Savior Page #3 coloured

And so the colouring continues... Page 3 of 'Savior' from Quarterstone comics. Just getting that Prison Break feel for it haha!

Rad!

Savior Page #2 coloured

Hello again,

Just posting up the finished colours for Savior page #2.

Check back through the last post for all relative links to Quarterstone comics.

Cheers Guys :D

Rad!

Savior Page #1 coloured.

Here's is the first of the pages I will be doing for Quarterstone Comics, page #1 for their superhero epic 'Savior'. I'll be re-colouring the pages to give them a punchier, more mainstream colour.

You can check out the full comic and several others from Quaterstone over at their site...

http://www.quarterstonecomics.com

They are also doing a small kickstarter drive, which you can visit and donate to at...

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1591965041/get-quarterstone-comics-rolling-be-there-from-the

And here's the page! Hope you all like.

RAD!

Conan and recent tidings!

I'm baaaack!

I never really went anywhere, I was just keeping myself busy with work and life and the bits inbetween. I finally finished off the first issue of 'The Lonely' comics book, 22 pages, full colour.... very nice! I'll be posting some of the pages up in the next couple days to give you a peek (there are some already up in my DA gallery if you are desperate...

http://spidermanfan2099.deviantart.com/gallery/?10918174#The-Lonely-Sequentials)

And here is the link to the Facebook Group...

http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=228543955485&ref=ts

And a further Link to 'The Lonely' Blog, entitled... 'All things are things! (Which has a free 8 page pdf from the first issue... check it out)

http://lonelycomic.blogspot.com/

So, as a thanks in a way to the Artist, Atula Siriwadane, on 'The Lonely', I have added colours to one of his original inked Conan pieces... Conan the Pirate!

Hope he likes it, it was blast to colour up. And here it is...

RAD!

Ian Richardson

Just showing a few more examples of the work i'm doing with Ian Richardson. These are just practice pieces, trying to get a consistent style down. Dredd was the best look so far for me.

This Daredevil piece didn't work out so well, its got a lot to be done to it to get it up to scratch, and for a start it needs to be on inked lines for that more illustratory look, its very messy on these loose pencils.

And this is the first piece we did together, well the first real 'piece'... a Wolalina commission he had from a while back. I Think this may be then furthest I have pushed an image so far... I grow more pleased with it by the day... it took a long while of hating!

Rad! Oh and heres the Link to Ian online if you need to contact him...

http://pencilsandstrings.deviantart.com/

An Illustration... of my own doing!

Well, a couple days back I was offered a commission to create a full illustration to be used as a wedding gift... Me, the comic book colourist! A wedding illustration! Just odd haha :)

Alot of the time people dont take the time to check out a description for a piece of work I've done, and this leads to a misunderstanding of what a colourist is! I think this was one of those times. After getting in touch with the client and explaining that i'm primarily a colourist, and that what I do solely involves bringing images or pages to life through colour and direction and rarely is the lineart ever mine (I like to be honest regarding my limitations) , they were still adamant I was the man for the job... what a nice faith filled person, I could have well and truly cocked this up so to speak!

I dont get to draw very often so i'm always quite rusty, and this in turn leads to self doubt with whether i'm going to be able to come up with the goods. But this piece was fine as it was a more graphic approach. I was given a brief outline and some influences to check out and left to it... Makes a change from all the editorial red tape I usually deal with in comics work (change this, change that... $%@* off!!!)

I was told the guy was a handsome joker, and the girl struck me as a little Audrey Hepburn (Ihad a few select photos to reference so the likenesses are spot on). They were to be Honeymooning in NY. Art influences were Lichstenstein, Lowry and some of my own old graphic stuff. I added a vintage deco vibe (thinking back to old holiday posters from the 40's-50's) and just went at it. Put my own twist in there, threw in a little subtle humour and just let the piece grow on its own. I was asked to make a few minor changes which were fine as they made the piece as a whole alot better, which can never be a bad thing. Sent it off and they loved it... result, fear dissipating, reflief consuming ;)

Its not my usual work for sure, but I do actually really like it... The lineart works with this level of simplicity, the washed out colours and textures sit well and the NY theme was carried off to a decent extent... all in all i'm pretty pleased with it for a days work (90% of the time was spent headbutting my desk through stress and frustration at being so shit at drawing anything right now! Everyone know the feeling i'm talking about).

Anyway, again I hope you like. And get in touch if you'd like something like this :D



RAD!

latest favourite piece...

Okay... here's an image, at last!

This was joint piece between myself and Ian Richardson. Ian was responsible for the awesome pencils (they were a private commission piece from a fan of his). I just worked the magic with the colours as part of a practice between the two of us in defining a style.

Pretty pleased with this as it turned out how I wanted... I do need to get the lineart to fade out a bit more on future pieces though, but for the dark and gritty Judge Dredd it suited the image overall. Remember to check out Ian over at Deviant... http://www.pencilsandstrings.deviantart.com/

Hope you like , RAD!