This is the end my friend...

A quickie today - the Midlands Comics Collective anthology 'The end of the world', got a fabbo review over here at the Forbidden Planet blog.



Hurrah.

RT

Devo-lution

What ho chums,

For today's ramblings, I'll put together a quick piece about a cover I've recently completed for a fabbo up-coming anthology by the Midlands Comics Collective. 

First, a very rough A4 pencil sketch
 

 

Blow it up to A3 and start pencilling on layout paper (my current pencilling paper of choice)

 

Then inks onto tracing paper taped over the layout.  This method means I'm not as precious with inking as I may be on super-expensive Bristol Board...

Scan it in and have a quick dabble at colours

 

Add some more layers of watercolours, drop the lettering in, and Bob's your uncle (he certainly is as well).

This anthology (as you may have guessed) is all loosely based on the end of the world and features contributions from the very talented Midlands Comics Collective, including (I'm reliably informed) a 'lost classic' from the splendid Hunt Emerson. 

If you happen to be at Kapow this weekend and providing the printers haven't fibbed to us about deadlines, then you should be able to grab a copy from fellow Midlands Comics Chum and top bloke Josh Clarke.  Tell him I sent you.
  
To further whet your appetites, I'll attach a snippet from my contribution to the anthology.
 

Until next time.
RT

Son of a Gun

Grrr.  I'm merrily working away at some exciting stuff but not allowing myself to post too much about them yet.  Fear not chums!  I'm sure that I can post a wee snippet of pencils from a bigger piece for the internet world to patronisingly snigger at.
RT

I want to see the bright lights tonight....

What ho there gang,
 
I can't post much at the mo, as everything I've been working on is (hopefully) going to press soon and will make a far more interesting blogpost if I hold off writing about it until then.

In the meantime, I'll provide a sneeky peep at a panel from a bit I've done for a forth-coming anthology and some previews of some line-work art that I've contributed to a book of children's poems (again, I'll hopefully be in a position to write more about these in the coming weeks)

Your chum,
RT

Working Man Blues

Sorry for the lack of posts lately folks. I'm super-duper busy on a few projects at the mo including four pages for an anthology, four pages for Too Much Sex and Violence, some colouring work and a few things of my own I want to get out there (so to speak).
Anyway, I'll post a work in progress pencils panel from the afore-mentioned Too Much Sex and Violence here for you.
Until next time,
RT

Animals

A few quickies for you today chums.

My strip 'Grace's Imaginary Menagerie' is making it's full colour debut over here at Jim Medway's loverly Comical Animal publication. Do tell him I sent you and take a peep through the top strips and stuff on offer.

Also, there's a review of 'Too Much Sex and Violence' issue 2 over at the Forbidden Planet Blog. They've been good enough to print a snippet of one of my finished pages therein. Go grab the finished comics here courtesy of Reliable Rol Hirst.

Until next time,
RT

Flash

A quickie for the arts blog on the theme of Flash Gordon.....

RT