recent months has seen my workload explode somewhat. hence why my online endeavours butternutsquash and kukuburi have gone on brief hiatuses. though the latter is back, butternut will return on september 25th.

the two main projects that kept me chained to the drafting table throughout the month of august were STAR WARS: CLONE WARS for Dark Horse Comics and NYX for Marvel Comics.

for the star wars project i pencilled issue 2 of a new series tied to the movie currently in theatres. the issue i believe is slated to come out in october. nyx sees me coming on board with issue 2 as inker on through issue 6. my first issue just hit the stands earlier this week so i feel it okay to share some pages from it. i’ve included kalman andrasofszky’s pencils beside my inks to show a little bit of the process. on an interesting aside this is the first time i’ve inked anyone aside from myself.

cheers.

last month andy belanger and myself had an art show at local annex lounge insomnia. while andy’s show as taken down due to the monthly turn around of art shows, mine is staying up an extra month due to a cancelation.

the show, titled “andy and ramón take the call“, centres around the theme of phones.

this first piece, PHONESCAPE was a collaborative freeform effort between andy and myself and measures 40″x60″ and it glitters. listed at $600:

the next TOUCH TONE is a concept piece by myself. each wood canvas measures 10″x10″, for a combined area of 40″x55″ taking into account spacing. all the typography is hand painted, no stencils were used. due to the space chains were  used for hanging, though each piece has a individual sawtooth hangers for a clean personal installation.  listed price is $800. 

the last piece is a diptych with a nod to hello kitty, with a slightly disturbing bent. it is a mixed media piece of layered gesso, acrylic and ink on a 20″x40″ canvas. listed price is $600.

detail:

if you’re in toronto swing by insomnia, enjoy some peculiar art and a fine meal.

and if you’re interested in any of the piece feel free to drop me a line…

cheers.

for those of you who are in or near the montréal area i will be appearing at the montréal comicon this weekend. i’ll only have original art on hand (from my dc comics work) but i will also be doing sketch requests. please swing on by and say hello!

a special thanks to all who made it out for this years fan expo. it was great meeting and sketching for you all.

as fate would have it i forgot my camera. but i did manage to lean over a few tables and grab my friend andy b’s camera when the thought finally occurred to me!

so here are a few snaps of some sketches i did. i wish i had better copies, but what can you do…

the baroness of g.i.joe fame:

black canary, green arrow’s dame debonair:

and last but not least, rusty the narcoleptic dog (of bns) and reggie (from kukuburi)

it was quite pleasant to hear the many requests for kukuburi prints of which, i unfortunately, had none. it’s been a crazy summer, but next year i promise you swag galore, a prints sooner than that… 

it’s been a while since my last post for which i apologize. my workload for the past month has been tremendous. more on that another day, though. 

right now i want a work escape, so i’m posting one of the pretty girls that meanders through my mind from time to time.

as well for those keen individuals who like to go to conventions and do convention like things i will be at the fan expo this weekend in toronto, and tentatively in montréal next month. 

alright it’s not really an extravaganza as i only managed to snap a couple shots of the multitude of commissions i did at the toronto comicon a couple weekends ago. i can’t believe almost two weeks have flown by since that show! man. i want to post some of the cool work i’m doing right now, it’s really fun stuff, but unfortunately it’s all a big no-no till the official product is out! damn it.

i’m gonna try to doodle some fun stuff on the side to post here. something akin to morning warmups. 

till then here are the two sketches i snapped pictures of before my camera died. we have hulk in his mr. fixit garb chillin’ out with a tumbler of whisky and jonah hex!

is it one x or two?

meh. 

so this little guy’s been floating around in the back of my head for about, i’m guessing, five years or more. he began as a doodle on a napkin for a piece i was working on for a book, but i liked him so much i kept him for myself and gave the company something else all together.

when i draw characters i tend to form stories about them, especially after they get a name, they suddenly seem to take on a life of their own. meckle is not different in this respect. little stories have been formulating around him for years, mostly of the comedic space opera variety.

if my plan goes as, uhm, planned i will be debuting little meckle vignettes on transmission x during my hiatus on kukuburi.

yes, hiatus.

once i wrap up chapter 1 of kukuburi, which should be around pg120 or so, i plan on taking a break and collecting the story and preparing it for a print edition. at the same time i will also begin plotting and writing chapter 2.

so rather than keep my tx slot empty i would prefer to keep folks entertained.

i know a space opera starring a silly looking alien is not everyone’s cup of tea, but this fellow is itching to have his tale told.

so between now and then i will post pre-production doodles for meckle…

hope you all enjoy

for those of in or about the toronto area this weekend sees the return of the annual PARADISE TORONTO COMICON! i, along with rob coughler of bns fame, as well as my fellow tx’ers will be hocking our wars, doing sketches, selling original art and endlessly poking fun at each other.

please stop by if you can!

ADENDUM:

i figured, since emma brought it up, i should perhaps post this ahead of time so that people are aware:

• headshot in a sketchbook smaller than 5×5: free
• character sketches on 9×10 bristol, fully inked: $20-$60. (this depends on the complexity of the image. if you want me to draw ironman or complex looking samurai it’s $60, spider-man chillin’ $40, zomgz or reggie from kukuburi it’s $20.)
• full fledged fancy commissions involving backgrounds or multiple character: $80-$100.

my original comic book art (currently it would be my wildcat/jsa stuff) starts at $100 (though some pages do drop to $75).

i don’t sell any kukuburi pages, and butternut pages vary, though they usually start at $50.

beyond that i am not opposed to haggling and swingin’ deals :) 

been a bit quiet of late as i’ve been going through a legal battle with my landlord. it’s not pretty and very draining, financially and mentally!

the battle still rages but life has to go on at the same time. to keep myself relatively busy for the next 30 days or so, i’ve signed on to do an issue of the upcoming dark horse series star wars: clone wars, not sure if that’s the official title, but it’s coming out to coincide with the upcoming animated movie.

i’m scheduled to do issue two. issue one is being handled by my fellow tx’er, scott hepburn! it looks like loads of fun, and i get to revisit the good ol’ days of drawin’ me some star wars.

i’ve already pencilled the cover and am waiting on approvals before i head off to inks. so if don’t think i’m allowed to share that just yet. i’ve also started laying out and pencilling the issue. due to the movie tie-in aspect of the book, i am going to be tackling the art in a much more cartoony fashion, akin to my work on kukuburi.

should be fun!

i’ll share what i can, when i can.

till then, below is a digital doodle of an alien species appearing in the book. they’ve appeared before in books but never been depicted. so i get to leave my stamp on the star wars universe!

cheers.

somehow i never posted this. it’s one of the 90minute sketch off challenges we did in the studio last summer…