More POTTER'S FIELD!

Here's an interview with the illustrious creators of POTTER'S FIELD.

http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=10961

And, so the post's not too boring, I slapped together the three covers I did for the series. I scanned and colored them all seperately so they don't fit perfectly but you get the idea. It wasn't my fault I swear.

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Update!

Still recovering from the Philly show this past weekend but here's what's new. JOHN DOE is finally solicited but under a new name (I guess JOHN DOE was too common) POTTER'S FIELD. So that means the first issue should hit in August and Mark and I are starting to beat the drums. Heres a newsarama article that went up recently.

http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=116264


Next is BPRD.... Well Im well into #2 and it's just getting more fun by the page. Can't wait to get to #3 because theres some crazy stuff coming up.


Lastly, I did a pin-up for a friend. Rafael Albuquerque is hot young artist whose work you might know from BLUE BEETLE (published by DC). I've met him a couple of times now and he's really one of the nicest people I've had the pleasure to talk to at a convention. His creator owned book is called CRIMELAND and it's really stunning. I knew I wasn't the only one doing a pin-up and since it was a crime book, I was sure everyone would do some cool nior pieces. So I decided to try something different and out of my comfort zone. I'm pretty happy with it and it was fun to do.

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Just saw this new review for POTTER'S FIELD. check it out!
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/33067#1

Almost final cover

Here's the colored version. I still have some tweaks but I'm leaving it like this for the solicitation. I figure I'll get a bit of distance from it and hopefully improve it later. Sorry no steps but my "process" was such a meddled mess that I wasn't sure how best to show it. Suffice it to say that it was alot of layers, channel play, hue messin', saturation fixing, and all around craziness to get this. I have to get into coloring more so it won't be so trial and error.

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The Process...

Here's a cover I've worked up for JOHN DOE. It's actually cover one of three and the all connect. A throw back to the Jim Lee days of crazy covers. Actually, I just wanted to do collage type covers and I figured why not take it a step further and do one big collage. This here is the thumbnail idea. I kept it vague with just the main elements I wanted prominent. They'll be dense but I'm gonna color it myself so I can knock out linework and fade things back and all that fun stuff.

Here's the rough of the first cover with a bit of ink. AS you can see it's not tight at all as I'm always impatient to get to the inking.

Next is the main elements fleshed out. The rest is really detailed "clutter" so I was focusing on getting these three figures finished first.

And here is the final inks. as you can see it's a bit dense but that'll be fixed in the coloring. I didn't want to do things on different layers because I wanted to have the whole three part piece stand on it's own. Some of the elements will spill over onto the next cover (buildings and names) but the main thing is the map. As you can see from the thumbnail I wanted the main unifying thing to be a map of the area this all takes place with the island taking a more upfront spot on the final cover. Hopefully this will turn out at least semi cool and I don't ruin the the whole thing with my lousy colors.

I'll post the color steps and the final soon. BACK TO WORK!

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My "office"

I've seen other people post a "Whats on my desk today" and lacking all originality I decided to do the same. So here it is. On my desk is a mish-mash of my current projects... layouts, penciled pages, a favor for a friend, and lots of character sketches for BPRD.

Also on my desk... Remnants of Lasagna. Sometimes I'm lucky I remember to eat. I'll post cooler things soon I promise.

***** Fixed first pic. Now it's clickable!

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Busy Busy Busy

Since I started working professionally I never seem to have just one project going at a time. That's pretty much the norm in the comic industry but I always make a point to have at least a couple of things going at once. Being able to jump back and forth from different stories really helps me keep my excitement (not that BPRD needs any help in that department) going from day to day.

Here are some select panels from both books I'm working on now. Both of them are horror books so I get to really amp up the darkness of it all. I really can't wait till I get further along in these books because, as any horror-lover knows, it only gets darker, creepier, and more fun as the story unfolds. The ending to both the stories are so great (in different ways too) that I almost wish I could skip to the end now. I'll try to be patient.

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Fun sketch

I did this today as a break from penciling. I really think inking is the most fun part in making comics. At least for me it is. I do most of the work in that stage and it's always fun to be messy when you are creating. Sometimes I miss it while I get the next batch of pencils ready to go.

I chose a samurai because eventually I really want to do something set in Feudal Japan (maybe a Iron Fist one shot... Marvel? Are you listening?) Let's face it Samurai are awesome and everyone likes a good sword fight. I also want to do other period pieces sometime down the line. Maybe I'll just do a series of them or something.... Food for thought.

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Fun with the Harbinger of DOOM!

Here's the only shot of Hellboy I actually got to draw so far. The book Im doing is actually focused on Prof. Broome and Hellboy isn't but 2 years old or so. Actually none of the regular cast is in it really... I dont mind though because it actually saves me the trouble of pitting my versions of the crew against Mignola's. So I hope to get a scene with more hellboy later but he's pretty much not in the book. Im almost done with the first issue and I wish I could post more but I dont want to spoil anything (trust me its worth it).