Ger does the T.O. Comicon
There arose an opportunity to kill, or at least maim, many birds with a single stone. That stone was a visit to the Toronto ComiCon. I'd never attended a con as a fan. I'd always spent the entire...
View Articlelow society inked and toned
Here is the final version of the cover with dot tone on the Cerebuses which never looks good on a computer screen. The combination of dots on a screen and the dot tones on the characters creates a...
View Articlecerebus first half
This is the preliminary drawing Dave had done on tracing paper for a boxed set of the first six Cerebus trade paperbacks. The plan had been to box and sell the first half of the story. This design...
View ArticlePride Stables grant update
Pride Stables, for some reason, was not eligible for the second round of voting. Pride came in first in the voting (YAY!!!), but the "powers that be" at Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment “Team Up...
View Articleanother regency in ruins
It seems to be the season for wrecking the Regency. First the Low Society cover and now a commission for Dave P. This is my intitial pencil sketch. (Kinda goes a little beyond "sketch", actually.)...
View Articleregency inks
Inking... ...and inking... ...and inking... ...and inked. Now, for some colour... stay tuned.
View Articleregency colour guide
I did a quick colour mock-up on the computer of the direction I think I'll take in colouring the Regency In Ruins. We'll see how it turns out when I colour it in the real world.
View Articlemeanwhile, back at set a spell
I had a print made on some good quality watercolour paper. One of the issues I needed to resolve was getting the red right. I bought a bottle of acrylic ink in what looked to be a suitable red...
View ArticleRegency coloured
Here is how the colouring turned out on the "Regency in Ruins"... ... or at least this is a photo of how it turned out. It doesn't quite live up to the real thing. I'm going to have a high quality...
View Articlegone painting...
“Tell people an invisible man in the sky created all things, they believe you. Tell them what you've painted is wet, they have to touch it to believe.” - George Carlin Sorry, I haven't posted...
View Articlesomeday, my prints will come...
I took the Regency in Ruins to the scanning place and had them do a print. I'm quite surprised at the difference in colour, clarity and contrast. That's the print on the left. It's darker, muddier...
View Articlehome on the range...
Here's a fun sketch Dave did back in '82 that Steven S. has acquired and asked me to do something in the background. The first thing I did was import the above photo into my image editing...
View ArticleKraven in the Rain
I finally got around to roughing in a background on the Zeck Kraven piece that I picked up from Charles at the Toronto ComiCon. On the left is the tracing paper overlay with my pencils. On the...
View Articlespring has sprung
"Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at the moment." -Robert Benchley It's tough to get drawing done when life keeps getting in the way. At least...
View Articlealmost there...
I got some more prints back from the printer... I increased the contrast and bumped up the highlights on the underwater scene which improved it dramatically. The "Regency in Ruins" is still a...
View ArticleKraven images
Here's how my inking turned out on Zeck's Kraven piece... ...and here is a quick colour treatment that I did on the computer. This came out kinda on the purple side and is really just...
View Articleshitty future
Here is a commission request that I received from Patrick: "With my writing partner, I publish a weird little book about how much I love my dog. The series leans on the 'man and dog wander the...
View Articleidentify-a-bull
Here is how the "Cowboy Cerebus" turned out: I decided to blatantly rip off... uh, I mean... pay homage to... the "Bully for Bugs" Warner Brothers Looney Tunes cartoon. I hope that's...
View ArticleJeremy's card
I received and email from Jeremy which said, in part:"For the past 13 years I've been collecting sketches/autographs on 4x6 in cards after inheriting my grandfather’s movie star autograph collection...
View Articlecolouring prints & a colour print
I had these prints done on really nice, 140 lbs, acid free, watercolour paper. I'm going to colour them and see how they turn out. I'll post the results here. I had this printed in colour on good...
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