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!

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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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