Visible Designs

These are two splash pages for the upcoming chapter 8 of Red Plains, viewable on TopShelf.

Here's an image from the 5th page of issue 7. After using the ink I tried some charcoal - the blurry greys you see, for some shading. I splashed water over it with a brush to both adhere it to the page and blur it into the picture itself. It worked alright though I may try another effect for grey tones later on - it didn't have the exact look I was hoping for. This arc should hit Topshelf soon.

Yes this is my first really good BBQ to kick off the season, and no, it’s not the selection platter. This was my plate. And I did eat it all. I’m really into the kebab love this year and might try the next one with a marinade of chimichurri sauce. Dig that.

This sketch may not be finished yet – I’m liking how it looks and may keep it. Or I could try a grey tone, some colour instead, or just fill it in with black ink lines. We’ll see.

Illustration I did a few days ago. Had the sketch for a few weeks and I just went over it with my new Pigma Micron .02, and the old PITT pen. I was going to try some photoshop colour to this - maybe later. If anyone wants to take a crack at it, show me what you did, I'm always looking for a good colourist.

These are some roughs from my vacation, just to get some good reference material while working on Red Plains. I was going to purchase a cowboy hat for ref. but didn't want to haul it back with me, so I opted to draw various angles. And swiped some horse, etc., work from the comic Scalped. Good book. I'm going to the park today, it's really warm. Maybe I'll sketch some people.