Aaaaaand we're live! It is absolutely unreal to see the characters I drew voiced and animated, holy goddamn hell. But anyway, one of the biggest thrills of my life aside - check out the trailer, play the demo version (there's no save function in it, sadly, so you have to attempt the available Chapter I in one sitting), and of course, feast your eyes on more of ...
2021-08-26 18:54:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Heya! If you're into videogames, especially ones of the strategic type - I recommend keeping your eyes peeled tomorrow, maybe ;)
(And more non-videogame is coming soon, too - cross my heart!)
2021-08-25 07:02:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Two of my favorite panels I pencilled this year. The bar was pretty low, I know! (because I did total of what, 5 pages this year???) But even in 2019 or 2020 competitions, these two would be pretty high up there ^____^ Just oozing with character!
2021-08-23 08:13:25 +0000 UTC View Post
(continuing from this)
Okay, above I'm dropping ALL of our sketches and compositions for Slavic Nihilism #4 cover for most inquisitive process freaks (including couple of VERY EARLY mock-ups I made from Elizar's older artwork in the vein of what I was envisioning for our cover illustration).
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It's been quite a while since Dagger Dagger came out (so much so that in the time one of the anthology's editors managed to completely ruin his career and spoil all the good will most of the Dagger Dagger authors had for him) - so I guess it's about time this comic joins the library! And as usual, here's the link for your PDF dow...
2021-08-16 12:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
(testing our new hanging balcony chair as a drawing facility! The results are in, and it's hella good ^___^)
2018's "OPOSSUM" by Matt Holness (of the "Darkplace" fame) could very much be one of the scariest horror movies of our century, so naturally, I find the idea of a crude, stupefying version of the same story as a Dean Learner/Garth Marenghi joint endlessly amusing! If you look closely, you could even see the wires holdin...
2021-08-14 14:46:00 +0000 UTC View PostHeya!
Recently there's been none of our usual "Congregation" weekly reports, mainly because my apartment right now is a crammed hell, while the bedroom is completely evacuated due to balcony renovation works.
But what I have for you (finally!) is a bunch of rough layouts for our next issue's cover. I'm not ready to reveфl the illustrator's name (although some of you could probably guess it!), but since the issue is a sort of stand-al...
2021-08-02 12:38:12 +0000 UTC View Post
DAMN I love 100 Bullets!
(This piece is another example of how I can change my mind between pencils and inking. I drew pencils for half of this Summer's commissions a couple of months ago, but as the time went, I grew colder and colder on the very rough estimation of the background, deciding instead that prevalence of white space should be crucial to a good Eduardo Risso tribute)
2021-07-30 13:15:13 +0000 UTC
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Well, this is what the rest of the summer is gonna be like - commissions, commissions, commissions! Would be so nice to finally deal with the most of my current list, phew!
For comparison: here's my older Sandman from 2015-
And a nice photo of the original, as always!
And a pin-up for a really, really fun comic in that. Real heads probably recognize it!
Also: check out my thumbnail for the drawing (and ignore thumbnails for Slavic Nihilism cover!). Believe it or not, It all started with and came from a very specific "vision" of how...
2021-07-25 22:13:17 +0000 UTC View Post
PHEW! Welp -
Finally, we're getting to some of those page recreation! WOOOH! And If you followed me on twitter in the last couple of years, you probably know that I was CLAMOURING for a chance to recreate this one <3 It's the ONE piece I've been dying to draw for ages and ages and ages. So much so, that after completing it, I'm now getting weirdly emo...
2021-07-20 19:43:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Pheeeeeewh! I think, when you’ll see this whole thing put together, it should definitely blow your socks off 🙏🏻😎
2021-07-14 11:45:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Ahhh! Such a crisp scan!
ALSO:
I sorta have a weird beef with my own old art?.. :D
(And if you remember, I also have two different 2021-07-13 09:15:23 +0000 UTC View Post
A friend commissioned me this piece to replace his wallpaper hole cover:
And I happily obliged!
As for a proper scan of the thing (along with fun bonus) - stay tuned tomorrow!
2021-07-12 21:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
As I'm working on the very last page of the story, there's not much left of what I can show you without spoiling any major story bits, so this is just a disciplinary post for me, more than anything. The script for "Congregation" was already turned in to Yura for translation, so we're aiming at having the book finished by the end of July.
And then we celebrate!
Well there he is! The absolute most famous Gundam:
And it comes with a little bonus this time around - Amuro Ray himself!
Had some fun on the side with golden warker instead of my usual greys:
2021-07-07 21:29:03 +0000 UTC
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Above: a panel from "Congregation", by yours truly / a page from one of "Bezbozhnik" magazine 1923 issues, by Dmitry Moor
Below: a certain lovable goon
And if you're interested in this sort of stuff ("Bezbozhnik" magazine, NOT photos of me as a wee lad!), I can recommend looking up this great little book here:
2021-07-04 23:04:13 +0000 UTC
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ALIENS!
I can't say I enjoy coloring my own comics, but putting color and additional layer of texture on single pieces of art could be immensely satisfying:
Just some character sheets. I always loved character sheets!
Looking at these makes me think about what a horrible sausage fest that comic was, hahaha -____- There were.. TWO living female characters in it? Good grief.
2021-06-30 12:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a special one! Pin-up for this beautiful book but my good friend and Dagger Dagger allfather Matt Emmons:
As promised to all $5+ Sequentialists & Co - here's one tidbit of the webcomic you actually could read!
This was translated with the help of my writer friend and Undertow partner Steve Orlando around 5 or 6 years ago in my last desperate attempt to make myself care about the thing. The scene was initially taking place in Issue 2 of the book, but then moved as a sort of prologue for the whole thing - dropping you into "action" inste...
2021-06-29 16:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
And here's another batch of Mad Blade - with a few previously never seen and never published pages. Also, this cover still kinda rocks!
I think even in this relatively short 2+ years run, you could see me dramatically jumping between dozens of inspirations - Mignola, Toppi, Harren, Zaffino, Murphy... Lord, it's good to finally not do this shit constantly, to have my own image of "style" in my head when drawing.
Below: the very last thing I drew f...
2021-06-29 15:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, here's a proper blast from the past!
In one way or another, Mad Blade was my "headliner" project for something nearing 10 years - starting in my last year of school, continuing throughout all my university years, and finally dying down sometime around the release of Undertow in 2014, this goddamn edgelord Steampunk Alternative History Inquisition webcomic saw half a dozen different iterations - including FOUR full-blown relaunches ...
2021-06-28 20:38:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Very rarely I agree to draw my clients' original characters, but what the hell - tackling a couple of heroes designed by someone in their childhood is kinda fun!
It's 30+ Celsius degree in Saint Petersburg, so I'm slowly melting into a puddle of annoyed goo while drawing images of Orthodox toll houses and making holes in paper (no, I will not explain the purpose of the latter!)
LAST WEEK:
THIS WEEK:
It's like poetry... It rhyme...
2021-06-20 20:00:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Aaaaand we're done!
Check it out (what a nice name for a podcast, OR an album!). This version will be used as twitter header:
And this - as iTunes podcast cover:
And a couple of alternative "album cover" versions I also liked:
2021-06-16 22:10:18 +0000 UTC
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Recently I was commissioned to draw a header/cover for an all-things-Berserk podcast, and you know that I happily obliged without thinking on it even for a second!
Rest in peace, Kentaro Miura, you beautiful, hard-working, colossal soul.
And as the commission is for digital purpose, the original art is for sale - just DM if you want to discuss the price.
2021-06-15 20:44:22 +0000 UTC
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