Spawn Daily Sketch

I LOVED Spawn. A lot of people want to rewrite the 90's like none of us enjoyed what was going on and that comics were all around bad. But if you've noticed lately, all of us that grew up on comics in the 90's are now MAKING the comics and we've been bringing it all back. Capullo is drawing one of the top sellers, Extreme Studios is relaunching, Age of Apocalypse being brought back in Uncanny X-Force (one of the best books on shelves right now) and I could on.

The 90's were fun. the 90's got me into comics so that will always be MY era of comics. Once day I'm sure I'll find an era to complain about and some youngster will be smacking me around. But until then, I'll be here loving those comics that got me excited to roll into the store every Wednesday. No comic did that for me more than Spawn.

It was a big story that covered Earth, Heaven and Hell but felt small at times. A confused guy living in an alley with bums. A homeless wizard like character would come and hint towards the bigger things to come. A cast of characters ranging from politicians and mobsters to angels and giant demons and clowns and, and, and. It was an awesome world and I loved living in it.

So todays warm up is Spawn. I'm a little unhappy with how safe this one feels. I really intended to push it but as I was coming to a finish I realized I didn't really go that far. I'll have to revisit Spawn again soon and get my revenge.

6x9 Bristol, brush and pen. SOLD

TMNT Daily Sketch

I grew up on these guys. I had a club with the neighborhood called the Turtle Club. We each picked a name, sat in a shed with a black and white TV and watched whatever channels we could get to come in. I loved this stuff. It's probably the reason I've never really drawn them. It's like they're too much a part of me to mess with. I was commissioned to work on one of the shows once but they didn't like my take.

I'm ok with my take here, but I will be revisiting the Turtles at a later date, that's for sure.

6x9 bristol, brush and ink. About 40 min. SOLD.

Labyrinth Daily Sketch

The Labyrinth is one of my favorite movies of all time. As much as I love that movie, I do not have a ton of love for the David Bowie Goblin King. It's one of the only parts of the movie (besides the black screen dancing flame puppets) that just doesn't hold up in time. It's a bit dated. So today I played with that design a bit.

6x9 bristol, brush and pen. SOLD

Hermione Daily Sketch

Still playing with the Harry Potter world this morning. I really must wanted to experiment with the approach to Hermione's hair. I have always seen these characters in a more Roald Dahl universe than the glossy one we've come to know in the movies. Don't get me wrong, I love that version too, but there's something frayed about how I see the world in my head.

6x9, bristol, pen. SOLD.

Harry Potter Daily Sketch

I could draw Harry a million times and come up with a slightly different way to depict him. And each I time I think... Nope, that's not it. One day I'll get him just right and the Rowling will let me do the further adventures of the Harry Potter universe.

Ok, probably not. 

6x9 bristol, pen. SOLD. 

Battlepug Daily Sketch

One of the strongest concepts any of my friends have ever come up with is Battlepug by Mike Norton. A warrior riding a pug. Seriously, come up with something better than that.

6x9 bristol, pen. SOLD.

Bone Daily Sketch

I think it is near impossible to draw Jeff Smith's character BONE without it looking like Jeff Smith drew it... only not as good as if he would have ACTUALLY drew. I call that having a Death Device built in. This is a style and design so solid that if anyone else touched it, they explode and it just looks like the original. Bone is one of those Death Devices. The design is so... BONE, there is no really making it your own. There are some other characters in his universe that lend themselves to a bit more freedom. But Bone is Bone.

So Bone is today's daily sketch. There's a lot of adventure in this book but I always loved the crush Bone had on Thorn and his desire to share his poem with her.

6x9 on bristol. Brush and ink. UPDATE: SOLD

Brobee Daily Sketch

My son won't watch anything but Yo Gabba Gabba and I use the word WATCH very loosely. He basically just runs around the room dancing and will randomly check the screen to see if he's doing the dances right. He's 2.

So here's Brobee from Yo Gabba Gabba

6x9 bristol, brush, pen, color pencil. UPDATE: SOLD