Dermot #4

Used mostly brush on this one, trying to ween myself from the safe but sterile mechanical pen. After showing Dermot #2 to a few people I realized that they weren't getting the punchline. To hammer the point a little further, I re-added the rainbow that was originally there.

Dermot #3

Dermot #2

Tried something new for this one: working big! God, what a revalation! I shall never work small again!

I dunno if I'm just having a bad colour day, but everything I tried on this looked like ass. After fussing around for a good while, I decided it looked best B&W. I guess I'm still a noob at colouring comics. I may have another go at colouring this, and if I do I'll post up the results.

Dermot

This was somewhat of an experiment in "speed cartooning" for me - doing the whole thing on one sheet of paper, inking right on top of the rough, inking quickly and loosely with just the brush, not redoing anything, etc.

I kinda like it - some of the panels turned out nicely and the whole thing has a unified look and a freshness to it that is sometimes lacking in the more meticulous stuff I do. But then there's something in me (masochism? some catholic variation on the protestant work ethic?) that wants to slave and suffer over everything.

I wonder whether this tendency to obsess and choke up and redo is retarding my growth - whether I might improve quicker with a looser, faster approach...I dunno, I'm torn here, folks. Gimme some feedback, talk about your own grapplings with this and similar issues. Let's get a lively debate going on here! Anal retentives v.s. anal expulsives!

Turkeywood

Please, please, PLEASE do yourself a favour and watch these Turkish remakes of Hollywood films. I guarantee a pants-soiling, life-changing experience.

Turkish Star Wars

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbYczbBlatA

Turkish Superman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9oI7Fd3Uec

Turkish E.T.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0U-M9W4nKw

Meat the gang

I’ve been working on these characters in one way or another for the past 5 years. This summer I roughed out a bunch of rude little strips about them which I hope to be able to ink in the next few months. Eventually I’d like to do something a little larger with them- maybe flash cartoons or longer comics- but that will require an actual writer of some sort. Anybody interested?

5 Narbos

My older sister used to call people "narbos" sometimes. Anybody else ever use that word? Anybody know what the hell it means?

I'm trying to be a little less conservative with colour lately. I purposely used "weird colours" on this one like purple and brown which I normally never touch. All habits must go!

Finally

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme as 3D shape poem. You're welcome. Count how many ways I spelled "Bel-Air" incorrectly.

Rude Dudes

Docs on the Bay

Stephenville launched a documentary film festival in November called Docs on the Bay. I was asked to produce a poster. I ended up making two- this one, and a more austere one. They loved the austere one and frigging hated this one. I was kinda bummed at the time, but looking at it now I realize that perhaps it was a bit too Flintstones for the event. It lives on as blog fodder.