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I just found out that Alligators in the Air was in Brick Weekly!  Check out my pictures of the pictures below.  I’m the beardless one in the middle.

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This is a space ship from Punch Hug.  The main deck consists of a glass dome that functions as both observatory and as a multitouch interface with the ships main computers. Below deck are the Judicial Chambers where the bureaucrats bureaucrat.  Below are two decks of private chambers for the captain and crew. Below is the mess Hall and below that is the entertainment hall.  Above and behind mess is the engine room.  In front are the observatory pods for BTP’s to take data from the planets they investigate.  This is an early design and will most definitly change before it is finalized.  I still need room fro the scientists on board to deal with samples and other sciencey things.

I just bought this from Velocity Comics here in Richmond.  Amazing.  I rarely read comics mostly because I am both lazy and poor when it comics to literature.  But worth every penny and a lot more time than it took to read.

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I’m showing some work in St. Louis next month at Cranky Yellow for the Meth and Hot Dogs show.  Here’s five of the six pieces I submitted.

Zombie

Captain Kitten Face

Frankenstein's Monster

Clint

Brain Bucket

So I’m working on a new 32 picture book.  It’s about a hot air balloon ride around the world and requires a ton of scenery.  Problem is I am terrible at Background and scenery.  Take a look at Baby Dragons and you’ll see how much i avoid it.  Not drawing tha background as a point of style is one thing but I don’t want to avoid because I can’t do it.  So it’s back to school for a few days researching the greats and their techniques.  I’ve been looking at Walt Kelly’s Pogo, Craig Thompson’s Goodbye Chunky Rice, and a book on inking by Peter Martin? Gary Martin. I can’t remember his name and can’t find the book right now. *edtit* it was under my laptop.  OF course I also spent a while on google images.  If I was really serious I’d get out of teh house and go into the country and start drawing the real stuff.  But I have to do some work that pays today.   *sigh*

A tree largely based on Kelly's spectacular backgrounds.

First attempt at copying Walt Kelly.

Trying to learn how to deal with water. The texture is made with the contrast between the lights and darks which I rarely use in ink.

Character sketch of the lion in the the story

Testing new techniques on one of my favorite scenes in the book.

Testing new techniques on page 1