Now we can all do it!

Well this is all pretty self explanatory I think.

Maybe panel 3 should have had the guy doing that annoying heart thing that Justin does with his hands. *shudder*

Incase you're unsure where I stand, don't ever buy me a Justin Bieber album and expect me to let you live.

Leonidas Inked

And here's the inked version.

Obviously there's a bit more to it than the pencils, but I think I still like the pencil sketch better.

Leonidas

Figured it was about time I did a self-portrait. Uh... Let me start again.

I started sketching everyone's favourite leather underwear sporting Spartan.

I've also started inking it on computer but I much prefer the pencils. There's something about pencil artwork that I really like. I think it's the scratchiness. The little nuances that show up in an artists work that don't translate to inks.

I'll continue with inked version and post it as well, but I'm thinking maybe it's time to start trying some new techniques.

Anyway enjoy the underpants.

Polar Bear For Life

This is a logo I did for Polar Dave. He's going away to New Zealand so as a going away gift I turned this out onto a shirt for him.

We Polar Bears were born down at Nanga Bush Camp on a cold and frosty morning. Braving the icy temperatures of the winter river we tested our limits, and emerged forever transformed.

Don't mess with the Polar Bears.

Killing Time Page

Here's a random page from Killing Time. Page 8 to be exact. This is taken from my 30 page submission that I am still in the process of sending around to publishers.

To put it simply it's about Ninjas in the future. It's kind of Naruto meets BladeRunner.

The story is set in a large derelict part of a city that has been walled off to house an ever growing population of criminals. Divided into 3 security classes the prison city houses everyone from petty thieves to cannibalistic murderers.

Guarded by a large team of well trained, well armed guards the city remains a relatively safe environment. That is unless you enter the high risk zones.

Inside the city lives the remnants of two ancient ninja clans. Their techniques and appearances are varied. As are their motives for joining with the clans to begin with. Both clans operate separately to the rest of the prison. Staying mostly out of the general population they wage their war from day to day. And night to night of course.

For a good deal of these ninjas, the prison city offers the perfect testing ground. They enjoy more freedom to practice their violent arts than would be available in the outside world.

The young guy in the foreground of panel 1 is the newest recruit to the war.

He has a surprise in store for everyone, including himself.

The Bad Guy

This is the bad guy in my new book. There are numerous bad guys, but all of them will pretty much be incidental aside from this dude.

His name is Vince and as you can probably guess he's a bank robber. But he's a bank robber with a bit of a twist. He's pretty well kitted out here, ready to make some phat stacks.

There's not much to say about Vince at the moment. He's a family man. He has a tattoo sleeve. He's a smoker. He may or not have a beard/goatee. I don't think I've ever really done a character with much facial hair. Suplex has some obviously. I haven't finalised Vince' design yet so we'll see. The book could well become a beard club.

I'll keep putting up designs as they come. I also have about 5 or 6 unfinished sketches of random stuff in my sketchbook. I'll try to muster up the bother to finish them off and post them.

In the meantime as I've said before, please feel free to make sketch suggestions. It helps motivate me to draw more and will hopefully provide some diversity. So suggest away.

Until next post, fare thee well.

My Mate Suplex

I'm still in the process of sending my Killing Time submission around to various publishers. While I'm waiting to hear back, I've started work on another project.

This guy is the hero. His name's Suplex. I won't say too much right now but the book will be a different slant on typical superhero stories. I'm pretty pumped. I've already done the rough copy of the first two issues of the script and it's flowing nicely as far as I can see.

It's going to be 5 - 8 issues worth. All depends on how the characters develop etc. I know the ending so I'm just working toward it.

Stay tuned for more sketches. I'll try make updates more regular (okay I'll try harder).