red plains sketch

red plains sketches

red plains panel rough

red plains panel rough

only panels from here on out.. wouldn't want to spoil the story...

red plains page 2 rough

some panels I spent some time on, some I obviously didn't. drawing all the bits on different peices of paper and then compositing in p'shop.... will all look different once I ink it... honest..

red plains page 1 rough

here's the rough for page 1.. and yes, that is a sketchup model in there..

Red Plains rough

started drawing my arc of red plains (see previous post for details).. here's a rough panel 'til I have something better to post..

Red Plains pinup.

here's a pinup of the (currently) major characters in the webcomic "Red Plains" written by Caryn A Tate (http://www.carynatate.com/) and posted over at Top Shelf 2.0 (http://www.topshelfcomix.com/ts2.0)

The first few arcs were drawn by Noel Tuazon and the current arc is being drawn by Patrick Bezanson. I shall be drawing a future arc and will post here with the details.. in the meantime.. go check it out  ...

RED PLAINS

bad hellboy!.. bad!

sketchcard 8 of 8

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hellboy

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Hey baba, how you doin'?

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Ra Ra Rasputin..

There lived a certain man in Russia long ago
He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow
Most people looked at him with terror and with fear
But to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear
He could preach the bible like a preacher
Full of ecstacy and fire
But he also was the kind of teacher
Women would desire

RA RA RASPUTIN
Lover of the Russian queen
There was a cat that really was gone
RA RA RASPUTIN
Russia's greatest love machine
It was a shame how he carried on

He ruled the Russian land and never mind the czar
But the kasachok he danced really wunderbar
In all affairs of state he was the man to please
But he was real great when he had a girl to squeeze
For the queen he was no wheeler dealer
Though she'd heard the things he'd done
She believed he was a holy healer
Who would heal her son

(Spoken:)
But when his drinking and lusting and his hunger
for power became known to more and more people,
the demands to do something about this outrageous
man became louder and louder.

"This man's just got to go!" declared his enemies
But the ladies begged "Don't you try to do it, please"
No doubt this Rasputin had lots of hidden charms
Though he was a brute they just fell into his arms
Then one night some men of higher standing
Set a trap, they're not to blame
"Come to visit us" they kept demanding
And he really came

RA RA RASPUTIN
Lover of the Russian queen
They put some poison into his wine
RA RA RASPUTIN
Russia's greatest love machine
He drank it all and he said "I feel fine"

RA RA RASPUTIN
Lover of the Russian queen
They didn't quit, they wanted his head
RA RA RASPUTIN
Russia's greatest love machine
And so they shot him till he was dead

(Spoken:) Oh, those Russians...

Rasputin by Boney M.

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How would we know when Johann was smiling?

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Abe means business

a rather more determined Abe than we're used to, perhaps?

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Koshchei the Deathless

card 2 of 8 (hopefully, as long as I don't screw one up ;-)

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Ahoocha..hoocha.. hoocha.. lobster!

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and page 10.. all done!

pages 8 and 9

Pages 6 and 7

pages 2-5 (again)

redid the colour on the previously posted pages

page 1 (fixed colours)

I think I've fixed my problem with the insipid colours.. this is what I wanted them to look like..

lets hope they don't print too muddy..

wordle

so.. I wordled the blog..
here are the common words..

page 5

(sometimes my reach exceeds my grasp...)
edit 2/12/09 - Crap! on my home monitor the peeps at the bottom are a lustrous red.. on here they look pink! Crap!

page 4

page 3

edit - 2/10/09

soo.. for colouring these pages I recalibrated my monitor in order to closely approximate what the page would look like when printed. When viewing on my monitor the colours look rich and dark.. when viewing on other ('normal') monitors the colours look kinda washed out and weak..

page 2

as always... let me know if you see anything that needs 'improving'

page 1

so.. haven't heard from the publisher in a month or two (hopefully he's just busy...) so I'm going to post the pages here until I hear otherwise... hope you enjoy

btw.. this is the first page I've actually coloured so feel free to critique...

sneak peek..

here's the first page of that 'secret' thingy I'm working on..
from here on out I'll just post the occasional panel as I don't want to ruin the story for the publisher..

Trending....

so.... statisticians and analysts will have noticed that I have posted 10 fewer drawings for each of the last three years... (unintentionally, for the most part)
... but no more!

this is the year that I buck that trend..




he he.... he said buck...

prelims..

so.. here's a teaser of what I'm working on... these are rough pencils.. gives a little away but not too much..

shhhh.. it's a secret..

posting has been (and might continue) to be a bit slow as I'm working on something I don't want to talk about yet.

aelfseer page six is up..

link on the right..

calling all colourists....

(to paraphrase kevin keegan) I would love it if someone with the skills wanted to colour or tone any of the aelfseer pages...
just send an email to cheekyfish at gmail dot com and I'll send you a high res version..
and of course I'll post with all due credits...

any takers?

aelfseer page 5 posted on the aelfseer blog..

here's a teaser panel.. full page is here

might make this into a banner..

aelfseer page 4

the whole thing (so far) can be seen properly at the lnk to the right..

'nother aelfseer page..

redoing aelfseer as a black and white comic (with two spot colours)

so.. not really black and white.. but you know what I mean...

as it's election day..

..today in the US, I thought I'd better post something to commemorate...



actual drawings to resume next week...

redid the page .. what can I say.. I'm a redoer..

looks better this time out..

page 1 of diner .... done

let me know what you think...

new and improved (?) pencils for page 1 of 'diner'

pencils for page 1 of "diner"

and hit my self imposed deadline too...

tiny sketch is back!

this started out as a doodle and ended up looking quite like Lionel Messi (I think)..

just to get that last page off the screen....

here's a newsboy 'icon' that I just knocked up for a newsletter at work.. went for a Raymond kinda thing on the trousers.. partly successful..

new spicyspacetales page

shouldn't have taken this one on.. too much real life going on at the mo' and this is a little too rushed looking..
ah well..
c'est la vie..

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