Author's posts
Mar 06
My Blood Bound Oath…
Well, sort of. I did some hand watercolor coloring for Alexis Fajardo’s new graphic novel Kid Beowulf and the Blood Bound Oath which have been posted on the official website. Alexis’ new art work is looking fantastic and for the prologue he illustrated in a more realistic style and ask me to ad some watercolor …
Mar 06
JLA in ink and watercolor
[singlepic=421,320,240,,] A segment of a fan piece I did with a brush dipped and inked, tinted with watercolors.
Mar 06
Bizzarro Superman
[singlepic=420,320,240,,] In the Superman superhero mythos, Bizzarro is a duplicate of Superman created by Lex Luthor. Depending on what version you are reading, the duplicate is just like the Man of Steel at first. But soon things are not well and the clone’s make up is change to give his face a pale or faceted …
Feb 29
Flame-a-Corn
This was based on a suggestion of one of my students, combine a Unicorn and a fiery Phoenix. Painted in gouche. [singlepic=418,320,240,,]
Feb 29
Boom Boom Girl
[singlepic=419,320,240,,] This is my attempt at a retro cartoon girl pin-up. Is she going to make the volcano errupt with the beating of her drum? BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Painted in gouche over blue pencil lines.
Feb 29
826 Valencia Field Trip artwork: the Day the Kids didn’t come
For the latest 826 Valencia field trip I arrived Thursday morning and was surprised to see a group of folks from Santa Fe New Mexico who would help out with the field trip to see how it is done. That meant instead of the 5 people who usually work the field trips, there was more …
Feb 27
Wash Comic Covers
Over at Golden Age Comic Book Stories, Mr. Door Tree has been posting comic book covers from the 1950’s and 1960’s that have been rendered in ink washes with flat comic book color on top of it. This is a technique that I have been using myself in 2007 and really enjoyed the effects. Go …
