Two panels from the horror comic. I like how they’re looking, but I think they might still be in the pencil stage…

I promise there is more to it than some jerk in a suit. Also, image uploading issue, FIXED!

Scary, huh!? I’m not sure if those are final FINAL pencils. I think the faces could be a bit clearer. Also, I don’t know if the room they are in is light or dark, so I might have to add in a ton of sweet moody horror shadows. But I’m pretty happy with it so far. Anyway, once it’s inked I’ll post the final panel.

A few more prep sketches for the horror comic. A marine and a dude in a suit. Terrifying, I know. Hopefully next post, I”ll have some work on the actual pages to post. It will be chilling, for sure.

Anyway, in honor of that Blondie song that I like but don’t think is the best, here are two versions of a gray tone test I worked on a bit today. These were drawn in Photoshop super quick for reference in the horror story I’m working on. It’s the same room, but with two views. One from in the closet and one from not in the closet.

These aren’t really refined drawings, but the comic is going to be black and white, so these are just sorta tests for different ways to play with some gray tones. I’m thinking of just using white, 25%, 50%, 75% and black in the finished art.

That’s it for now.

So, it’s been a little while since I’ve posted. Mostly, I was taking a break from working on comics to catch up on video games during the holiday break, (Lots of this and this, and a bit of this and this). BUT! Then, about a week ago I had a huge problem with my blog engine. It’s still not sorted out, but I found a work around…

Anyway, the photo above is one of the sweet X-Mas presents my family got Courtney and me this year. It’s a bottle of Dan Aykroyd’s Crystal Head Vodka, signed by The Ayk himself! I can’t wait to harness it’s dark powers. It’s pretty sweet, and BONUS! It actually goes well with my other Aykroyd signature merch (This and this). If you ever see me, ask me to tell you the story behind all those signatures. It’s a good one.

BUT! Since, it’s like already two weeks into the 10’s, I can’t spend all my time partaking of paranormally distilled imported spirits. I actually got a little bit of work done on a new comic. I’m taking a little time off from the Dr. Comic to work on a horror story for an anthology that some friends of mine are putting together. I don’t want to give too much away, but here is once of the sketches I’ve done. It’s supposed to be a World War II US Marine, and while I’m O.K. with the sketch, I sorta flubbed the helmet, so it looks too much like a conquistador. And everyone knows that conquistadors are not cool at all!

But I guess that’s it so far. I’m thinking of doing a My-Favorite-Comics-of-the-Decade type post, maybe later tonight. And I’ll post more work once school gets rolling again.