Tortoise and the Hare

This was one of the earlier assignments for my course. We had to do two pages to tell the story of the tortoise and the hare. Ink pen and india ink on bristol again.

Mouse Hunt

So the dramas of my first apartment lead to a story for my final project in my course. My roommate, Sheila (a.k.a. Chiatar), agrees that this is pretty true to the actual hunt. I left out some details, like trying to suffocate the mouse in a peanut butter jar (we wanted it to go out happy) or my moral dilemma over killing something that looked like my pet gerbil, Doodle. I also left out the fact that just after we gave a toast to our fallen enemy (we did what any good Irish-American would do at a funeral: we drank to the dead), we caught another, and then another a couple days later.
As a warning: I apologize for the swears if you're sensitive to that but it needed to be done. It was the only way to get the hatred we had for this mouse across. (Sorry, Mom)

It was a harsh lesson to learn but c'est la vie. We at least put them outside so the locals cats could enjoy them (they didn't though >.<). I used ink pens on bristol.

New Project - New Game

I have some sketches up from a project I'm working on that I haven't mentioned yet. I also have a little game. If you can guess, based on these three character model sheets, what book I'm turning into a graphic novel and who wrote it, you win a custom commission piece drawn by yours truly. 

I know, I know, shameless gimmick for more viewership but hey, if it works, right?

For Bitter or for Worse

For one of our assignments, we had to copy a style of a famous comic strip artist in a story about being a freshman (sorry, first year 9.9) in college. I parodied Lynn Johnston's "For Better or Worse". I think I might send it in to our snarkier school paper, since these are very real issues at UVM.
Good News, Everyone! (you heard Farnsworth, didn't you? :D) The Burlington Kinko's DOES have a big ol' scanner so I can finally get my bigger pieces scanned (at a whoppin' $.99 each. Ouch. Worth it though). I'll be updating a lot over the next couple days. :D

Comic Books

Welp, its been awhile since my last scan/post. Still no internet, still very little time. Oddly enough, though, I think this will be less of an issue come September, when I'll have more reliable internet and more time to scan. As for now, I'm taking a Comic Book course and I'll try to post some of my work as I go.I had to use the specific size and number per row so that limited my choices a little but I think it worked out for the most part. This is based pretty closely on the real conversation me, my former suitemate, and my current roommate had.

poor provincial life

I'm not as proud of this one as I have been of others, to the point where I'm already planning a redo, but I want to know what people will think of it. As I mentioned in the previous post, I was torn between 1780s and 1820s or so. I went with the latter. I didn't think her face was as recognizably Belle either so I kept her dress yellow. I realized something very important while working on this one and Pocahontas (which is currently in the sketching process): I need internets!! I don't have it at my apartment, where I've been working on these, and I really need it when I'm looking for reference pictures. It's so frustrating!! Oh well. Here's Belle from Beauty and the Beast (1991).

oh man

Lots of changes in Halseyland (that sounds better than Paigeland I think). I'm back from Italy, which is sad but also nice because I was actually getting kinda homesick. Italy was absolutely AMAZING. Not a whole lot of artwork got done while there but I got some great pictures and some reference material for future pieces so yay!
After a few days in Massachusetts, I drove up to the new apartment in Vermont. I'm still not fully moved in and my place doesn't have internet as of yet but at least I have a bed now (believe me, this is a big accomplishment). I can't promise how frequently I'll be posting but I'll do my best.
As for the princess series, I'm currently working on Belle (although I'm not sure about her time period and I may redo her someday) and researching Pocahontas. I'm really liking Pocahontas and Tiana best since it's really obvious WHEN they take place. For Belle, it could have been anywhere from 1770s-1790s or 1820s-1830s, which is frustrating. I went with the 1820s since I did Cinderella as Late Georgian. (Plus, that yellow dress is SO Crinoline period!)
Sadly, no new artwork today since I'm on the computer at work. I'll try and get Belle up soon, she's currently being inked.