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a few random panels

2011-03-02T20:12:00.001-08:00

Here are a few random panels of some pages I am working on. Unfortunately this is another top secret project so I can't show entire pages.

Inked with PITT pens, Pentel Pocket Brush and a few regular brushes and ink.

Comic book art update THE SLEEP

2011-01-18T18:16:00.000-08:00

Wondering why I haven't posted much recently? well, THE SLEEP.

No, I haven't been sleeping but I've been working on a comic book project with writer Stephen Tramontana titled The SLEEP. It's been a bit top secret so I've had to keep it under wraps.

The project has been an incredible journey as I've brought Stephen's fantastic script to the comic book page. I can't really say much about the project as it is still in production and I don't want to spoil anything but I can tell you it is exciting, fun and a little creepy, too.

Stephen Tramontana has been a joy to work with and is an incredible writer with some big story visions, a great collaborator who has given me freedom to explore his story visually and just an overall nice guy. You can follow him on Twitter @Trama80.

JM Rinquet color work has blown me away and is a perfect match for the world of THE SLEEP and sets a great mood and tone. I love the texture that he adds to the pages. I am very happy to be working with him.

Here are a few pages showing the transition from pencils and inks and ink washes (by yours truly) to awesome colors by JM Rinquethttp://jmringuet.blogspot.com

Hope you enjoy and I can't wait to share more about THE SLEEP.

Monster Bowl - Sequential Pages

2010-09-15T13:45:00.000-07:00

These are sequential pages I penciled, inked, lettered and colored (except page 1 colored by Gerald Novoa Sheppard) for the website rocketgalaxycomics.com. Check out their website to see the final lettered pages and follow along with this story.

The story is written by Andre Bedward and Geoffrey Carter and they do a great job coming up with fun, interesting concepts that tie into sports and sports culture.

cover samples

2010-05-29T10:37:00.000-07:00

Here are 2 cover samples - the Spidey / Ms Marvel would be a cover tying into the interior pages (see previous post) and the Avengers cover is just practice of a "group" shot of heroes.

spiderman sequential pages

2010-05-19T18:06:00.000-07:00

captain america sequential pages

2010-05-19T18:01:00.001-07:00

Pen and ink (brush pen and technical pens)

Drawings for my son

2010-01-09T10:30:00.000-08:00

These are the drawings from a little story book I made for Jack. It's about a squirrel playing with his toys. Inked with a combination of technical pens and a Pentel pocket brush then water colors were applied. All done traditionally which was a lot of fun.

Kid Friendly

2009-11-03T19:20:00.000-08:00

I'm working on more of a "Kid Friendly", cleaner lines, cartoony style.
This is a drawing I did at lunch Monday with a pencil and the ever present ball point pen. I went home and colored it "old school" with colored pencils, then scanned it and did a second version to look like an old, folded photo.

Now that I'm a dad I find myself drawing characters and scenes that my son will recognize and
that we can use for "story time" to help him understand his world. This one in particular is just a practice piece to work on style but I'm sure I'll use it as a fun learning tool for some type of lesson. Maybe something like..."See the daddy holding the baby and the diaper bag? See the girl standing beside the daddy? See their shoes? They put their shoes on before they walk to see the ducks."

I'm learning that kids LOVE to hear stories and they become great moments to teach and reinforce things they need to learn. Heck, I love to hear stories. Narrative is so important and we cannot lose it.

Life is all about always learning, huh?

line art to coloring

2009-10-23T18:19:00.001-07:00

The "monster" character is a mix of carnage and Venom (Spiderman bad guys) with a few changes thrown in to make it it's own entity.

The logo with the red and yellow hero is for a product that my company is promoting. The product manager wanted something more than the everyday logo so I created the logo and the character and tied them together. It was a very interesting project and I'm thankful for the opportunity to do projects like this. I've included the pencil and ink stages as well as a screen shot of it up on a web site.

Superman and Wonder Woman finally colored

2009-09-29T20:20:00.000-07:00

Pen and Ink drawing on artboard and digitally colored.

Avengers - Sentry takes on everyone page 4-7

2009-09-22T19:18:00.000-07:00

Avengers - Sentry takes on everyone page 1-3

2009-07-08T20:35:00.000-07:00

Hello all,
This is a the first 3 pages of a 7 page story I penciled...loosely based on the Bendis/Finch Avengers scene where Spiderwoman, Daredevil and Luke Cage fight Carnage and the Sentry is loosed back into society. I basically took the beginning script of that scene where the Sentry comes onto the scene much to the surprise of Spiderwoman but then just went my own way to showcase more of a fight sequence rather than the Sentry taking Carnage into space.

Hope you enjoy. I realize now (too late) that I really didn't leave much room for word balloons on some of the panels. I guess in my zeal to be right in the middle of the action, I was remiss on leaving space for words.

David

The Hulk and the golden pendant art samples

2009-02-20T18:25:00.000-08:00

Here is a 5 page mini story show casing sequential art.

more samples of art from One Day in the Jungle

2009-02-20T03:38:00.000-08:00

One Day in the Jungle artwork samples

2009-02-19T19:01:00.000-08:00

miscellaneous art samples

2009-02-19T18:49:00.001-08:00

SUPERMAN & WONDER WOMAN NOW INKED

2008-01-08T18:31:00.001-08:00

Here is the inked version of this drawing. I inked it over the Holidays but forgot to post it so here it is. Next is to color it in Photoshop.

I made some changes from the original pencils to the inks:
Wonder Woman's left eye is placed better and her right is has more outline. I also updated Superman's extended right arm and made more of a distinction between his forearm and biceps. I also made a few changes and tweaks in the buildings.

SUPERMAN & WONDER WOMAN

2007-12-22T18:08:00.000-08:00

Sorry, haven't posted in a while so here goes...

Last weekend I sketched out a superman/wonder woman pose then at the beginning of the week I started drawing a the pose on a piece of 11x17 Bristol board. I had to change the position of the characters so that they would fit vertically (rather than my original horizontal sketch).

I really liked the direction it was going, so I continued with the idea and here is the penciled version and the original sketch idea. I'll try to ink it this weekend.

Bat family in living color

2007-09-10T19:20:00.001-07:00

I've attached a colorized version of a pen and ink drawing from earlier this year. I colored the whole thing in Adobe Illustrator just to try something new.

old photographs (original scan added)

2007-09-02T21:00:00.000-07:00

Michele had to find an old picture of herself to take to a party she was going to so she was digging through photo albums and came across an old Polaroid taken of her (in Italy we think) as a very small child. I did a quick restoration of the photo then changed it to black and white to enhance the contrast and detail. I have posted the "before and after" images.

Michele and I have been married for almost ten wonderful years now and I have to say that I love and respect her more now than ever. She has a great heart, loves Jesus, is creative and thoughtful. She is committed to doing the right thing and loves and cares about people in a way that I would like to.

And to top it off, she still has the little girl inside that likes to laugh, have fun and swing her feet because she can't reach the floor. :)