News: Small Press Expo

Well, I have some exciting news for everyone!

I will be an exhibitor at this year's Small Press Expo in Bethesda, MD. The Expo is September 26th and 27th, and you can buy admission for the weekend or for a single day if you like.

In addition to touting some completely new comics, which you will be able to see the inklings of up here as they reach a finished state, I will also be selling printed books of Bad Grammar: Chapter 1. This in particular is exciting news for me.

So, if you're in the area, please stop on by to see me, and of course all the tons of wonderfully talented people who will also be selling their craft. Or, if you're not, buy a plane ticket now. I know I'll certainly be breaking the bank, with all the comics I'll be buying!

Time flies

It truly does! I can't believe summer's almost over already. Well, in any case, I just thought I'd post the final sketch for the yard sale poster, the final of which will be printed at both 8.5x11 and 11x17. It's times like this I really appreciate photoshop. You can see the final product at my main blog if you like.

And to follow I just thought I'd do another "hey look at the different stages of my work" thing. Just to see what a sketch looks like compared to an ink drawing:

As you can see, this is a fairly tight sketch for me. And also, the subject matter is undeniably strange, which tends to happen when I'm left to my own devices. And the final result:

That is one "lucky dog" if I do say so myself. There isn't much of a difference, except for the line weight and such. And, of course, I sometimes change lines around because I can't necessarily see everything in the sketch even with a light box. But it all turns out okay in the end. In any case, I'm glad I got some practice in. Well, that's all for today!

The Yard Sale to end all yard sales

So anyone need some useless junk? Come on down to long island! Anyway, this is what happens when an illustrator and a print media expert get together to make yard sale posters:

As you can probably tell, the theme is "juice." Anyway, I'm hoping to get back in the habit of posting here soon. Sorry for all the floundering about on my part.

Posters

Sorry it's been so long... I've been updating with some sketches on Speed of Flight, though. That's the thing about having too many blogs, I guess.

As you can see, I'm having a yard sale (though not at my own abode). If anyone lives in the area, drop on by for some juicy deals! In any case, a friend of mine and I are helming the poster aspect, and these are the two top sketches for it. While I like the idea of a citrus fruit font, having the whole poster written that way will sacrifice too much readability, so I'll be doing some more sketching of course. Just thought I'd post something up here to show I'm not dead!

Back (Unfortunately not with a Shaq Attack)

Sincere apologizes for the month-long hiatus. I will make no excuses for such hair-brained behavior. I will, however, present you with a new blog I am contributing to with a fellow illustrator, Kathryn Veilluex, a.k.a. StudioRyn:

Speed of Flight

It's for world-building in-progress. I proposed the idea of making a comic together to Kathryn, and she agreed. However, we had no idea what our collaboration would be about. Hence, this blog. She suggested we simply start drawing, and develop the world and plot line as we drew characters and environments. Since we currently live about 400 miles apart, the quickest way to show each other ideas and progress is through a blog that you can enjoy as well!

I'll also take this opportunity to plug a blog that some friends of mine have been working on:

Good Technique: Improve Your Swagger

From the About section: "Techniques are elusive and need to be documented. I can only imagine how many concepts, retorts, and situational practices have been lost simply because they were never recorded. This blog was created as a way to preserve this art."

Well, I'm slowly but surely getting my groove back, so I will be "seeing" you shortly with more regular updates.

Commencement Show

That's right, I finally have my BFA (and that minor in creative writing, as well). So here are some pics of my Commencement show:




So here's a view of what it looks like from the end of the hallway, which is where you'd presumably be approaching the show from. As you can see from this model here, my books are very interesting.




And a closer look at the show, still slightly from the side.





And here are some detail shots:








And last, but certainly not least, here are my books:



Well, that's all for now. I'm off to pack up my things for my upcoming move back to New York (the best state in the world). After that, I'll be starting on a long, long list of personal projects while I try to find some type of work. Wish me luck!

Fonts

Just thought I'd update real quick with another "blog exclusive." These here are a couple of fonts I made with Your Fonts out of my handwriting. You might recognize them from my business card and my Jess and Lizzie comic. I'm actually planning to make another one for Bad Grammar once I finish chapter one (the process is very easy, but more time consuming than you would expect-- at least for a slow poke like me). Anyway, stay classy.