HOLY POO! A new post!

Wow, a new update...finally!  So, I have been working VERY hard on my Kickstarter comic, Broderick.  This opportunity came up RIGHT in the middle of me working to complete the Broderick book.  This project was one of those "can't pass it up" opportunities.  I did 30 sketch cards for the Marvel Premier 2017 trading card sets.  Only 3 of the 60 (because I had to do both sides) of the drawings were rejected...those are the white spaces you see (Sorry I can't show those...and two of them were my favorites)...oh well.  Anyway, enjoy these and Broderick is COMING SOON!

Doll Face

This is Doll Face, the next character from the mind of Action Lab and Dan Mendoza.  The Kickstarter was EXTREMELY successful.  This is part of the same universe as Action Lab Danger Zone's Zombie Tramp and Vampblade.  

This is traditional ink and brush (Raphael 8404 Size 1) and Watercolor.

Action Lab: Dog of Wonder Issue 4 Beginning to End Part 4: Pencils

The pencils.  Nothing really spectacular here.  For a cover, I will draw this at print size.  This is on a sheet of regular Office Depot printer paper.   I like to work at this size because it doesn't allow me to cause my people to lean, or get out of proportion TOO badly.  I find the smaller I work on my initial sketches of people, the better I do with the overall body proportions.  As I get larger in my picture plane, I tend to make the major masses the incorrect proportions.

After I finish the pencils to this level, I will scan them and blow them up to 11"x17" and print them out on my semi-smooth Bristol in a 16% Cyan for a "blueline" print to ink over.

Action Lab: Dog of Wonder Issue 4 Beginning to End Part 3: Inks

Here it is, part 3 in the process of creating the cover for Action Lab: Dog of Wonder Issue 4's cover(part 1 and part 2 are linked here and here).
These are the inks.  The process I go through when inking is pretty typical it seems according to what I know of how others work.
I work on Strathmore 500 series semi-smooth Bristol paper.  This paper allows me to both use a nib pen and a brush without bleeding off of either, and it holds a line very nicely.  As far as inking goes I use a Sumi ink.  It is a VERY dark ink but stays nice and thin through a nib so it won't clog it.  I use a Windsor and Newton Series 7 Kolinsky Hair sable brush and/or a Raphael 8404 Kolinsky hair sable brush.  I usually use a size 1, but a W&N is a little larger, so I kick up to a size 2 on the Raphael...sometimes.
Anyway, please go to your local comic shop and order this for me!  I would be ever so grateful.  There are only 1,500 copies of my cover, LET'S SELL IT OUT!!!

Action Lab: Dog of Wonder Issue 4 Beginning to End Part 2

So this is a continuation of this post: http://jnoblepeteranetz.blogspot.com/2016/08/action-lab-dog-of-wonder-issue-4.html  These are the fully rendered colors for AL: DOW Issue 4's cover.  This is the final file that was sent to Action Lab Entertainment for production.  They then had their logo for the book put over the blank area at the top.  When composing and rendering this image, I imagined a porch and the shadow form the porch falling on the house as you see it.  I wasn't sure exactly how the logo would sit, so I wanted to make sure I left that space with dark and fairly flat colors so the logo would pop off that area.

Action Lab: Dog of Wonder Issue 4 Beginning to End Part 1

So, I am excited!  I have my VERY first comic solicited in Previews.  THE catalog that comic retailers use to order their comics.  You can follow this link to get the catalog number for my cover: Action Lab: Dog of Wonder Issue 4 Cover B.   This cover is limited to only 1,500 copies!!!! Go to your Local Comic Retailer and ask them to specifically order this cover as well!!  The interiors and Cover A are done by the immensely talented Reilly Leeds.  She is a student of mine at the Art Institute of Colorado and an extremely impressive storyteller.  

Stay tuned here for the next couple of days.  I will be showing my process from Thumbnail to final for this cover!

Sketch Covers

Here are some sketch covers I drew over the weekend at Fort Collins Comic Con.  They were something to kill the time, but I wanted to get something bright and pretty out.  I put these out on the table, and online, and sold two.  The Spider-Gwen and the Infinity Gauntlet are both sold, but the other three are available.  If you are interested, contact me for a price!  Thanks!  I have a TON of other covers as well.  If you want a sketch cover of a particular character, I can see about finding a sketch cover for that character, or if I have one, I'll draw it on there.  Let me know!  

ENJOY!

Denver Comic Con and Pride Month

So, Denver Comic Con is uniting with Denver Pride.  And in the wake of the shootings over the weekend, I wanted to get something put together as an exclusive print for this weekend, but ran out of time.  I will have this print available at my booth this weekend.  It's Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy celebrating their relationship.  Come see me at booth 217 to pick one up!

Hard Rock Cafe and Denver Comic Con

TWO POSTS IN ONE DAY?!  I got approval to share this today, so here it is.  I am doing the official Denver Comic Con Hard Rock Cafe T-shirt for this year's Denver Comic Con.  This image is going to be on the back of the Colorado Hard Rock shirts and available ONLY at Denver Comic Con this year.  I will be at the Hard Rock booth for about an hour each day, so come see me and get a shirt signed!  If you get the shirt, but don't see me at their booth, come see me at Booth 217!  I will have a full schedule of my weekend available when it's finalized!

Actuated Puzzle Box

This is the final piece in my Colorado Horror Statue series for this year.  Denver Comic Con is upon us and I need to focus on preparing my booth.  So, here it is, the actuated stairs that are in the Alameda Public Art District here in Denver.  I will have four of these this year with more to come in future years.  Come see me at booth 217 to pick yours up this weekend!

HULK SILHOUETTE!!

As the main event of the year: Denver Comic Con, approaches.  I have been receiving a TON of requests for illustrations.  Which has been great, but it's hurting my personal production a bit.  That's OK, because I'm getting paid. This is an illustration for an ad that will be appearing in the Westword next week.  I can't wait to see the finished product and I'll post it when it is printed.  ENJOY!!! and see you next week at Denver Comic Con booth 217!!

The Dancers and Denver Comic COn

I am adding to my Colorado Horror Statue series (because now it's a series).  These are the dancers outside the Denver Center for Performing Arts.  They have been re-imagined as Ghost Face from Scream and Slender Man.  This will be available at Denver Comic Con this year, as well as reprints of Freddy Horse and Jason Bear from 2014, and hopefully one more Colorado Horror Statue...if I can get it finished.  I hope you enjoy this!  See you at Denver Comic Con BOOTH 217!!!

Denver Comic Con 2016

So, I will be at booth 217 this year for Denver Comic Con.  I will be sitting next to World Card Experts and Magicians Must Die!   We have the last issue of Magicians Must Die available and will probably have a set available as well.
Above you see the cover for Denver Comic Con and Pop Culture Classroom's 2015 annual report and it will be in the Souvenir book for this year's show.  COME SEE ME AND GET THE PAGES SIGNED!!  I will also have posters of the cover.

SUPERBOWL CHAMPIONS!!!

So, I repurposed this drawing from the World Series drawing series I completed and made it for the Superbowl.  It was just TOO perfect.  I am hoping to have some of these at the Broncos rally tomorrow to give away.  PM me on Facebook or Twitter to find me if you want one.

5280 Geek

Fresh off the New Year and already with some amazing new friends.  Such as 5280 Geek, the Geekiest podcast in Denver.  These are a great group of people and I was honored enough to get to draw their new T-shirt design, facebook cover photo and help with their brand identity this year.  Thank you to Daniel Sharner, Zac Skellington Conley, Thao Le, Mindy Conley, and Rebecca Ann.  Keep up the Geekdom!!!

Patty cake, patty cake, baker's man.

Sometimes you get some really strange commissions.....This was very fun to do. This is a Christmas present.  I can squeeze some commissions in if anybody needs one.  Let me know!!!

Digital Painting

Remember when I was trying to learn to be a stronger digital painter?  Well,  I gave up on that at one point.  It was for multiple reasons.  Somewhere near the top of the list was major frustration in getting the look I wanted.
Anyway, I got this commission to do a portrait (as seen above) and they wanted to digitally painted.  So, here I am struggling with the frustration of digital painting in Photoshop, when I stumbled upon a new brush (to me, not to photoshop) and it did EXACTLY what I wanted.  So, after about four failed attempts at getting this to look right, I got it to look right.  So here is a successful digital portrait for a relocating boss.  Who was apparently loved by his company.

Playing with character

I did a series of these "flour" bags.  I was trying to see what I could do with character and action in a sack of flour.  This is a constant test for animators for many large feature animation companies.  I decided I'd try my hand.  I did all these in photoshop, and had a great time.  I didn't do a lot of revisions and redraws on these.  I wanted to see what I could get out of this without any revisions.  Any animation companies out there need an animator?!

WORLD SERIES 2015!!!

Ok, so I am not a HUGE world series fan, but I felt inspired to do something comic book related to it.  Considering that we have the big city vs. the team from the mid-west, I thought I'd do a series of images that is Clark Kent vs. Kal-El.  This is setting up the series.  Stay tuned for more!

HAPPY BACK TO THE FUTURE DAY!!!

You've all seen this before, but I'll leave it here as a reminder.  I am also planning on adding another image to the BTTF work of mine for Inktober....it'll be coming soon.  Until then, HAPPY BACK TO THE FUTURE DAY!!!