D.E.A.D : Blast From The Past (Trail Blaster)

Another Blast From The Past... this time, from the same comic series, we have Trail Blaster... I know he jumped, he climbed - but I actually don't think he had any powers to speak of. Strange for a kid to create a powerless superhero...



The 10 year old me is freaking out at Trail Blaster WITH SHADING! An skin that resembles skin and EVERYTHING. Cool.

D.E.A.D : Original Lyricist (Part 2: Opio Boogaloo)

Compare away... did it get better? Worse? Did I take a mediocre picture and improve it? A good one and ruin it?

For those who missed it - the pencils are a couple posts back. I'm happy with how this turned out, and will still colour it at some point... but not tonight. Tonight - you get inks. Enjoy!

(And check out Op's music - Vulture's Wisdom 2 should be out soon and if it's anything like Volume 1, it'll be AMAZING! Check his MySpace here...)

D.E.A.D : Raoul Duke

Certain subjects, to my mind, belong to certain types of artists... I don't know that I'm 100% qualified to be drawing Dr. Hunter S. Thompson - but watching the brilliant documentary Gonzo tonight, I was sorta compelled. Or something.

Roughed in with a ballpoint, the sketchiness was accidental, but seemed to fit the subject. Doesn't hold a candle, obviously, to Steadman's depictions - but it was fun and fitting.

D.E.A.D : Original Lyricist

I've done numerous hip hop musicians in the past, but never felt like I really caught the full essence (with a few exceptions) - that being said, I'm pretty happy with how this Opio turned out.

On top of that, I'm posting the pencils/blue lines because I'll do a second D.E.A.D. on this and ink and colour it in a few days - should be interesting to see the contrast (since I'm usually the only one who gets to see them in this state).

D.E.A.D : My Better Half

Another day, another D.E.A.D.


So - I realize that I tend to draw myself a lot... which is why it's strange that I seem to draw my partner-in-crime less often. Not sure why that is - I guess most of my sad (read: interesting) stories tend to have happened before we were a permanent item... alas... I do draw her. Different styles, different haircuts and all that - so today's D.E.A.D - Sarah.

D.E.A.D : Blast From The Past (Fast Fist)

What is D.E.A.D. exactly? "Drawing Every Alternate Day."

I'm trying to keep my output up - even just ensuring I scan some of my sketches and post them here - so for March I'm going to try to get a sketch, a doodle, a strip or SOMETHING up here every second day...


First up is a Blast From The Past... this is something I did a year or so ago - I tried re-drawing one of the characters I created when I was 9. He may or may not bear any resemblance to a character from a major publisher... but his hands shoot off (connected to cables)... yeah. I was 9. Let's make sure that's clear. So, here he is - in his "new" armour (on the left in the old-skool page)... make of it what you will.

What Can't Be Erased: 2009.02.24

Erin Finley is a CRAZY-talented artist that graduated in the same in the same program as I did... then went on to get her teaching certification, her Masters, and now shows these AMAZING paintings all over the world. Sorta puts life in perspective sometimes. Her shows are ALWAYS well worth seeing, by the way, with another looming in March (watch her site).

Apologies, Erin, for bastardizing your images into the backgrounds of my panels... just looked better than my cheap knock offs...

This also marks the first time I've tried something really current and the first time I've used Sarah in one of these... so it's a lot of firsts. Hope it works?