Artist Block Party.

Artist Block Party represents artists (mostly) from Calgary and Edmonton.

We have come together for a project called ILLUSTRATED CLASSICS,

collecting work inspired by literary classics. We are comic book artists, illustrators,

concept and game designers, looking to share the work we love to do.

Please come visit us at Artist Alley at the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo 2011,

to see and talk about our work .

Thank you.

GarSeeYa!

Sea Salt Black Bird.

With a very wet brush, blue and black pigment

was applied on the board. Coarse sea salt was sprinkled

on the wet surface, creating a lighting effect as it dried.

It was a "big black shape" before it transformed

into the bird. Black, white and brown conte crayons

added accents. Finished with a pencil for fine lines,

then scanned and a little more work on Photoshop.

A starting point for more experimentation.

Thanks for looking.

GarSeeYa!

Pancake Fun.

We are stuck inside on a rainy day.

I made pancakes and got a little creative.

Ghost Pancakes.

Hellboy pancake.

A little bit of fun with the kids.

One week away from CCEE, gotta get more stuff ready.

GarSeeYa!



Goblin Market Process

Preliminary sketches were done. Elements moved around.

After settling on layout, tighter lines were done

then printed in blue line on 11" X 17" comic board.

 

Inking, keeping it loose and spontaneous.

Colours took the longest, since I can be overly

picky about choices, leading to many retouches.

I am happy with the results.

Thanks for visiting.

GarSeeYa!

DC Heroes/Villains

 Getting a few doodles done. (ABP book goes to print June.)

Taking some drawing time for myself.

I haven't picked up a recent comic in months and I am totally lost

in the DC Universe now. I still think of the characters in their old

costumes, and doing some guess work on a lot of it.

Still fun to do. I haven't done a serious/realistic figure in years too,

might have to try it again soon. Gotta mix things up, once in a while.

Thanks for visiting.

GarSeeYa!

Rainy Day Sketches.

 Getting back to ink brush drawings. I've been busy putting the book together, really missing some drawing time. Spent an afternoon playing with the brush and pushed the ink.

I have dark fantasy images, stuck in my head, mixed

in with folklore and myth.

Batman and the Villains are always fun to do.

Thanks for visiting.

GarSeeYa!



Artist Block Party-Cover 1

After months of work...finally getting it ready for print.

We will have it available at Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo 2011.

Thanks to all who contributed their amazing work.

GarSeeYa!

Goblin Market: Colours.

It has taken some time to get to this point,

lots of other things happening lately. The image is getting there,

I just need to step back and get fresh eyes to finish it off.

Let me know what you think?

This is for the Artist Block Party Project.

 Thanks.

 GarSeeYa!

Lil' Bot.

More experimentation, colour mixing is what makes painting

really interesting to me, how the colours react to one another.

The whole thing changes with a different palette...lots to learn.

I have to start thinking about what to have for the CCEE convention.

Prints and other artwork for sale. Any requests out there?

Thanks for visiting.

GarSeeYa!

The Iron Mask.

Late night painting, the kids are in bed all is quiet.

"The Man in the Iron Mask" is a book I've not read.

I saw a couple of the movies, but nothing too memorable.

I started with shapes, then refined details on the face

and came out with this.

Thanks for looking.

GarSeeYa!