Rough Stuff

Apologies for the lack of posts this past month. I became a Father again three weeks ago with the birth of my son, Carter Philip, so I'm sure you can appreciate that I've been a touch busy for the blog. I have, however, managed to keep up the sketchbook on my daily commute. I'm still working out character designs for the Shangri-La's strip I posted about in December. The ultimate goal is to achieve a simplicity and consistency for repeat rendering off the cast. Below are some of the more successful of recent pages which I've had to snap with my camera as my scanner's on the blink at the moment.

Covered

My version of Justice League of America #137 for Robert Goodin's Covered Blog.

The original JLA #137 by Ernie Chan (not one of his best).

DVD Bonus: The original sketchbook page of Superman and Capt. Marvel's tussle.

Happy New Year

Kicking off the New Year with a piece inspired by one of my favourite graphic novels of 2011, 

Blank Slate's Nelson. 

Sketch Show

Although the posts have been thin on the ground these last few months, I have been keeping up with the sketchbook. I've been trying to nail down some character concepts for a comic strip featuring my all-time favourite girl group, The Shangri La's. Progress has been slow as I usually can only find time to draw on my daily commute and the results have been variable. Presented below are some of the more successful sketches that show the look I'm trying to capture for the strip.

Merry Christmas

Just time to wish you all a very merry Christmas and best wishes for the new year. Have a good one, folks!

Nothing to see here

Several projects have fallen by the wayside in the past few weeks, hence no regular posts. Still keeping up the sketchbook but nothing concrete to show at the moment. Here's a sneek sketch of what I'm currently trying to work out. More soon hopefully.

Me and My Arrow

Oblio and Arrow in the Pointless Forest.

Inspired by the characters featured on the Nilsson album - The Point.

George and Glynn

Here's what I've been up to in the sketchbook for the last couple of weeks. These are character designs for a 30-something couple by the name of George and Glynn (terrible pun I know, but it seems to have stuck). Glynn pretty much came fully formed on the page but Georgina's design involved quite a bit of working out. I wasn't happy with the early ‘cute sketches’ as I really wanted to imbue her with a personality. So she eventually became a bit of an ugly duckling. Not sure what I'll be doing with these two yet, maybe some one or three panel gags but they will be popping up here from time to time.

Bat-Finn-Crazy

Doodle, doodle, doodle, doodle, doodle, doodle, doodle, doodle - BATMAN! ...and Finn.

Man in Jumpsuit

Salvaged a ropey pencil sketch with the brushpen. Not exactly sure what he's doing though.

Georgina

Coconut

Drawn on this morning’s commute, a little tribute to Nilsson's “Coconut” as featured in his marvelous 1971 BBC television special.