with trying to wrap up issue 5 of “danger down under!” and keep kyrra moving along, it’s been a while since my last update…
here’s a cover for MSH 22 from scribbly sketch to finish (with killer colors by benny fuentes!)
(shameless plug – this cover – and many more – are for sale in the new webstore…)
sadly, i won’t be out in seattle for emerald city comic con – next up, boston comic con in april.
-c
so, while i’ve been mighty busy with this latest PERHAPANAUTS mini series (DANGER DOWN UNDER! issues 1-3 are out now in print and digitally thru comixology , issue 4 is due in february and concluding with issue 5 in april!) and the MARVEL SUPER HEROES magazine covers i’ve been posting, i’m also hard at work on my new “digital first” venture KYRRA, ALIEN JUNGLE GIRL with my pals rich and lawrence over at artist alley comics. with any luck, we’ll get on track with the last 6 ten page chapters in 2013 (sold drm free as pdfs you can read on any computer or tablet for only $0.99… chapters 1 and 2 are up now!) and collect’m all in print down the road, if there’s interest…
comics are a changing landscape, and we’re testing the digital waters… ’cause honestly, if your book doesn’t have an AVENGERS, BAT, or X in the title, it’s tough (but not impossible) to make a go in print…
we’ll see… hope you’re along for the ride!
-c
keeping up with my effort to keep posting here on the blog more often… here’s another cover, start to finish (from sketches to approved pencils, inks and kick ass colors by john rauch!)
so, in my attempt to keep this blog a bit more up to date (and post the stuff i show on Facebook as well), here’s an alternate cover for for MARVEL SUPERHEROES 19 (an international magazine i’ve been lucky enough to do covers for over the last year or so) from sketches through pencils to inks then colors (by john rauch, who’s killing it on “invincible” these days!)
i’ll be getting a gallery of this magazine art together at some point (as well as adding the covers in the slowly building “art for sale “section here on the site… http://www.craigrousseau.com/sketches-for-sale!,58.html)
-c
(in the drawing board queue now- haps – danger down under 4, kyrra chapter 3, cover for MSH 24… and a few other things)
alrighty, i’m gonna make an effort to update here as well as facebook (and REALLY need to update the galleries… months of stuff i haven’t posted here.. d’oh.)
here’s a quick sample sketch i did for “avengers: earth mightiest heroes” comic story from earlier this year (had fun with the sketch, but had to rush the story – and it shows in the finished art – in issue 6, btw…)
so, realizing it’s been AGES since i’ve really updated any part on the website (or the website, for that matter)… gotta get better about it (i’ve been adding stuff on Facebook and not getting it onto the blog or in a gallery)…
check out the gallery for a new section about marvel magazine art (the first issue just hit shelves last week… and it’s been a blast doing some covers and hero profiles and more…)
plenty to post about in the very near future – disney marvel storybooks, the new perhapanauts arc coming up, and the new digital venture at artist alley comics… tv, music, comics, and how much the avengers rocked!
but now, back to work.
-c
so, besides all the work i’ve been doing for disney press’ marvel books and my creator owned stuff, i’ve been lucky enough to do some fun marvel “hero profile” pages for a marvel magazine (which, sadly, is currently only available overseas – sad because it’d be perfect for the boy and his friends)… besides a full page splash illo, each profile has some villain profiles… and drawing them is as much fun as drawing the main figure… first up, iron man bad guys (and a few other inset images from the spread)… i’ll post the other art during the week.
(after the the 4 issue iron man: armor wars mini, the iron man origin storybook, 2 smaller storybooks out later this years and dozens of toolkit drawings, i’m getting pretty comfortable with ol’ shell head… )
-c
don’t get a chance to do many color pieces like this, had fun…
