Faithless Part 1

Well, the first ten pages of "Faithless" are finito and away to be lettered and all is well in the republic of Babygorilla. As this is my first foray (first time I've used that word!) into some serious sequential drawing I was extremely conscious of  the deadline but I managed to hand the work in before the panic button was hit, thus ensued huge waves of relief.

I've included a few pages here to give a wee taster, not too much though, I wouldn't want to ruin it for you, the potential reader.

Major props to Dominik Diamond, the writer behind Faithless and John Paul Fitch, Editor of Flux UK, the new mag it will be featured in. As with any fledgling comic, Flux UK needs the support of as many comic readers and shops as possible so please pick it up when you see it. The mag is forty two pages, black and white with four ten page stories, some are one offs, others, like Faithless will be continued.

 Cheers, Davie.

Faithless

I haven't posted anything for a few weeks, so here's a few wee things Ive been working on for "Faithless", a comic that will be serialised in the upcoming UK/US Comics Magazine "Flux UK". Its written by the multi- talented Dominik Diamond, professional broadcaster, writer,and good Tim. These are some character concept designs for the main cast.

How Xarg Got His Groove Back

I've always been an avid comic reader but I've only dabbled in drawing comic pages a couple of times as Illustration has felt like more my thing. I was contacted by a writer, John Paul Fitch, to work on a five page submission for the new comics/movies/pop culture Magazine, CLiNT.
I was impressed with the way John Paul had created a weird, funny and well rounded story with only five pages to work with.
If your not used to drawing comics it can feel like pretty awkward at the start when your used to having a whole page to layout your Illustration as opposed to fitting everything into wee boxes. Saying that, it was a great experience doing this. Doing all the art chores myself (penciling, inking, colouring and lettering) really made me feel that the end product would be fluid with my style.


Hope you enjoy it. Cheers.

 

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

This is a personal piece, from the mind of Alan Moore, The League.

Heroes for Hire

Power Man and Iron Fist are the ultimate 70's Marvel Icons. Marvel should make a Heroes for Hire movie set in the seventies. Enter the Dragon, Shaft and The French Connection = Life on Mars with Superheros. just an idea. Loved working on this.

Old Man Logan 2

The highly anticipated " Old Man Logan part 2" by Mark Millar and Steve McNiven is coming soon. Here's my tribute. Baby Hulk is a wee bit older and Logan seems to have taken up with a mysterious, strung-out chick but thats just my artistic licence. The real thing will be much cooler. Looking forward to it.

Scalped

Scalped is comic published by Vertigo, written by Jason Aaeron with art by R. M. Guéra. The story revolves around a group of characters on a modern day Native American reservation. Its a mixture of The Sopranos, Donnie Brasco and Shakespearean tragedy.

This is a Mock Cover featuring the main character Dashiell Badhorse.

The Sick Bed of Cú Chulainn

The Sick Bed of Cú Chulainn. The legendary Irish Celtic warrior king. The title is also a great song by The Pogues.

Here's my process or method or whatever you want to call it. First (obviously) the line-art.

Next, some flat colours, patterns and shadows.

A wee bit of T.L.C and that's it done. Look up the legend ofCú Chulainn, its pretty cool.

Jock and the Beanstalk

                   Jack and the beanstalk gets an aggressive Scottish twist.

"Duality"

This is an illustration I recently completed for a new book of short stories titled "Duality".

Materials Used; Ink, Graphite pencil, Photoshop.

Fashionista

This wee beauty is the new resident Fashionista at Noir magazine, a new British style magazine. The good people there needed a character to accompany their fashion police column. I decided to go with something a wee bit different from my usual style whatever that is!

Kate Moss

This was a job for the new British fashion magazine "Noir" to accompany an editorial focusing on British style icon Kate Moss. The brief was quiet simple, Kate Moss, british fashion, rock n roll. I used about four reference photos ( to avoid the horrors of copyright law.) graphite, ink and Photoshop.

The Illustrious Client

This is the second piece based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's great Detective, Sherlock Holmes. This scene is from the short story "The Illustrious Client". In the original stories Holmes got into plenty of action, here he is attacked in the street by two thugs. Fortunately Holmes is a practiced stick fighter and has no qualms about going ahead. Get into them Sherlock.

A Study In Scarlet

This is the first of two Sherlock Holmes illustration ideas I had for an illustrated collection of Holmes stories. This is a scene from "A Study In Scarlet" were Holmes plays ( with great skill, contrary to the myth that he plays badly) when mulling over his new case.

The Saint issue 4

The final cover to my imagined Vertigo series based on The Saint. The Budapest Gambit comes to its bloody conclusion. I really enjoyed working on this wee project.

The Saint issue 3

My take on a Vertigo series featuring Simon Templar, The Saint. The story centers on the oncoming assault on Nazi occupied Budapest by Russian forces and a mysterious chess game between an autistic Bulgarian teenager and a high ranking Nazi officer with the future of the war hanging in the balance. The Saint takes matters into his own hands to end the chess game to his satisfaction and escape Budapest in one piece.

The Saint issue 2

Set myself a project for a Vertigo series featuring The Saint. Here's the cover to issue 2. Inspired partly by my 1980's Action Man ( or if your American, G.I. Joe).

The Saint issue 1

The Saint ( Simon Templar) the adventurer from the stories of Leslie Charteris is among my favorite fictional characters. This is the first of four covers for an imaginary Vertigo series featuring The Saint in an adventure set against the backdrop of the storming of Nazi occupied Budapest by Russian forces and a nail biting chess game that may sway the outcome of the war.

The Batman circa 1946

In 2003 Mark Millar (writer of The Ultimates, Kick Ass etc) wrote in his column on CBR that in 1944 Orson Welles had shown great interest in directing and starring in a Batman movie. With a cast and director that are amongst the greatest icons hollywood has ever produced, the movie could have changed how comics are percieved by the masses.
The movie as you know was never made, infact the whole thing was just a wishfull hoax by Mr Millar.
Anyhoo, in an alternate universe this is how the movie poster could have looked.

Breaking Bad

This is an editorial illustration to accompany a DVD review of the T.V series Breaking Bad, season 2. This show is amazing. The show is set in Albuquerque, New Mexico and focuses on a chemistry teacher who when discovering he has aggressive lung cancer becomes a Meth cook in order to make enough money to leave to his family when he's gone. With his partner (an ex pupil) he embarks on a second life as "Heisenberg" the biggest Meth dealer in the state. I wanted this piece to have a rough, dirty feel to it, with hot colours.