I like brains... but I'll get to that in a minute. To celebrate one of the best holidays of the year, if not THE best, here's a little zombified Batman action for you good peoples. This is piece contains a variety of mediums including brush & sumi ink, markers & pens, white acrylic paint and a dash of whiteout pen here and there. It was also done without the use of pencil. No sketchin' allowed. So brains... What comes to mind the most about this piece was my own brains' state of mind. It was done at a moment when I was extremely tired and quite "zoned out" (setup at a convention, FAN CON, in fact). You know that mental state? When you put on two different colored socks, forget to eat lunch or order food you're allergic too. Something about this drawing dragged my brain out of my own zombie-like state similar to, well, dragging a zombie out of a grave. Despite my hands being stained with paint and ink it reminded me how much drawing is purely a mental game and that kinda of game can sharpen your thoughts (even when tired) in a way nothing else I know can. So not only was it fun, but it worked better than a 5-hour energy. Now the trick is to have this affect every time I pick up a paint brush. Wonder if works for carving pumpkins too? Guess we'll see... Happy Halloween everyone! Doug
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Whatsup everyone, It's been a little while since my last installment of the blog so in bringing forth news I knew I needed it to be some good stuff. And thus we have POW! Today marks the opening of "An Exhibition of Local Comic Book Art" from my original home turf of Salisbury, MD. The show is within the lovely Mosley Gallery on the campus of University of Maryland, Eastern Shore. It contains the work of many a fine artist; including... Jason McKee, Michael Carmean, Ryan Thompson and the gentlemen & ladies of PLB Comics & Coldstream Studios - as well as the work of my own self; including pieces from my comic with writer Sam Costello, LAST CARESS, and a special giclée print inspired by my comic ROGERS' WALKERS for the New York Times Bestselling graphic novel series, FUBAR. It goes without saying that I'm very proud to be a part of this gathering of über skill image-makers. Please join us too for a special panel discussion TODAY from 3-4pm. We'll be discussing our creative process, what we love about the medium of comics, what's running through our unusual brains when working on comics, the art of self-publishing and any & all question ye may have. And afterwards will be the official reception from 4-6pm. The show will be up beginning today, October 11th, running through November 8th. To find out more visit www.MosleyGallery.com. See you there! - Doug |
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