Thad Face
Detail from a panel of Symphony Number Six – this is the protagonist, Thaddeus Johnson: pianist, professor of music history, and assistant conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
Cozy Sn6 Panel
My most favorite comics, the ones that have “stuck with me” long after I put them down, have not necessarily been the ones with the most compelling plots or the greatest characters, even though those things are really important. They’ve been the ones that create a real sense of mood or atmosphere. I know that’s not a very original thing to say, but it’s true. I’m taking my best stab at it with my new comic, “Symphony Number Six.” I’m so happy that I started inking these pages right as the weather is turning cold and rainy here in Portland, OR!
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Doodling during bible study
Never ever ever ever ever enough time to draw – it’s all I want to do these days, and it’s the only thing I’m NOT doing. “I don’t know, I’ll never know, in the silence you don’t know, you must go on, I can’t go on, I’ll go on.” – Beckett
Character-in-motion sketch
This was a sketch I did last night while haning out with friensds. I’m playing around with some characters in an upcoming collaborative project. Rather than do straight, “orthographic” character designs that just emphasize proportion and costume, I wanted to draw characters in action and in setting – taking a cue from some of the amazing video-game concept art I’ve seen lately. I was drawing so rapidly and having so much fun! I wish I got to draw more these days.
You may have to tilt your monitor a little bit to see the picture clearly – I was using some really light pencils, and the scanner didn’t pick them up very well.
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