Still no news on when or how the next Green Monk will be published. This will probably be the last pages I’ll post until something is figured out. You should be able to get a good idea from the story, if you’ve been following along. By this time I’ve started to work with a combination of brush and micron. I still love brush for larger shapes, but microns really come in handy when I want to fly on drawing smaller objects.
A monster design for the new Green Monk story. Also trying out my new 000 brush I picked up from the art store for all the little details.
So I’ve been a pretty faithful listener to Art and Story. The discussion is thought provoking, the personalities are interesting and the hosts are dedicated to forwarding the art of comics.
This is evident the Kids Read Comics convention that they help to organize and carry-out every year at no financial benefit to themselves. They do it because they care deeply about the potential for comics as a storytelling medium.
This year, I’m planning on attending for the first time, and taking full advantage of the huge support they give to artists attending the show (i.e. no table fees). In short, these guys are losing money so I can get a great deal on a convention. So, I figure the least I can do is contribute to the yearly art auction that helps to fund the costs of running Kids Read Comics.
This is the piece I’ve been working on today:
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I went back to microns on this one. I’m finding that brush takes more time, is more strain on my hand, and doesn’t give me as much flexibility. This was also an interesting practice, since the intent is to sell the finished piece, so I had to do everything on paper. The actual original piece still had the original pencil lines underneath the drawing.
Hope it help raise a couple of bucks. If you’re interested in owning the piece, stay tuned and I’ll post information on how to participate in the auction.
If you watched this artcast the other day, you probably saw me working on this a bit. Anyway, here’s some of the ink work I’ve done for page 1 of Rainmagic. I’ve got the majority of pages 2 and 3 inked as well, but I want o finish them up a bit more before I post them. Still have to add in word bubbles and the title. I’ll probably also do some touch up. The figure in the mid-ground isn’t showing up enough (see if you can spot her!).
Man I gotta say I’m really digging working with the brush. Maybe its because its a brush pen, and I never have to dip it, but doing these things has been the most fun I’ve had in a while.
Well, post-production on Green Monk has been moving along. I should have some new frames I’ve added to show in the next couple of days. Till then here’s little fooling around with the brush pen while in Japan:
Some witch-head sketches for Green Monk.
Monster heads that may or may not be related to a future project:
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