U for Umbra process

My brain exploded for a couple weeks. Instigatorzine is kind of my life, so it's always a battle for my time and IZ time. 

Either way, seems like there's not much of a process thing here. 

Sketch to Paint to Revision. Woo-woo-woo!

I get excited when I work and I forget about documentation. You know how it goes.

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U for Umbra

As seen on Electric Keychain!

As you can see, while I haven't been updating much about the character, Caution is still very much in my mind. That's the only place where it's safe, after all. I promise I'll update everyone with the status of the Caution project and where it's headed. For now, enjoy illustrated drop caps!

Post with process this week!

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Curse Me Out

From my Fall 2009 Lettering & Type Design class.

Lyrics are from Love Dog by TV on the Radio. The lettering is crap, but I thought the illustration was neat.

Hooray!

I'm sad.

I'm sad that I haven't been able to post here since whenever it was.

I'm almost literally depressed that I haven't really been able to draw, because that's what I do.

I guess.

Here's what I have been doing (other than that Color class no one knows about):

Lettering & Type Design (with Campbell)

Ugh.

Elios: The Hairiest Man in Greece (with Elias and Mad)

I'm inking page three!

Caution (Comic Book project for BFA Exhibit)

Here's an excerpt from the script:

PAGE ONE

Four horizontal, silhouetted panels featuring one figure defending himself/fighting one hulking figure. Some of the background can be seen as simple diagrammatic lines. Maybe.

PANEL ONE

One figure dodges a heavy punch by crouching. The attacking figure is massive, hulkish, and wearing a suit.

MANNY (caption): A lot of people wonder about heroes. The fictional ones.

(caption2): Like Hercules, Sherlock Holmes, or even Spider-Man.

PANEL TWO

We see the hulkish-suit swing in a backhand motion as he recovers from the heavy punch he just missed. The smaller figure quickly lunges his torso backwards in an effort to dodge the backhand. His hand is almost reaching out to push against something.

MANNY (caption): They wish they had a life that was more exciting. "My life would be more exciting if I was slaying a dragon," they ponder.

(caption2): I say, "You don't know that."

PANEL THREE

Side view, whole body. The smaller figure tucks and rolls betwen the hulk's legs as the hulkish smashes through a crate with two fists.

MANNY (caption): People say FML like it will save the ecosystem or cure cancer. Like a prayer.

(caption2): People hate the lives they lead. They want to escape their lives. They want to be someone else.

PANEL FOUR

We are close to the front of the hulkish figure. The smaller one springs in the air, about to land a kick in his back.

MANNY (caption): I just want to be normal.

Hopefully things return to a normal state after December.

Remember.