Power Rangers #13 variant cover
My variant cover for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #13. This is the first of several connecting covers I’m doing for the series.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Panel to Panel: Seasons 8 & 9 TPB
The cover art book for Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel & Faith is now available. It has close to 200 pages of cover art and cover sketches from seasons 8-9 and with many full page reproductions. Check it out!
New sequential art
So this happened over the weekend...
This is for a story I wrote in 2006. I wanted to use a new style, and had experimented some but never got past that stage. Recently, I started working on the story again and came to the conclusion that I would be better off partnering with an artist (other than myself). I came to this conclusion mainly because I thought it was better time management...but in the last week the control freak in me began surfacing so I start to experiment again with the newish style. Once I had done a few pieces, I made an impromptu dive into the art for page one. Part of me would prefer the style to be more exaggerated, a little less real, but this direction seems to be working so any alterations will likely be small. I also have a page two which is almost done.
Cover for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, vol. 1, season 9
This image is a newer version than what’s being used for the solicitations, but this is the image that will be used on the printed cover. The first covers for the Buffy and A&F volumes needed to be done quickly, so it wasn't until after I turned in the Buffy vol1 cover that I saw the issues with it. Luckily I was able to go back and improve it before press time.
Angel & Faith variant cover at WonderCon 2014
I did an Angel & Faith variant for season 10 which will be available at WonderCon this month, info here ». Since there were already variants for this first issue of the new season, I took the chance to go especially gonzo.
Cover for Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 10 issue 2
I originally pitched this cover as a more simple version, with the Scoobies standing in a mall parking lot and looking into a sunrise. DH wanted a little more bang to it, mentioning the ending scene of The Avengers. So this is my version of that scene, with the battle worn gang, taking a quick donut break, while menace encroaches.
Dawn started with wilder eyes, but DH felt she looked too "donut crazy," which was the angle I was going for, but I altered them for a less sugar crazed look.
I'm still getting used to drawing young Giles, I made his hair a little too moppy...he developed an unintentional Eric Forman thing, between the clothing and the hair.
Spike Graphic Novel
My cover for an upcoming “Spike” graphic novel, written by James Marsters, and published by Dark Horse. There’s an interview with James on i09 here.
The Occultist issue 5 cover
Due out in February 2014.
Starting to paint again
Over the last ten years I’ve painted very little, only a few animal portraits and nothing else. I’ve had new paint and panels sitting around the last couple of years, with the intention of diving back in…it just took a while to get there.
Before I get moving full force, I thought I’d warmup with a self portrait. Traditionally, I dry-brush large portions of my paintings…but paint, mediums, and retarders have come a long way, so I’m trying to work the paint more like oils…it’s producing pretty good results so far.
This is part of the self portrait which I’m currently working on. The head is life size. The weather hasn’t been cooperating, so I’ve been spending more time working on the left side of my face, and will pick back up on the right side when I have stronger light from the window. Winsor & Newton glazing medium has proven to be very useful for blending and tinting…far better than using water, or regular medium.
I made a minor wrong-turn a few days ago when I impulively decided to dramatically change the lighting. An hour into darkening the left side of my face, I realized a made a mistake, and spent the rest of the day repainting and reclaiming what I had covered up.
The Occultist cover #4 of 5
Below is the creature, without The Occultist overlapping. The design was a mix of the writer's (Tim Seeley) description and my own ideas.
Buffy cover season 10, issue 1
For this first issue of season ten, Dark Horse requested that I do an iconic feeling action scene involving Buffy and a number of zompires/vampires. I really wanted to portray Buffy seeming at the peak of her slaying power, strong and unflinching. I tailored her pose, as I imagined she might look channeling Conan the Barbarian, via Frazetta...and set the action high on the hills, so that I could have a wide expanse of sky as backdrop, framing her, back lit by a bright moon.
Signing at NYCC 2013
I’ll be at NYCC for Dark Horse’s Whedonverse signing, with several other contributors, on Saturday the 12th. Details below: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 12:00 p.m. WHEDONVERSE COMICS: Dan Dos Santos, Jane Espenson, Scott Fischer, Victor Gischler, Rebekah Isaacs, Georges Jeanty, Steve Morris (Angel & Faith, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Serenity)
This Dark Horse’s full schedule.
The Occultist cover #3 of 5
I've included the sketch below.
The Occultist issue 2 of 5
The Occultist #2 of 5, for November 2013.
With this second cover I started to hit my stride on this series. I veered towards stylization, which lends itself better to the costume and subject matter, rather than the more realistic rendering I had used previously.