A Little More

Haven't had a chance to work on this as much, I've been super busy fixing the house up here lately.  Hopefully i'll get rolling again soon.

More of that Thing

Well, the little practice project is steaming along and its stupid fun.  The whole time however,  I'm waiting for real inspiration to strike...hopefully soon.  I'd hate to think i can only be creative when i'm uninspired if that even makes sense.  Blah blah blah, two more pages!

Peer Pressure

So, since even the slightest amount of pressure gets to me, I present you with this little experiment.  I've wanted to make a comic for awhile now.  Nothing mind blowing, just in a style that fits me, with a story that doesn't suck.  Seems like a modest request of myself, yet everytime I've sat down to create that, my brain takes control and turns it into a quest to make the "perfect" project.

So after *cough* years of fighting myself and the failed attempts to create the most perfect work EVAR, I came to a compromise that my brain and i agree on.  I'm going to "practice" making a comic with an idea that i don't care about at all.  A complete homework assignment for myself.  I get to practice all the things necessary for when i actually get a good idea, and it turns out that its pretty fun just to go through the motions.

My office has a rich lore just among its employees, so i borrowed some characters from some lunch time conversations i've had with them, and voila!  They write a story for me without it being a real chore, and i get to practice layout, inking, etc.  Here's some samples of that:

Weee!

Still just having fun with these painter pencils.  And the fantasy standards for that matter.

Sum Orkz

I just wanted to draw for once.  it may be digital, but it feels like drawing...i'm content again.

That Guy

I picture him living just at the edge of a ancient jungle, close to a tourist town. Maybe one of those cruise ports in South America. Trying to sell rats milk to frightened Midwesterners fresh off the boat for a day of shopping. Thats it.....his backstory is coming together. Perhaps he has befriended a young girl named Lucia after he brought her dead cat back to life.  She brings him rotted bread and fish heads in secret after her parents forbade her from every making contact again after the reanimated cat began to decompose on the family couch.

When the bugs begin their nightly song and the moon rises, he squats near a small fire and tells Lucia of a time long ago when his kind ruled this land.  He blows a special powder into the fire to conjure visions of this lost kingdom as Lucia watches in wonder.

For his magic powder, Lucia has named him Professor Sprinkles.

There you go...no needing to guess what this guy is all about now.  

Sadface

Well, this is what happens after cereal for dinner.  I wasn't feeling moody or anything...i just didn't feel like drawing his whole body, and then one thing led to another. You know the story.

Anyways, sorry for the long pause between posts, i'm starting to find it hard to work on my tiny wacom so i think a cintiq will be ordered soon.  *fingers crossed*

Worms Never Win

Just another sketch for the night.

Rexling

Quick doodle after dinner tonight. I'm havin fun painting scales lately.  Dunno why. Just relaxin.

Chompy

At least tonight i set out to paint a dragon.  Task complete.  I did bunt on the wings though.  Looking at it now, i don't think they were needed in the first place...sadface.