Kissing Story Sample

June 28, 2019June 28, 2019Leave a comment

Here’s a new sample. This is page 1 of a comic book I’ve written that my art rep will be sending out later this summer. Hopefully we’ll get someone interested in it. There was some interest in this character from a previous sample featuring her, so we’re hoping it will sell.

This sample reuses the first four panels from that previous sample. (I reformatted it for rectangular panels and changed the shading style.) The last two panels are new.

The working title is Kissing Story, but I don’t really care for that. Hopefully we’ll come up with a better one. It’s an age-appropriate story about sexual harassment and consent.

I may actually need to change the panel with mom and dad kissing to have them not also hugging because my rep says that may be too much physical contact for the age range. So, I may post a revision with that changed. We’ll see.

Kissing Story Sample Page 1

Moving Day – Image 1

May 16, 2019May 14, 2019Leave a comment

Another commission for Learning A-Z. This one is a family packing up their living room and kitchen, getting ready to move.

One problem with this scene was that they wanted both rooms to show, but in a portrait-oriented image. So, I decided to make this house a front-to-back split with a short stairway between the two levels. That let me put the two rooms one in front of the other, but with the kitchen a half-story higher so as to increase the height of the image and keep the living room from blocking it.

It’s done entirely in one-point perspective. Everything except the people and a few curves was drawn with virtual rulers.

It’s probably a small mid-eighties tract home, judging by the layout. One that’s been updated with wood floors and new appliances. But the kitchen is still too small and it doesn’t have a dishwasher. I’d move too, if I were them.

Page 1 - Final v3

Businessman

July 24, 2018July 24, 2018Leave a comment

A slightly sleazy businessman commissioned by Kyle Szklenski of Diurnal Productions. His company is a small video game company and this is for a scene where the player signs with their new employer. It’s a digital image drawn in Photoshop. There are a couple gradients, but mostly it’s flat colors with cel shading.
Businessperson

Mermaid – Corrected

January 18, 2018January 21, 2018Leave a comment

Okay, those waves were really bugging me. So I tried again. Much better now, I think. 🙂

Mermaid

It’s on shutterstock now, if you’re interested. Click here

Mermaid

January 16, 2018January 16, 2018Leave a comment

I was playing with image composition and lighting. Not entirely happy with the waves, but a fun image to draw. 🙂

Mermaid

You’re Fired!

February 2, 2017February 2, 2017Leave a comment

Here’s another Donald Trump caricature. I think the last one turned out better, but this one’s okay. I don’t think I got his face quite Trump-y enough, but he’s still recognizable so I’m calling it done.

This one’s inspired, of course, both by his iconic catch-phrase and by his recent firing of Acting Attorney General Sally Yates.

You're Fired