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...

character design

I'm in this cartooning class where we'll be making some short comics over the next few weeks. I drew up a design sheet for this character, named Kim Hapless, who'll be the star of my story.

She's very laid back, you see.

And in other news, here's an inked drawing of some teenage melancholy.

sketchbook project: finished!

My Sketchbook Project book is finished, stamped and sent! I dare say I will miss it a little. I went ahead and uploaded some scans to this set on flickr. Cover seen above!

It was a really good project for me—I experimented with different media that I'd never given much of a chance before and fell in love with micron pens all over again. I also surprised myself by drawing a plethora of girls in dresses. I guess that has become my go-to doodle these last few months.

But now to return to my sketchbook with the nicer paper!