Zomboy in Aussiebums!

I did this for an Aussiebum competition, but I misread the details and missed the deadline, so I'm putting it on here so that it wasn't a total waste of three hours!!! I hope you like it, it was fun to do!

The Flash!

Just a little sketch of The Flash, which I did while watching Desperate Houswives earlier on. He isn't a character I've ever really been a fan of, but I picked up the first issue of his new ongoing series, and really enjoyed it. Now I want to buy Flash: Rebirth, by the same writer, because I think I could really get to like this guy! I hope you like this picture, I do! As a little side-note, my boyfriend has a major imaginary crush on The Flash! ;D

Happy Easter from the Crimson Iris!

Crimson Iris cover thoughts...

This is the cover for one of my Crimson Iris stories, although I'm not sure which yet. I really love the typefaces I used on this, but since getting them my computer had a big old breakdown, so I don't have them any more, and can't remember where I got them! Grrrr. The image itself worked exactly as I wanted it to, a mix of comic drawing and photography that stops it being too 'super-hero-y' and, I think, is suggestive of the moral grey area occupied by the protagonist. As far as using this piece goes, I think it will suit the first CI story well - in it we do not see Iris in her costume until at least halfway through, and the anticipation is built by occasional glimpses of a gloved hand or a spiky boot. To have a plain picture of her on the cover would seem to undermine the reveal page at the story's climax. Let me know what you think of this image, I always love feedback, good or bad!

Crimson Iris 2

The first page of my second Crimson Iris tale... A snatch-and-grab job has gone badly awry for the Crimson Iris, leaving her at the mercy of an East London gangster. The whole story is drawn in stark black and white and is deliberately rougher than the the first story... she's a long way from the elegance of the Riviera now.

More Being Human!

Two posts in one day!!! I just did this one. I don't think it really looks like Lenora Crichlow, but I like it.

Being Human

Just a sketch I did while watching the excellent Being Human last night!

Killing time on a tuesday afternoon...

Just a little doodle to keep me occupied while I'm waiting!

I always intended to blog at least once a month...

...so I am posting another page from my Crimson Iris strip, this one leading on directly from the last.

What I've been up to...

I've really enjoyed doing this drawing, mainly that of the Crimson Iris herself, and the colouring has been a real self-teaching thing - I've been doing it more professionally with the help of The DC Comics Guide to Coloring and Lettering Comics, which is absolutely excellent and I think will be crucial to my work in future! You'll notice that there isn't any dialog yet... this is for two reasons - because the Lettering section of the book requires far more precision and care, and because the dialog is to be in Italian, which I do not speak! Anyway, I hope you like it, its still a work in progress so please tell me what you think!

Batgirl sketches.

More Viper!

Another image of The Viper, this time in the role of the femme fatale!

Enter The Viper!

The Viper is another of my characters, something of a villain, a mercenary and assassin who is in possession of a piece of alien technology called the Viper Vest. It links into the nervous system and allows total physical metamorphosis, which means that the Viper could be anybody. Literally anybody, man, woman, child, priest, senator, police sergeant, Barbra Streisand. Anybody. That's what makes the Viper exciting to me - you could have a whole comic series and never actually know who the main character really is. And being a mercenary really opens up story possibilities too. Visually the viper vest presents quite a challenge, having the colours and visual texture of oil. I know I could pick something easier, but that's what it looks like in my head - that or beetle shell colours, but that was even harder to pull off! As usual, I don't expect to get around to developing this idea further, as much as I'd like to... so many ideas, so little time!

Mist Maiden!

This was an experiment, trying to do some kind of hair texture, which I actually think worked pretty well. I have no use for it beyond that, but every day is a school day! x

Atomic Woman in... A Friend in Need

Part 2 of an occasional series! Previously, Ubero sought answers to the mysterious diminishing of his super powers...