12
/ MAY / 08 - 0915 CST : Always take eye-candy from strangers...
Hey
folks.
I
have been severely lax with posting stuff in the news section here
as of late, so in a effort to make up for that, I'll do away a lot
of that boring text stuff I usually post here and give you nice
shiny pics instead.
First
off, here are a couple pics I took in Calgary at the Comic Expo
(yes, I do plan to post all the pics I took there, I
just haven't gotten around to doing that or editing the con report
yet...hopefully it'll be done by mid to late September though), of a
sketch that I commissioned out there, as well as a couple of the
sketches I myself did.
This is a
sketch I commissioned from Jo
Chen at the con. For some reason I got it into my head
that she didn't do commissions, so if I hadn't heard the person in
front of me at her table mention something about it, I never
would've even asked.
When she asked me what
I wanted her to draw, I told her I'd like either Chase or Old Lace
from Runaways. So the next day when I saw that she went a
ahead and did both characters, I was totally
floored. I talk about this more in the audio con report (which
I hope you folks will one day be able to hear), so I won't go on
about it now. However I do want to say that this is now by far
one of my most prized possessions, and I will have it hanging up in
my office the second after I get it framed!
Before the con I bought
some coloured markers to see what I could do with them.
Unfortunately I only had five colours to work with, and I've never
really coloured anything without the use of a computer, but in the
end I don't think I did too bad for my first attempt. I plan
to do up a lot more of these to have on display at future cons so
that maybe I'll be able to drum up some more commission work.
Here's a sketch of
Spidey I did for a guy named Jeff who dropped by the table.
I'm still getting comfortable with doing sketches for people
on-the-fly at cons, so I wasn't totally happy with how it turned
out. I messed up the eyes (which you can't see because they've
been touched up in photoshop a bit), and next time I add in text,
I'm going to have to take more care so that both it and the word
bubbles don't look like they were done by a two year old.
Also, a big thanks goes
out to Jeff for being so kind as to send me a scan of the pic, as I
kinda forgot to snap a pic of it once I was done. And speaking
of photos, Jeff is a really talented photographer, so
if you have a chance you may want to check
out his work over at his site (however some of his stuff,
while very tasteful, may be NSFW).
And last
but not least, here's a commission piece I did up for my buddy Steve
for his his fiancé's birthday. I also plan to take this and
turn it into a colour print once I find the time, but I feel I did a
fairly good job with grayscale markers alone.
Alrighty
folks, I'll be posting some more stuff in the few days (including
the amazing sketch that Brad
Guigar did up for my artist's edition of How To Make
Webcomics), but I think I'm just about done for now.
Later,
-Ed
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06
/ MAY / 08 - 1908 CST : Maybe this is to make up for the third live
action movie...
Just
saw this and I figured I should post it quick before I head off to
take a nap before work. Not sure how the rest of the X-Men
feel about Wolverine getting top billing here, but I'm guessing
they're used to it by now.
1538 CST : I'm still alive...
Hey
folks.
Been
a while since I checked in and I know a few of you out there that I
never get a chance to see anymore check out this section to just to
see if I'm still alive so I want to assure y'all I am.
Alrighty,
I'll try to swing on by tomorrow to give a bit more reassurance that
my life-force has not been extinguished and hopefully give you guys
an update on the con pics / report.
Later,
-Ed
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