I’ve got a very special message for SLC locals: “It’s Party Time.”

Black Cat Comics, the premiere comics retailer in Utah, is going to be hosting a Green Monk Release Party, and you are invited.

when? October, 24th 2009 12 noon +

where? Black Cat Comics 2261 Suite A, Salt Lake City, Utah 84106

map? Yes:

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why? If you buy Green Monk at the party you can still get a custom brush sketch as explained here. Plus, I’ll be offering a discount on Green Monk with the purchase of any comic at Black Cat.

So, come hang out, chat about comics and help me celebrate Green Monk.

I’m a bit late to the game, but I thought I’d join in Jake Parker’s Inktober experience. Especially now that Green Monk is off to the printers, I no longer have an excuse to not. Here’s today inkperience:

Just started laying text into Green Monk tonight. I Can’t tell you how exciting it is to start seeing this stuff come together. Here’s a little sneak peek.

On another note, I was going to lay out this book in InDesign, but after considering the cost of InDesign and the infrequency with which I would use it, I decided to look at other options.

Fortunately I stumbled upon Scribus. It’s a no-frills, open source layout tool. It’s not as slick as InDesign, but so far it looks like it’s getting the job done without any real annoyances. And I didn’t pay one red cent for it.

Maybe I’ll make a donation…

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:

I used to post sketches on this blog?

A little messing around with dry-brushing:

some fiendish fellows.

This must have been some preliminary sketches for Green Monk:

So, since I finished the art on Green Monk, I’ve been in just a bit of a funk. Even though I still have plenty to do to finish the project up, there is something comforting about coming home every night and drawing for a couple of hours on the same project.

To pick myself up a bit, I’ve been trying to keep busy drawing. I’ve started to attend figure drawing sessions in the evening, and I’m trying to get more familiar with drawing with  a brush (I’m pretty sure I want to use brush for my next project.)

This is just a bit of messing around I did the other day. Inking on a sketch that had done for Eat Lead Taco Clown.