Digital Sketches

I was working on content for the comic book, and this was on the Cintiq today.

Roughing out panels digitally is pretty fun.

 

I am very excited about getting this comic book launched, still looking at sometime in January, giving time for the crowd funding campaign on Indiegogo, and shipping times.

Here is another digital sketch, both of these were done in Clip Studio Paint, using a Wacom Cintiq.

 

I have also been working on some panels for the comic book.  Here is one of the latest ones.

Thanks for checking out my blog!!  I am having a lot of fun with this project, and I am enjoying putting this together, as I go along.  Please feel free to comment and let me know what you think, and also what kind of content that you would like to see here.

 

 

 

Indiegogo

I have launched the Indiegogo for this comic book project, and will be starting it off with the first #ashcan introductory issue to be available in January 2020.  I will be releasing it with a physical copy as well as a digital download.  I have made some cool rewards available through the support of this project.

I am so excited about getting this project underway!!

 

I am also super excited that it is now October and I am participating in the Inktober 2019 inking fun!!  I am going to be doing the entire month with a focus around this project which will mostly be a series of teeth and tentacles!!  If you enjoy my Inktober ink sketches and drawings, make sure to check out the Indiegogo link above, as I will be making available all of the original art work through the month of October as a reward through the support of the Indiegogo campaign.  (I will be sharing all of this work here on this blog as well.)

I have been warming up, and have my coffee in hand!!

If you want to support this comic project, you can also check out my Patreon where you can follow along with the production of the project, and get to see a lot of the creative behind the scenes, and processes, as well as get invites to my live broadcasts via twitch, as well as monthly downloadable content for digital artists, including brushes, and breakdowns, hi resolution files, and more!!

Thank you so much for all of your support!!  Please feel free to comment and let me know what you think, or would like to see as far as content through any of these campaigns, or just say hello, and let me know what you think about this project so far!!

 

 

Inktober 2019

Inktober

So two years ago I worked on a few Inktober sketches, and had a lot of fun.  My work was all focused around this project, and I am sharing a couple here with you.

What is Inktober?  You can find out more HERE!!

Well October is coming up quick, and I was thinking about doing an entire month run this year, sketching daily Teeth and Tentacles from this comic Project!!  I am very excited about it, and can’t wait to get to sketching!!

Are any of you as excited about Inktober as I am??!

Well, I am going to get some coffee going, and maybe do some warmups..

Please feel free to comment, let me know if you are doing Inktober!!

 

 

Rough Page Layout

I have been working on roughs for the first sequence to my comic book story.  I have reworked this page several times and am finally getting to something that I like, and achieving something that works as far as effective storytelling.  This is a perfect example showing why I work the way that I do.  With roughs it is a lot easier to scrap an ineffective idea or page that is not executed properly when I have not put ten or more hours into it just to see that all the work I have put into the page doesn’t read effectively.  As the writer and artist behind the page I have all the knowledge of the storyline in my head but I need the reader to be able to see what is going on without that knowledge, so with an improperly executed page the reader can easily be lost in confusion as to what is actually happening within those panels on that page.

I am hoping to start launching this project very soon.  I have gotten far enough ahead with the introduction to this project in my head and roughed out enough panels and pages to begin working on actual finished work.  This project will be released in segments as I complete them and continue through installments of these sequences as I progress through the story.

I am very much looking forward to this project and hope that you are as well!!  I also am hoping that you are enjoying this behind the scenes progress content as an extra bonus to the project, as we are seeing it all coming to life!!  Thanks so much for your support!!

Coloring Tentacles

Strangelove Progress

Working on a Promotional Piece for the Strangelove Octopus comic project and figured I would share a work in progress shot as I am experimenting with inks and tones over my rough digital sketch.  I enjoyed how this was turning out as I felt I was pushing creative boundaries within myself.

I am having a lot of fun with this project and wanted to keep posting progress here for any of you following along to see this coming to life!!  Please let me know what you think in the comments and please share if you love this and follow along if you are interested in seeing this project come alive!!

Thanks so much for your support!!  If you would actually like to see more and support this project you can find my Patreon here!!

Color Tests

Experimenting with colors and tones working to bring this comic project to a reality.

Thanks so much for visiting and thanks so much for your support!!

Rough Stuff

Ive been working on rough pages as well as rough sketches of characters and sequences that will make up this entire project.  I have been pushing a timeline of sorts as well that will help me organize all of these ideas and concepts to make the entire project.

I have been very excited getting to see it all coming together as I start seeing what the project is going to look like as I get these ideas down onto these rough pages and panels.  I am also excited about this process as it allows me to creatively push boundaries and experiment with what I may be capable of if I put my mind to it!!

I hope you are having as much fun with this as I am and please let me know if there is anything else you would like to see about how I am actually working behind the scenes to make this project a reality!!

Thanks so much for checking this blog out and thank you so much for your support!!

If you would like to support this project you can find my Patreon profile here!!

Tentacles

Sharing some rough sketching and realizing just how fun tentacles are to sketch!!

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Though Patreon is a crowd funding platform you will always be able to read my comic project here on this blog for free!!  So make sure that you are following this blog as well!!

Thanks so much for your support!!

Rough Page and Panels

 

I wanted to share the process from rough idea in my head to the actual rough page layout and then where it goes from there with actual panels and color experimentations. All of this is still very early in the project as it is not finished or published yet.

I do a lot of experimentation with the inks, whether traditional or digital or a hybrid, as well as varied colors and tones and have still been trying to find what results I want with the actual finished project.

Here are some of those experimental panels from the rough page I sketched out..

I hope you enjoy this kind of content as this is the behind the scenes content that I will be sharing on this blog as I work on this comic project.  If there is other types of content that you would like to see please feel free to drop a comment as well as let me know what you think about the project so far!!

Thanks so much for your support!!  

If you would like to support this project you can visit my Patreon with the link below!!

https://www.patreon.com/davidskeleton