A quick sketch of Rocket Raccoon.

A quick sketch of Rocket Raccoon. http://ift.tt/1eGjPVG

Deadpool Sample

 

I'm headed to the NYCC this week and among other things I am taking this sample drawn from the script of Deadpool #54.

The Gathering

This is a few pages of a story I drew for GrayHaven Comics. This was all drwn in Manga Studio and was the first time I have used the program professionally. It made a lot of things much easier, especially adding the tone. I was also able to reuse some elements such as the compass and the dresser.

Planet Comicon

Last weekend I went to the Planet Comicon in Kansas City. I split a table with Mike Kennedy of Celtic Knights fame. My plan was simple; Backing boards, a fistful of sharpies and a tip jar. Basically I drew free sketches for tips and I did pretty good. Below is some of the better ones.

You may wonder why I drew several Wonder Women. Well, everytime I had a break, I drew a Wonder Woman sketch. I would sit it on the table and eventually a girl would come up, look at it and hand me $20. EVERY SINGLE TIME! It was like I was printing twenties!

I thought this Robin turned out great. I had to leave for a meeting (see below) and when I returned he was gone. I hope the right kid grabbed it!

A guy came up and asked for a Christina Hendricks (of Mad Men) in a Vamperilla costume.

I mentioned that I had  meeting. I was selected to meet with a Marvel Editor for a portfolio review. They didn't hire me, but the review went well. He told me I had potential and to keep working. Oh well!

New comic samples

Recently I have been talking to a publisher and they asked if I would be interested in trying something in more of a cartoony style. I've messed around with some sketches, but finally got serious and drew this 3 page sample of The Bug, a character I've used before. This plot is basically a remix of the sample I took to Wizard World Chicago '07. You can see them here http://scottsackett.blogspot.com/2007/08/daredevil-pages.html

I'm not superstitious, but this was the best received of any sample I've brought to a con and go to meet with a Marvel editor.

Anyway, the publisher seemed to like these pages and asked me to do some concept sketches for one of their books.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Thanks you for visiting my blog. No matter how you celebrate it, I hope the holiday season was happy and that 2012 will be a better year for all of us and that you have a prosperous year both presonally and professionally!

The Process:

Step 1: I wanted to experiment a little with drawing in the computer, so I drew a rough in Autodesk Sketchbook express. At this point my goal was just to be loose, I was literally 'making it upa as I went along.

Step 2: I took my sketch into Photoshop and added it to a layer and traced over it. I did this step in Photoshop because I am more comfortable with the layers and sizing the print in Photoshop since I am just lerning Sketchbook. Once I got something I felt I could work with, I turned it light blue and printed it out at 11x 14.

Step 3: I inked directly on the light blue print. This was the most enjoyable step, becasue all the 'work' had already been done and I just focused on line weights and texture.

 

Step 4: I scanned the inks into Photoshop, dropped the light blue, then added colors.

More sketchbook stuff

Here's a few more sketches from the last month or so...

Drawing of a co-worker

Working on figures

Trying to capture a likeness of The Hulk

The Scarlet Witch!

The Thing

While getting art ready to take to the New York Comic-con, I have been looking through old art and I found this sample of a Thing story I created to take to the con a few years ago.

I think my Thing is a little small for current Marvel continuity & I guess they weren't blown away by a story about Ben not being able to sign an autograph, but I kinda like it.

New Comic book Pages

3 pages from a pitch I am creating for NYCC.

Critiqued by ComixTribe

My Avengers samples were critiqued at www.comixtribe.com by Tommy Patterson and you can watch the video below. Someone commented to me they felt he was overly harsh, but I pointed out an editor has never sugar coated their opinion also he said he felt my work was professional level, so what more could I ask for.

The critique is pretty informative and worth watching.



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