Collaboration 3 - Tappy Turtle

I may be tempted to use another similar sounding name for the turtle soon.


This is my current effort at achieving a turtle shape, Its not coming along as well as I would have hoped for. I have in my mind the turtles and koopas from Mario Bros hazing up my thoughts a well as Ninja Turtles and their ilk.

Maybe I should just go and do some research on Turtle and Tortoise' just to try and get an acurate idea of shape and build before turning my pencils and pens loose.

I am just to impatient.

Comic Hero?

Acrylics and Black Barker on 9x12" Board.

Adapted from one of my previous comic doodles. This guy is a hero, of sorts, helping to save a lad caught in some mega trouble, he never speaks, eats or sleeps. I'm not even sure that he is truly a good guy- he isnt an anti hero by any means - but his thoughts are his own as is his agenda.

I'm having trouble with the marker bleeding through under the white acrylic smoke trail and I am having issues with the marker on the figure itslf. I will remedy this by going over in ink or black acrylic hopefully this will dull the lines down a little.

Another Strip WIP

This is something else dredged up from the recent past, another strip without a spoken word featuring 3 or 4 recurring characters.

Probably difficult to see in this posted image. Each frame is drawn separately in an A4 sketchbook inked using Indian ink and was then scanned. Its a WIP so is rough and ready, scratchy and the lack of contrast means that you cannot pick out much detail. I plan to retell the story of one boys adventures with superheroes and the mystical, using new layouts. It will still be black and white and may end up as a series of canvas'.