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Righteous Lady, Before
I haven’t seen a lot of afros recently. There was a young guy in my building who sported an impressive one for a couple of years but the last time I saw him his head was buzzed.
A Dude, After
And here is yesterday’s chap in a more mellow mood. I wonder if he can pass on the zombie plague if he can’t bite anyone?
A Dude, Before
So a friend called me up two weeks ago and asked if I had time to do series of small portraits – various people before and after zombification. I told him I thought I could do six total. If I had time I’d do more. Of course, two days later, I heard from one of the publishers who occasionally pays me to for art asking me if I was available. Unless I’m already doing paying work I’m always available for paying work. So I was only able to do six before and after zombies. Here’s the first, predead portrait.
Lady Fairplay Remake/Remodel
This is probably the last contribution I doing for the Remake/Remodel challenges for a while. They’re fun to do but I’ve got another book deadline on my plate and a bunch of weekend weddings coming up and that’s going to kill whatever “spare” time I thought I had. I almost didn’t contribute to this one. The character wasn’t inspiring any good ideas. It wasn’t until some other artists had put theirs up that I thought of modifying a drawing I’d already done weeks ago.
Hyper the Phenomenal Remake/Remodel
Another contribution to the Remake/Remodel challenges over at Warren Ellis’ Whitechapel forums. This character’s name sounds goofier now than it probably did in the 1940s but even then I suspect it sounded a little silly. Hyper the Phenomenal? Sure. How about Super the Unbelievable? Ultra the Amazeriffic?
International Patents, part 2
And here’s part 2 of my interpretation of the villainous International Patents.
International Patents, Remake / Remodel – part one
The first half of my contribution to the International Patents Remake / Remodel exercise. Apparently Harry Houdini made some serials back in the day. International Patents were the villains in his first one The Master Mystery.
Ghost Exterminator Remake / Remodel
Another contribution to the Whitechapel Forums Remake Remodel exercise – a character called the Ghost Exterminator this time. I’ve been trying to do double duty with these illustrations. One figure at least has to be useful for another project that I’m working on. I’d started getting a little more ambitious by adding color for The Blue Lady and then more elaborate illustrations for Digambara Samiyar. I’m always amazed by what other contributors come up with. Sometimes the pieces are one off jokes. Other times, as with this character, little comic stories get created. I recommend following the link and checking out the results.
Digambara Samiyar Remake / Remodel
My version of Digambara Samiyar for the Remake/Remodel exercise at Warren Ellis’s forums.
