Sunday, May 31, 2015

Sketchbook doodle of a girl I sat next to at a panel at NYCC last year*. She was drawing a webcomic about talking muffins. I think she’s an editor at Marvel now. *she wasn’t actually smoking when I met her, but she smelt of tobacco.


Sketchbook doodle of a girl I sat next to at a panel at NYCC last year*. She was drawing a webcomic about talking muffins. I think she’s an editor at Marvel now. *she wasn’t actually smoking when I met her, but she smelt of tobacco. http://ift.tt/1dFvDdH

Page of gesture drawings from my sketchbook.


Page of gesture drawings from my sketchbook. http://ift.tt/1ACJ9sV

Saturday, May 30, 2015

We’ve had a lot of rain here in Oklahoma, but these numbers in Texas are crazy.


We’ve had a lot of rain here in Oklahoma, but these numbers in Texas are crazy. http://ift.tt/1BymnNA

And this is how my evening is going…


And this is how my evening is going… http://ift.tt/1BydnYW

seanvongormanart: Bob Ross Cosplay at @awesomecon Nice.


seanvongormanart: Bob Ross Cosplay at @awesomecon Nice. http://ift.tt/1LUsi4Z

Our Shih Tzu, Princess Peaches has had such a long day she fell asleep on the back of the couch with a toy still in her mouth.


Our Shih Tzu, Princess Peaches has had such a long day she fell asleep on the back of the couch with a toy still in her mouth. http://ift.tt/1LUlqVs

weirdellis: Watching Game of Thrones and Human Centipede 3. The only near likeness is Dieter Laser. And the silhouette of the intrigue pimp, killer of Joffrey, top left. My buddy Ellis is a master of the quick doodle & quick gestures.


weirdellis: Watching Game of Thrones and Human Centipede 3. The only near likeness is Dieter Laser. And the silhouette of the intrigue pimp, killer of Joffrey, top left. My buddy Ellis is a master of the quick doodle & quick gestures. http://ift.tt/1HCo6U7

Friday, May 29, 2015

Duel from my sketchbook. Yesterday I watched Duel directed by Steven Spielberg. When I was a kid, I played a game called Car Wars. It was a board game of Mad Max style car combat and they would list their ‘inspiration’ in popular media in the back of the book. Duel was on that list, but I hadn’t seen it until last night. Duel is the story of a driver who gets harassed by a truck driver. Most of the film takes place with moving vehicles. Spielberg did a great job setting up the shots in a way that made it look great. Watching this, you can see why this film opened doors for him. Spielberg is a very technical filmmaker and it’s very obvious in Duel. I don’t think this the kind of film you watch over and over, but it’s definitely worth watching, especially if you enjoy the technical process of making a film.


Duel from my sketchbook. Yesterday I watched Duel directed by Steven Spielberg. When I was a kid, I played a game called Car Wars. It was a board game of Mad Max style car combat and they would list their ‘inspiration’ in popular media in the back of the book. Duel was on that list, but I hadn’t seen it until last night. Duel is the story of a driver who gets harassed by a truck driver. Most of the film takes place with moving vehicles. Spielberg did a great job setting up the shots in a way that made it look great. Watching this, you can see why this film opened doors for him. Spielberg is a very technical filmmaker and it’s very obvious in Duel. I don’t think this the kind of film you watch over and over, but it’s definitely worth watching, especially if you enjoy the technical process of making a film. http://ift.tt/1HSCyN7

Duel from my sketchbook. Yesterday I watched Duel directed by Steven Spielberg. When I was a kid, I played a game called Car Wars. It was a board game of Mad Max style car combat and they would list their ‘inspiration’ in popular media in the back of the book. Duel was on that list, but I hadn’t seen it until last night. Duel is the story of a driver who gets harassed by a truck driver. Most of the film takes place with moving vehicles. Spielberg did a great job setting up the shots in a way that made it look great. Watching this, you can see why this film opened doors for him. Spielberg is a very technical filmmaker and it’s very obvious in Duel. I don’t think this the kind of film you watch over and over, but it’s definitely worth watching, especially if you enjoy the technical process of making a film.


Duel from my sketchbook. Yesterday I watched Duel directed by Steven Spielberg. When I was a kid, I played a game called Car Wars. It was a board game of Mad Max style car combat and they would list their ‘inspiration’ in popular media in the back of the book. Duel was on that list, but I hadn’t seen it until last night. Duel is the story of a driver who gets harassed by a truck driver. Most of the film takes place with moving vehicles. Spielberg did a great job setting up the shots in a way that made it look great. Watching this, you can see why this film opened doors for him. Spielberg is a very technical filmmaker and it’s very obvious in Duel. I don’t think this the kind of film you watch over and over, but it’s definitely worth watching, especially if you enjoy the technical process of making a film. http://ift.tt/1EEabuA

Duel from my sketchbook. Yesterday I watched Duel directed by Steven Spielberg. When I was a kid, I played a game called Car Wars. It was a board game of Mad Max style car combat and they would list their ‘inspiration’ in popular media in the back of the book. Duel was on that list, but I hadn’t seen it until last night. Duel is the story of a driver who gets harassed by a truck driver. Most of the film takes place with moving vehicles. Spielberg did a great job setting up the shots in a way that made it look great. Watching this, you can see why this film opened doors for him. Spielberg is a very technical filmmaker and it’s very obvious in Duel. I don’t think this the kind of film you watch over and over, but it’s definitely worth watching, especially if you enjoy the technical process of making a film.


Duel from my sketchbook. Yesterday I watched Duel directed by Steven Spielberg. When I was a kid, I played a game called Car Wars. It was a board game of Mad Max style car combat and they would list their ‘inspiration’ in popular media in the back of the book. Duel was on that list, but I hadn’t seen it until last night. Duel is the story of a driver who gets harassed by a truck driver. Most of the film takes place with moving vehicles. Spielberg did a great job setting up the shots in a way that made it look great. Watching this, you can see why this film opened doors for him. Spielberg is a very technical filmmaker and it’s very obvious in Duel. I don’t think this the kind of film you watch over and over, but it’s definitely worth watching, especially if you enjoy the technical process of making a film. http://ift.tt/1JbQ25m

Thursday, May 28, 2015

Finished my Girl Hellboy sketch. I’m not sure if it’s Girl Hellboy, Hellboy Girl or Hellgirl but i was inspired by a cosplayer I saw.


Finished my Girl Hellboy sketch. I’m not sure if it’s Girl Hellboy, Hellboy Girl or Hellgirl but i was inspired by a cosplayer I saw. http://ift.tt/1KrYYTc

Finished my Girl Hellboy sketch. I’m not sure if it’s Girl Hellboy, Hellboy Girl or Hellgirl but i was inspired by a cosplayer I saw.


Finished my Girl Hellboy sketch. I’m not sure if it’s Girl Hellboy, Hellboy Girl or Hellgirl but i was inspired by a cosplayer I saw. http://ift.tt/1Fctyvp

A couple pages of pre-work doodles from my sketchbook.


A couple pages of pre-work doodles from my sketchbook. http://ift.tt/1FcrHa1

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

destroycomics: R.I.P. Sam Hiti You’ve probably heard of the Sam Hiti death scare. You probably saw it as a hoax. You probably saw it as a call for help. Sam is alive, but his condition is private. I don’t know what’s going on in Sam Hiti’s life. I’ve only know that the past year has been difficult for him. Clusterfucked with illness, accidents, and a creative absence. I miss his presence, his studies of Claudia Cardinale and musings yielded by thick brush lines, and, most of all, his fierce independence. A lot of what I know from others and have experienced with comics has bothered me about this news. Comics is a cancerous profession. An overwhelming amount of people struggle with comics and it spreads them really fucking thin. A lot of people will come off jaded, ignorant, or morose, if not completely alone. It shows. It’s contagious. Its demand and time consumption won’t flow when the effects of production on personal lives destroy motivation and productivity. Especially when publishers try to get you to work at wholesale prices without the benefits you need to keep yourself healthy, support a family, and insure that if something happens to you, you have something there for you and your family to fall back on. I don’t want to be pessimistic or “realistic” about comics. Comics at its best is one of the most nurturing communities I’ve known. But, as a career, judging from the people I know who struggle from depression and have expressed suicidal thoughts, it has the ability to have the creator running breathless with hooks digging deep into their backs. Brandon Graham says that his job is “staying excited about comics.” This is important in looking at the self and comics whether it means focusing on yourself so you can continue to be healthy for comics. But, the best advice is “don’t go into comics.” If you find yourself never quitting, you’ll have a Socratic virtue fulfilled, but at a cost greater for some lesser for others. It’s okay to quit. If comics has taken so much from you and given so little and you feel that you need to escape, you should. Trust your intuition. Even if you end up coming back to it a week later, months, years, or never. You are more important than comics. Respect the people who choose to quit or take a long time to finish a project. Comics are demanding. Those of you who know me, or follow my personal tumblr, probably know that making comics was one of the only things I was hanging on to when I was trying to kill myself last year. I shelved the project after being hospitalized. In that situation comics made things worse. I’d have panic attacks while inking. I started posting cryptic Work In Progress shots of a skeleton dude and cryptically alluding to plans for my death. I wasn’t healthy and comics were contributing to that sickness. The tortured artist cliche is bullshit. Never tell someone to use their pain to create. It’s a bad route for them to take. Make sure they’re okay. When you’re affected by the realities, depressed or sick, you might be incapable of stepping outside of yourself to stop yourself from doing something that will cause pain to yourself or others. The way Sam Hiti announced his death today was really disrespectful to the people who know and love him as a person as well as his work. A lot of hearts skipped a few beats. Don’t be angry. Don’t say that this is a hoax to sell books. You’re failing to empathize with a person who obviously is trying to process their future. Empathy is one of the most important qualities a person can have, and it lacks with the omnipresence of the internet. If you encounter someone who has done something terrible, is going through the shit, or isn’t aware of themselves, know that you can never change a person, but empathy is still the best thing you can offer them. People do really stupid things to deal with their paint. Some do it to themselves with substance or to others, whether their using people or sexually assaulting them. There are really terrible things people are capable of that you’d be surprised by. Shitty circumstances breeds shitty people more than it breeds great ones. Some of those people will put their trauma on other people and let the infection grow. It’s important to know that we’re all capable of changing ourselves after seeing ourselves as we appear. I believe Sam Hiti is dead. This isn’t figuratively speaking. Sam Hiti, the cartoonist, has said goodbye, and by the looks of it, this was something that happened a while back. Comics were a part of his being to himself and others, and now that he recognized that has past, that person has passed on. Whether he’ll resurrect and make comics again is up to Sam Hiti, the person. Also, note: I do not know what is going on in Sam Hiti’s life, nor do I want anyone to believe that’s the reality of his situation until he says something formal, if he does. Empathize with others as you would yourself. Accept and seek out the help of others. You are important as other people and other people are as important as you. I’m saddened and going to greatly miss Sam Hiti. I wish him and his family the best. Art is something we experience and appreciate perpetually. It’s everywhere and more often offered for free. It is taken for granted. I know there’s a lot of preaching out there about supporting the arts, but seriously, support the arts. Send artists you love money and praise, buy their products, go out and see them when there are events close to you. Keep them going because keeping yourself excited about comics involves everyone. For someone to go about that task alone, either they’re endowed with a great spirit or crumbling slowly. Hoax or not, I bought Sam’s goodbye package. I suggest you all consider showing him the final support and respect his decision to kill the cartoonist and join him in sending himself off. You can buy the goodbye package here Watch Sam draw in Kagan McLeod’s studio with Paul Pope, David B, and Frederik Peeters. I don’t know Sam or the facts about him, but these comments are spot on towards any creative endeavor. I imagine there are knitters out there who agonize over every ‘stitch’ they put in a pair of mittens. It’s tough to make stuff and to do it well you have to dig into parts of you that you never knew existed.


destroycomics: R.I.P. Sam Hiti You’ve probably heard of the Sam Hiti death scare. You probably saw it as a hoax. You probably saw it as a call for help. Sam is alive, but his condition is private. I don’t know what’s going on in Sam Hiti’s life. I’ve only know that the past year has been difficult for him. Clusterfucked with illness, accidents, and a creative absence. I miss his presence, his studies of Claudia Cardinale and musings yielded by thick brush lines, and, most of all, his fierce independence. A lot of what I know from others and have experienced with comics has bothered me about this news. Comics is a cancerous profession. An overwhelming amount of people struggle with comics and it spreads them really fucking thin. A lot of people will come off jaded, ignorant, or morose, if not completely alone. It shows. It’s contagious. Its demand and time consumption won’t flow when the effects of production on personal lives destroy motivation and productivity. Especially when publishers try to get you to work at wholesale prices without the benefits you need to keep yourself healthy, support a family, and insure that if something happens to you, you have something there for you and your family to fall back on. I don’t want to be pessimistic or “realistic” about comics. Comics at its best is one of the most nurturing communities I’ve known. But, as a career, judging from the people I know who struggle from depression and have expressed suicidal thoughts, it has the ability to have the creator running breathless with hooks digging deep into their backs. Brandon Graham says that his job is “staying excited about comics.” This is important in looking at the self and comics whether it means focusing on yourself so you can continue to be healthy for comics. But, the best advice is “don’t go into comics.” If you find yourself never quitting, you’ll have a Socratic virtue fulfilled, but at a cost greater for some lesser for others. It’s okay to quit. If comics has taken so much from you and given so little and you feel that you need to escape, you should. Trust your intuition. Even if you end up coming back to it a week later, months, years, or never. You are more important than comics. Respect the people who choose to quit or take a long time to finish a project. Comics are demanding. Those of you who know me, or follow my personal tumblr, probably know that making comics was one of the only things I was hanging on to when I was trying to kill myself last year. I shelved the project after being hospitalized. In that situation comics made things worse. I’d have panic attacks while inking. I started posting cryptic Work In Progress shots of a skeleton dude and cryptically alluding to plans for my death. I wasn’t healthy and comics were contributing to that sickness. The tortured artist cliche is bullshit. Never tell someone to use their pain to create. It’s a bad route for them to take. Make sure they’re okay. When you’re affected by the realities, depressed or sick, you might be incapable of stepping outside of yourself to stop yourself from doing something that will cause pain to yourself or others. The way Sam Hiti announced his death today was really disrespectful to the people who know and love him as a person as well as his work. A lot of hearts skipped a few beats. Don’t be angry. Don’t say that this is a hoax to sell books. You’re failing to empathize with a person who obviously is trying to process their future. Empathy is one of the most important qualities a person can have, and it lacks with the omnipresence of the internet. If you encounter someone who has done something terrible, is going through the shit, or isn’t aware of themselves, know that you can never change a person, but empathy is still the best thing you can offer them. People do really stupid things to deal with their paint. Some do it to themselves with substance or to others, whether their using people or sexually assaulting them. There are really terrible things people are capable of that you’d be surprised by. Shitty circumstances breeds shitty people more than it breeds great ones. Some of those people will put their trauma on other people and let the infection grow. It’s important to know that we’re all capable of changing ourselves after seeing ourselves as we appear. I believe Sam Hiti is dead. This isn’t figuratively speaking. Sam Hiti, the cartoonist, has said goodbye, and by the looks of it, this was something that happened a while back. Comics were a part of his being to himself and others, and now that he recognized that has past, that person has passed on. Whether he’ll resurrect and make comics again is up to Sam Hiti, the person. Also, note: I do not know what is going on in Sam Hiti’s life, nor do I want anyone to believe that’s the reality of his situation until he says something formal, if he does. Empathize with others as you would yourself. Accept and seek out the help of others. You are important as other people and other people are as important as you. I’m saddened and going to greatly miss Sam Hiti. I wish him and his family the best. Art is something we experience and appreciate perpetually. It’s everywhere and more often offered for free. It is taken for granted. I know there’s a lot of preaching out there about supporting the arts, but seriously, support the arts. Send artists you love money and praise, buy their products, go out and see them when there are events close to you. Keep them going because keeping yourself excited about comics involves everyone. For someone to go about that task alone, either they’re endowed with a great spirit or crumbling slowly. Hoax or not, I bought Sam’s goodbye package. I suggest you all consider showing him the final support and respect his decision to kill the cartoonist and join him in sending himself off. You can buy the goodbye package here Watch Sam draw in Kagan McLeod’s studio with Paul Pope, David B, and Frederik Peeters. I don’t know Sam or the facts about him, but these comments are spot on towards any creative endeavor. I imagine there are knitters out there who agonize over every ‘stitch’ they put in a pair of mittens. It’s tough to make stuff and to do it well you have to dig into parts of you that you never knew existed. http://ift.tt/1KqhEm6

My wife is out of tone this week, so I’m staying busy while she’s gone.


My wife is out of tone this week, so I’m staying busy while she’s gone. http://ift.tt/1exr6tX

Wild Wolf from my sketchbook.


Wild Wolf from my sketchbook. http://ift.tt/1AtZO1z

Cleaning my studio I came across a flyer for the Virgin Megastore. There wasn’t one in Oklahoma City, but when my wife got out of school we went to Disneyworld a few times and that’s where I first came across the Megastore. At the time (mid ‘90s) it was impossible to get overseas comics and they had tons of them at the megastore. I filled huge holes in my Moebius & Masamune Shirow collection. It seems like they were always clearing out that stuff and I got some deals. Eventually they opened a shop in Dallas and when we started visiting NYC I loved the one in Times Square. The last time I visited the store in NYC I had a weird experience where I went to the basement level. Suddenly, it hit me I was the only person in the room. After a week of the crush of NYC, the realization of 'I am alone’ swept over me in a wave of self realization. It was a strange experience that imprinted itself on my psyche. IIRC, I got this coupon in the mail and saved it, but they closed before I got a chance to use it. I saved it because I liked the design. I will glue it inside my sketchbook as token of the past and a reminder of what’s gone.


Cleaning my studio I came across a flyer for the Virgin Megastore. There wasn’t one in Oklahoma City, but when my wife got out of school we went to Disneyworld a few times and that’s where I first came across the Megastore. At the time (mid ‘90s) it was impossible to get overseas comics and they had tons of them at the megastore. I filled huge holes in my Moebius & Masamune Shirow collection. It seems like they were always clearing out that stuff and I got some deals. Eventually they opened a shop in Dallas and when we started visiting NYC I loved the one in Times Square. The last time I visited the store in NYC I had a weird experience where I went to the basement level. Suddenly, it hit me I was the only person in the room. After a week of the crush of NYC, the realization of 'I am alone’ swept over me in a wave of self realization. It was a strange experience that imprinted itself on my psyche. IIRC, I got this coupon in the mail and saved it, but they closed before I got a chance to use it. I saved it because I liked the design. I will glue it inside my sketchbook as token of the past and a reminder of what’s gone. http://ift.tt/1ciRciJ

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Page of fantasy ink doodles from my sketchbook.


Page of fantasy ink doodles from my sketchbook. http://ift.tt/1FePUxq

One thing I struggle with is forearms so today I’ve been making notes and I’ve labeled the muscle groups on my own forearm with a sharpie.


One thing I struggle with is forearms so today I’ve been making notes and I’ve labeled the muscle groups on my own forearm with a sharpie. http://ift.tt/1F90bKC

From my sketchbook. Girl Hellboy, Hellgirl, I’m not sure what to call this sketch, but it was inspired by a cosplayer and drawn with a prismacolor col-erase pencil.


From my sketchbook. Girl Hellboy, Hellgirl, I’m not sure what to call this sketch, but it was inspired by a cosplayer and drawn with a prismacolor col-erase pencil. http://ift.tt/1ArrofV

Monday, May 25, 2015

Doing some sketches while I watch John Woo’s A Better Tomorrow. I picked up the DVD today.


Doing some sketches while I watch John Woo’s A Better Tomorrow. I picked up the DVD today. http://ift.tt/1HHf9yf

scottsackett: My studio (aka the spare room) When I switched to drawing comics digitally I set my drafting table to flat and bought an ASUS B121 tablet. The hanging lights add the right amount of mood; I feel like a medieval monk working by candle light. I still have all my traditional tools in case I ever feel the need get ink on my hands. The most important thing in the room is my THINK reminder taped to the light right in front of my face, so I don’t forget. Thanks!! I have a boring desktop setup in my wife’s office, but she don’t let me hang Christmas lights!


scottsackett: My studio (aka the spare room) When I switched to drawing comics digitally I set my drafting table to flat and bought an ASUS B121 tablet. The hanging lights add the right amount of mood; I feel like a medieval monk working by candle light. I still have all my traditional tools in case I ever feel the need get ink on my hands. The most important thing in the room is my THINK reminder taped to the light right in front of my face, so I don’t forget. Thanks!! I have a boring desktop setup in my wife’s office, but she don’t let me hang Christmas lights! http://ift.tt/1PJ8WpM

My studio (aka the spare room) When I switched to drawing comics digitally I set my drafting table to flat and bought an ASUS B121 tablet. The hanging lights add the right amount of mood; I feel like a medieval monk working by candle light. I still have all my traditional tools in case I ever feel the need get ink on my hands. The most important thing in the room is my THINK reminder taped to the light right in front of my face, so I don’t forget.


My studio (aka the spare room) When I switched to drawing comics digitally I set my drafting table to flat and bought an ASUS B121 tablet. The hanging lights add the right amount of mood; I feel like a medieval monk working by candle light. I still have all my traditional tools in case I ever feel the need get ink on my hands. The most important thing in the room is my THINK reminder taped to the light right in front of my face, so I don’t forget. http://ift.tt/1cX6j1J

The Monkey King from my sketchbook.


The Monkey King from my sketchbook. http://ift.tt/1Q7q5Ev

Figure drawing doodles from my sketchbook.


Figure drawing doodles from my sketchbook. http://ift.tt/1IWqFG8

I got the bug to draw another comic strip in my sketchbook (with Manga Studio enhancements) this one is about food. I’m not sure why, but once I started it wrote itself. C.B. is my friend who writes the food blog Eataku at http://www.eataku.com/ (he’s also a VP at Marvel.) I’m enjoying these strips and the chance to work in a comic format, but in a non-sequential way. I know there will be more in the future, I’d like to draw one 100% in my sketchbook, including lettering, and maybe do the gray with markers.


I got the bug to draw another comic strip in my sketchbook (with Manga Studio enhancements) this one is about food. I’m not sure why, but once I started it wrote itself. C.B. is my friend who writes the food blog Eataku at http://www.eataku.com/ (he’s also a VP at Marvel.) I’m enjoying these strips and the chance to work in a comic format, but in a non-sequential way. I know there will be more in the future, I’d like to draw one 100% in my sketchbook, including lettering, and maybe do the gray with markers. http://ift.tt/1eq3oj7

Sunday, May 24, 2015

A barbarian warrior from my sketchbook. It’s been raining constantly for awhile now in Oklahoma City. Today it paused briefly so I sat on the porch enjoying outside and drew this.


A barbarian warrior from my sketchbook. It’s been raining constantly for awhile now in Oklahoma City. Today it paused briefly so I sat on the porch enjoying outside and drew this. http://ift.tt/1Fa2sWJ

Saturday, May 23, 2015

This morning DL Nelson, Ellis Goodson, Chris Sackett, John Ferguson aka Count Gregore and myself filmed the short ‘The Hoboes Bindle’. Ellis was the writer and director. It was a ton of fun and I can’t wait to see how it comes out!


This morning DL Nelson, Ellis Goodson, Chris Sackett, John Ferguson aka Count Gregore and myself filmed the short ‘The Hoboes Bindle’. Ellis was the writer and director. It was a ton of fun and I can’t wait to see how it comes out! http://ift.tt/1HBRqzx

Final version of my podcasting sketch from last night. With Ellis Goodson, Chris Sackett & D.L. Nelson. We are planning today’s film shoot.


Final version of my podcasting sketch from last night. With Ellis Goodson, Chris Sackett & D.L. Nelson. We are planning today’s film shoot. http://ift.tt/1PDDut8

Final version of my podcasting sketch from last night. With Ellis Goodson, Chris Sackett & D.L. Nelson. We are planning today’s film shoot.


Final version of my podcasting sketch from last night. With Ellis Goodson, Chris Sackett & D.L. Nelson. We are planning today’s film shoot. http://ift.tt/1AqtM6f

Friday, May 22, 2015

Recorded an episode of Better Than Fiction tonight. We had a couple guests in the studio and I did a sketch to commemorate it.


Recorded an episode of Better Than Fiction tonight. We had a couple guests in the studio and I did a sketch to commemorate it. http://ift.tt/1FJoSDM

Wolverine doodle from my sketchbook.


Wolverine doodle from my sketchbook. http://ift.tt/1F5QGN8

A sharpie drawing from my brand new sketchbook. Staring at a blank page is intimidating and a whole new sketchbook is even worse.


A sharpie drawing from my brand new sketchbook. Staring at a blank page is intimidating and a whole new sketchbook is even worse. http://ift.tt/1c8ZMQU

Last week I did a comic strip about Time, this week I’m doing one about FOOD and here is the rough. If you missed the time strip, here’s a link to it. http://ift.tt/1G4UX7A


Last week I did a comic strip about Time, this week I’m doing one about FOOD and here is the rough. If you missed the time strip, here’s a link to it. http://ift.tt/1G4UX7A http://ift.tt/1R9tipv

Thursday, May 21, 2015

Daredevil sketch.


Daredevil sketch. http://ift.tt/1AhYSxo

James Dean from my sketchbook.


James Dean from my sketchbook. http://ift.tt/1ElVlc6

If you are going to Soonercon this June here is my panel schedule. I am moderating a podcasting panel.


If you are going to Soonercon this June here is my panel schedule. I am moderating a podcasting panel. http://ift.tt/1LoEQSz

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Half-Price books is having a sale this weekend! Time to turn over a new leaf!


Half-Price books is having a sale this weekend! Time to turn over a new leaf! http://ift.tt/1R546k1

A mall from my sketchbook. I am obsessed with public spaces and their ‘mood’. This is an attempt to draw a mall from my imagination. As a kid I hung out at the mall a lot but to be fair then the mall had bookstores, hobby shops, etc. so there was more appeal then now. Now I would rather spend my time anywhere else then the mall. Still every time I eat a big pretzel it takes me back to my youth and those amazing carpeted spaces of capitalism.


A mall from my sketchbook. I am obsessed with public spaces and their ‘mood’. This is an attempt to draw a mall from my imagination. As a kid I hung out at the mall a lot but to be fair then the mall had bookstores, hobby shops, etc. so there was more appeal then now. Now I would rather spend my time anywhere else then the mall. Still every time I eat a big pretzel it takes me back to my youth and those amazing carpeted spaces of capitalism. http://ift.tt/1HgWL9W

Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Deadpool from my sketchbook.


Deadpool from my sketchbook. http://ift.tt/1AjomtY

Doodle of trailer living room from my sketchbook. With this sort of drawing I’m just trying to imagine environments and make them look interesting. These are drawn in ink with a Pentel Japanese sign pen. It makes a nice bold line, doesn’t bleed through my sketchbook and has a little bit of ‘give’ to the line.


Doodle of trailer living room from my sketchbook. With this sort of drawing I’m just trying to imagine environments and make them look interesting. These are drawn in ink with a Pentel Japanese sign pen. It makes a nice bold line, doesn’t bleed through my sketchbook and has a little bit of ‘give’ to the line. http://ift.tt/1B9Er0i

Trailer park doodle from my sketchbook. I’m listening to 8 Mile before I clock in today.


Trailer park doodle from my sketchbook. I’m listening to 8 Mile before I clock in today. http://ift.tt/1FlJXRr

Sunday, May 17, 2015

Princess Peaches, our Shih Tzu is guarding her toy.


Princess Peaches, our Shih Tzu is guarding her toy. http://ift.tt/1HbB1wd

Friday, May 15, 2015

I picked up a couple of martial arts movies today. How can this not be an awesome movie? The cover design alone was worth the price. I haven’t watched it yet and I want to make an unauthorized comic adaption!


I picked up a couple of martial arts movies today. How can this not be an awesome movie? The cover design alone was worth the price. I haven’t watched it yet and I want to make an unauthorized comic adaption! http://ift.tt/1Fe0XZV

Cartoon me from my sketchbook. I want to draw more comic strips like TIME and so this morning I developing a cartoon version of me for the strips.


Cartoon me from my sketchbook. I want to draw more comic strips like TIME and so this morning I developing a cartoon version of me for the strips. http://ift.tt/1Ka2KTY

Thursday, May 14, 2015

Cyberpunk drawings from my sketchbook.


Cyberpunk drawings from my sketchbook. http://ift.tt/1L5qAhp

More cyberpunk from my sketchbook. ‘A joeboy with vat-grown, grafted muscle’ -I think that’s the line from a William Gibson novel. Whatever a joeboy is.


More cyberpunk from my sketchbook. ‘A joeboy with vat-grown, grafted muscle’ -I think that’s the line from a William Gibson novel. Whatever a joeboy is. http://ift.tt/1G9nCbP

From my sketchbook. Some pre-work cyberpunk manga doodle. I’ve been on a ‘80s vibe lately. I think seeing still of the new X-Men movie (and it’s mall) may have planted the deadly seed of nostalgia in my brain.


From my sketchbook. Some pre-work cyberpunk manga doodle. I’ve been on a ‘80s vibe lately. I think seeing still of the new X-Men movie (and it’s mall) may have planted the deadly seed of nostalgia in my brain. http://ift.tt/1PIgpju

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

xizang325: 2015・4・12 近隣散策  成田山 まぁなんか儲かってるみたいですね(笑) There’s where my bike went!


xizang325: 2015・4・12 近隣散策  成田山 まぁなんか儲かってるみたいですね(笑) There’s where my bike went! http://ift.tt/1AY4c3A

From my sketchbook: the biggest ball of twine in Minnesota. I was listening to weird Al before work this morning.


From my sketchbook: the biggest ball of twine in Minnesota. I was listening to weird Al before work this morning. http://ift.tt/1HdsYkQ