She's a femme fay-tale

Wasn't happy with the first version of this, so I decided to re-draw the femme fatale-type. In an attempt ro try to get away from the scratchy line work I've been producing lately, I've gone with an almost abstract simple black & white image, then worked a minimal amount of colour in. The result is part noir, part Toulouse-Lautrec, part fashion illustration! I didn't see that coming, but had a lot of fun nonetheless.

Dredd again

The Spider man comes

On the Emperor's reecommendation, turned that demon pic into an entry for the current competition over at Warren Ellis' Whitechapel site. The brief was too re-imagine the cover of 'Amazing Adult Fantasy' #15, knowing only that you have to depict a character called 'Spiderman'. Thought this would make for a suitably macabre take on the subject.

PS - big thanks to Dave Evans (Bolt-01) for the ace logos.

New Dreddhead

From a doodle in my diary. I'll probably add colour and highlights. First proper Dredd of 2010!

We'll always have Paris

Might go further with this and add a couple more details...

Something different

Had an idea for a WW2 pic today (inspired by Huzzah! Noir and Jacek Zabawa's wonderful stuff) - here are the rough pencils for the central figure.

Check out Jacek's blog here: http://jacekzabawaart.blogspot.com

And if you haven't already, Huzzah Noir: http://huzzahnoir.blogspot.com

I'd love to make these appear as links, but blogger ain't letting me for some reason, but copy and paste them to find wonderful delights.

Demon

A while ago I answered the call for contributors for the next issue of Paragon and agreed to do a one-off illo/pin-up. The brief was simple - 'Demons!' So I've been giving it a good long think and trying to come up with stuff that I hope is genuinely scary. This was the first attempt - I've since produced a full colour scene involving this disgusting chap, but in the end I wasn't satisfied so I've drafted attempt #2 this morning. #2 is closer to what I wanted to achieve, but I thought this figure was worth posting too.

Check out Paragon here:

http://paragoncomic.blogspot.com/

The Godfather of Edwardian crime

Finally threw something together for the latest art comp over at the 2000AD forum.

Fractal Friction page 11

Art by meself, letters my Jim Campbell. Check out the ongoing strip at http://fractalfriction.blogspot.com/

Extermination Theory - colour preview

I'm not sure whether these are going to be reproduced in colour or black & white, but as cost is always an issue (unfortunately), I'm thinking the latter. So here's a cropped detail from a full colour version of a scene from Matthew McLaughlin's 'Extermination Theory'. Wanted to create a grimy, rusty interior with a Resident-Evil-meets-The-Thing vibe.

Elroy

This character will feature in a finished illo for Matthew McLaughlin's 'Extermination Theory', featured in issue 1 of Starscape.

More Starscape WIP

Thought I'd throw this up and see what people thought/what suggestions people have. I intend to darken it up a lot more, and enhance the smoke effect.

Bonestraw (final)

This is pretty close to how I saw it in my head before I started it.

Bonestraw

Finished the first batch of illos for Starscape, but obviously can't post them here yet, so here's another random work in progress. The beastie is the creepy offspring of those nasty arachnid vampire sketches I did a while back, with the addition of a 'bonestraw' instead of fangs - thanks to Emperor for that nifty little idea. Want to work this up into a nice finished piece.

Zombie Bub

Decided to broaden the subject matter on here, so made a list yesterday of non-2000AD stuff I should draw. They're mostly movie characters, as well as some stuff that just popped into my head. So here's the first - good old Beethoven appreciating Bub from Day of The Dead.

Another shouting Dredd

Another quickie. Different approach to both the look of the helmet & the colouring.

Dredd shouting (colour)

Quick bit of colouring to start the day.

Quick shouting Dredd

A 15 minuter, with a heavy debt to Jock...

Stickleback

Thought I'd have a bash at colouring these, especially as the strip only ever appears in monochrome. Ended up with a sort of Rupert the Bear vibe, which seems strangley appropriate.

And Gay John:

Your accent's slipping, dear boy

Finished up a couple of Starscape illos today, so took a break to sketch some quick portraits - Stickleback himself and his (late?) companion Gay John. Each 10 minutes approx.