Rugby logo

Finished a vector-based illustration for my son’s former rugby team.

Adobe Illustrator can be a bit maddening, but it’s great for logo work like this.  The copy shown is a low-res jpeg version.

–P.

Sketch of the day 12/2/08

Bit of a western theme here.   

–P.

Sketch of the Day 11/24/08, 1930s characters

Just doing some research for an upcoming project.  Here are some more character sketches.

–P. 

Finished page from upcoming “Cuffs”

Here’s page #5 from the story.  Hope you like!

–P.

Sketch of the Day 11/20/08

Another sketch page here.  The older woman in the center and upper left is a main character for a crime graphic novel that may be forthcoming from Derek McCulloch and yours truly.

–P.

Panel from “Cuffs”

Coming sometime in 2009.

–P.

Spot illustration for “Cuffs”, Image PopGun #3

Rough layout for crime story “Cuffs”

Here’s the rough layout for page #9 of the “Cuffs” story for an upcoming Image Pop Gun anthology.

–P.

Laying out the next story

Once again, I’m working on a twelve-page crime story for an upcoming Image Pop Gun anthology. The story is written by Derek McColluch. First, there is the rough layout.

Below that, the final pencils. Inks yet to come!

–P.

Studio cleanup

Chances are, you’re a more organized person than me. After an intense period of work, my studio is a mess.

I’m about to start on my twelve-page story for the Image Pop Gun anthology, and I want all my inking tools ready. That means cleaning out those tech pens, getting some new brushes and having it all easily within reach.

While I do that, why not check out some of my blog links? Besides all the guys from the neighborhood–Paul, Tom, Charlie, Zander and Cedric–there are some new additions. Ming Doyle is a young wunderkind. She has a story coming up in a Pop Gun as well. Her site has a link to her drawing blog, where she does her take on superheroes and the like.

Jillian Tamaki is an awesome illustrator, and “Skim” is her new graphic novel, coming out soon. She has some of the drawings from the novel on her blog–again, there is a link on her site.

And gizmodo.com is worth a check several times a day. Nothing to do with drawing there–just witty commentary on our electronic landscape. It’s not always kid friendly, but funny? Absolutely!

Have a great weekend.

–P.