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LAYOUTS FROM AN OLD SF-ADJACENT PROJECT: Chapter 2, pt. 1!

[Here's a link to our previous installment in this series.]

So, yeahp, I'm serializing my insanely tight layout pages for the 2005 Marvel miniseries Iron Ma...

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DISTRESSED DAMSELS: THE CHASTE AND THE CHAINED's "Elf vs. Chair" saga continues!

Continuing on a previous bunch of Clip Studio Paint page roughs from a kinda-but-not-really story from fantasy test project The Chaste and the Chained,   I h...

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WORK STAGES on a script-only short story of yore!

Running waaaaay the hell behind this morning, so here's a desperate, last-minute pull from the ol' MISCELLANEOUS folder! Above are my roughs for a 4-page story I laid out and scripted for an Udon Streetfighter backup dealie 10 years ago or so, followed by the in...

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VINTAGE CON SKETCHES: Yet another random quartet of commissions from 1999!

Behold, yet another bunch of con sketches from the futuristic year 1999,  drawn on patterned linen-finish cardstock but, alas, scanned from quite mediocre photocopies of the original artwork.

First off, a wee bit of early Life Drawing as this bikini sketch of ...

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DISTRESSED DAMSELS: Our heroine's dark secret revealed in "THE TROUBLE WITH EMERALD," part 8!

[Link to our previous installment in this series, as seen over three months ago...]

So!

I've been trying to think of something to do with the various DiD sketch sets I have kickin...

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2007 "Endpage" piece for PSM re: a new(?) DEVIL MAY CRY hero's hair!

Behold, an "Endpage" cartoon I wrote and drew for the sadly defunct videogame magazine PSM back in February of 2007 (if the file's "Properties" dates are accurate). The subject was, I gather, the flowing white tresses of newly announced character 2024-02-07 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post

LAYOUTS FROM AN OLD SF-ADJACENT PROJECT: Chapter 1, pt. 4!

[Here's a link to our previous installment in this series.]

So, yeahp, I'm serializing my insanely tight layout pages for the 2005 Marvel miniseries Iron Ma...

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LIFE DRAWINGS FROM PHOTOREFERENCE #207: Yet more brand-new Clip Studio Paint sketches from random photoref!

Running way the hell behind this morning, so here's the quickest post I could throw together on short notice. Yeahp, 'tis another new Clip Studio Paint (iOS) sketch set based on old photoreference from my tablet's camera roll:

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DISTRESSED DAMSELS: The saga of "Elf vs. Chair" from THE CHASTE AND THE CHAINED continues!

Continuing on a previous bunch of Clip Studio Paint page roughs from a kinda-but-not-really story from fantasy test project The Chaste and the Chained,  I had been noodling away ...

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DESIGNS AHOY: New(-ish) sketches for the (formerly HUSHED) HALF-ELF from THE LAST PARTY, and more!

Continuing a feature dating back many months, here are some slightly more recent design sketches I worked up for the Half-Elf (formerly of Patreon damsel-in-distress project Hushed Half-Elf) from long-developing fantasy comic The Last Party. Fir...

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FANTASY PROJECT FRIDAY: Design notes from "UNIDENTIFIED FANTASY OFFERING" (UFO) and a belated Xmas card illo!

So! 

Behold, a new-ish feature, Fantasy Project Friday, in which I'll post material from one of the four(!) different potential fantasy-genre comics I'm mulling over at present. Lordy loo!

This time around, feast your eyes on a bunch of my scribbled desi...

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LIFE DRAWINGS FROM PHOTOREFERENCE #206: S'more brand-new Clip Studio Paint sketches from random photoref!

Here's another new Clip Studio Paint (iOS) sketch set based on old photoreference from my tablet's camera roll:

Ah, yes, behold the limitations of my "squiggle-based" rendering with the CSP iOS Des...

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DISTRESSED DAMSELS: Fetching elves aplenty in CSP sketch sets based on Biggest Spender art requests!

In a break from usual procedure, time for the $5+ tiers to take a gander at some recent DiD sketches based on art requests from the $20 tier; I usually reserve these for the month's Exclusive Bonus Post for the higher tiers, but as I already have a different bevy of art-req sketches line...

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LAYOUTS FROM AN OLD SF-ADJACENT PROJECT: Chapter 1, pt. 3!

[Here's a link to our previous installment in this series.]

So, yeahp, the time has come at last: I'm serializing my insanely tight layout pages for the 2005 Marvel min...

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Some fan-art(-ish) page roughs revisiting an old property!

So! 

I'm srsly short on time today, so lemme just say that the following pair of recent Clip Studio Paint page roughs were mainly a test of a possible work process for future writing-oriented pitches; even though most of my upcoming proposals are fantasy-genre-adjacent, I decided to br...

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LIFE DRAWINGS FROM PHOTOREFERENCE #205: Yes, yet another brand-new(-ish) Clip Studio Paint sketch set!

A few weeks back, I knocked off yet another brand-new Clip Studio Paint (iOS) sketch set, once again based on old photoref pics from my  iPad's camera roll:

(Didn't give a crap about the model...

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DISTRESSED DAMSELS: Cheongsam-intensive Clip Studio Paint sketch sets from ROSE & LILY!

So, in a post from last month, as I featured a bunch of sketch sets of Lily (from Rose & Lily, the distress-prone Dirty Pair iterations) in peril, I mentioned in ...

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VINTAGE CON SKETCHES: Another random quartet of commissions from 1999!

Behold, yet another bunch of con sketches from the futuristic year 1999, drawn on patterned linen-finish cardstock but, alas, scanned from mediocre photocopies of the original artwork.

First off, my lone sketch based on the acclaimed anime Cowboy Bebop...

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LAYOUTS FROM AN OLD SF-ADJACENT PROJECT: Chapter 1, pt. 2!

[Here's a link to our first installment in this series.]

So, yeahp, the time has come at last: I'm serializing my insanely tight layout pages for the 2005 Marvel miniseries ...

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FAILED-PROJECT FRIDAY: The rest of those layouts from a freshly failed comic project!

[Our previous sneak preview of this now-defunct project can be seen here.]

So!

Back on November 27, I posted a sneak preview of a one-shot I had recently finished w...

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LIFE DRAWINGS FROM PHOTOREFERENCE #204: Yet another brand-new Clip Studio Paint sketch set!

Kicked off the new year with yet another brand-new Clip Studio Paint (iOS) sketch set, once again mostly based on old photoref pics from my iPad's camera roll:

Yyyyyeahp, my back-and-forth, "squigg...

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Somewhat cryptic 2006 PSM Endpage videogame comic re: music-genre fight games(?)

Behold, a slightly puzzling "Endpage" comic I wrote and drew for the videogame magazine PSM back in the summer of the bygone year 2006, this time riffing on the topic of, uh, music-genre fighting games(?) for either the Playstation 2 or PS3. Now, this strip must have bee...

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A quick 2023 wrap-up, plus a look at what's coming up in 2024!

So, yeah, thought I'd write up a few words about my favorite pieces here from the soon-ending year of 2023. Alas, most of my fave illos were from my ultimately doomed attempt to puzzle out a viable "hybrid workflow" on fantasy test project The Chaste and the Chained:

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DISTRESSED DAMSELS: Complete WORK STAGES on the final EMPOWERED "conventionless con sketch" for 2023!

Behold, my final Empowered DiD commission of 2023, rendered in the two-color, 11" x 14" format I once used for con sketches back in the (pre-pandemic) day. In reverse order from the image gallery above, let's roll through the Work Stages, starti...

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LIFE DRAWINGS FROM PHOTOREFERENCE #203: Another brand-new Clip Studio Paint sketch set (with bonus armor)!

Here's yet another brand-new Clip Studio Paint (iOS) sketch set, mostly based on some old pics on my iPad's camera roll:

Decided to render a photo of plate armor just as a test, though I'm unlikely...

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Merry Xmas illo from THE CHASTE AND THE CHAINED (plus older EMPOWERED Xmas Patreon pieces)!

Merry Christmas, dear Patrons, with this morning's hastily cranked out "Xmas card" illo featuring the Paladin and Elf Mage from fantasy test project The Chaste and the Chained:

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FAILED-PROJECT FRIDAY: More layouts from a freshly failed comic project!

[Our previous sneak preview of this now-defunct project can be seen here.] 

So! 

Back on November 27, I posted a sneak preview of a one-shot I had recently finished work...

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DISTRESSED DAMSELS: Tossed-off sketch sets morph into a possible "real story" from THE CHASTE AND THE CHAINED!

Continuing on a previous bunch of Clip Studio Paint page roughs from a kinda-but-not-really story from fantasy test project The Chaste and the Chained, I had been nood...

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LIFE DRAWINGS FROM PHOTOREFERENCE #202: A pair of brand-new Clip Studio Paint sketch sets!

Here's yet another brand-new Clip Studio Paint (iOS) sketch set, mostly based on some old pics on my iPad's camera roll:

Not a great set, TBH, but the messy-haired fella (whom I've drawn before, al...

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DESIGNS AHOY: THE LARA CHRONICLES, part 4: Perfectionism strikes again as I tinker maddeningly with the final color illo!

[Here's a link to our previous installment in this series, dating back to late November.]

Whilst desperately flailing around for a post on short notice a few months back,...

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