Today is Free Comic Book Day! (And my son’s birthday party) So like last year, I made this print you can get at Annex Comics in Newport, RI to give out, because I won’t be able to hang out to and sketch with other artist that will be there. Check it out. Get into comics. Thanks for looking!
Stock*Pile Comics sketch blog had one of their title comics, Broken Legacy, the theme recently. Created by Jesse Munoz and Rian Miller it’s a fantasy book about two brothers. That’s all I know. And they look like this. I’ve been following Stock*Pile’s progress and have been anticipating this book for a while. I figured I’d do the Broken Legacy Saturday morning cartoon, or maybe their all-ages book! For more Broken Legacy and Stock*Pile art check out their new sketchbook that was released at 2012 Boston Comic Con.
This week I have an illustration for Mercury Magazine. With the 100 year anniversary of the Titanic sinking and almost a decade after 9/11, there’s an article linking the tragedies. I was really happy with the piece and, even better, so was the magazine!
Almost two weeks ago I stumbled upon Illustration Friday, a well known weekly challenge and sharing site that puts up a one-word theme and allows illustrators to link their websites to pieces inspired by the theme. This week was “Swamp” and I thought it a good opportunity to work on a portfolio piece and further hone my style. I went through two or three different ideas of alligator and frogs, but liked the one I ended on.
While I was looking for some freelance work I stumbled across a call to illustrators for a children’s book called “The Boggy-Fog Gnoo.” (Artists friends: I know, avoid contests.) This looks like a fantastic project, and more than anything else I need more portfolio pieces with children in them (one reason I submitted). The author Emlyn Addison (based in Providence, RI) has a Kickstarter campaign going to produce the book and audio companion. Anyone who helps back the project also votes on illustrator for it. So if you’ve never backed a Kickstarter project now’s the time to start! Even if I don’t get the job, support some local creatives and back this project with anything you can. It sounds like a blast!
