 Hey whatsup eveybody, Hope your holiday season is bustling along. Just thought I'd post this pic I stumbled upon of the first Cody & Eugene strip taken during a 2rw or EnergyVibe presentation. Pretty cool being a fly on the wall for this behind-the-scenes action. Hope you enjoy and remember "Communicate, Communicate, Communicate!" - D
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 Whatsup everyone, Here we have a friendly, or perhaps not-too-friendly (I'll never tell which) alien designed for the potential graphic novel & film ADRIFT. This is actually the second design I came up with for our extraterrestrial character here. The first was thinner, sporting a smaller head and was overall a bit more homo sapien in appearance. After discussing it with Will & Joel it was decided we wanted to go with a more classic approach. Something more traditionally science fiction and could easily match the era of the 1950's - when the story takes place. And so, voilà! This is what we came up with. Hope you dig it and I'll talk with you soon, - D  Trick r' Treat everybody, Just wanted to pass the info onto you good peeps O' mine that BREAKFAST has just been published online over at Top Shelf 2.0. So feel free to turn out the lights, break out the jar of pig's feet and indulge yourself in a little horror delight. Oh, and as a headsup to you non-adult peoples out there this does have a bit of the "adult" content so you may wanna consider passing. But if you're feeling rebellious that's up to you. It is Halloween. No egging my house though. For serious. Anyways, hope you guys enjoy the comic and have a Happy and Creepy Halloween! Talk with you soon, - D  Hey whatsup Ladies & Gents,
I'm extremely siked about a little bit of recent news regarding a short comic story with one Mr. Steve Ekstrom and Mr. Jesse Turnbull. Our bacontastic swine-filled horror comic BREAKFAST is getting published by the great Top Shelf Comics! It'll be available for all to gaze upon online at Top Shelf 2.0. AND just in time for the glorious All Hallows Eve. BREAKFAST is actually what kicked things off for me sequentially by being my very first published comic. Brings back the memories. And in fact it's been brought to the masses, you kind folks, through publication three times previously, and now for a 4th time (the 8-pager that never dies!). What all of us are truly excited about is the subtly changes we made to it for this special publication - Steve's wonderful new lettering, Jesse's beautiful coloring, a couple visual modifications and maybe even an additional panel for you guys. As Steve puts it "This is our Final Director's Definitive Cut". And it's a cool follow-up to our previous TS2.0 story from Halloween last year, HAUNTED. Anyways, it'll be posted any day now and as soon it is I'll let you guys know. In the meantime here's a panel for your creepy enjoyment. Hope you dig it and I'll talk with you soon! - D  Hey everybody,
First off, a happy Friday to you all. It's actually raining where I'm at right now but it's kind of nice. I enjoy working in doors when it's raining outside. Something about the sound of the rain on the windows can really help your thoughts move easily. Anyways, here we have it. The final drawing of our good pal Nantan. You may notice I focused just a bit more on light and shadow, this way the forms and shapes would come across as clearly as possible. With a composition as symmetrical and straight on as this one it's important bring out those forms, as there aren't any other devices to help create depth and dimension. More noticeably you'll see I've added more detail to his environment to try and capture some of the qualities I mentioned in the previous post regarding character - something that would aid in reflecting his personality. A few leafs here, some grass there, a slight breeze and this is what we have. Hope you guys dig it and I'll talk with you soon. Have a great weekend! - D  Hey everybody, And here we have the 3rd installment of our sketch of Chief Nantan... I've moved onto to describing the details and design of the clothing, as well as refining his left hand - which I wanted to be doing something other than just chilling on his knee. Native Americans have a fine reputation for being in tune with nature and sensitive to their surroundings, far more than we are today. So as you can see I decided to have him sifting through his hand the earth beneath him. Something slightly more emblematic of his character. Hope you enjoy it and I'll talk with you tomorrow, as we'll have the 4th and final installment of our good pal Nantan. - D  What's up everybody, As promised I wanted to post up part 2 of my sketch of Chief Nantan. At this stage you can see I've began describing the clothing, buffalo headdress, hands (well, the right hand anyway) and the overall body position. Once the foundation of these areas are laid out I can then begin to add details to the clothing - such as where the wrinkles form, as well as it's design and texture. Hope you enjoy it and I'll talk with you tomorrow. - D  Whats up everybody,
This is a thumbnail from a sketch of Chief Nantan, one of the elder Native American characters from ADRIFT. Now, this is supposed to be a fairly simplistic sketch, as it's something to be used as the building block for something larger. Though as I was working I couldn't help but get caught up in the amazing texture of the Native American face. There's an incredible strength in their features that stands out - like they're molded from earth or carved from stone. It's almost surreal. So I thought, since I've had such a great time with it, it'd be cool to post a little of this sketch each day for the next few days. Hope you enjoy and I'll talk with you tomorrow. - D  What's up everybody, Hope you're all doing well on this glorious Friday afternoon. Here's a little shot of a panel-in-progress. This is from Last Caress, a story I'm working on with the fine writer Mr. Sam Costello. This shot is directly after Sybil, our extremely superficial protagonist exits the room but not before expelling her displeasure at the current work produced by her modeling agency. Not a happy woman, that Sybil. Anyways, hope you guys enjoy it and have a great weekend! - D  Hi everyone, Here's a small thumbnail of a concept drawing for the film/graphic novel ADRIFT. Take a quick peek inside... the Collector's Vault. Hope you enjoy, - D  What's up everybody, A little while ago I posted a single panel from a comic strip I've been working on, called Cody & Eugene. This actually is one of the few comics where I can say this is in fact my brainchild. Entirely. Meaning I'm the writer, illustrator, colorist, letterer and creator. The whole schmeel. It's been quite the experience. Many lessons learned and much enjoyment had. Now I can't show the whole strip for this panel (under contract and whatnot) but I thought I'd post the colored version for you guys to check out. Hope you dig it and I'll talk with ya soon! - D  Hi everyone, Bet ya didn't see this coming, did ya? Yeah, I've been trying my hand at comic strips recently - as both illustrator AND writer (as well "creator"). The two gents to our left go the by the titles of Cody & Eugene and are part of a strip titled, well... Cody & Eugene. One is very environmentally conscious. The other? Just a bit less. The strip is for a fine organization called 2rw Consultants, and it's affiliate EnergyVibe, who are helping to change the way we see energy conservation in a very different way. And I'm of course very happy to contribute. Check them out if you have a moment. Thanks all. Hope you enjoy this clip and I'll talk with you soon, - D  Here's a shot of our very opinionated friend, Rourke. Known as the local conspiracy theorist the ex-military soldier is usually found half-drunk and causing a ruckus at the town watering hole. But the question being... are his thoughts just a figment of his paranoia, or is there more to it that we just don't know? Hope you all enjoy the sketch and if so feel free to let me know what you think. Thanks all, - D  Good Monday all, Here's another inked panel from Hard Rain. Our two detectives are investigating murder número nueve in so few days. Gotta say, it's not looking too good for Mr. Middle-Aged Tax Collector. Thanks all, - D  Hey everybody, Here's another sketch from Last Caress, the upcoming comic from author Sam Costello and myself. This time we're uncovering main character Sybil, our emotionally flawed fashion guru who happens to see the world in a rather antiquated way. Hope you enjoy the sketch! Talk with you soon, - D  "So... how does that make you feel?"
Hi everyone, hope you're enjoying the weekend. And if you're anywhere near me you're either embracing or running for your life from the muggy heat that comes with late July in Maryland. Anyways, this Freudian character to our left is the therapist of the main character of a comic book project I've been quite engrossed in. It's title? Last Caress. Conceived from the mind of Mr. Sam Costello and to be fully illustrated by moi Last Caress is a pschological warping of the mind. Not only for the reader but for main character Sybil, the owner of a well-to-do Modeling agency. The push and pull with Sybil's issues of age and personal superficiality come to a head when she comes across a model like never she has seen before. Soo Yung. Though looks can be misleading - or can't they? - D  Happy Monday all, What have we here? Well, this is a short three panel spread from HARD RAIN. Introducing our demon friend and Mr. middle-aged tax collector. So how do you think this pleasant interaction is going to end? - D  Hi all,
Though done for an entirely separate reason I felt showcasing this drawing was reasonably appropriate. Today is the celebration of the storming of France's Bastille prison, which helped mark the beginning of the French Revolution - removing the monarchy and giving way to ideas such as inalienable rights and citizenship. In reality this image is actually a representation of Charles Stillman's 1840 escape from a jailhouse in Mexico. But perhaps for today one act of rebellion can lend itself to the great memory of another. Happy Bastille Day everyone, -D  Good day everyone, This is a small thumbnail of a piece I've worked up for a possible graphic novel or storybook with a fine gentleman by the name of Cliff. It's based upon on the origins of Brownsville, TX... and it's founder, Charles Stillman. - D  Good day all, So what's on the drawing table today? An inked panel for that sinister little comic, HARD RAIN. Scribed by up & coming writer Mr. Matt O'Keefe with coloring by my good pal & exquisite master of the palette Mr. Jesse Turnbull. Hope you enjoy! - D |
