The Darkling

This is a drawing of the comic book character The Darkling I drew for my friends at Futurius Comics. She's a vampire girl who sometimes moonlights as a superhero. You can read a free issue of the six issue miniseries online at the Futurius web-site. You can also order the six issue miniseries or pick up all six issues in a handy trade paperback from the Indy Planet online comic store.

Split Lip Vol. 2

Split Lip Volume Two: The Harvest Men and Other Stories by Sam Costello and various artists is available now at Split Lip. It's a collections of horror comics and it features my artwork on the story On The Plateau as well as work by a variety of other talented comic book artists. The cover art is by Shane Oakley.

Coast to Coast AM

Coast to Coast AM is a syndicated, late night radio talk show. The show deals with topics like the paranormal and conspiracy theories. Follow the link to find my contribution to the Coast to Coast AM Halloween Gallery 2010.

Wednesday Comics

Another practice piece.

Wednesday Comics

Another practice piece.

Sunday Comics

Warm up for the web comic.

Sunday Comics

Another inspiration piece for the comic.

Sunday Comics

Another inspiration piece for the web-comic.

Sunday Comics

Another preview of the web-comic.

Sunday Comics

Preview of a web-comic project I'm working on.

Gargoyle

This guy took some time off from protecting my mom's garden to pose for me.

Black And White

Sketched from a book about old movies.

Drawing In Pen

Quick Drawing

I did this one pretty quickly.

Another Small Sketch

Small Sketch

This sketch was drawn fairly small.

Light and Shadow

Another ink sketch.

Witch

Pen Sketch

Sketched directly in pen and brush pen from a photo.

Steam Punks

Comic book concept drawing.

Pen Drawing

Drawn directly in pen and brush pen from a photo.

Bela Lugosi

Corpus Monstrum

After a drawing by Gary Gianni.

Hellboy

For my one hundredth post here is a sketch of Mike Mignola's Hellboy in a tux after a drawing by Gary Gianni.

Lugosi

Ink Drawing

FBI agent John Doggett from the X-Files.

Shadows

I scanned this image in twice. Once in gray-scale and again in color to show the dry brush effect.

Ink Sketch

Drawing done directly in pen and brush pen from a photo.

The Covered Bridge

Panels one and two in color.

The Covered Bridge

I've been trying to learn how to color comics digitally in Photoshop. This is my first attempt. You can see the entire page in black and white here.

Profile

Women

Sketched from a book about old movie serials.

Holmes

Watson

Another sketch from an old movie.

Quick Sketch

Quick sketch from a book about old movies.

Dr. Watson

Dr. John Watson based on a photo of actor Nigel Bruce.

Drawing

Pulp Sketch

Sketched from a book about pulp magazine covers.

Steampunk Sketch

Daily Drawing

I'll be posting a drawing a day as I get closer to my one hundredth post. Check back daily for the latest. Thanks.

Saint Gregory

Saint Gregory The Enlightener refusing to worship the idol of Anahit from New Faith to New World.

Night Scene

Night scene from a comic book page I drew a few years ago.

Fox Mulder

I enjoy trying to capture a likeness in my work. Here is FBI agent Fox Mulder from the X-Files.

Al Williamson (March 21, 1931– June 12, 2010)

For Kyle a good artist and a good guy ~ May the force be with you always - Al Williamson

Original Secret Agent X-9 comic strip art. A gift from Al.

Al Williamson's art was a huge inspiration for me. He was also an inspiration to me in person. My dad and I went to Pennsylvania in 2001 to meet Al at his home. He was warm, generous and funny and he could not have been nicer. We had a great time. I don't know if I was able to explain to him how much his work meant to me or how much I admired him. Thanks Al.

Another original comic strip by Al. I have a third original X-9 strip that I may save for a future post.

Flash Gordon sketch by Al for the Marvel Comics miniseries.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Williamson

Tales From The Plex

This is the cover to issue number twelve of the anthology comic series Tales From The Plex from publisher Futurius Comics. It features the Lovecraft/western mash-up story On the Plateau written by Sam Costello, penciled and inked by me and lettered by Dann Lundie. It's available print on demand by Ka-blam Digital Printing. You can buy a copy from Indy Planet an online comic shop.

And be sure to check out the Futurius website.

Saint Vahan Mamigonian

Here is an example of the process from the pen and ink sketch to the finished painting - Saint Vahan and the Persian King. I was given very specific suggestions for each image by my client the publisher of New Faith to New World - The Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern). They also frequently asked for changes after seeing the initial sketch. In all, I did thirty-nine paintings for the book (you can see all of them at my other blog or buy the book).

Next time something new. See you then.