After I had amused myself by sculpting the miniature version of Zoe's head to serve as a model. I set to do studies of the heads of the various characters, "in order to make sure I got the lighting effects right."  I did about a page of them, different angles of view, different angles of lighting ( Read more... )

I finally got the basic revamp on my website done. So the first thing I want to show off is a new version of ... gee, I don't know what to call it... Let's go with "Poetry Presentation" for one of the poems I've had on the site for a couple of years now. The "Villanelle" had previously been on a background that was actually a sunset picture, even ( Read more... )

I just posted some small news over on my website about some current things I'm up to.  I'm going to be doing that more often in the future, so I can make the LiveJournal more about works-in-progress and general creative musings.  I like the community aspect of LJ, and mean to stick to it.

As for current stuff I actually am working on, I'll make the ( Read more... )

This is actually an extension of the previous post.  I liked the original color sketch for itself, but it didn't quite suit what I want for the comic story.  So I did a second sketch.  And this was more in line with what I've been thinking of for the style.  (This is a photo of the sketch, not a scan, and the following Photoshop versions are ( Read more... )

"It was a dark and stormy night...."

So, I wanted to take a break from writing and doing thumbnail sketches for Zoe Alone.  I figured that since I am planning to do the coloring by hand on paper, I might as well do some trial runs on the stormy sky for the first page.  So this is the first run at it.  I don't know yet if this is the route I will end ( Read more... )

Recently, a handful of friends from comic circles decided to pull together an anthology book, to be published print-on-demand.  Most of this group were active parts of the original Shooting Star Comics Anthology #1 - a project that was conceived in December 2001 and manifested as a book-in-hand in late July 2002.  We were novices at the business ( Read more... )