Making Marks on Paper, Wheeee! Options

[cougar18]

Now I can see them.
(Thank God, I thought I was going mental. )

Awesome stuff.

Yeah, I know what you mean about web hosts, photobucket can be the same in terms of how much it lets one show.

[Greg G.]

Thank you sir.

I need to contact my webhost to find out what's going on. This is a bit inconvenient.

And here's a Ms. Marvel pic someone requested:



Took some liberties with her old and newer costumes. Kept the belly opening from the classic look. Modified the old boots to be thigh highs. :3

[TypH]

Sorry.

My webhost is acting funky lately.

I see all the images fine myself, and on that note they are not to bad, keep up the good work.

[Greg G.]

Thanks.

Trying to keep the ball rolling. It's the only way to get better at this.

[Greg G.]

Went to a Dr. Sketchy figure drawing session tonight.

I'll try to see if they can e-mail me a better copy of the image, I gave it to the model; but here she is holding it:



It was fun to end on a high because I kept choking on her Wonder Woman costume sketches. Plus I stopped pretending I knew what I was doing with pencil, charcoal, and other more subtle media and just went whole hog with my pens and copic markers.

[Greg G.]

Huzzah! Dr. Sketchy staff put me in contact with the model who has the original and sent me photos:

[Greg G.]

Trying to work from reference. . .



Also trying to incorporate color, which is never a good idea for a partially color blind person.

[Lexia]

Trying to work from reference. . .

Also trying to incorporate color, which is never a good idea for a partially color blind person.

Neato I like the photos good works so far can't wait to see more =3

[Greg G.]

Neato I like the photos good works so far can't wait to see more =3

Thanks.

Went to the local Drink & Draw gathering tonight for the first time. It was super awesome! I'll finish these up soon enough:





Also contributed to a jam piece which I will link to once they post it online.

[Greg G.]

All colored up!



Copic & Design2 markers, Prismacolor pencils, and watercolor paints.

[Greg G.]

Time to get this monkey off my back:



Been noodling at this one for a while, just finished it last night.

[Ron Fortier]

Great piece combining two of my favorite comic characters. Excellently rendered.

[Greg G.]

Great piece combining two of my favorite comic characters. Excellently rendered.

Thanks Ron.

Sorry been laying low. New boss. New schedule. More stress.

Last night was the local Drink & Draw and after a couple of weeks of not creating I just went ahead and had some fun. I need more positive energy in my life.

Wanted to whip up a Ghost Rider and play with my watercolors. End result isn't the greatest, but not hugely off the mark. About 90 minutes:



I need to learn to mix colors on the fly. I wanted more black on the page, but time didn't allow for figuring it out on the fly.

Next up they had a contest to see who could draw the "best" Rob Liefield style illustration.

I won.



But does anybody ever win in a Rob Liefield draw-off?

On the upside it sent me packing with a copy of Tor Vol.1 from Joe Kubert.

[Greg G.]

It was Jack Kirby's birthday yesterday. Cranked this out at work. Finished it up 20 minutes ago.



Trying to get my bearings with water colors.

[Greg G.]

Entry for Dark Horse Goon contest:



Inspired by Danny Trejo's Bad Ass:

[Greg G.]

Trying out as a freelancer working for a local coloring book company. Now I'm up to my ears in dinosaurs:



The public library and Netflix have been absolutely fabulous for research / reference materials!

This post has been edited by Greg G.: Jan 23 2013, 02:07 PM

[ART BOWSHIER]

Good work,good job!!!
Coloring book company? Any details you might let others know about?

[Greg G.]

Good work,good job!!!
Coloring book company? Any details you might let others know about?

Thanks Art.

Wrapped up the first work order this weekend.

Stupid obvious pro-tip for freelancers - Do not procrastinate! Even if no dates are specified on when the job is due, get to work the day you receive the call. Better to have a leg up, than leave your behind out in wind. In this case I dawdled for a week, then received a call the second week saying, "we need X quantity of illustrations by this date" because of vendor and publisher demands.

I'm not sure if I can disclose the publisher info as I was sort of kissed into the company by word of mouth. Sort of a "We'll contact you" thing.

What I can say, is never discount the connections you can make at your local comic shop.

Now I need to look into creating an invoice for services rendered.

[Greg G.]

Working on a Pitt Vs. Hellboy commission:

[cougar18]

The Pitt and Hellboy piece rocks. The only thing I think it needs is a trenchcoat on Hellboy, to give som action to Hellboy also, and guide the eye.