ARTWORK: True Grit finished fan art

After seeing an advanced screening for True Grit I worked up a fan art of main characters Rooster Cogburn and Mattie Ross, but never got around to finishing the colors til this week...

So, here's the finished piece...

By Crom!

Some Conan art I dug up for reference on... something.

I used to love the Conan magazines in the early 80's... I could never get into the Conan comics of the time, but I do remember they always had the weird formula of starting each issue with the climax from the previous issue. I did dig the King Conan comics though.

I'm looking forward to the new movie too.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: cool flash comic

Here's an amazingly cool new flash comic preview directed by French animator Balak. He really gets the potential for this type of new breed comic, that isn't motion based (and painful), but flash enhanced (and joyous). So sequential reading is enhanced by slight tweaks to pacing and format, heightening the experience to create something more than just a traditional comic, but at the same time, remains true as a comic and not some lame hybrid/cheap animation...

Plus the art (by Barth) and story are spot on too!

Check out MONKEY GIRL and DRAGON DUDE - HERE

ARTWORK: Femforce sketch cards

And yet more sketch cards I did recently...
I did 10 cards to be used for dealer exclusives on the just released FEMFORCE set by SadLittles.com
The cards were all done as 2 card puzzles, and featured many of the wide range of characters...

I also have a few blank artist exclusive cards up for grabs from the set for $35 each.
(Like this card here...)

Dear Internet, you're silly...

File this one under: music/video/cool/dream/art


And file this one under: crude/fart/humor/starwars

ARTWORK: Sheena sketch cards

Here's a sample card from the small run of cards I'm doing for the upcoming 5finity, Sheena (queen of the jungle), sketch card series. The series was very limited and from what I understand pre-sold out...

I'll have a couple cards up for grabs once the set comes out.

ARTWORK: Phoenix PSC

Here's another custom sketch card, this time of Phoenix, from the classic Uncanny X-Men...

The card is on eBay HERE

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: publishing stuff

A couple cool links from TheComicsBeat...

First, a link to a DIY approach to digital publishing that may be a nifty idea - HERE

With an interesting alternate idea floated in the comments from digital trailblazer DJ Coffman.

As I'm grappling with a clear path forward digitally, both for my work, and my publishing output. It's clear there are any number of directions one could go, and that ultimately there should be an option, or standard, for doing it on one's own, but I also think there's a big potential in the collective space... or digital publishers. As with anything, there needs to be focal points for choosing content on the user side... something to replace the comic shops, the newsstands, etc.


Then second, we have a lengthy conversation with Joe Casey, a comic writer synonymous with creator driven work, and quite the success story - HERE

I've always been a fan of Joe's work. And while nothing of his has ever been a pure favorite, his work is interesting and exciting. And I'm very much looking forward to his and Mike Huddleston's BUTCHER BAKER (from Image).

Meanwhile at the Movies... Green Hornet has Kato-vision

And so does this Green Hornet Kato (Jay Chou) sketch card!

On eBay now HERE

I've seen Green Hornet twice now and really like it. Not a great movie, but great fun. See my full early review from a while back HERE

Meanwhile at the Movies... are we unprepared?

A couple of new SUCKER PUNCH images...

After Watchmen, I need Snyder to bring more than just the pretty...
Here's hoping.
Oh, and yeah, it's Pulp Girls.

ARTWORK: Rooster PSC WIP 2

Here's the Rooster Cogburn sketch card stage 2, inks:

and final stage, with marker colors:

Card is on eBay HERE

ARTWORK: Rooster WIP

I'm working on a Rooster Cogburn, True Grit, custom sketch card, and thought it'd be fun to show the lines before I ink it, and color it (with markers)...

Card will be up for grabs!

2011 commission rates

I just posted my updated commission rates on my DeviantArt page...

You can see them HERE

Take a look if you want to get some custom comic/fan art at good prices!

Daily sketch card: Morigan

Now on eBay:

Daily sketch card: Spider-Woman

Now on eBay:

Daily sketch card: Super Girl

Now on eBay:

Sketch cards on eBay this week

I'll be listing new personal sketch cards on eBay this week, one card per day.

The first card is of Power Girl:

You can view the listing HERE

I've also relisted the few cards that did not sell from the last set.