Pencil of Doom

DD040 Rumble fish re-design

2012-02-16T22:03:00.000-08:00

Ive always had a pencil in my hand and my son has grown up around sketches and pages of art. He asks for one or two pictures here and there, but mostly he pays them no mind. I was surprised to his reaction from Rumble Fish. I thought making him into a superhero would get a chuckle and then he would forget all about. But he has gone to school and already he is trying to get his friends to make up characters for him to battle. If nothing ever happens with this idea, it will be worth it, just seeing the smile on his face.

DD039 RF Electric Werewolf

2012-02-15T21:06:00.000-08:00

I liked the idea of Kid Danger fighting the Electric Werewolf in the ring.

DD038 RF "Kid Danger"

2012-02-15T10:46:00.000-08:00

DD037 Rumble Fish

2012-02-14T15:45:00.000-08:00

I have an idea for a kids comic called "Rumble Fish". The boy Logan is named after my son, he and his goldfish fight off Aliens, Robots, and Dinosaurs.

Joe Zombie Splash Mock-up

2012-02-13T13:44:00.000-08:00

I have been finding great old comic covers and splash pages on Tumblr and applying them to my own characters. Again the art is just recycled from my Daily Doodles but it works for now.

Update, I was asked about flatting today so I tried this one out, by the time I was finished flatting I thougt I might as well colour it for my Daily Doodle.

DD036 Vic

2012-02-10T22:33:00.001-08:00

I really hate drawing chains!

Joe Zombie cover Mock-up 2

2012-02-10T14:43:00.000-08:00

The pitch needs to be re-worded but here is a layout stolen from an old DC comic.

Joe Zombie cover Mock-up

2012-02-10T11:48:00.001-08:00

I don't know why but i fell in love with an old swamp thing cover, and decided to steal its layout. I intend to replace the main image of Joe, this one is just there for me to judge the composition.

DD 035 Eddie the Head

2012-02-09T21:52:00.000-08:00

I know this chump and 15 years ago I said I would draw a pic of Eddie fighting Vic.

DD033 ZAP GIRL

2012-02-07T20:30:00.000-08:00

I got lazy and missed a few days. Got inspired by the Bruce Timm book "Naughty and Nice" and tried my spin on Zap Girl.

DD 032 Another Chuck

2012-02-02T21:12:00.000-08:00

Another swing at Chuck the Chicken.

DD 031 Chuck the Chicken

2012-01-31T21:06:00.000-08:00

DD 030 JZ Brush Pen

2012-01-30T20:19:00.000-08:00

I am breaking in a new Copic Multiliner brush pen, so I went with trusty old Joe.

2012-01-29T19:55:00.001-08:00

DD 029

2012-01-29T19:52:00.001-08:00

I got some feed back from co-workers and tweeked this Vampire image. I redrew the stake in the chest, added some blood and fangs.

DD 028 Suicide King

2012-01-28T20:43:00.000-08:00

Joe Zombie as a Suicide King. I like the concept but it needs tweeking.

DD027 Fry from Futurama

2012-01-27T21:55:00.001-08:00

Gold Star for my son. He thought this picture could use a brain slug, and I couldn't agree more.

DD026

2012-01-26T21:34:00.001-08:00

Here is the finished Woodcut version of the Vampyre with a stake image. I am not quite as happy with the face, the wood cuts are too small, but its 1:00 and I have to be up at 6 so this is as good as it gets.

DD025

2012-01-25T21:54:00.000-08:00

Here's another Vampire Illustration. It takes about 3 hours to get to this point. I have admired Tim Bradstreets work for a while now, its fun to try out his style.

DD0024

2012-01-24T20:38:00.001-08:00

No post today. I am working on a Vampire illustration after hours. I've already got a couple of hours in it, and it will need a few more to finish.

P.S
Call me a liar but here is a Work in Progress. I tried working on Vellum for the first time, it worked great for light boxing, but the heavy inks soaked through. Still I might try Vellum again.

DD023

2012-01-23T21:06:00.000-08:00

Joe Zombie dressed up like batman. I also made a header for my sons blog.

DD022 Sandworm

2012-01-22T12:15:00.000-08:00

After yesterdays botched children's drawing I decided to go with Tim Burtons Sand worm.

DD021 Mike and Sully

2012-01-21T20:10:00.000-08:00

So I tried my hand at beloved children's characters and I ended up making Sully look mean, and Mike look stoned. I even re-worked Mike Wazoski's eye in photoshop and he still looks creepy.

DD020 Beetlejuice

2012-01-20T21:14:00.001-08:00

It took 3 tries to get Beetlejuice's likeness, but I was finally happy with how this one turned out.

DD019 Sam Trout

2012-01-19T21:20:00.000-08:00

These last two posts have shown me i need to practise drawing more of the secondary characters from Joe Zombie.

DD018 Al Leong

2012-01-18T22:03:00.001-08:00

I was talking to Ken Davis today and asked him what to draw. He told me to to draw my favorite actor. So here is Al "Ka-Bong" Leong, the Bad ass with a fu-manchu. It has potential but is defiantly rough.

DD017 Spaceman Spiff

2012-01-17T20:09:00.000-08:00

Im tired so here's a little Spaceman to tie you over.

DD016 Atomic Tiki

2012-01-16T19:48:00.001-08:00

I am starting a new project tomorrow morning and have an early morning so here is a quick doodle.

DD015 Joe Zombie

2012-01-16T00:21:00.000-08:00

On the 30th of this month I am going to be teaching Cartooning at the Gail Adams School of Art in Saskatoon. Today there was an open house so I drew this as a demonstration.

DD014 the Crypt Keeper

2012-01-16T00:18:00.000-08:00

i was out late yesterday so I didn't get a chance to post the Cryptkeeper. Its been a while since I inked with a brush so I found that I had a heavy hand again, but all in all I can live with how this doodle turned out.

DD013

2012-01-13T20:00:00.000-08:00

So yesterday I didn't get my doodle drawn up, shame on me. Today I drew a Batman only to realize it was friday the 13th. I messed around with drawing up a Crypt keeper sketch but it didn't turn out. So maybe tomorrow I will draw something a little more spooky.

DD011 Bacon and Eggs

2012-01-11T22:05:00.000-08:00

My son made up some cartoon characters and drew a picture for my 30th birthday. He hasn't drawn them in a while maybe if he catches me drawing his 'toons he will pick up a pencil again.

DD010 Karkat

2012-01-10T21:23:00.000-08:00

Photo from the set of Ferocious

2012-01-10T14:54:00.000-08:00

I was lucky enough to do some Storyboards for the Robert Cuffley film Ferocious. I had a couple of friends Set dressing for the film and we got my Zap Girl poster on set. Its a nice touch that my image showed up on the set that I storyboarded.

DD009 Spiderman

2012-01-09T22:04:00.000-08:00

DD008 Space Shark

2012-01-08T21:06:00.001-08:00

DD007

2012-01-07T21:58:00.000-08:00

Here is Joe Zombie dressed like Madman.

DD006 Milk and Cheese

2012-01-06T21:35:00.001-08:00

Evan Dorkings "Milk"

DD005 Booga

2012-01-05T20:55:00.001-08:00

Tank Girls humble sidekick Booga!

DD004 Usagi Yojibmo

2012-01-04T17:38:00.000-08:00

DD003

2012-01-03T18:25:00.000-08:00

Watching Scott Pilgrim and I got inspired. Not fond of the pose but the design worked out.

DD002

2012-01-02T18:47:00.000-08:00

Im not as happy with this one...but here is a winged monkey.

DD001

2012-01-01T18:18:00.001-08:00

As lame as it sounds I made a resolution to do a daily doodle. So here's day one.

Drawings for my family

2011-12-22T16:27:00.000-08:00

I did some drawings for my cousins. Popeye was fun, and Sheriff Woody I put my own twist on. I was also asked to draw Animal from the Muppets fighting the Tasmanian Devil.

Raccoonicorn

2011-12-19T15:44:00.000-08:00

A friend of mine wants to make a stop-motion puppet of a fantasy creature. She came up with a Racoonicorn, and asked me to design it. So here's my take.

Stormtrooper Commission

2011-07-03T20:50:00.004-07:00

This is my first Commission and actually my first time drawing a Stormtrooper. The pose is a little weak but other than that I was happy with results.

2011-07-03T20:50:00.003-07:00

2011-07-03T20:50:00.001-07:00

More paying gigs

2011-06-27T23:08:00.000-07:00

My first round with these characters seemed popular enough to be requested to draw them again. My colouring is soo slow! I tried to lay down flat colours and then work with grey on a multiply layer. It seemed to work alright.

Rat Fist

2011-06-25T15:55:00.000-07:00

I discovered Doug TenNapel's webcomic Ratfist today, I got as far as page 33 and decided I had to go fanboy and draw him. This was the first time I've drawn Ratfist so I made sure i was happy with my pencils and then went with a really loose brush style for inking. I hope you enjoy.

Joe Zombie Brush Pen

2011-06-16T23:20:00.001-07:00

I just came home from the Jeff Lemire exhibition at Unreal City, and saw that he works from rough blueline pencils to inks. I am still getting comfortable with working loose but it is much quicker.

Joe Zombie marker sketch

2011-06-14T22:10:00.000-07:00

I am still playing around with my Joe Zombie style. I just roughed in the pencils and then went straight to inking with my brush pen.

Jack Kirby homage

2011-06-14T10:15:00.000-07:00

This is my take on Jack Kirby's New Gods image, done with the Atomic Tiki.

Wolverine Commission

2011-06-07T16:30:00.000-07:00

I got a commission for a Wolverine picture. Its a birthday present so I hope he enjoys it.

2011-05-15T17:48:00.000-07:00

Ive been working on a handful of projects for other people. I played around with the style on this one, and had fun doing all the tonal work with my copic markers.

2011-05-06T14:41:00.000-07:00

2011-05-05T16:20:00.000-07:00

ZG Bacon and Eggs

2011-04-19T21:09:00.000-07:00

I am trying to stream line my artwork. One of my biggest problems is getting a page done in a day. So for this image I did a rough thumbnail, printed it out and skipped the tight pencils and went straight to inking. I have been watching Riley Rossmo work and this seems to be his approach. I have tried it in the past and was unsatisfied with the results, but this time around I saw definite improvement. I would gage that it took 6-7 hours to get to this finished ink state.

Zap Girl Shrunken Head

2011-04-11T17:41:00.000-07:00

The Atomic Tiki runs around with the shrunken head of his bartender. Ive drawn the shrunken head a few different ways but I think I have settled on this design.

Nilbog Milk

2011-04-06T23:30:00.000-07:00

A friend of mine had the idea of a goblin punk band...this is what I came up with.

ZG pencils

2011-03-19T22:51:00.001-07:00

I've am working on another Zap Girl Submission, here's a peek.

the Atomic Tiki throne

2011-03-16T16:36:00.001-07:00

Here's the Atomic Tiki on his throne with his shrunken head of a bartender.

ZG Robot Justice

2011-03-15T15:03:00.001-07:00

In Zap Girl the Prohibition Police can execute the guilty.

Skull Kickers Pinup

2011-03-09T15:47:00.000-08:00

I met Jim Zub at the Seattle Comic Con this past weekend, and came home with a hard cover version of his book Skull Kickers. Here's my twist on his characters.

The Savage Dragon sketch

2011-03-02T21:15:00.001-08:00

Im off to the Seattle Comic Con tomorrow, I found out Erik Larson was going to be there so I went fan boy and drew the Dragon. Just for the record I don't think I have ever drawn the fin right.

Uncle creepy pencils

2011-02-28T23:11:00.000-08:00

I finished off the pencils, fixed some perspective issue's, and here it is.

joe zombie mini comic cover

2011-02-28T14:48:00.000-08:00

After coming back from the print shop, I am now armed with a mini comic, business cards and portfolio. I am off to the Seattle comic con. Please feel free to leave any comments and or criticism you have.

joe zombie mini comic 2

2011-02-28T14:43:00.000-08:00

joe zombie mini-comic 3

2011-02-28T14:40:00.000-08:00

Joe Zombie mini-comic 4

2011-02-28T14:35:00.000-08:00

2011-02-06T21:45:00.000-08:00

ZG In the Drink...

2011-02-05T22:22:00.000-08:00

The mob plays a big role in Zap Girl, and in my comic I wanted the Mob to dumb there victims in space.

Joe Zombie Star Wars tribute.

2011-01-06T20:41:00.000-08:00

My boss is a big Star Wars fan so I made this for his birthday.

Joe Zombie T-Shirt

2011-01-01T23:42:00.000-08:00

I am hoping to give Joe Zombie T-shirts to my co-workers for helping me build a set for my animated short. Its supposed to be a surprise but I thought I would post it anyways...that way I can find out who actually looks at my blog ;)

Merry Christmas Superhero Nesslin

2010-12-23T14:24:00.000-08:00

Superhero Nesslin Pencils

2010-12-13T16:43:00.000-08:00

I am conning my co-workers into helping me out on my Joe Zombie animated set. So here is my meager attempt at repaying them, by drawing there two boys as superhero's.

Zap Girl B movie poster

2010-12-05T18:55:00.000-08:00

Ive always wanted to make a B movie poster with the images from my photoshoot. This one needs a few more tweeks but here it is. Its an homage to Cat-Women of the moon.

The Creepshow now in color

2010-11-14T12:03:00.000-08:00

Here is my homage to two of my favourite things the Creepshow and EC Comic.

The Creepshow

2010-11-12T15:21:00.000-08:00

I finished up the other project i was working on and finally had some free time. I decided to draw some fan art of the band the Creepshow. The image is based off of an old EC Crime comic

Caught Red Handed

2010-10-17T15:57:00.001-07:00

Paul Ens wrote on his blog

"I'm itching to write a gritty "Sin City"-style one-shot starring the McDonaldland characters. Poor Hamburglar. Poor, poor Hamburglar."

Joe Zombie Dirty Laundry Colours

2010-10-10T22:09:00.001-07:00

I have never been the biggest fan of colouring over pencils, But I decided to see what Joe Zombie looked like without inks.

Joe Zombie Dirty Laundry Pencils

2010-10-10T01:59:00.001-07:00

Joe Zombie spray paint

2010-09-29T09:34:00.000-07:00

Had some fun with some spray paint and sharpies.

ZG Mad Scientist colours

2010-09-23T13:12:00.000-07:00

ZG Mad Scientist

2010-09-23T11:58:00.000-07:00

I was experimenting with ink washes...

Apricot-7 finished

2010-09-21T22:15:00.000-07:00

Here it is, I am curious to see what Dan thinks of my interpretation...

Apricot-7 inks

2010-09-21T19:55:00.000-07:00

Apricot-7 is Dan Helle's character, I know Dan from art school and I have always loved his style. Check out more of his work on his blogs
http://apricotseven.blogspot.com/
http://crylic.blogspot.com/
http://theartfriends.blogspot.com/

Joe Zombie gets a Needle

2010-09-20T21:51:00.001-07:00

Secondary Zap Girl characters

2010-09-15T21:05:00.001-07:00

I have been working on some idea's for secondary characters.
The Atomic Tiki's ex-wife is the witch doctor that created the shrunken head bartender,
The luchador is her bodyguard.
The alien mob boss is a new character, I come up with any backstory for him yet.
The Gorilla will be a four armed leader of the street gang "the Grease Monkeys".
The Mayor will be one of the politicians backing the prohibition.
Frankenstien is going to be in space replacing his body parts with dead alien limbs.

Jaws in Space

2010-09-13T12:26:00.001-07:00

Super Intelligent Magnetic Shark Inks

2010-09-12T23:42:00.001-07:00

Astro Noobs

2010-09-08T20:24:00.001-07:00

Atomic Robo PInup

2010-09-08T17:26:00.001-07:00

Red 5 comics is looking for Atomic Robo PInups. So I thought I would give it a try.

Radioactive Undead Ape from the Sun

2010-09-02T17:06:00.000-07:00

Another day another character from my random villain generator.

Super Intelligent Magnetic Shark from the Rings of Saturn

2010-09-01T22:40:00.000-07:00

To combat any creative block I created a random character generator. Now I can expand the Zap Girl universe with new villains.

Zap Girl One page pitch

2010-08-24T20:19:00.000-07:00

Electric Astro Zombie sketch

2010-08-20T14:48:00.000-07:00

Test page

2010-08-09T00:16:00.000-07:00

Robot doodle

2010-08-09T00:10:00.000-07:00

Playing around with an old character. Had some fun with my brush pen.

Zap Girl VS Roxy Rocket

2010-08-02T16:56:00.000-07:00