Fan Art Friday

OK, this is the last post for the day, promise. But I had to post this nifty rendering of Jersey God Helius by Pixar animation bod and all-round good egg, Ev Downing.



I love it - thanks Ev!

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The Cat

Meet Cosmo. He's our cat. Isn't he bloody marvellous?







That's me in the background, there. Ha ha, I am fat.

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Batman Black and White: II

Pencils by Dan, inks by Declan Shalvey. See his blog or blogs!



Dec brought something a bit different to the pencils - emphasising their wildness - where Chris brought a pleasingly formal, inky quality to proceedings. Needless to say, I love both approaches to bits.

(And if anyone else would like a go, do let me know!)

King of the Schill

Jersey Gods issue one is now available - gratis, free and for nothing - on Newsarama.com! If you haven't read it yet, why not give it a try?

In the meantime - here's a peek at what issue 7 looks like. Barock and Helius storm the Paris runways during Fashion Week!

Batman, Black and White

Pencils by Dan, inks by the phenomenal Chris Samnee, who is currently tearing it up on DC's terrific THE MIGHTY. See his blog!

Helloooo...?

So I've pretty much had my head down for the last couple of months, working on issues 6 and 7 of Jersey Gods. I'm not gonna say too much about what's coming, but believe me, it's good - Glen's writing up a storm, cool things are moving into place, and there's some really wicked stuff coming up. And if you've yet to give us a go, why not pre-order the rather lovely JERSEY GODS trade paperback, and see what you're missing?

Shilling aside, there isn't much to report to be honest. OK, there's tons, but most of it is pretty hush-hush, or, y'know. Boring. Oh, there's this thing I did for Mr Matt Zitron, who is, as they say, a bad-ass:


The brief was for something with GL and Star Sapphire. I think I did alright, but take a look at this gallery to see some proper artists working wonders with the same brief. The D'Israeli one is fuckin' magic.

While we're on a DC kick:

Batman. If anyone out there fancies inking this, let me know and I'll send you a blueline.

Catwoman. Bashed out on the Wacom on a gloomy Sunday.

An' finally, something from one of those hush-hush things I mentioned earlier. Ladies and gentlemen, he is floating in space:

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Gouache!

Is it "goo-ash", or "gwash"? Whatever, I bought a set of goache paints over the hols and did some arseing about with 'em.

HERCULES!


DARKSEID!




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I Noo You'd Say Dat

About a year ago, I put together a sample package for 2000AD. And honestly... it was rubbish. The art was okay - it was early Jersey Gods stuff - but I was really busy at the time, and so made little effort to come up with much in the way of Dredd/Tooth-specific stuff. So, inevitably, I didn't hear back. This hasn't worked out too badly for me - with JG and Who, I'd be too busy to do much else anyway - but I have a soft spot for old Stoney Face and feel a little sad that I won't be drawing him any time soon.

This isn't what I sent to Rebellion - I drew these in the park over the weekend, based on a vague idea for a sample strip I had on the go a few years back. Working with these characters - and in a coarser, slightly wilder style - was a LOT of fun.

The putative villain of the piece, plus a futuristic bike.

Old Stoney Face in a bit of hot Lawgiver action. Or do I mean Lawmaster?

Judge Dredd. As played by Dan Hedaya, apparently.



Judge Anderson, PSI Division. REALLY fun to draw. And note the cross around her neck - the last time I was seriously reading Dredd, she had gone Catholic, see.

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The Pretenders/The Avengers

One of my favourite ever videos, this:



I love how the chiming harpsichord bit echoes that sixties, Avengers-ish vibe. And there aren't many women who are as effortlessly cool as Diana Rigg's Emma Peel, but Chrissie Hynde comes damn close. T'riffic. (though I seem to remember a version of this video with more Avengers clips in it - have I lost my mind?)

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