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Supergirl and Dee

Jamaica — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 04:58:52 +0000

Here’s a new commission I’m working on… Supergirl! This is a first for me! I was asked to do it just like the “Wanna Spoon?” panel in Weird Fishes. I should have known that the hot dreamy goth girl would be one of my more popular images. Only now with a cape and blonde hair!

I wanted to show a little of my process, I’ve been thumbnailing and sketching a lot more lately, and I’ve been working on a cover image/poster for the SF Zine Fest:

I like the idea of the ancient hand print on Dee’s face, and I worked through that a bit and came up with this image:

Following that idea, I decided I wanted to work with graphics and text while making Dee into more of an iconic poster girl, and started off with these:

I really like the idea of Dee in a sailor dress searching for her prey:

Then I went for a headshot, and it got some high score points:

Here’s the inks for it. This drawing has a completely different feeling, the sketch was more of a badass but this one captures Dee’s attitude a bit better:

I’m still working out the reflection in her glasses, and in the next few days it’ll get painted and I’ll post that along to you guys. Feel free to comment on your favorite sketches, and whether you’d like this as a postcard or not!

Fragments and Small Press Spotlight

Jamaica — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 18:22:09 +0000

I’ve been experimenting with design and using new methods of layout in my comic. This dream sequence was particularly fun, taking my giant painting of moths and turtles (I posted a snapshot not too long ago) and slicing it up in photoshop to create fragments. Since I usually do very minimal digital edits to my drawings this was a fun departure!

Speaking of original work, if you haven’t seen my Small Press Spotlight at the Cartoon Art Museum, there’s still time! The SF Public Press conducted a video interview with me and wrote an article about the exhibit that you can watch and read online.

Rainy day drawings

Jamaica — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 03:55:53 +0000

This Sunday was very rainy and I got to break in my new studio properly and draw all day. Amongst a bunch of comics (you can read yesterday’s page here) and new drawings, I did some cute pinup girls that I’d like to share with you:

This is one of the most pinup-y drawings I’ve ever done, and I’m pretty happy with it! Her name’s Heather, and you’ll see her appear in my comic pretty soon!

I spent the morning catching up on Katie Rice and Luke Cormican’s webcomic “Skadi“, and man, I love the absolute abandon that the comic has, whether she’s killing beasts or going to hell or losing her clothing in the lake, it’s hilarious and a lot of fun. And she’s really, really fun to draw!

Also, last week I did a lot of drawing and coloring at work, and inbetween turn-in times I’d have little pockets of time where I got to draw in Flash. I did a bunch of fanart:

(for Eddie Wright)

And if you want to stay up-to-date on my comic, see my sketches as I do them and possibly even catch some impromptu streaming of me drawing, follow me on twitter @jamdye!

Wondercon Comic

Jamaica — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 05:00:16 +0000

One week ago we had Wondercon here in San Francisco, and I did just about everything but sign books at the show, and so I documented it in my sketchbook as a comic so you know what I was up to. Click the pages below to read!

Small Press Spotlight

Jamaica — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:28:13 +0000

News Flash! My Small Press Spotlight at the Cartoon Art Museum goes up on March 20th! You can read the full press release for it here.

That’s just 2 days after Paul Pope visits for a talk about Batman!

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