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Well, I just got the word tonight that I will be the colorist for Relic and Ego (a comic published by ECVPress) starting with issue #1. That's pretty exciting. Not a huge deal, but it's a start. And it pays; not much but it's money. Hopefully this leads to more and more work, maybe even a penciling job.

Here's a little practice sketch with colors I did of one of the characters from the comic.

-beefy

So today was Free Comic Book Day and as a member of the Sacramento Comic-book Creators Group I had a free table at this small con at a local comic book store. Was fun I suppose. Wasn't expecting much. Hoped to maybe sell a print or two, but seeing as everyone was there for free shit they weren't really in the buying mood I suppose. Don't think anyone sold anything. I gave out some sketchbook/business cards so maybe I'll get some commission work from that. If nothing else it was a learning experience.

So today was Free Comic Book Day and as a member of the Sacramento Comic-book Creators Group I had a free table at this small con at a local comic book store. Was fun I suppose. Wasn't expecting much. Hoped to maybe sell a print or two, but seeing as everyone was there for free shit they weren't really in the buying mood I suppose. Don't think anyone sold anything. I gave out some sketchbook/business cards so maybe I'll get some commission work from that. If nothing else it was a learning experience.

More messing around with Photoshop. I've been trying to develop my style into a more simplified way of working to accommodate my limited time and this was kinda of an experiment that I'm pretty happy with. I usually go nuts with my pencils filling in the detail and this is the most minimalist approach to pencilling I think I've ever done. I then just imported it into Photoshop and started painting. Didn't take very long, about 3-4 hours one evening. I think I'll be attempting more stuff like this in the future.

The Sorceror Supreme:

More messing around with Photoshop. I've been trying to develop my style into a more simplified way of working to accommodate my limited time and this was kinda of an experiment that I'm pretty happy with. I usually go nuts with my pencils filling in the detail and this is the most minimalist approach to pencilling I think I've ever done. I then just imported it into Photoshop and started painting. Didn't take very long, about 3-4 hours one evening. I think I'll be attempting more stuff like this in the future.

The Sorceror Supreme:

So my little girl turned three months old last week and that made her old enough to be able to come to the gym with me. More specifically to the childcare that CalFit offers and of course, the pool. Here in Sacramento it's hot as balls already and I've just had my first sunburn of the season. Gotta love being Irish and living in sunny, O-zone depleted California. Anyway, little Morgan did pretty good for her first time in the pool. Didn't know what the hell was going on at first but she got into it pretty quickly. We'll have her swimming like a fish in no time.

So my little girl turned three months old last week and that made her old enough to be able to come to the gym with me. More specifically to the childcare that CalFit offers and of course, the pool. Here in Sacramento it's hot as balls already and I've just had my first sunburn of the season. Gotta love being Irish and living in sunny, O-zone depleted California. Anyway, little Morgan did pretty good for her first time in the pool. Didn't know what the hell was going on at first but she got into it pretty quickly. We'll have her swimming like a fish in no time.

Messing around with Photoshop.  Trying to figure out all the different ways to do this shit digitally is kind of a pain in the ass, sometimes it seems like it was easier to just apply paint to paper.  Takes some getting used to I guess.  Here's what an evening of dicking around produced.

Messing around with Photoshop.  Trying to figure out all the different ways to do this shit digitally is kind of a pain in the ass, sometimes it seems like it was easier to just apply paint to paper.  Takes some getting used to I guess.  Here's what an evening of dicking around produced.

Just some recent artwork. Went to the local Sacto comic con over the weekend. Made a few connections with local creators and publishers. Plan on having a table at the con in June and having some stuff to sell and showoff. Hopefully the first completed issue of my own comic.

'nutcase... OUT!!