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Life drawings from photoreference: high-res scans #176

Wellp, the time arrived some time ago for single-set posts of life drawings from random photoreference, as my once seemingly endless supply of sets from near-daily work in 2017 has dwindled down to a sadly diminished number.

In fact, as of this post, only 2 more unused images are left ...

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DISTRESSED DAMSELS: A new(-ish) SHASTI vs. ANGELS color commission!

Behold, a semi-recent commission in my old, two-color "Con Sketch" format depicting That Darn Shasti once again getting the better of Dirty Pair's Y*ri and Kei.  (BTW, I do like the idea that Shasti might have difficulty telling these two apart from their hapless al...

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2007 "No swimsuit feature this year" backpage comic for PSM!

Running way behind schedule today, so here's a quickly thrown together post featuring my backpage cartoon feature for a summer 2007 issue of the sadly defunct videogame magazine PSM. Two years after the mag had stopped running its annual swimsuit feature with ar...

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THE CHASTE AND THE CHAINED: Page roughs for 2nd scene (pp.06-09)!

Behold, my initial page roughs for the second scene from the opening story I'm writing and drawing for The Chaste and the Chained, the previously mentioned fantasy comic I'm using as a te...

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VINTAGE CON SKETCHES: More anime & manga commissions from 2000 (or so)!

And now, s'more recent scans from my dwindling binder of photocopies dating back to my Golden Age of Vintage Con Sketches from 2000-2002. A few words:

I strongly suspect t...

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FAILED PROJECT FRIDAY: Early stages of a never-pitched TMNT proposal, part 1!

So! 

At some point in the distant past, possibly the early 2000s, I must've had a conversation at a comic with somebody from comics company IDW about a writing-only Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pitch. Obvsly, nothing ever came of this vague idea, but ...

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WORK STAGES on illo of BLISS from Rob "Robaato" Porter's CRYAMORE!

Behold, me Work Stages on an illo I drew lo these many years ago for the character "Bliss" from Rob "Robaaato" Porter's Kickstarted but unfortunately unfinished videogame Cryamore.

The vague rough:

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Life drawings from photoreference: high-res scans #175

Wellp, the time arrived some time ago for single-set posts of life drawings from random photoreference, as my once seemingly endless supply of sets from near-daily work in 2017 has dwindled down to a sadly diminished number.

In fact, as of this post, only 4 unused images are left in th...

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DISTRESSED DAMSELS: A last bit of ROSE & LILY lore, plus an early sneak peek at THE CHASTE AND THE CHAINED!

So, dear Patrons, even as we enter the era of new digital test-bed project The Chaste and the Chained, time for a look at what will be likely the last sketch sets of "Rose & Lily lore" for a while.

These first two pages of rough sketch...

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WORK STAGES on a pretty good (IMHO) 2006 variant cover!

Stumbled across whilst clearing folders off the long-dying Old PC are my Work Stages for a variant cover I drew for an early issue of the 2006 relaunch of Wildstorm/DC's Gen13, which was the iteration written by Gail Simone and drawn by, I think...

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WORK STAGES on a 2013(-ish) comic project, pt. 4: THE THRILLING CONCLUSION!

So, following up on our previous post in this series, here are the rest of the complete Work Stages from a 2013 Scarlet Witch/ Domino story I wrote and drew for the Avengers/ X-Men team-up ant...

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Life drawings from photoreference: high-res scans #174

Wellp, the time arrived some time ago for single-set posts of life drawings from random photoreference, as my once seemingly endless supply of sets from near-daily work in 2017 has dwindled down to a sadly diminished number.

In fact, as of this post, only 5 unused images are left in th...

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DISTRESSED DAMSELS: Yet more late-90s ROSE (without LILY) commissioned sketch sets!

Following up on Wednesday's post re: the 2002 Dirty Pair statue set, I dug up a few more damsel-in-distress sketch sets from only a few years earlier (I think), judging by the character design approach. Commissioned by a generous friend who could appreciate the (figurati...

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Design sketchbook from 2002 DIRTY PAIR statue!

The highlight of Dark Horse's rather ill-fated Dirty Pair merchandise effort was the fine statue set, as detailed in this 2002-era solicitation copy:

Genetically enhanced super-babes Kei and Y*ri are always in trouble,  especially when their adventures are...

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WORK STAGES on a recent(-ish) cover illo, pt. 1: The roughs!

After a wondrous two weeks devoid of electrical issues, problems have once again arisen, so posting is gonna be tricky over the next week or two, alas.

So here's a quick Work Stages post featuring the roughs for another upcoming Harley Quinn variant cover. First in...

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Life drawings from photoreference: high-res scans #173

Wellp, the time arrived some time ago for single-set posts of life drawings from random photoreference, as my once seemingly endless supply of sets from near-daily work in 2017 has dwindled down to a sadly diminished number.

In fact, as of this post, only 6 unused images are left in th...

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VINTAGE CON SKETCHES: Commissions of the "preaching, speeding, ringing & spotting" sort!

As I scramble to rebuild a Patreon buffer, I pawed through my dwindling binder of early-2000s con-sketch copies to find a few more that I prrrrrrrrobably haven't scanned before.

First up is a sketch of Tulip and Jesse from Ennis and Dillon's Preacher. It a...

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DISTRESSED DAMSELS: Yet more largely unseen Bigger Spender art requests of yore!

For a brief break from the DiD "sketchiness," I thought I'd delve back in time (and back in my PATREON STUFF folder) to a series of more developed-looking Clip Studio Paint art requests from the Biggest Spenders of the $20 tiers, with sketch sets dating back to those bygone days of... well, mostl...

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DESIGNS AHOY: More early sketches from THE CHASTE AND THE CHAINED!

Welllp, here are more design sketches I worked up for the upcoming, Patreon-serialized digital-art test comic The Chaste and the Chained, as first announced not too long ago.&n...

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The many WORK STAGES of another recent(-ish) comic page!

Pardon me as I frantically fling up posts while I still have power!

Following up on a post from late December, here are the B&W Work Stages for "Hyena Anxiety," an 8-page backup story I wrote and drew for an upcoming (March 2023) issue of DC's Harle...

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Coming up in 2023 on this here Patreon!

While the $10 & $20 Patron tiers are getting their Exclusive Monthly Bonus Post today (featuring what might be the only completed comic page from now-on-hiatus project Rose & Lily: Flow...

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Life drawings from photoreference: high-res scans #172

Wellp, the time has finally arrived for single-set posts of life drawings from random photoreference, as my once seemingly endless supply of sets from near-daily work in 2017 has dwindled down to a sadly diminished number.

In fact, as of this post, only 7 images are left in the ol' fol...

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DISTRESSED DAMSELS: Early sketches for imperiled Elf Mage, plus older EMPOWERED & Flight Attendant LILY!

Look at me, building up that post buffer like there's no tomorrow!

Anyhoo, here are a few of my earliest damsel-in-distress sketch sets for the oft-imperiled Elf Mage heroine of my brand-new Clip Studio Paint test-bed project, the fantasy-milieu romantic action/comedy dealie The...

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Which noun order sounds the best for my new Patreon comic's title?

Good news, dear Patrons! I've worked up a title for the new fantasy-milieu romantic action-comedy comic I'll be serializing here as a test bed for Clip Studio Paint digital workflow, as first mentioned last...

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WORK STAGES on a 2013(-ish) comic project, pt. 3!

So, following up on our previous post in this series, here are more of the complete Work Stages from a 2013 Scarlet Witch/ Domino story I wrote and drew for the Avengers/ X-Me...

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Possible disruption of service looming!

Thought I should let you fine folks know that this Patreon might—I should emphasize, might—face some interruptions in posting in the near future.

See, the main breaker on my house's electrical panel has been acting inexplicably flaky of late, and twice in three days has shut of...

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Life drawings from photoreference: high-res scans #171


UPDATE: An aforementioned Designs Ahoy post about a new comic project was supposed to go up on Friday morning, but as I'm still working on that post as of late Thursday night while a heavy snowstorm hits the area, I'm sch...

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DESIGNS AHOY: 20 years later, fantasy RPG couple bound for a new digital-art comic project!

So!

Believe it or not, folks, I am about to start writing and drawing a fantasy comic project to pave the way for a completely different—and far more ambitious—fantasy comic project! Lordy loo! However did this bizarre turn of creative events come about, might you ask?

We...

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DISTRESSED DAMSELS: Yet more largely unseen Bigger Spender art requests of yore!

For a brief break from the DiD "sketchiness," I thought I'd delve back in time (and back in my PATREON STUFF folder) to a series of more developed-looking Clip Studio Paint art requests from the Biggest Spenders of the $20 tiers, with sketch sets dating back to those bygone days of 2020-21 yore.<...

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WORK STAGES on a 2006 PSM "Endpager" comic explaining the lack of a Summer Videogame Swimsuit feature!

Behold, the Work Stages on one-page cartoon I did for the Playstation videogame PSM back in the halcyon days of 2006. The piece appeared on the last page of the issue, hence my "Endpager" nickname for the feature.

Anyhoo, for context, up u...

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