YSA Comic#4

I swear I'm doing other things than just comics, but the turn around time for a comic is so much faster than illustrations and such. I like coloring the comics in Photoshop now because its good practice. I have a few books with tips on how to color comics so doing these YSA comics is a good way for me to try out the skills. I hope someone out there is enjoying these. I'll post my other finished projects soon. Hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Years!

YSA Comic #3, in COLOR!!!

I've actually been working on some paying illustration jobs, but until they're done I wanted to post another young single adult comic I did awhile back. I'm experimenting with line and coloring comics in the computer. Lately I've been using non photo blue pencil and then scanning the inked lines at 600 dpi in line drawing mode, and the blue lines don't even show up at all. It's a cool trick I discovered from my friends and from my tricky little scanner.

When a Lime Loves a Lemon...

I've been messing with converting .jpgs into vector art using Inkscape. As a result, I came up with a vector art version of an illustration I did earlier in the year. Obviously there was some tweaking done. The design is now on a t-shirt to be voted on at threadless.com. Please follow this link and vote for my t-shirt. I could win cash and prizes people! Support my future, vote for this shirt!

Sibling Caricature #5

At the beginning of the year, I decided that for all my siblings' birthdays I would make them a portrait caricature of themselves. Some of the ones I did didn't turn out like I would have waned, but this one seems okay. Normally, I don't post these pictures before I give the sibling the actual painting, but this brother saw the sketches and everything already so I don't think there is any harm in posting this image now.

YSA Comic #2

I continue to try and flesh out ideas for great comics about young single adults. Of the ideas I had in my sketch book, I liked this one the most. In reality, I don't think it's even a bad idea for a calling. Think about all the people that would go to activities if they were texted the information on their cell phones every week. It's funny yet profound at the same time. I've also included the rough sketch that I made the comic from so you can see what I went from.

YSA Comic #1

I'd like to mix up my work with illustrations and comics. For those dear friends of mine who actually read this blog, I'll let you in on a little dream of mine. I think it would be cool to illustrate a comic book aimed at Young Single Adults and their quirky yet exciting lives. Ya know,something you might see in Deseret Book Store. I could see it.

A Day in the Life of a Donut Man

Ah, another final illustration after what seems like forever. It'd be neat to make a series out of this character and out of the ostrich cowboy characters. I left space for what could be type in the top right corner. Again I used 140 lb. watercolor paper, Sepia ink, and watercolor. I did a thin wash of an off-white, yellow kind of color to begin with so that things were sort of harmonized, and then went from there. I hope it looks good.