On the Drawing Board
April 3rd, 2009 | Posted in On the Drawing Board
For a one-armed artist I am staying pretty busy. Here’s what I’ve got going right now on the drawing board: NCS Reuben T-shirt Illustration– Wrapping this up over the weekend. I will share it once I get the okay from NCS president Jeff Keane. Cover art for Stay Tooned #4– I was honored to be asked to do the cover for John Read‘s terrific magazine. That I will finish next week. MAD job– Two pager that got bumped from issue 500 and will now be in #501, so a ton of time before that is due. Workplace poster– My usual monthly assignment from The Marlin… READ MORE
March 30th, 2009 | Posted in On the Drawing Board
Slow going with only one arm… I am surprised to discover how much I actually use my left hand when working. Pencilling and inking become harder when I cannot support nor turn my board with my left hand. Inking is especially difficult and time consuming. Just a few jobs going right now, and a few “in the can” as they say that I will be able to share in the next week or two. Here is the latest “workplace poster” illustration, the inking and coloring was done post surgery: Pencil rough Final Art READ MORE
March 3rd, 2009 | Posted in On the Drawing Board
I’m playing catch up already this week, despite my working on and finishing a full page magazine illustration while I was at WonderCon over the weekend. Here’s what’s cooking on the drawing board this week: Library Journal Magazine– Cover illustration due late next week concerning library budgets and how tight they are becoming. MAD– Not one but two jobs for MAD on the board. One is a two pager I did the roughs for last week but that got bumped to issue #501, so that deadline is a long way off now. Now I am one of seven illustrators doing spots for a Frank Jacobs… READ MORE
February 17th, 2009 | Posted in On the Drawing Board
Last month I got a call from the art director of Penthouse magazine asking if I was available to do a series of spot illustrations for a humor article about St. Patrick’s Day for their March issue. My immediate concern was whether the job entailed drawing any pornographic images. I won’t do that kind of work. I was assured not, and that all I’d be drawing was a guy getting drunk out of his mind, fighting and eventually passing out in his own vomit. Well, there’s nothing wrong with that! The issue is out and here are a few of the spots that were used… READ MORE
February 12th, 2009 | Posted in On the Drawing Board
Here’s what I’ve got on the board right now: Supercapers Comic Book– 13 page full color promo comic for the movie I did illustration work on. I was given two weeks to get this done, which is almost impossible so I am collaborating with my friend and ace comic book artist/inker Tom Nguyen on it. I’m doing the penciling, color and all design/layout while Tom is inking most of the book with me inking the caricatured faces and some other detail work. It’s been a long time since anyone else has inked my work, so this should be fun to see. Tom is one of… READ MORE
February 9th, 2009 | Posted in On the Drawing Board
Here is this week’s column spot illustration for “The Independent“. I am told this feature will have a total of eight of these caricatures. This is number seven. This has been a fun little project because these illustrations are done quickly and loosely, without a lot of overthinking. READ MORE
February 2nd, 2009 | Posted in On the Drawing Board
Something a little different this week for The Independent… one of the column’s characters is a groundhog in honor of Groundhog’s Day. I’m told we’ll be back to doing local politicians for next week’s column. READ MORE
January 24th, 2009 | Posted in On the Drawing Board
Here’s my latest spot caricature for The Independent. Not sure what “AMHC” stands for or what milking has to do with it, but I can guess considering the subject matter. These are seriously down and dirty quick illustrations. READ MORE
