This post is coming to you from the beautiful state of Washington and specifically, the fabulous city of Seattle…  Been graciously invited by the good folks at the EMERALD CITY COMIC-CON to be an artist guest and so here we are in Jet City about to experience some Northwestern hospitality.

I’ll be at table G-03 starting Friday, March 30th at 2pm selling copies of STEEL NOODLES Number 1, what’s left of GIRL n ROBOT:  BOOMTOWN as well as original art and sketches.

Looking forward to an amazing weekend.

… lots to do still.  The book will now come out at COMIC-CON 2012.  Stay tuned.

Having fun drawing these characters….

Another finished panel on STEEL NOODLES Number 2.  Lots of running in the wasteland these days.. Must be lots of chasing I guess.  Including me with the deadlines.  They are looming large in the horizon….

Been a while since I sketched good ole’ SAMURAI SLUG.. so here he is in glorious black and white.. and yes, that sword is quite sharp.

..Lightning Muse actually.  She’s the superhero I created for charity a couple of years ago.  She popped into my head this morning on my way to work.  Been waiting all day to do a sketch so here it is.  Happy President’s day…

Been wanting to fire up Camtasia and do one of these for a while so here it goes…  I’ll get fancy later and add commentary and such but for now, it’s best to post one straightforward.

It’s done in the lab using Photoshop CS3. It’s an 8 x 10 inch canvas set at 300 dpi.  The brush is a simple hard edged circular brush set to maximum hardness (yes I know.. that’s what she said) It’s continuous and unedited which turned out not half bad but as with any straight sketch like this, there are imperfections mainly in her hip area. (too narrow)

I could certainly whip out the free transform tool and fix that but the purpose of the demo is to encourage laying down consistent and economical lines without an under drawing.  This skill is quite helpful especially if you’re a storyboarder.

What’s both fun and frustrating about making comics is sometimes it feels like you’re soaring in the air or wrestling a 300 pound alligator.  There is wisdom in both.  It’s a process of finding and losing and you hope you find more than you lose.

Progress on STEEL NOODLES Number 2 from last night.  It was a good night of drawing…..  The book is getting sketchier and hence, NICER.