The details of this are pretty fuzzy. Fuzzier than normal anyway. If I remember correctly, in 1998 or 1999 Nizzibet was contacted by someone she knew in comics who was looking for artists to work on some sort of color horror comic. She suggested that Jeff Swensen and I put together some samples. I did the penciled art and he digitally colored/painted it. This was long before I knew my way around Photoshop.
Storyboard 3
And here is the last of the panels that I’ve found for that Comcast commercial.
(If you came by yesterday you’ve already seen this and need to scroll down for the earlier panels. I originally posted them out of order. Not that it matters much.)
Storyboard 2
Another couple of panels from the storyboards I did in 1998 for a Comcast commercial. Don’t you want your cable? NOW?
Storyboard 1
I haven’t done much storyboard work. During the Labor of Love Design Studio years I storyboarded two commercials on my own and did touch up work on a third. These two panels are from, probably, 1998. They were for a commercial about Comcast cable for a company somewhere on the East Coast. I’ll only be showing a few of the panels. Not because I don’t want to bore you (when has that stopped me before) but because I’m not sure where the rest of the storyboard is. I only found part of it when I was going through my flat files. I’ll be posting more panels tomorrow and Wednesday.
In Later Years
I think this sketch is from 2003 when I was playing with ideas for a webcomic. This is Moe, one of my protagonists from Misspent Youths, as an old man. Many of my characters have whole biographies. Moe has multiple biographies depending which “universe” I’m imagining him in.
If You Build It …
This sketch is probably from 1998 when Labor of Love was publishing GLYPH, the free tabloid. We were trying to think of ads for our design studio to print in the paper. This one had something to do with LoL helping you connect your castle in the sky dreams with the real world and success! The idea never made to a final ad but I do like this illustration.
A Dagger for Your Heart
Here’s the last of the spot illustrations I did for the first issue of The Black Seal. I don’t believe this one saw print either.
This Will Only Sting for a Moment
One more spot illustration intended for The Black Seal #1. This one didn’t see print. Until now. Not that this is print.
Strange Carving Found in the Desolate Hills
Another spot illustration intended for The Black Seal #1 should there be any unsightly blank spaces. This one didn’t see print.
Do Not Open ‘Til … well … EVER
Another spot illustration done for The Black Seal #1. I’d need to check the issue to be sure but I don’t think this one ever saw print.
Old (ancient!) books of evil lore are a staple of Lovecraft’s stories. The Necronomicon is the most famous but many other authors have contributed their own dreaded tomes to Library-of-Books-it’s-a-BAD-Idea-to-Read.
