FLATTENED

Another work in progress

2012-01-18T21:22:00.000-08:00

A page from the new Rocketeer comic, drawn by Chris Weston. I tried to do more modeling here. This is not finished yet, haven't touched the crowd on the bottom or the guy with the wings yet. I added some more on the second version.

Coloring is harder than flatting

2012-01-18T10:35:00.000-08:00

Work in progress. I've been flatting for several years now but my coloring is still a bit rudimentary. Artwork by Sean Phillips from Fatale #1.

Goon Covers

2011-11-10T18:45:00.000-08:00

These are some covers I flatted for The Goon from Dark Horse Comics, drawn and created by Eric Powell. He's an amazing artist who almost always works in ink wash. I find that some colorists these days, when coloring ink wash, rely on the gray scaled art to do the job. It kind of makes sense because the artist is doing some of the work that usually is done by the colorist, the tones and whatnot.

But these examples illustrate just how much the colorist adds to the artwork. The colorist here being Dave Stewart. The covers looks cool with my primitive flat colors because the drawings are so good. But you can really see how much Dave adds to the whole package with the finished pieces, especially on the second one here, the closeup of the Goon.

Rocketeer Adventures

2011-10-28T18:08:00.000-07:00

This was another fun job. I got to color Darwyn Cooke's rendition of the Rocketeer. One of my favorite comics. From Rocketeer Adventures #2 published by IDW. Finished colors by my boss Dave Stewart.

Daytripper

2011-10-28T16:31:00.000-07:00

This is from a comic that I flatted called Daytripper. Written and drawn by Gabriel Ba and Fabio Moon, colored by Dave Stewart, published by DC/Vertigo. It's a really amazing comic and I highly recommend it. No superheroes or vampires, just regular people. This book won several Eisner awards last year. I am a little bit proud to have contributed to this one.

Slim Goodbody Sapien

2011-02-21T06:21:00.000-08:00

Here's a cool anatomy style cover for BPRD: Hell On Earth: Gods #1, drawn by Guy Davis. The making of this one can be seen at the Dark Horse site. This is just a little part of it. Finished colors by Dave Stewart.

Hellboy again.

2011-01-28T10:21:00.000-08:00

Cover for Hellboy: The Sleeping and the Dead #1. More great art by Mignola and finished colors by Dave Stewart. See the abstract, amorphous blobs that I create become something wonderful in their hands!

Batwoman

2011-01-27T15:57:00.000-08:00

Batwoman #0. Artwork here by J.H. Williams on top and Amy Reeder on the bottom. Finished colors by Dave Stewart (not shown). Flatted by me. Part of the finished artwork can be seen Here.

Crush enemies, see them driven before you...

2011-01-27T15:49:00.000-08:00

Page one from Conan: Road of Kings. Written by Roy Thomas(!) illustrated by Mike Hawthorne and finished colored by Dave Stewart. Here is the finished page. I flatted this page and many others in this ish.

Elephantmen

2010-10-11T18:06:00.000-07:00

This was done for Richard Starking's Elephantmen. The artist is Axel Medellin, colorist is Gregory Wright. Published by Image comics.

Judge Dredd

2010-08-28T12:07:00.000-07:00

This is from a Judge Dredd story that I flatted for Dave Stewart. Artwork by Guy Davis. Published by Rebellion in the United Kingdom. Judge Dredd Megazine #296.

Here's the finished art and a bit about this next strip.

So these next few are from another Dredd story I flatted for a different artist named Dylan Teague. He drew and did the finished colors. He's phenomenal. You can see the finished art for this and see some step by steps of his process for this comic on his blog. Check it. This story appeared in Judge Dredd Megazine #298.

Batman/Clayface

2010-07-10T15:49:00.000-07:00

I flatted this for Michelle Madsen. The comic is Joker's Asylum: Clayface, artwork by Kelley Jones.

Hellboy

2010-06-24T13:35:00.000-07:00

This is page I flatted for a recent issue of BPRD. Inkwash artwork by the legendary Mike Mignola. This was flatted for the estimable Dave Stewart.

Marvels Project

2010-05-02T14:48:00.000-07:00

Here is more of my work for the colorist Dave Stewart. These are from the series "The Marvels Project" published by Marvel, naturally. Artwork is by Steve Epting.

BPRD

2010-02-13T20:31:00.000-08:00

Here's a page from a recent issue of BPRD I flatted for Dave Stewart. Artwork by the great Guy Davis.

Hulkamania!

2010-02-08T13:13:00.000-08:00

I've been working for the Eisner Award winning colorist Dave Stewart recently. Here's a few pages from Hulk #19, featuring the Fantastic Four and the Hulkster. Pencils by Ed McGuinness, inks by Mark Farmer.

New Stuff

2009-11-04T06:30:00.000-08:00

These are some pieces I flatted recently for the colorist Jeremy Mohler. He has just started up a website called Baeg Tobar. It's an online environment with comics, short fiction and whatnot, fantasy themed. He has some really great artwork featured, as you can see here. First piece was drawn by Tyler Walpole, the second drawn by Scott Godlewski, the final pencilled by Mike Hamlett.

Look at all that shattered glass

2009-08-28T15:29:00.000-07:00

This is an Avenger: Initiative page I flatted for the colorist Chris Summers.

Spider-Man

2009-08-08T10:47:00.000-07:00

This is a page from an issue of Amazing Spider-man that I flatted for Chris Chuckry.

More Star Trek...

2009-06-25T09:54:00.000-07:00

This is a page from the 4th and latest issue of the IDW series, Star Trek: Mission's End. Credits same as the previous related posting.

Presidential Material

2009-06-25T09:46:00.000-07:00

This is from the most recent Barack Obama bio-comic published by IDW. Flatting by myself, colors by John Hunt, and artwork by Tom Morgan.

Star Trek

2009-05-19T15:41:00.000-07:00

This is a page from the new IDW series Star Trek: Mission's End, featuring the original Captain Kirk. Artwork by Steve Molnar, coloring by John Hunt, and flatting by me.