Curse of the Eel Ch3 Process

Here are the 3 art stages for the cover of Curse of the Eel chapter 3! The first book is chapter 1 and 2 together, so there hasn’t been a chapter 2 cover yet. When I reprint it, I’m going to make them only a chapter per book, it’s cheaper to print that way oddly enough.

Connie is a frustrated goth girl who is being bullied. One day she is chased into an abandoned shack and accidentally summons an eldritch-like eel creature into our world. Connie is horrified however to find that the Eel is a soft spoken meddler who loves to eat and watch Oprah. With the Eel as her only friend, Connie tries to navigate high school life with as few troubles as possible. Good luck with that.

Tools: Raphael 8404 #3 Brush and FW Ink
Paper: Stillman and Birn Beta paper.

Sketch of the Day - The Iron Bull from Dragon Age Inquisition

This was a really fun suggestion from Cauterization on Instagram!

Tools: Pentel Pocketbrush Pen
Paper: Stillman and Birn Gamma Sketchbook (my scanner didn't really take the Ivory color very well)

Sketch of the Day - Saya from Deadly Class

I need to use this blog more! Here is today's sketch of the day, Saya from Deadly Class! Seriously one of the best comic books I've ever read, Rick Remender, Wes Craig and Lee Loughridge have created a masterclass in the art of making comics. Check it out!

Tools: Pentel Pocket Brush and Color Brush, Copic multiliners for the tattoos
Paper: Stillman and Birn Gamma sketchbook paper
Color: Daniel Smith Shadow Violet and Winsor Newton Brown Madder.

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Rare Drops, The Ice Cave

Good morning! Here is a rare post in that I'm not gonna post process stuff, just the final version of a comic I've been working on the past few weeks for Charlotte Mini Con. If you wanted to read an all ages fantasy comic by me with minimal tragedy then here's the comic for you. I hope you enjoy it. Hopefully I'll have this printed by the convention so I should have this for sale soon if anyone would like to buy a copy.

I'll have a table at Charlotte Mini Con, which is this Saturday, January 31st at the Grady Cole Center in NC. Come by and see me for comics and sketches!

Merry Christmas! from the Curse of the Eel

Thank you for a lovely year and here's to more years to come! Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year! Colors and Inks below!

Curse of the Eel chapter 3 pencils

So this one took me a while to get to. While I've been planning it out and and working on it when possible since June, but I think I needed a break from drawing this large so I could recharge. I ended up spending so much time from it that returning to 11x17 pages was a treat and a joy. I haven't done many touch ups on the older pages, partially out of laziness but more out of wanting to let my inks do the fixing.

I can't wait to ink these, I'm going to use a tandem of brush and Zebra brush pens. I look forward to the challenge.

Inktober entries part 1

Here are a few of my Inktober entries. I was actually able to not only keep up with the challenge, but on some days I posted 2 or 3 images. I'll share the ones I have scanned that were more illustrations as a few of those days I was posting up panels and pages. These entries are:

Ponyo and Sosuke of Ponyo on the Cliff

Cerise, one of the main characters of Requiem Sonata. She is fun to draw

Zhi, the famed pianist of Requiem Sonata. I can't wait to finish this story

Barriss Offee, from Star Wars. I watercolored this one as well.

Trafalgar Law, from One Piece. Another fun one that I got as a suggestion

Kate Bishop, one of the Hawkeyes. Another suggestion from Instagram and a lot of fun.

That's it for this portion. I'll more later. These were all inked with Kuretake and Zebra Brush Pens on Stillman and Birn paper. Have a great Sunday!