mean g'rilla

Not much to say his week other than I'm cracking on with a 10 page strip for Insomnia comics. it's gonna appear in their anthology title. Not my usual fare, but what the hey I do like to try other stuff. I'll post some of the sketches I've done in a few days or so.
but for now, a little g'rilla sketch and yup, still using the markers.
see you on the flip side

Enough with grey tone already

Another sketch with those damned grey markers.
And the character, for those who don't recognise it, is Eric Powell's wonderful creation- the Goon.
This should be on everyone's "must read comics" list (along with Jack Staff).
In fact, it should be compulsory reading by everyone of all ages.
There should be a law passed that you have got read it.
Well maybe not...
but it is pretty terrific, and you are missing a real gem if'n you don't get out there and start reading it today.

grey girl

I'm really liking these grey marker pens. Once again cheers Shane.

just a practicin'

My good friend Mon sewer Oakley presented me with a loverly little gift this chrimbo... a set of 5 twin tip letraset of grey markers. Crackin!
Anyway I thought I'd have ago at sketchin' with 'em.
So... a small sketch of the mighty iron man (grey version).

A new year, some new stuff

Is it the 1st already? Bugger, where does all the time go.
anyway first things first...Happy new year and all that. ( I missed all the Christmas hullabaloo didn't I)
I hope everyone had a terrif holiday time and got all the prezzies they asked for.
Now I know what you're asking.. where the bloody hell have you been. No updates for a month, slapdash, is what it is. This is no way to run a blog, but in my defence I have been busy with drawing and writing. I'm finally moving on with Hard Country, the huge western I'm working on. I've started the pencils on issue 2 and I'm writing issue 3. I sold a strip to Boom studios, so I'm doing all the work on that. I've been approached to do a a strip for Insomnia studios for their Layer Zero anthology, touching up a strip for AccentUK's next anthology-predators and have written a zombie fairytale, so not exactly twiddling my thumbs. And thats not to mention the huge project I want to start later on in the year..A pulp action adventure with...no that's for another time. As I (hopefully) finish all these projects I'll be posting little previews on here.
So, that's the plan anyway.
So a busy year ahead...
Wishing everyone a prosperous and exciting new year to you all and I'll see you later
Gary

too tired to sketch

So...I walk through the front door after a gruelling shift at the "proper job" and the phone's ringing. It's me old mate Shane Oakley, all concerned and stressed. Concerned that we haven't had a chat for a while and stressed about this 16-page comic he's in the middle of. So we chat about this and that, mostly about comics and films (and speaking of films I thoroughly recommend Feast to everyone. It's a crackin old fashioned monster movie with laughs a plenty and loads of gore) and I listen on how his drawing is affecting his life, and I try to make some helpful and positive comments.
Shane does produce some of the most extraordinarily fine pages of comic art that you're ever likely to see, but he does suffer for his work. He's stressed when he's working and he's stressed when he's not.
Anyway, our talk gets around to this little blog and why there hasn't been an update for a while. So I tell him that after a full day at the proper job I'm too knackered to do any drawing. I sit in front of the TV and I'm nodding off. So he tells me of a neat little technique that he uses whilst watching the TV, and I'll be trying it out later, cheers mate.
But it got me thinking, when we'd said our goodbyes about doing a few new sketches.
So here we are, I got a bit carried away, it's amazing what you can do when you're in that zone.
Some I like, some not so much and others, I'm thinking where the hell did that come from.
I' don't have an idea what I'm gonna sketch at first, it starts with that first line and we could go anywhere, and even then it could change halfway through. but that is the beauty and joy of sketchin'.
So Mr Oakley, I hope this satisfies the art craving for a little while at least.

sketces from down under

Although I didn't do much in the way of sketching and such while enjoying the delights of Oz, I wasn't completely lazy, I did do a couple, so I've put the better ones together fer you all to have a look at