Another commission to scratch off the list! This one of a b&w six card puzzle set of those pesky teenage avenger kids teaming up against poor little MODOK. A lot of fun working on this one.
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I’m slowly starting to catch up on a bunch of long overdue commissions. This one is of that classic DC task force team, The Suicide Squad!
If you’re unfamiliar with The Suicide Squad, here’s a link to their first story (it’s pretty great). They also appeared briefly in Darwyn Cooke’s The New Frontier. My illo is kind of a blend of these two things.
I also made another one of those color-progress animations for it which you can view HERE (flash required).
Here’s a hodgepodge of stuff from over the weekend.
This is the card I drew for Jen for Valentines Day. It’s our two cats, Ash and Misty, being typical Ash and Misty. Jen posted the card she made for me over on her blog.
Here’s a couple of sketches of Khensu I posted over at Cleopatra in Space. Anything Cleo related I’ll prob just post over there, but I might crosspost the occasional drawing or illustration here as well.
And lastly, my sister and bro-in-law had their first baby last week! A healthy, adorable, wrinkly little boy. So here’s a little sketch I did of my new nephew, Desmond S Tally, while I was over at their place seeing him for the first time.
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Here are some recent sketch card commissions I just finished up:
From clockwise left: Psylocke, Buffy, the Spectacular Spider-Ham and Rogue & Gambit. Still having fun with the watercolors! I may have to go out and by some tubes that aren’t over ten years old.
If anyone is interested, these color card commissions currently run about $30 each. Just contact me if’n it’s somthin’ you want.
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Chris Houghton is an incredibly gifted artist. And along with his brother Shane, they put out an equally incredible comic called Reed Gunther. It’s a fun western series about a hero who rides a bear and continually gets involved in adventures he’d probably rather not be involved in. Anyhoo, Chris asked if I’d draw a pin-up for the third issue, which I was more than happy to do.
My pin-up features a character from the first issue which the Houghton brothers are currently putting up for free at ReedGunther.com. And issue 3 is ON SALE NOW! If I were you, I’d lasso up that issue before it sells out. You won’t be disappointed.
Today is a good day. Why? Because Cleopatra in Spaaace officially started her weekly adventures today! Make sure you subscribe or check back at www.CleopatraInSpace.com every Monday to keep up on all of the action!
I posted this little sketch of Supergirl on the twitter yesterday and found some time last night to give it some color:
Also, don’t forget that Cleo starts up on Monday! Spread the word!
I know it’s been a long wait for you guys, but I’m finally gearing up to begin the weekly adventures of Cleopatra in Spaaace in only two short weeks- starting Monday, January 25th. So make sure to bookmark, rss, follow me on twitter (whatever it is you wacky kids do nowadays to stay updated on important stuff) CleopatraInSpace.com so you won’t miss out on any of the action! For now, here’s a sneak peek at the first few panels from page nine:
I’m so excited to start sharing this comic with all of you!
At the sacrifice of my precious New Super Mario Bros Wii brick busting and coin collecting time, I’ve been taking sketch card commissions again. Here are a couple I just finished up this week. An Icarus and James Bond & Honey Ryder from Dr. No:
And here are a few I never posted from last year. A bff Kitty and Nightcrawler:
And Streetfighter’s E Honda and Bison:
For those interested, my current PSC commission prices are $20 b&w, $30 color (plus shipping). You can email me at mike (at) cowshell (dot) com.
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Here are my top twenty favorite albums of 2009. Also presented without commentary because this is an ART blog, not a music blog! Even though I do waver from the art posts from time to time to let you all know about music uh… artists you might want to check out. Anyhow, next post I promise I will have some new art. The cartoony sort.
Here are my favorite movies of 2009 (at least the ones I saw). Maybe not the best, but the ones I found the most entertaining, interesting or just hit me on some silly emotional or nostalgic level. Also, presented without commentary because I should be drawing and not making movie lists.
The best time to find them is in the early evenings, just before dusk.
This was Jen and I’s Christmas card this year. You can click HERE for one of those coloring process vids of it.
Also, if you’re lucky, one might flutter down and give you a present.
Drew some more sketch cards! This time for the Iron Man 2 movie set coming out uh… next year I guess. I only did 10 this time around so I decided to do something I haven’t done since my college art school days: paint traditionally! This meant dusting off my old paints and brushes and trying to remember how to use them again. It was fun!
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I just recently read Batgirl: Year One and fell in love with Barbara Gordon’s original costume. So much in fact, I was left with no other choice but to draw another Batgirl:
It was fun to just draw something for myself again. I’ve drawn SO much stuff I can’t (or don’t want to) post here yet. Most of it is super fun but it can still be draining to only draw stuff you have to. Drawing Batgirls is like cartoonist’s therapy.
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With our first decade of the new millennium hightailing it to a close shortly, there have been a lot of lists being posted around the internets of what the greatest albums of these past ten years have been. Not an easy feat! But being unable to resist a list, especially one that involves music, I couldn’t help but figure out what my own top ten was. So without further ado, here are the ten albums that not only made what I think some of the biggest impact on the music industry, but my ears as well:
A while back, friend and fellow Lunchbox Funnies ally, Dave Roman, asked for some guest art for his wonderful Agnes Quill series (links aplenty this sentence!). Many months later…
For those unaware, Agnes Quill is a young private detective living in um… well not this century. She can also talk to ghosts. I wish i could have thought of something more creative than a magnifying glass to give her, but I’m afraid that’s about the extent of my detective possession knowledge. Anyhoo, I had fun drawing this, especially all those skulls. I highly recommend Agnes’ first batch of adventures which is still available on Amazon!
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a friend of mine is decorating her daughter’s new room with lots and lots of my pixies (very cool!). one of which is this old sketch that she really wanted colored. so even though it was strange coloring something i scribbled OVER THREE YEARS AGO, i did it anyhow. because that’s what friends do.
and you know? i’m okay with this. i mean, i see a million gazillion problems with this drawing (as i do with almost all of my work) but i still think it looks alright. it’s funny to look back on your past work and see what works and what doesn’t and compare those things to your current work to see what you have worked out or should still be working on (sorry- lots of work right now!).
and i know you kids like your desktop sizes so here’s a larger image for those who want it. :)
here’s the last batch of animals i drew! i’m thinking of compiling all these guys into a small book–probably with some fun info about each one. what do you all think?
if you’re not already, make sure you’re following me on the twitter too. i’m still tweeting lots of sketches and stuff. there may even be some more animals down the road. :)
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here are some more animals! i’ll actually be tweeting my last one (#40!) tomorrow which means i’ll be posting the rest of these guys on this here blog sometime later this week.
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