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A guy should never stop seeking out instruction. I've worked my way through dozens of books and hundreds of online tutorials over the past few years.
* Textbooks recently acquired (not yet worked through):
The DC Guide to Digitally Drawing Comics by Freddie E. Williams, How To Draw Noir Comics (The Art and Techniques of Visual Storytelling) by Shawn Martinbrough, Force (Dynamic Life Drawing For Animators) by Michael D. Mattesi, Fantasy Workshop (Mastering Digital Painting) from ImagineFX, Vanishing Point: Perspective for Comics from the Ground Up by Jason Cheeseman-Meyer.
* Textbooks already worked through:
Bridgman's Complete Guide To Drawing From Life by George Bridgman, Dynamic Anatomy by Burne Hogarth, Figure Drawing For All It's Worth by Andrew Loomis, Atlas of Human Anatomy by Stephen Rogers Peck, Anatomy Lessons From The Great Masters by Robert Beverly Hale and Terrence Coyle, Secrets To Drawing Heads by Allan Kraayvanger, Muscles In Motion: Figure Drawing For The Comic Book Artist by Glenn Fabry, The DC Comics Guide to Writing Comics by Dennis O'Neil, The DC Comics Guide to Inking Comics by Dan Jurgens, The DC Comics Guide to Coloring and Lettering Comics by Mark Chiarello and Todd Klein, Digital Prepress for Comic Books: The Definitive Desktop Production Guide by Kevin Tinsley, The Art of Comic-Book Inking by Gary Martin and Steve Rude, The Art Of Comic-Book Inking 2nd Edition by Gary Martin and Steve Rude, Comics & Sequential Art by Will Eisner, Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud, Cartooning The Head & Figure by Jack Hamm, Drawing Monsters & Heroes For Film & Comics by Kerry Gammill, Panel One: Comic Book Scripts By Top Writers by Nat Gertler, Writing For Comics by Alan Moore, Writers On Comics Scriptwriting by Mark Salisbury, Writers On Comics Scriptwriting 2 by Tom Root & Andrew Kardon, etc.
* Textbooks recently acquired (not yet worked through):
The DC Guide to Digitally Drawing Comics by Freddie E. Williams, How To Draw Noir Comics (The Art and Techniques of Visual Storytelling) by Shawn Martinbrough, Force (Dynamic Life Drawing For Animators) by Michael D. Mattesi, Fantasy Workshop (Mastering Digital Painting) from ImagineFX, Vanishing Point: Perspective for Comics from the Ground Up by Jason Cheeseman-Meyer.
* Textbooks already worked through:
Bridgman's Complete Guide To Drawing From Life by George Bridgman, Dynamic Anatomy by Burne Hogarth, Figure Drawing For All It's Worth by Andrew Loomis, Atlas of Human Anatomy by Stephen Rogers Peck, Anatomy Lessons From The Great Masters by Robert Beverly Hale and Terrence Coyle, Secrets To Drawing Heads by Allan Kraayvanger, Muscles In Motion: Figure Drawing For The Comic Book Artist by Glenn Fabry, The DC Comics Guide to Writing Comics by Dennis O'Neil, The DC Comics Guide to Inking Comics by Dan Jurgens, The DC Comics Guide to Coloring and Lettering Comics by Mark Chiarello and Todd Klein, Digital Prepress for Comic Books: The Definitive Desktop Production Guide by Kevin Tinsley, The Art of Comic-Book Inking by Gary Martin and Steve Rude, The Art Of Comic-Book Inking 2nd Edition by Gary Martin and Steve Rude, Comics & Sequential Art by Will Eisner, Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud, Cartooning The Head & Figure by Jack Hamm, Drawing Monsters & Heroes For Film & Comics by Kerry Gammill, Panel One: Comic Book Scripts By Top Writers by Nat Gertler, Writing For Comics by Alan Moore, Writers On Comics Scriptwriting by Mark Salisbury, Writers On Comics Scriptwriting 2 by Tom Root & Andrew Kardon, etc.
current events: web comic, web page, etc.
It's been a few years since my last group of updates to this journal. I just posted an entry about attending C2E2 (Chicago Comics & Entertainment Expo) this year (2019). In this post, I'll fill you in one what I've been up to since 2016. I'm still installing furniture into military (my day job) but I'm hoping to make this is my last year in that line of work. I still feel good doing the work but I'm getting older and I need to think about the future. I'll probably get a different job back home early next year. I live in Bloomington, Indiana.
Grateful Zed:
The image above is from a web comic I started in 2018 based on an idea I'd been ki
report: chicago comic and entertainment expo
I made it to C2E2 (Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo) this year (2019). Along with Wizard World Chicago Comic Con (2010), Indiana Comic Con (2014) and Awesome Con Indianapolis (2014), this makes my fourth comic book convention.
C2E2 was huge. It's the biggest convention I've been to so far. The massive venue (McCormick Place) was packed with fans and cosplayers of every sort. I had no idea, until I got there, that it was the 10th anniversary of the event. It was my first time arriving to a convention early in the morning and waiting in line to get in the doors. It was my first time going on the busiest day of the convention. I had a lot
children of the shadows:
Children of the Shadows has been published after all these years! I completed this six page story, written by Sean Leonard, at the request of an editor from another company back in 2014. When the original anthology fell through, I kept my eyes open for another open call horror anthology. Children of the Shadows has finally seen publication in print (as bonus content) in Out of the Blue: A Collection of Campfire Tales from Stache Publishing. I did the pencils, inks, colors and hand lettering for this story. Thank you, Stache Publishing for accepting our submission and making this happen!
My "wendigo" pin-up also appears in this anthology -- i
restructuring: changing my focus
As it turns out, only two of the short stories I've completed in recent years for publication in small press anthologies will see print. Also, one pin-up. These are my remaining credits:
* My two page story for the Public Domain volume of The Gathering from Gray Haven Comics: Miss Masque Vs. Miss Fury.
http://www.grayhavencomics.com/comics/the-gathering-public-domain/
* My two page story for the most recent Horror volume of The Gathering from Gray Haven Comics: Paradise Lost.
http://www.grayhavencomics.com/comics/the-gathering-horror-4/
* My pin-up featured in the recent Western/Horror OGN from Gray Haven Comics.
http://www.grayhavencom
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