Just four hours to go, and then I'm off work til January 4th -- a bit gut-clenching for a freelancer, but due to a ton of pre-emptive overtime (plus some good fortune and timing), we're sufficiently braced for a week and a half's worth of non-income. Christmas is looking to be fairly laid-back this year, with the usual games and food. Due to ( Read more... )

So, for those who may not know, the place where I work I see a lot of original comic book art, and since I'm currently trying to hone some Photoshop skills, especially coloring, every once in a while I come across some art that really strikes my fancy, and I make a high-res scan of one panel (only), in order to practice. Here's the first one I've ( Read more... )

Going through some files, I came up with this illustration of my character Crazy Quilt, one of the last major bits of art I did to desperately try and promote Complex City during the final days when it became clear the end was near. This was done for my second and final SPX convention (cripes I lost a ton of money on that show, though it was fun ( Read more... )

Doing my little Facebook/Twitter embargo has made me realize just how many of my LJ FListers have jumped ship; these days when I click my "Friends" button, I generally only see 2-3 people posting regularly, out of 25 or so folk on my list. While FB and Twt have their advantages, I still find them both hopelessly superficial/insubstatial, and I ( Read more... )

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Wow, eBay is really dead lately. In the past, I've had various amounts of luck selling full-color superhero sketches (they're really full fledged illustrations, see some examples below, and yes, these are photo-referenced) on the site, as long as I (a) stick exclusively to female superheroes and keep 'em sexy (b) keep to the more famous ones ( ( Read more... )

My friend Sara makes a great Disney princess (and she made the dress herself!), but let's hope none of the kiddies catch a glimpse of Aurora chugging down a Corona! I guess what happens in the wine cellar stays in the wine cellar...


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Back in the days before I hit terminal burnout and was still doing comic book shows (about 2005, I'm guessing? Maybe 2006), I asked local uber-artist Richard Dominguez to do me a pencil sketch of my character Bulldog Malone so that I could ink it, and practice my chops. Richard obliged (because he's just that kind of guy, and he even threw in Max ( Read more... )

Funny new episode of The Variants, guest-starring artists Dave Crosland and Scott Kurtz.

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Well, it's snowing like crazy here in Dallas this morning, which, if you don't live in the area, is a very rare occurrence. It likely won't stick as the ground is too warm and it's still above freezing, but it sure looks pretty falling from the sky, big fat flakes. Didn't even have any traffic hassles getting to work this morning either. So there.