This is a character design sketch for an ongoing dark comic series I've had for some time. I'm not sure if it will ever see print, but here's a taste at least. This is the dark prince of Unter, Thauros. I couldn't seem to get a good scan without the mark making showing up. My scanner just sees right through the sharpie on that particular kind of paper. I tweaked the scanned image in Photoshop to get it a bit closer to what the original image looks like.
Wednesday, April 02, 2014
From the Archives: Thauros
This is a character design sketch for an ongoing dark comic series I've had for some time. I'm not sure if it will ever see print, but here's a taste at least. This is the dark prince of Unter, Thauros. I couldn't seem to get a good scan without the mark making showing up. My scanner just sees right through the sharpie on that particular kind of paper. I tweaked the scanned image in Photoshop to get it a bit closer to what the original image looks like.
Tuesday, April 01, 2014
Featured Creature: Reunion at the Merrimon Library Part VII, The Rune of Banishment
Alan quickly stacked the books again in the circle formation Tim had originally created. The things behind the wall had begun emitting a sickening blue light that vibrated like the light from the jellyfish creatures but it gave him more than enough illumination to find Die Tür Des Bösen amongst the scattered volumes. He frantically flipped the pages until he found the illustration with the banishing rune. To draw the rune, Alan chose a spot on the wall adjacent to the bulging shapes. He ran over the banishing ritual in his head adding the name of the rune, Eisott Mudulica. He took a deep breath.
Just
then the wall beside him bowed out about two feet. It pulsed barely inches from from
his face. Thick drops of jelly dripped from it. Alan's breath came in sharp short
gasps. As the wall stretched thin he could see a massive shape beyond ,
another creature like the others, but as large as a truck. It pushed
hard against the skin of the wall, but luckily the barrier held. The monstrous shape on the other side
retracted and the wall fell back into place. However, the skin of the wall sagged
slightly this time, like an empty balloon.
Monday, March 31, 2014
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Saturday Sketch: Classic Stepping Discs
Here's another in the Magik set. I hadn't really planned on giving this one it's own post, but the stepping discs play a fairly pivotal role in the tale of Illyana Rasputin.
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Skin Crawling Comics March Update
The Skin Crawling Comics
website began recently and will be posting pages to the individual
stories of the anthology every Tuesday and Thursday. I'll be doing an
update at least once a month with links to the newest pages. Check out the latest updates!
Night Terror Page 6
Night Terror Page 7
Night Terror Page 8
Night Terror Page 9
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Night Terror Page 7
Night Terror Page 8
Night Terror Page 9
Night Terror Page 10
If you haven't already, check out last month's pages. Also visit Skin Crawling Comics at Twitter and Facebook!
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
From the Archives: Burning
{8x11, Sharpie and various markers}
Monday, March 24, 2014
Saturday, March 22, 2014
Saturday Sketch: Belasco's Citadel
There are very few shots of Belasco's citadel within the issues of the Marvel Comics limited series Magik. Drawn by several different artists, each version they drew of the citadel was different. I took several images of the citadel as reference and married them all together.
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
From the Archives: Chained
From long ago, an image of anxiety and fear. Looking back, I'm not sure what all the odd patterning is about. I recognize the symbolism of some of it, but from this end it seems more visually disruptive than effective. At the time, I do recall being very preoccupied with neon Prismacolor pencils because of the intensity they brought. I'm sure that was part of this.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Exhumed and Staurday Sketch are growing up!
Exhumed and Saturday Sketch are growing up! The Other Features gallery has dissolved into individual Exhumed and Saturday Sketch galleries.
The two galleries have finally gotten large enough to become their own
pages and stand on their own. Thanks for viewing and reading! I hope you enjoy!
Monday, March 17, 2014
Saturday, March 15, 2014
Saturday Sketch: Classic Soulsword
Here is a second object of power for the Saturday Sketches, the Soulsword. I hadn't planned on drawing this as a Saturday Sketch or next week's piece either. However, after missing one Saturday Sketch, I just couldn't bring myself to leave another Saturday empty during the hiatus. Also, these two pieces were fun to draw.
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
From the Archives: Baba Yaga's Gift
Two different sharpie sketches from long ago of the flaming skull from a Russian folktale about Vasilisa and Baba Yaga. I first read a version of this story in Women Who Run with the Wolves.
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