2 MORE POSTCARDS

A couple of more postcards this week. The first is of a character I'm developing for my graphic novel. This is a scene i have planned where he battles a lechusa in Matamoros, Mexico



The next image is just for fun. I guess my version of a B-horror movie poster.

Tejano Ghost Stories in Color

Trying out some color on the title page of one of my usual black and white comics.

Postcards

I'm in an art-card correspondence with some of my old grad school classmates. They have been diligent in sending me cards consistently. Me on the other hand ...

However, they are in for a dark treat this Xmas. Take a look at some of the cards I'm working on. Are they in the holiday spirit? not necessarily, but they were sure fun to draw.

The first card is from the opening chapter of my favorite book, One Hundred Years of Solitude. It shows Colonial Buenda facing the firing squad.

The next image is of an exorcism. It's based loosely on a Posada engraving. I found a great site of Posada's work on line, if anyone is interested, http://elibrary.unm.edu/cswr/posada/

Last one is Dr. Strange from Marvel Comics. He's one of my favorite heroes. I'm sending this drawing to a friend who requested some work of mine to ink over. He's interested in being an inker in the mainstream comics biz and wants to try inking over someone else's work. Owen is really talented, I'm sure he will improve on my drawing ten fold. I'm looking forward to seeing it. You can see Owen's fine work at
http://www.owenbrozman.com

Got it. Here's the colored version.

WELCOME!

Hello world,

I'm calling this a journal because as much as I wanted a sketchbook blog, I think ultimately I want some documentation of my work and process. I hope to chime in every now and then to not only post some new drawings but also talk about how things are moving along in general.

For those that have visited my old sight, ya'll will notice some major changes. I put in some long hours this weekend doing some revamping and updates.

The newest stuff in my site is the Mexican Movie Directors Series (that's a mouth full). I couldn't come up with anything else. Anyway, I've had these drawings done for two months now. I've finally gotten around to coloring them.

Since this is the first post in my journal. I guess it's a good opportunity to show how I go about making an illustration

STEP 1: The Sketch



My thumbnails are fairly small. I usually get some reference photos at this point before i enlarge the sketch to define the drawing. I ink over my drawings so this leads to ...

STEP 3: Inking



Here is where I should say hello to Klaus Janson, veteran cartoonist and all around great guy. Klaus took me to school in cartooning. He actually was my adviser for grad school. Watching him ink for a couple of hours was worth more learning than a whole year of classes.

Next...

STEP 3: Coloring

Well, I'm having some trouble posting color files. I guess you can just go to my website to see the final.

Hope to figure it out soon ...