charity auction piece

In March, I participated in an online charity auction to raise money for disaster relief in Japan. According to the last tally post, the first round of auctions netted $45,743.10. And that update was from April 7th. Wow, right??

I auctioned off an original digital commission and was pleased to work with the winner, whose story I have read and enjoyed. Here's the picture I did of her two main characters. Looking sassy:

Publishing a story!

I have a short story titled "Susannah Don't You Cry" appearing in the upcoming issue #3 of Line Zero, an indie arts and writing journal.

Anyone interested can check out the journal at their website!

Issue #3 comes out May 15th, but is available for pre-order. I've seen the proofs, and there looks like a bunch of great material in that issue. Maybe next time I can get around to submitting some art too!

OFFICE POWER

I've been watching much too much of The Office lately. Both UK and US, apparently. It's Dwight and Gareth!

No, I'm not sure why I drew this.

just a peek

A very small look at my mystery project that just wrapped up. Very mysterious!

kim hapless: pages 3-5

And now, the thrilling conclusion...to what amounts to an introduction!


I was playing around with tones on these pages, which wound up being timely as the big illustration project I've been working on this month is black and white only. And tones are a nice touch. Maybe a sneak peek of that soon...but just a peek!

Also: YOU'RE KILLING ME, PAIGE.

kim hapless: pages 1 and 2

Now that my comic/cartooning class has drawn to a close, I have my resulting 5 page comic to share. I suppose it's more of an introduction to the characters than a finished story. It stars my Kim Hapless character seen here.

Hand-lettering (hello, Ames guide!) turned out to be a very time consuming process. I'm thinking it the future I'll do that digitally. But inking with a brush went well...my only thought there is that I might start with a larger piece of bristol. These were done on 9'' x 12''.

Here are the first two pages:

Stay tuned tomorrow for pages 3-5!

illustration friday: swarm

Oh wow, when I saw the theme it reminded me of this little painting I did in...2009, I think. And had completely forgotten about. I'd never scanned it before because I didn't think I liked it and it was done with some kind of kid paint (fake gouache or something?). But I managed to find it again and I think I like it now.

SWARMED BY LADYBUGS ♥. Seriously though...they bite...