Spencer and Locke Vol 1 cover inks

This is one of my favorite images of the run, just showing the two mains and the oppressive city behind them. Thank you for reading! Pick up the first volume on Amazon HERE!

Tools: Raphael 8404 #3 brush and FW Ink, Pentel Hybrid Technica 04 and 03
Paper: Stillman and Birn beta paper

Spencer and Locke Movie Option

So this is really cool news which is unlike all my other posts so far. The comic I co-created with David Pepose has been optioned for a film! There's a lot of speculation right now and it's still very early, but I wanted to share this news to my page as a time capsule moment of "We did it!" Here is a link to the press release and a few Spencer and Locke pages to look at!

I want to use this chance to thank everyone who has supported me throughout the years, I could make comics comfortably because of you all! Let's all cross our fingers that this movie gets made!

Spencer & Locke' Getting Movie Treatment From 'Hitman' Producer (Exclusive)

 

Spencer and Locke issue 2 Inks

A bit late, but here are my inks for the 2nd issue, which has my first ever car chase scene, which I'm actually pretty proud of.

These pages were inked with Zebra and Pentel brush pens on Stillman and Birn Alpha paper. I had to use smaller tools since the panels were smaller than what I tend to do so my actual brush was out of the question.

Portrait Commissions

Recently I was working on two watercolor portraits for a father with two graduating kids, one from college and one from high school. I received these commissions on April 13th, and I completed them April 30th, so just in time for both of their graduations! I'm happy to have heard that they liked their portraits, and that their dad was happy with them =D

So here's the finished product, which I have permission to share.

Media: Watercolors, mostly Sennelier with some Da Vinci colors and Holbein White Gouache. Caran d'Ache watercolor pencils for details
Paper: Stillman and Birn Beta Paper

Spencer and Locke issue 2 preview inks

Here are the inks for the preview pages of Spencer and Locke 2. I like sharing the process of the art, I feel like it's too hard to find the inks for comics a lot of the time. There's a few weird references in these pages, one to TMNT, one to Batman Year One, and one of people playing Wii games. Can you find them?

Tools: Zebra and Kuretake disposable brush pens, Pentel Color Brush and the Hybrid Technica
Paper: Stillman and Birn Alpha Paper

The S&L team is David Pepose on words, Jasen Smith on colors, and Colin Bell on letters. I originally wrote this as if we were a band, but I dunno if it made sense.

  

Spencer and Locke Issue 1 Inks

Here are the inks I submitted for issue 1 of Spencer and Locke, which is in comic shops and Comixology today! I hope you enjoyed the book and like taking a look at my finished lineart for the comic.

My tools here were:
Inks: Zebra F Brush Pen, Pentel Color Brush Fine, and Kuretake white ink
Paper: Stillman and Birn alpha paper

Requiem Sonata Ch4 Preview

I finished another chapter of Requiem Sonata, and it took me forever to do, but this book is so near my heart that I have to do it. So I finally exhausted all of the pages of the 9x12 Stillman and Birn Alpha sketchbook that I was drawing it in, and all future pages will be drawn on 11x14 or 15 inch Alpha paper. The reason is, my hand and wrist pains have gotten pretty bad in the last couple of months, so to allow my wrist more room to work and ease its burden, I'm switching to a larger paper for these detailed pages. I'm happy to work at this size, and I'm actually working a lot faster because of it, so know your tools, dear readers aspiring to do comics! Knowing your tools is as important as knowing how to draw, because your tools will impact your ability, believe it or not.

So here are some pages from chapter 4, where Requiem gets more dark before taking steps toward the end. I hope my readers enjoy it and find the story fun!

Also, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention Spencer and Locke, which is my first comic to ever be published widely. I didn't write it, I did the art, so if you want to see me draw a detective with an imaginary panther for a partner, give it a look! Here's a link to some preview pages.

Tools: Deleter G-pen and Saji Pen for most of the main lines, and Pentel Color brush for fills
Paper: Stillman and Birn Alpha paper