The Black Cat

Wow. Who knew writing, editing, designing, printing, and selling a novel would be so time consuming?

Okay, so where did we leave off? Spider-Man and The Black Cat: The Evil that Men Do by Kevin Smith...

What makes this mini series different from other Spider-Man comics is The Black Cat. I wanted to feature her on the cover. The red would evoke Spider-Man and with a little webbing, he'd be plenty represented. Felicia (AKA The Black Cat) was a former girlfriend of Peter Parker/Spider-Man. Their past relationship comes to play in this series. I thought I would draw Felicia wearing a tee with a Spidey heart on it.

Sketches and notes

First drawing

Partially inked with Sharpie

Fully inked and cut out

Colored

She needed some sort of background. This is what I started with.

Background for The Black Cat

The Black Cat with background 

Then I glued The Black Cat with her background into the spot in the cover.

Next time: Title and Back Cover (plus final touches on picture inset).

Kate's Christmas Card

I have a coworker who wants to be a kangaroo. She believes her life would be exponentially easier if she had a pouch. And since kangaroo Christmas cards are hard to come buy, I figured I would just draw her one.

Initial sketches

Tried to personalize the kangaroo so it looked a little like Kate with the hair and glasses

The panda is me

I googled images of kangaroos for drawing references and set them up on my desktop the way I envisioned the card in my head. I knew from the start I wanted to use Gemna from the manga Ranma 1/2 as my panda model.

I started sketching everything out in pencil. Then I traced over the lines with a double-sided sharpie. I've found in the past that when I use a pen and I go to erase lines the ink smears some times. Sharpies dry instantly and I haven't had any smear issues. Sharpies do bleed on the paper and are not always the best choice when detailing something small like an eye. So I did use pen on the eyes of panda beth and at least one of the kates. Then I colored everything in with colored pencils.

Inside of the card

She loved the card.

So to all my one follower--hope you have a joeyful Christmas and a kickin' roo year!