Behold, the work stages for a wacky li'l page from the upcoming Empowered vol.12 that's a tribute to both the 70s classic flick The Golden Voyage of Sinbad from my childhood and the 1989 Atsuji Yamamoto manga Sinbad from my young adulthood. As you'll see in a future installment of Vintage Con Sketches, I've previously done a few commissions based on Yamamoto's costume designs, which I suspe...
2021-10-15 13:01:04 +0000 UTC
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(UPDATE: Here's a link to our previous installment, posted rather a while ago.)
Behold, pages 11-14 of my layouts for issue #1 of 2004's Marvel mecha-team m...
2021-10-13 13:01:03 +0000 UTC
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Behold, a bunch of loose sketch sets featuring the "civilian Emp alter ego" variation from Empowered vol. 12 that I've dubbed "Fetchingly Bepantsed Emp (with Bonus Eyeglasses)", akin to some earlier DiD sketch sets seen here. (Note that, in the linked post, I also described this variant as "Extra Voluptuous", but that's arguably a tad redundant given how I full-figured I dr...
2021-10-11 13:12:46 +0000 UTC
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Here are the initial pose rough, cover rough, pencils, inks & color guides for my character-packed cover for the recently released Empowered Omnibus vol.3, which compiles regular Empowered volumes 7-9 in honkin' big TPB form. (Of course, this cover was originally done for the out-of-print Empowered Deluxe
2021-10-08 13:34:26 +0000 UTC
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Once again, I'm doubling up with this week's sets of life drawings from random photoref. First above is a shading-oriented collection from November 2017, along with a sketchier, more gesture-focused set from May 2017.
Note that we've (rather a while ago) crossed an important threshold with these Monday posts—both sketch sets are dated from 2017, meaning that the end of my once-formidable buffer of life drawings is in sight, if still rather a long ways off, as I cranked out life d...
2021-10-06 13:01:05 +0000 UTC
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Behold, folks, an exclusive Patreon preview (with bonus page roughs!) featuring one of Empowered vol.12's wilder and wackier scenes—namely, a sequence recasting the series' cast as fantasy RPG characters! (Note that this is from the same source that the book's back-cover illo is derived from.)
Originally I'd planned to show "Elven Paladin Emp" crossing over with the adventuri...
2021-10-04 12:52:04 +0000 UTC
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(UPDATE: Here's a link to our previous installment. Note that page 5 above was already seen in said previous post, but I tacked it on here again to make the narrative easier to follow. )
Behold, pages 5-10 of my layouts for issue #1 of
2021-10-01 13:00:10 +0000 UTC
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Wellp, I'm down to the last few Dirty Pair--nay, Rose & Lily DiD commissions drawn for a generous friend, circa the early 2000s, in what was obviously the proto-Empowered B&W comic format.
Pity that I screwed myself by drawing Kei & Y**i-based damsels, as I theoretically might've been able to publish these comics elsewhere if the heroines looked unlike my licensed iteration of the DP
2021-09-29 13:01:03 +0000 UTC
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Once again, I'm doubling up with this week's sets of life drawings from random photoref. First above is a shading-oriented collection from November 2017, along with a sketchier, more gesture-focused set from May 2017.
Note that we've crossed an important threshold with these Monday posts—both sketch sets are dated from 2017, meaning that the end of my once-formidable buffer of life drawings is in sight, if still rather a long ways off, as I cranked out life drawings almost daily ...
2021-09-27 13:00:09 +0000 UTC
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Wellp, I'm down to the last few Dirty Pair--nay, Rose & Lily DiD commissions drawn for a generous friend, circa the early 2000s, in what was obviously the proto-Empowered B&W comic format.
Pity that I screwed myself by drawing Kei & Y**i-based damsels, as I theoretically might've been able to publish these comics elsewhere if the heroines looked unlike my licensed iteration of the
2021-09-24 12:05:52 +0000 UTC
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Been quite a while since I've done a Vintage Con Sketches post; the only one in August was an Exclusive Monthly Bonus Post for the Bigger Spenders* of the $10 and $20 tiers, alas.
Anyhoo, I've broken out the big binder of photocopies from my "Golden Age" of con commissions and started scanning 'em. (Which is why you haven't seen any in a while, as I've burned off all the already scan...
2021-09-22 13:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Behold, my first five (in fact, six; see below) pages of layouts for issue #1 of 2004's Marvel mecha-team miniseries Livewires, titled here as "Unnamed Robot Comic" as I'm more than a tad dubious about identifying this series of posts publicly. Keep this to yourselves, won't you? (The joke of using the title "Unnamed Robot Comic", by the way, is that
2021-09-20 13:01:04 +0000 UTC
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Once again, I'm doubling up with this week's sets of life drawings from random photoref. First above is a shading-oriented collection from November 2017, along with a sketchier, more gesture-focused set from May 2017.
Note that we've crossed an important threshold with these Monday posts—both sketch sets are dated from 2017, meaning that the end of my once-formidable buffer of life drawings is in sight, if still rather a long ways off, as I cranked out life drawings almost daily ...
2021-09-17 13:01:03 +0000 UTC
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Here are two different versions of the colors for my character-packed cover for Empowered Deluxe vol.2, which compiled regular Empowered volumes 4-6 along with a whole lotta bonus material in a limited-edition hardcover collection. (In fact, I plumb forgot that I never got around to showing the colors after posting the B&W work stages over a month ago. Whoops!...
2021-09-15 13:01:03 +0000 UTC
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Following up on our previous installment, you Bigger Spenders of the $5+ tiers can now enjoy the narrative's continuation and abrupt conclusion as this incomplete commissioned story from the early 2000s jumps forward a few pages to Dirty Pair's Kei-- no, Rose briefly escaping captivity in an Unnamed Big Bad Guy's sprawling HQ. (Alas, couldn't get scans of the intervening pages bet...
2021-09-13 13:11:12 +0000 UTC
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Fresh and piping-hot off the ol' drawing board, here are the B&W work stages for Empowered vol.12's truly unusual back-cover illo of fantasy RPG-based characters "Goblin Ninja Kozue" (a variant of Ninjette, of course) and "Devilspawn Bard Hannah" (a variation of Mindf**k).
UPDATE: Tacked on a side-by-side preview image I'll be using for Twitter preview puposes. Enjoy?
Note that, sadly, in the final illo you can't quite make o...
2021-09-10 13:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Here are the last of the (many) exploratory design sketches I did back circa 2009 for an ultimately abortive project related to the SSX snowboarding videogame series. At this (very) early point in said project's development, I was just playing around with various potential approaches to the game's familiar cast; the project was cancelled long before I ever figured out a final take on any of the characters.
Still, I had a surprising amount of fun playing around ...
2021-09-08 13:16:53 +0000 UTC
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Just like old times, a Monday Life Drawings post! (Then again, with the current, semi-randomized "M/W/F+" posting format, one of these LD posts was bound to wind up on Monday again sooner or later.)
Once again, I'm doubling up with this week's sets of life drawings from random photoref. First above is a shading-oriented collection from November 2017, along with a sketchier, more gesture-focused set from May 2017.
Note that w...
2021-09-06 13:01:03 +0000 UTC
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Behold, my final four pages of layouts for issue #1 of 2004's Marvel mecha-team miniseries Livewires, titled here as "Unnamed Robot Comic" as I'm more than a tad dubious about identifying this series of posts publicly. Keep this to yourselves, won't you? (The joke of using the title "Unnamed Robot Comic", by the way, is that Livewires' mecha...
2021-09-03 13:01:03 +0000 UTC
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Due to the new "M/W/F+" posting schedule, I can no longer refer to this feature as Design Tuesday; instead, I'm titling this type of post as Designs Ahoy, possibly in tribute to a certain seafaring vtuber. (Or not.)
Here are a few more of the (many) exploratory design sketches I did back circa 2009 for an ultimately abortive project related to the SSX snowboarding videogame series. At this (very) early point i...
2021-09-01 13:00:10 +0000 UTC
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UPDATE: Thanks for weighing in on the "What should I post on Monday?" poll, Bigger Spenders of the $5+ tiers. Of the options I listed, this choice of content came out on top, barely.
UPDATE TO THE UPDATE: Just refreshed this poll in another window, and now the content options "Vintage Con Sketches" and "Twitter rant on meat & potatoes storytelling in comics" are tied with 26 votes each, dagnabbit. I'll monitor the poll...
2021-08-30 13:15:52 +0000 UTC
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As I have a bit of a conceptual pileup of assorted potential posts I could schedule for Monday morning's slot, I thought I might as well throw the choice open to you generous Bigger Spenders, okay? (Keep in mind that this will likely be the final post seen by at least 10-15 Patrons, as the monthly exodus of folks cancelling their support is already getting underway...)
The final August post on Tuesday will be the exclusive monthly bonus for the Biggest Spenders of the $10 & $2...
2021-08-30 01:27:50 +0000 UTC
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Following up on our previous installment, you Bigger Spenders of the $5+ tiers can now enjoy the narrative's continuation as this commissioned story from the early 2000s shifts to Dirty Pair's Kei-- no, Rose turning those fabled tables on her faceless captors.
To cut & paste from the previous post: Anyhoo, at some point in the early 2000s when I was long on free time and short on paying comics work, a generous friend of mine wanted some "DiD" conte...
2021-08-27 13:00:08 +0000 UTC
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(For Patreons paying verrry close attention, I accidentally posted life drawing installment #121 already, whilst shuffling around draft and scheduled posts to fit in the new "M/W/F+" posting format. Whoops!)
Once again, I'm doubling up with this week's sets of life drawings from random photoref. First above is a shading-oriented collection from November 2017, along with a higher-contrast set fro...
2021-08-25 13:01:04 +0000 UTC
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Behold, my next few pages of layouts for 2004's Marvel mecha-team miniseries Livewires, titled here as "Unnamed Robot Comic" as I'm more than a tad dubious about identifying this series of posts publicly. Keep this to yourselves, won't you? (The joke of using the title "Unnamed Robot Comic", by the way, is that Livewires' mecha protagonists ...
2021-08-23 13:01:09 +0000 UTC
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Following up from an introductory post open to all Patrons, you Bigger Spenders of the $5+ tiers can now enjoy the narrative's continuation as this commissioned story from the early 2000s shifts from Dirty Pair's Kei-- no, Rose kicking the crap outta faceless goons to our heroine winding up as, go figure, a Distressed Damsel.
To cut & paste from...
2021-08-20 13:01:05 +0000 UTC
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Once again, I'm doubling up with this set of life drawings from random photoref. First above is a shading-oriented collection from November 2017, along with a sketchier, more gesture-focused set from May 2017.
Note that we've crossed an important threshold with these Monday posts—both sketch sets are dated from 2017, meaning that the end of my once-formidable buffer of life drawings is in sight, if still rather a long ways off, as I cranked out life drawings almost daily through ...
2021-08-18 13:01:02 +0000 UTC
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Behold, my next few pages of layouts for 2004's Marvel mecha-team miniseries Livewires, titled here as "Unnamed Robot Comic" as I'm more than a tad dubious about identifying this series of posts publicly. Keep this to yourselves, won't you? (The joke of using the title "Unnamed Robot Comic", by the way, is that Livewires' mecha protagonists ...
2021-08-16 13:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Patrons of the $1 and $3 tiers, enjoy a rare glimpse at material normally only seen by the Bigger Spenders of the $5, $10 & $20 tiers!
See, you've been missing out on many, many commissioned comic pages and con-sketch-format illos from the rather desperate days of yore when, chronically underemployed as I was then (and often still am nowadays), I cranked out commissioned "damsel-in-distress" content of the sort that would eventually morph into Empowered
2021-08-13 13:01:03 +0000 UTC
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Behold, my next few pages of layouts for 2004's Marvel mecha-team miniseries Livewires, titled here as "Unnamed Robot Comic" as I'm more than a tad dubious about identifying this series of posts publicly. Keep this to yourselves, won't you? (The joke of using the title "Unnamed Robot Comic", by the way, is that Livewires' mecha protagonists ...
2021-08-11 13:01:04 +0000 UTC
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