!

Busy, busy, busy!

2005-08-07T00:32:00.000+01:00

Felt bad teasing y'all like that so I'm working on something I can share;-)

Big Barda...

Another one I can't post!

2005-08-06T21:28:00.000+01:00

Just finished a little sketchy-poo of Jean Grey but it's for the Catthouse, so I can't release it here just yet...you'll just have to wait to get yer mits on her;-P

Plastic Man...Naught boy!

2005-08-06T15:55:00.000+01:00

As if you wouldn't give it a go if you were him;-)

War of the Worlds.

2005-08-06T15:18:00.000+01:00

I watched this with the wife the other day. Being a "fan" of the original I was dreading watching this movie. I was right to! It was as dreadful as I thought.
Don't take this wrong, had they billed the film as "How tough it is being a Dad during a seperation" then I'd have been singing this films praises. It appeared to me that the movie was actually about Tom Cruises family relations with the "war" as a backdrop, instead of perhaps what a smarter man might have done which is but the emphisis the other way around.
Nice effects, nice acting, great cast, just pretty damn well crap as an adaptation goes. That's my opinion.

Plastic Man.

2005-08-06T13:59:00.000+01:00

I'm just laying down the inks for "This Weeks" Jam. I'm also working on a piece for my secret project.

Someone also suggested another Legion member to me to have a go at, so I might start that later today also.