28 DAYS LATER EXCLUSIVE























.......well, kinda.

This Friday sees the first birthday party for the Comic Cast; Ireland's premier (ie, only) comics podcast. As part of the celebration, they're projecting artwork from various artists (some from other Eclectic Micks too i believe) at the venue. Along with some various drawings, as a 'birthday present,' i gave them the first proper 28 Days Later drawing i did of Selena, the main character from the book. I haven't shown any sequential pages (and won't til near it's publication date) but the image i've given the lads is the only proper non-sequential drawing i've done for the book. You wanna see it? You gotta come to the Comic Cast Birthday Bash. This Friday. Free in before 11pm.

Details here.

See you there.

Dec.

LIFE DRAWING
























More from my life drawing sketchbook today, this time of the male model. Don't get much reaction to the life drawing here these days, but i know a couple of people who like seeing it, so i'll keep posting it from time to time.

Don't forget Tuesday means Tuesdec on the Eclectic Micks blog.

Dec.

ROUGH SKETCHES
























Hello there. Haven't posted anything especially rough in a while, so here are some sketches that are as rough as i get. A little commission i've started working on, but am finding it tough to come up with a good composition.

Dec.

'FOR THE LOVE OF GOD' EXHIBITION... ONLINE

For all those who can't make it to see the exhibition i've been ranting on about, all the work can now be seen online here

While i'm at it, i thought i'd point out my 3 favourite pieces from the night. Though the exhibition as a whole features many different kinds of mediums, my favourites ended up being the paintings. Two of which are actually acquaintances from my art college days.

My favourites were...


Kevin O'Keeffe, 'The Brontosaurus finally dead...' Oil and Gold Leaf on Board


Stephen Murphy, 'Leather', Oil on canvas



















And my favourite out of the whole exhibition...

Stephen McCarthy, 'Ballad of a Gentle Pause', Acrylic and ink on canvas


Dec.

TRIPWIRE ANNUAL 2009
























Should really have mentioned this a while back...

This year's Tripwire Annual, in which i have a 3-page strip (page one, two, three) hasn't been picked up for distribution in the States. Dick Move.

However, it will be distributed in the UK and Ireland, so all who read this should really order it in from your local comic shop. Tripwire is a great publication with in-depth interviews and features and this year's is no different(see a heap of preview material here)

You can also order it from it's website here

Go on; get to it.

Dec.

ROBERTO!

Anyone who regularly checks out the Eclectic Micks blog will know i recently did a piece with some of my favourite robots from Futurama (see here), one of which was the character Roberto.





















Well, i looked through some old files and found two drawings i did a few years back of Roberto. They were part of an exhibition i had in Limerick after i finished college. They were probably the first things i every coloured on computer (it wasn't even Photoshop; as i hadn't gotten the program at that stage).

























Anyhoo, i can't show any 28 Days Later stuff yet, so i thought i'd stick these two old pieces up today.

Dec.

LIFE DRAWING
























More from the auld life drawing sketchbook. Haven't been to a class since i started 28 Days Later, but i'll get back to it once the summer's over. Like how i managed to keep things simple with this one.

Dec.

'FOR THE LOVE OF' EXHIBITION THIS THURSDAY













Mentioned this last week, but just a reminder to any Dublin-heads who read this blog, that the Rocketeer drawing i did for the Eclectic Micks blog (that everyone likes so much) is included in a group exhibition this Thursday. The exhibition runs until the 16th of July, but the opening will be at 7pm this Thursday, in Mill Street Studios.

Any time i've said 'Mill Street' to anyone i hear "Where....?" so here's a map for your benefit.

Might see some of ye there.

































Dec.

POE #2 COVER ART
























Greetings. I posted art for a cover i did for issue 1 of BOOM! Studio's POE series a while back. Well, i also did the art for one of the covers of the second issue. Here's the final line art. I'll post a cover-process thingy once i get a chance.

Dec.

28 DAYS LATER ALTERNATE COVER

Hey all. I've already posted the Tim Bradstreet and Sean Phillips covers for issue 1 of 28 Days Later, but i saw this recently; the third alternate cover by Brett Weldele
























He drew a graphic novel called The Surrogates that's being made into a movie. I dug around a bit and found the has posted more 28 Days Later covers too. Check them out here.

(That was an easy post; didn't have to draw anything for it for once)

Dec.

'FOR THE LOVE' OF EXHIBITION
























Just framed the Rocketeer piece i did for the Eclectic Micks blog today. It's been accepted for an exhibition next month. Considired yourself invited. Yes, i mean you. And that guy beside you. Not the other guy though. He's weird. More about the exhibition here.













Dec.

2D SKETCHES: PART THREE

Here's the last of the documented sketches from the 2D Festival a few weeks ago.


















Really happy with this one. Probably the only decent Silver Surfer drawing i've ever done. With these sketches i tried to get as experimental as i could, so i drew the shape of the surfer and his board and used the negative space to define it, using layers of greywash to get some sense of 'depth' in the space background.

























The person looking for a sketch asked me to draw them as an Infected, since i'm drawing 28 Days Later and all, so that's what i went and done. Thought it might need some deinition when i finished it, so drew a thick black outline around the figure. Wish i hadn't now. Looked better without it. Ah well, live and learn i guess.

























Definitely one of the weirdest requests ever; Michael Jackson as a zombie, a la his Thriller video. Drew this from memory. Haven't checked to see how accurate is is since, but i think it's fairly close.




















I quite like this one too. A girl saw the Local drawing i had done for the Eclectic Micks blog and asked me to draw a girl like that. Took me a while to figure out a composition i was happy with, but it was worth it; i like how this one came out in the end.

Right; that's it for the 2D Festival sketches. Have no idea what i'm gonna post next in a couple of days. Will have to come up with somethin' i guess.

Dec.

2D SKETCHES: PART TWO (MORE BATMAN)

Here's some more sketches from the 2D Festival; all of them of Batman. Batman is a good default character for me to sketch; everyone knows him and i always enjoy trying to come up with a graphic-looking sketch. Plus, you can be a little more experimental when you're using a character that is easily identifiable like Batman.
























This one is a standard, symmetrical-looking cape. Tried adding a lot of texture with the ink/inkwash.
























This one is pretty similar to the previous one (i try not to repeat a sketch) but i started by drawing a random shape on the page and then work the composition of the cape around that shape. Fun to try.
























Really like this one. The person looking for the sketch actually asked me to do a silhouetted image of Batman (which he'd seen me do for someone else earlier), which i roughed out on the page. I was gonna black out most of the page and leave his outline, just so it would be a little different but once i'd blacked out the background, i really liked the negative space left on the page. Added some rough ink lines, blacked-out the Bat signal and it was done. Really wish i had a good scan of this one. Ah well; a fuzzy photo will have to do.

Dec.

2D SKETCHES: PART ONE

As promised, here's some sketches from the 2D Festival in Derry. They're photos, not scans, so the quality is a bit weak, but you get the gist of them. The Batman one was the very first sketch i did, so that's why it's probably a little more ...well ....boring. I was starting to find my 'groove' by the time i drew Gambit.














































I'll post more sketches in a couple of days.

Dec.