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End of the era of pencil-based EMPOWERED?

So. 

Here's a rambling piece I've worked up over the last few weeks, originally formatted for a Twitter rant (hence the capitalized EMPOWERED and so on), but here used as a ...

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Life drawings from photoreference: high-res scans #25

Yet again, I'm doubling up with this week's set of life drawings from  random photoref. (Someday I'll have to downgrade to a single piece per post, but my buffer of these pieces remains prodig...

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FAILED-PROJECT FRIDAY: James D. Hudnall's DANGEROUS AFFAIRS, pt.2

Following up from last Friday, which showed a 4-page story from this failed pitch, here are the first 5 pages of a lon...

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September's art requests, open to all Patrons!

I already solicited this month's requests from the $5 and $10 Big Spender tiers, and posted sketch dumps based on those suggestions 2019-09-19 12:33:14 +0000 UTC View Post

Distressed Damsels: HUSHED HALF-ELF v. GNOMES roughs, pt.1

For this week's DiD content, I thought I'd sketch up a few pages of roughs from a Hushed Half-Elf episode I was considering, in which our hapless heroine visits a potion s...

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EMPOWERED vol.11 reaction thread (SPOILER ALERT)!

As the long-awaited Empowered vol.11 finally hits North American comics stores today, thought I'd set up a post for Patron-only comments reacting to the grueling, violent,...

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$5 tier art request sketch dump!

Per suggestions made from the $5 tier for this month's art requests, here are a few Procreate sketch sets, which mostly turn into impromptu life-drawing sets after a while. Gotta admit, I'm really ...

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Life drawings from photoreference: high-res scans #24

Yet again, I'm doubling up with this week's set of life drawings from  random photoref. (Someday I'll have to downgrade to a single piece per post, but my buffer of these pieces remains prodig...

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FAILED-PROJECT FRIDAY: James D. Hudnall's DANGEROUS AFFAIRS, pt.1

Behold, the earliest artwork of mine that anyone online has ever seen! Gasp! Also, the only comic pages of mine that I drew but did not also write! Gasp, again! 

This 4...

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Art request sketch dump 1: The $10 tier's suggestions!

From September art requests submitted by folks in the highest Patreon tier (though not for long, as I'm about to set up a still-higher tier), here are a trio of sketch sets featuring suggested char...

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Distressed damsels: Early EMPOWERED digital tests, plus the last penciled EMP12 page(?)

For this week's running-late damsels-in-distress (DiD) content, first we see the final version of an Empowered vol.12 page I posted here in unfinished form a few weeks bac...

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BUBBLEGUM CRISIS Robert Dejesus sample inks, and my pencils for 'em

Recently unearthed a pair of 1993-vintage Bubblegum Crisis sample pencil pages I drew for various inkers to try out on, along with inks based on 'em by the great Robert De...

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Life drawings from photoreference: high-res scans #23

 

Yet again, I'm doubling up with this week's set of life drawings from  random photoref. (Someday I'll have to downgrade to a single piece per post, but my buffer of these pieces r...

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September art requests for the $5 tier!

This month, I'm getting an early-ish start on soliciting some art requests from the fine folks in the "Golden cookie jar" Patreon tier!  All 54 of you $5 Patrons* have a rather outsized impact...

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FAILED-PROJECT FRIDAY: 3-page preview of DIRTY PAIR: QUICK & DIRTY!

For this week's Failed-Project Friday, here's a three-page excerpt from an old 48-page Dirty Pair story that I'll begin serializing on this here Patreon at some point in t...

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More roughs for 2000-ish ICON helmet design

In a follow-up to a pair of earlier posts featuring illos that Ryan Kinnaird and I did for an ICON motorcycle helmet (here's 2019-09-05 13:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Distressed damsels: Recent "Emp unmasked" DiD sketches, pt.1

These sketch sets are pretty recent, dating back to 2018 or so, produced during a lull in the seemingly endless grind of struggling to complete Empowered vol. 11. I had a ...

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Life drawings from photoreference: high-res scans #22

 

Yet again, I'm doubling up with this week's set of life drawings from  random photoref. (Someday I'll have to downgrade to a single piece per post, but my buffer of these pieces r...

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Final August art-request sketch dump!

Based on a last-minute solicitation of art requests last week, here's the final set of Procreate sketches based (mostly) on those suggestions. You can see other August requests 2019-09-02 18:30:55 +0000 UTC View Post

FAILED-PROJECT FRIDAY: Ryan Kinnaird on DIRTY PAIR

Last Friday I recounted the tragic tale of the time I unsuccessfully tried to get Rick Mays (Gen13, Livewi...

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$5+ tier sketch dump, plus last-minute open art requests for August

Behold, another few sketch sets drawn in the iOS app Procreate and based on August art requests from the Big Spenders of t...

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Distressed damsels: EMPOWERED sketch sets, pt.2

Running short on time today, as I'm in the midst of what I hope is the final day of work on The Toughest Comic Script I've Ever Written.  So, here's another hastily posted set of random View Post

Life drawings from photoreference: high-res scans #21

Yet again, I'm doubling up with this week's set of life drawings from  random photoref. (Someday I'll have to downgrade to a single piece per post, but my buffer of these pieces remains prodig...

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EMPOWERED vol.11 preview-panel-palooza, pt.1!

Wellp, as we're now under a month out from the Sept. 18 release* of the long-awaited View Post

FAILED-PROJECT FRIDAY: Rick Mays on DIRTY PAIR

Behold, some 2001 Dirty Pair character-design samples by the great Rick Mays, featuring coloring by my buddy Ryan Kinnaird!  Back in '01, Rick had just finished drawi...

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BUBBLEGUM CRISIS con sketch dump, pt.1

Running waaaaay behind this morning, so here's a quick post featuring a trio of con sketches based on characters from Bubblegum Crisis, the late-80s anime for whi...

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Distressed Damsels: EMPOWERED sketch sets, pt.1

Akk!  Thunderstorm approaching, so I gotta post this sucker in a hurry before I have to unplug the ol' PC!  (Too bad I only have a few old pages scanned and ready to upload...)

Quic...

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Life drawings from photoreference: high-res scans #20

Once again, I'm doubling up with this week's set of life drawings from random photoref. Above is a recent set from April, while below is one from very early on in the effort (December 2016).  ...

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EMPOWERED & SISTAH SPOOKY #4 thumbnails, pt.2

Above are my thumbnails for issue #4 of 2018's Empowered and Sistah Spooky's High School Hell, a six-part miniseries written by me, drawn by Carla Speed McNeil, and colore...

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Failed-Project Friday: The SUPERMAN/ DIRTY PAIR crossover

I'm reeeeaaally short on time today (as I'm presently struggling with the Most Difficult Script of My Entire G-d Comics Career), so I'm going with the  most easily addressed project possible: ...

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