Hulk Wash!

Today's warm-up pic, posted in honour of the fact that the Hulk is the coolest thing in this Avengers trailer.

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Biggie v The Shadow

Pencils for an unfinished commission piece. I might ink this when I get a mo.

Mr Latveria 1962

A pencil sketch for a recent commission. I ended up going with a different approach, but I like this a lot, especially the mystical sigils on his armour. Doctor Doom rules!

CH!

A little somethin' somethin' from that Oni Press project I'm working on. Pencils and inks by me, colours by me and the missus. Coming... SOON!

Thor vs. Karate Kid

Another recent commission piece. Not shown: Mr Miyagi, Ralph Macchio, that blond kid who always plays toughs in eighties movies, the dude from Cagney and Lacey or Elisabeth Shue.

Happy Birthday, Woodgod!

This one's for Kurt Busiek.

In the clearing stands a boxer...

Still kicking that boxer idea (from WAY back) around. Did this earlier today -



- came out nice!

Does Whatever an Iron Can

Here's Iron Man!



I don't think I'm alone in finding Iron Man a bit of a bugger to draw. His armour is either too baroque and fiddly (as in the Ultimates version) or just kind of... dull. So this is a halfway house between the modern version and imperial phase Iron Man (ie. the Bob Layton model). I hope you (whoever you are) like it.

Bye!

I Drawed the Law!

Some Dredd doodles to warm up my brush-hand. Drokk!

HIT ME!

Remember that bit in the Dark Knight when the Joker's stood there in the middle of the street, and that crazy old Batman is speeding towards him on his massive bike, and then Batman pussies out because the Joker is too awesome to kill? Imagine that but with Adam West and Cesar Romero:


This was another recent commission. It's the most fun I've had with my drawing in bloody ages - I almost don't want to give it away. The commissioner (lol) asked me to take a moment from Batman's "dark" era (ie. everything since 1986), and recast that moment with the 60s Batman and Joker. I was torn between this and the neck-snapping bit in Dark Knight Returns. But no one wants to see Adam West snapping Cesar Romero's neck - that's too frigging horrible for words. So I picked this fairly iconic bit from The Dark Knight. Which in turn, let's be honest, is not a million miles from this:



Love that Joker!

Adding Burt Ward's Robin was my idea - sixties Batman is nothing without his monkey wrench, after all.

Knock, Knock!

Another recent commission piece:



I do miss David Tennant.

FFed!

And here's the rest of yesterday's picture. I get a huge kick out of drawing the Future Foundation, especially Spider-Man. Only when sitting down to draw the character, do you realise how cleverly they've stuck to the original design AND inverted it. Really smart stuff - and I love the integration of the hexagons into the spider motif-thing.

Fun.

Snippet!

A wee glimpse at an upcoming commission piece - very pleased with this one. Especially the balls!

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Me and Batman

Me and Batman:

Home and Harley!

Commission sketch I did for Thought Bubble. Fun!

Drawing Tom III

Thomas Stewart Baker... now with inks!

Happy Doctor Who day!

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Out of the Sketchbook...

A clutch of Matt Smiff studies:



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Superman is "TECHNO-ACTIVE"!

A wee snippet from a commission I'm working on. This bit features Superman in what I think of as "Euro-Kirby" armour.

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I've got TB!

Hey! I'll be at Thought Bubble in Leeds this weekend, so why not come and see me? When I'm not spending time at the NELSON/BLANK SLATE BOOKS tent, I'll be mostly stinking up TABLE 76 in Saviles Hall. Check out this sweet map:



With me will be Mr Dave Stokes and Mr (?) Marc Laming. Stop by for sketches, chat and "inappropriate" touching!

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Drawing Tom II

More Tom!

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Drawing Tom

Turns out I love drawing Tom Baker:



Scarf: cool. Hair: cool. Big nose: cool. Beat THAT, Smith!

Who Killed Cyclops??

Here's another recent commission piece - with added colour pizzazz by yours truly.


The characters are: Deathstroke the Terminator, Elle Driver from Kill Bill, Nicholas Joseph Fury of Shield and SD Bob "Snake" Plissken. But which of them shot Cyclops? I couldn't possibly solve this mystery... CAN YOU?




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A perfectly good FF cover...

...ruined.

This was another recent commission piece, and my first stab at drawing the Future Foundation costume. I was originally going to go with the Thing for this cover (cos I love the Thing) but I've drawn him a lot, and I fancied a stab at drawing Invisible Woman instead.

Cool story, right?

The Funk of Forty Thousand Years!

Just posted this on Comic TWART:


And if you like that sort of thing, here's the inks:


And the pencils:



AH-HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!
*coffin lid closes*


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Batman, She Wrote!

THERE ARE NO WORDS

(OK, there are SOME words. This was a recent commission by Billy "Aqualec" Tournas, who asked for a team up between Jessica Fletcher and Batman. Bruce and Alfred, as per every other episode of Murder, She Wrote, are a pair of old friends who live out of town. I went for the "Year Two" late eighties Batman, so Bruce is a bit younger here than usual (and I used the David Mazzuchelli Wayne Manor for the background in panel one). Check out the label on Bruce's champagne bottle - he'd have his own vineyard, right? And for one night only, he's the butler. What a mensch.

(Massive thanks to Billy for the commission - thanks, man!)

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...With a Bullet!

This week's Comic TWART subject is The Punisher! Here's the colours:



The pencils...

And the inks!

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Hercules - After Dark!

Hercules doing what he does best.

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Big Green Love Machine!

When I was a kid, my go-to character for doodles was Batman. I've got that pretty much out of my system these days, and prefer to draw big-ass, hulking green buggers in purple trousers. This means NOTHING, Dr Freud!

Kirby-gasm - THE "LATINO EFFECT"

Warning: looking at these colours will actually make you a little high.

Gorgeous hues once again supplied by Kyle "Omega Sanction" Latino.

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OMAC-Colour!

Scorching colours by Kyle Latino. Thanks, Kyle - it's gorgeous!

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One Man Apple Core!

Really enjoying the all-new, all monstrous, Keith Giffen-ized version of OMAC. Here's my take on the big, beefy bugger:



Colours to come? Maybe!

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(kudos to Kyle Latino for the blog title)

Kirby-gasm - INKED!

Click to King-size it!

Here's yesterday's pencils if you want to compare and contrast. I tightened up the Kirby logo, removed Infinity Man (sorry Kevin), removed Darkseid's pupils (couldn't make them work) and did a bunch of other small fixes and tweaks.

I had a blast - hope you like it!

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Kirby-gasm!

This is a commission I'm working on at the mo - I was asked to do a whole bunch of Kirby characters in the style of one of those Marvel Handbooks. Remember those? Anyway - cool stuff, and it's nice to scratch that Kirby itch again. Inks to follow!

Harry Potter on a unicorn, flying out of the TARDIS

A semi-recent commission piece. Three of Jen Vaughn's favourite things, as requested by Chris "Chris Sims" Sims.

Enter: Sandman (literal version)

This is a pic that's been yelling at me to draw it the last few days. It's almost certainly been done before, but it's pretty irresistable nonetheless.

I'd like to reiterate here how much I love drawing Sandman. Striped top, cornrow hair - he's an inker's dream. Actually, both he and Spider-Man are brilliant for this sort of abstraction - Sandman cos of the stripes, Spidey cos of the webs and spot blacks.

The first one I did of these was a bit Romita-esque. I think this one is quite "Ditko-ish".

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