Dulac

Old Phantom process

Visiting the Brandywine in 2011

Norman Rockwell “Boy Reading By Lamplight” oil on canvas

Hannes Bok

Phantom process in clip studio.

Noel Sickles

Old Tober

Winsor Mc CAY (1867 - 1934)

My brother Dave and me in a Detroit Police Helicopter as kids

Another Fascette from Young Hickory

Robert Fawcette doing a very Rockwell Kent vibe from a book Young Hickory

Old DC trading card

A pastel drawing of Mr Ed from my animal drawing class at PAFA in 2009.

A one-shot grisalle painting done in Media & Methods class in my second year at PAFA 2009, and then finished in the cast hall based on a snapshot from my old old iphone. A theme I returned to more than once.

Old Tober with my detective character I want to do a book with

Since last weeks live stream on making better backgrounds was such a hit we decided to add a Part 2! Join @jamarnicholas.bsky.social and @steveconley.bsky.social and yours truly as we continue the lessons and discussion on improving your Backgrounds for better interest and storytelling.

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Several years ago I was a guest lecturing in my buddy @jamarnicholas.bsky.social Writing for Comics class at Drexel. I took a script from one of his students and did layouts live and on camera

Old wind down I worked on with @mimisimon.com

Early Skullkids drawing

Old wind down

Old life painting from school. It’s not really finished as the pose ended before I was really done. This was early on in my undergrad at PAFA. And the photo is with my old cellphone. From 2008 and I think 30x40 Oil

Another old Tober featuring my Detective character

This Sundays Judge with colors by @mimisimon.com

1/2 This weeks Phantom

Spawn card art 1990s!

Great roughs, pencils, storytelling rhythm, structure and design. Buscema and Kane.

He Asked For It pulpcovers.com/he-asked-for... Covers, Detective Fiction, Magazine, Mystery, V. E. Pyles

A very old comic page from a young me trying I think to combine Moebius and Kubert and maybe Ditko. I alwats felt the connection between Ditko and Kubert and all 3 to Caniff.

Our robot overlords need a bit more time to get themselves sorted.

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Marc Bolan, Ringo Starr and Elton John on “Children of the Revolution”? This is bonkers great! youtu.be/Wt7y4xrVRHw?...

The Wachowskis's The Matrix Revolutions was released 22 years ago today. And I had already devoted a thread to the creation of the Battle of Zion, which is based on an in-depth look at the art department of this saga.

The first character page for that Marvel Universe handbook which I gave as a gift to my buddy Ande Parks. He sent me this scan.

Old Marvel Handbook page I drew inked by Joe Rubinstein

Join us this week as your fave master Pencilers @jamarnicholas.bsky.social and @steveconley.bsky.social and yours truly talk about how to up your game on drawing backgrounds that are better focused/ designed and enhance your storytelling!

8 years ago, I did a talk in a demo for an enthusiastic audience at the Willingboro Art Alliance in New Jersey. I even worked on a Phantom daily live to show the audience the process I go through.

A Hulk drawn live on our podcast a few years back

Old lobo con sketch

Some Swamp Thing drawings

More Slow Death Comix

Slow Death Comix

Some minis

Some more Crumb

Neal Adams covered House of Secrets 87 (1970).

This mornings warm up

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