Fannie Firecracker study, 2012, ink with digital color.
I intend to release new Fannie Firecracker comics in 2012, so I've been gettin' reaccustomed to drawin' the gal. It's been a while! This one turned out pretty well ... Heck, I might simply rework it into one of the panels. "Waste not, want not," as they say.
Looking at her design with fresh eyes, I might try making her feet smaller (and maybe her hands also) to further exaggerate the ample parts of her anatomy. Thoughts?
Red Riding Hoodie, 2006, mixed media.
I wonder, does this image sufficiently amuse sans awareness of Coppertone's classic branding?
Concept drawings for Red Riding Hoodie, 2006, graphite.
I sketched these prior to working on the colored image above. The lacy gal at left came along before I decided to insert the Coppertone gag. She's cute, yes, but banal also.
Captain Codskale character roughs, 2011, graphite.
Meet Captain Codskale, a Mon Calamari free trader in a Star Wars tabletop game I've been running monthly for a handful of friends.
I imagine the good captain with headgear so I drew a few caps that seem to me both sufficiently odd and vaguely sea-inspired.
Which do you think best suits him—option A, B, or C?
I can't guarantee the final version will reflect the consensus opinion, but I will send the inked drawing to the writer of the comment that most amuses me, found either here or at my deviantART page. (If you comment here, make sure I can contact you directly.)
Agents of H.O.R.N.E.T. costume concepts, 2010, ink.
These drawings were inspired by the campy concept of a super commando/spy agency (à la G.I. JOE or S.H.I.E.L.D.) devoted to exterminating all manner of monsters, creepy crawlies, etc. As I recall, H.O.R.N.E.T. was an acronym for the agency's creed, to "hunt and obliterate rascals native and extraterrestrial."
Rest easy, citizens.
Amethyst, Goddess of Gemworld, 2011, mixed media.
Above is my submission to DC FIFTY-TOO, a collection of covers for comics you won't be seeing during the relaunch of DC's entire line of comics this fall. The collection was conceived and curated by Washington-based cartoonist and fine fellow Jon Morris. Thanks for inviting me to the fun, Jon!
As you may know, I have a fondness for Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld, the DC fantasy title from the Eighties, hence the subject of my submission. It was tempting to take Amethyst back to her teenage "magical princess" years in my imagined relaunch, but I challenged myself to work more or less within her main continuity.
Here's the write-up that accompanied my submission:
Much time has passed since young Amy Winston was a mere Princess of Gemworld. In her desperate struggles against the tyrant Dark Opal, the Flaw and the Child, and the archsorcerer Mordru, Amy drew upon the planet’s limitless energies, becoming an avatar of Gemworld itself.
Now, a lifetime away from Earth, Amy shields the inhabitants of Gemworld from menaces beyond time and space. She is AMETHYST, GODDESS OF GEMWORLD!Amethyst created by Dan Mishkin, Gary Cohn, and Ernie Colón. Original Amethyst logo by Todd Klein. Amethyst, the distinctive likenesses thereof, and related elements are trademarks of DC Comics.
