Sketch 26

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Been sketching some stuff from photos. Inked with nib, brush, and technical pen on the tan copy paper in my sketchbook–bleeds a bit, but not all that badly.

Bissette Comics!

Looks like my friend and teacher, Steve Bissette, has started posting comics on his blog–stuff that can’t be found in print any more! And he says that he’ll be posting some brand new stuff there down the road, as well. This is exciting stuff!

Check it out: http://srbissette.com/

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The Ants Go Marching

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The poem is a part of a wonderfully enjoyable verse novel by Shoshana Flax (and the copyright on the writing is hers).

The beautiful calligraphy was done by Michael Goldberg.

And the illustration is by yours truly.

The original is ink and watercolor on 12×16" watercolor paper.

Seth Watercolor Demo

I got to attend a watercolor demo by Seth at CCS yesterday, which was an experience I’m very grateful for! Today me is jealous of yesterday me. He talked about how he puts down flat colors, how to blend, and how to fix mistakes. We got to watch him put color down and brush in some lines over a painted area. Amazing brush work, of course, but something else to see it done in person. He was super nice, too.

Sketch 25

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New Site is Live!

If you’ve taken a look at this blog in the past couple of days, you probably noticed the new menu to other pages of my website (which are indeed in a sticky blog post, hence the date and “comments off” and all that… and why they showed up on the Livejournal feed. In case anyone was wondering).

Well ANYWAY, point being, my new site is up! Take a look, and feel free to leave feedback if you want. I’m pretty excited about it; the content is much better organized than it used to be, so hopefully it’s pretty easy and pleasant to look through and whatnot. Hope you like it!

Halloween ‘09!

Happy (day after) Halloween from White River Junction!

Decorations by CCS students and alumni!

And a little Halloween-themed pizza box doodlin’
by me and Josh R.:

MonStars

The group of us who were signing books in Keene on Saturday all had a really great time; thanks to the staff at Comic Boom and to everyone who showed up!

Because we were there in conjunction with the Spooktacular show going on that evening, we drew some monster drawings during the event. Betsey, Josh, and I even signed a copy of the issue of Deadpool #900 that we drew [read: that we definitely did not draw] for a very satisfied customer.

ANYWAY, here are some monsters for you!

There are Wolves in New Hampshire

If you happen to be around Keene, NH this weekend, you just might possibly want to swing by Comic Boom on Saturday between 3-5pm. I’ll be there along with super talented friends Josh Rosen, Nick Patten, Denis St. John, Jon Chad, Colleen Frakes, Cat Garza, and last but never least, Sturdy Steve Bissette!

Josh, Nick, and I (and maybe even B. Swardlick herself!) will be there with Werewolf! books on hand, ready to be in YOUR hands. Boy howdy. See what Steve has to say about the event!