most fearsome fighting team

(bookmark is done.)

green machine

progress on the turtles bookmark:

stick turtles

i decided to try and self-promote a little at the swag swap by printing up some bookmarks with the URL of this blog. after some thought, i settled on ninja turtles versus hip kids as a subject. the rectangles represent a possible shape for the bookmarks.

some sketches and character designs:

splash page

continuing ninja turtle week:

there's a lot going on here, much of it indiscernible, but among the recognizable artifacts are: bebop, nun-chucks and skateboards.

record keeping

thanks to my kindergarten teacher's fine penmanship, i'm now able to report that this drawing was made when i was exactly five years, ten months, and twenty-one days old.



and yes, they DID wear colored bandannas on their knees and elbows.

the early years

this weekend i went through a whole lot of old schoolwork and drawings that my mom had saved for me from my elementary school days. all this week i'll be posting some the the best finds.

to begin, here's a little evidence that my life has always revolved around the same things:

outback and michelangelo

seem familiar?

thin lines

last night, i met my friend todd webb (a prolific local comic book creator & musician) at a coffee shop by my house for a doodlers' support group. i got to see and hear a lot of great stuff related to freelance comics.

we also doodled. i'd left my usual doodling implements at work, so on the way out the door i grabbed a micron pen left over from my days of obsession with drawing in ever-thinner lines, and soon it all came rolling back. it is hard to resist hatching everything to death when provided with the opportunity to draw impossibly small.

along with appearances from notepad staples like iron man and undiscernable ninja turtle #1, i also produced some todd webb fanart in the form of a space captain from the forthcoming "kites" graphic novel. i got to hold the original pages in my hands last night, and i couldn't be more excited for the final product.