Deadpool and the Timeless Art Of Seduction

I feel like Deadpool would have taken the manara cover as a personal invitation for some sexting. :)

Too Soon To Mars Cover Illustrations

Here are my Nearly final illustrations For the Forthcoming novel Too Soon To Mars by JS Rowan

Pop Tart Summoning

Intervention at Pooh Corner WIP

Still a work in progress, I got sidetracked by some paid work, and will get back to it soon.

Just a Dredd Doodle I did for a joke that's not really all that funny...

Pencil Portfolio For Fan Expo Toronto 2013

Here's a little 7 page story I whipped up to show some Penciling for review at Fan Expo. Overall I had a positive Review with Steve McNiven, 1 point he made was that it gets a little tonal and I need to dilettante Black and White a bit more to make it clear for the Inking process and I agree completely. I was kinda hoping for a more Harsh Critique and am wondering how diplomatic he was being.

Indiana Jones 5 Poster

It all Starts in Photoshop where I draw out a thumbnail and Start Comping in photos and painting in the gaps.   I explained the process in greater detail in my previous post, and it's pretty much the same here. I can leave it sloppy because I am going to Draw everything anyways. This was a Fun Part of the process because I got to cast my movie. My Idea involves Indy meeting up with an old buddy from WWII... Jacques Cousteau For an underwater archaeological adventure.

I prep my paper, In this case arches 160lb watercolour paper 22x30 Though I am going to upgrade to 300lb from now on... to Prep the board I paint it with Gesso Darkened to a medium grey. Starting with Grey leaves a lot more room to move in regards to the value range of the image. everything is medium until I eventually add the Highlights and the 3d forms pop out. I always wet the back of the paper first to avoid stretching and thus warping of the paper.

I project the image and Draw it in, constantly switching between the Projection and a Photo Printout to Place  everything. Then I erase it all away... almost.

Next I Draw It all in. this Time I used a really Dark Pencil 8B for the first time and It worked wonderfully to allow more of the drawing to show through the paint.
Then I Sprayed it With a Workable Fixative Spray, its the first time I tried this as well and it was a huge improvement, in regards to how the paint eventually sticks.

Next I painted in the blacks.

Then airbrush in the colors.

and Then Attack it with Pencil Crayons

Finally I get it Scanned and Photoshop it again to add a little contrast.
There you have it.