GOD COMPLEX#1 IS ON THE SHELVES!

Hey everyone, just to a heads up; God Complex #1 from Image comics, my new ongoing series written by Michael Avon Oeming and Daniel Berman is now in stores and online ready to order. Comic shops have sold out across the country and more orders are coming in! Be sure to get yours!

MEDUSA!

Slam City!

Michael Sarrao and myself team up once again to bring you a sneak peak at his latest pitch idea; wrestling series SLAM CITY copyright Michael Sarrao 2009

Inking Step by Step

Hey everyone! Here is a step by step guide to my own personal inking techniques. It is not a how to; everyone's techniques differ and you should always do what makes you feel comfortable.

Step 1: Choose your weapons! I like to keep things simple in life. KISS (keep It Simple Stupid). For me its a Windsor Newtin Series 7 Sable brush, a Micron marker pen size 03 and a Faber Castell PITT Brush marker. I was using FW ink for a while but my local art shop made me try a new brand (for me anyway) Liquitex Acrylic Carbon Black (not shown here). So far no complaints.

Step 2: Pencils! As you can see I do not go into much detail on my pencils. I do most of my finishes in ink (allows me to work faster). My main goal with the pencils is to get down body lines, layout panels and achieve the right facial expressions. I do all my rough in non photo blue then go over the lines I plan to ink with a tech pencil.

Step 3: Brush Lines. Here I use the sable brush to get a clean, smooth line along those aformentioned pencils. I save the very fine lines and the background (which unfortunately in this example there isnt much of) for the next step. Trick to brush; fast movement and dont use just the tip of the brush, try and get the whole brush into it. And don't be fearful! Theres always white out!

Step 4: Fine Lines. Here I go back over everything lickity split with the micron, connecting any open spaces and inking over those fines lines and backgrounds.

Step 5: Last but not least, Blacks! Here is where I make my final lap over the page with the Sable brush and the PITT Brush Marker to fill in any blacks and shading where needed. This is where the page truly takes shape (courtesy of a f*cking tracer). As I mentioned before I have a basic idea of where my light source and shading will go as I pencil but its during this step where I really make the final decision and take the leap free hand.

Sneak peak at issue 3 art!

God Complex Issue 2 pages!!!

Here are some finished inks from Issue 2 of God Complex! They are not all in sequential order, sorry, can't give the whole story away! : )

NEWSARAMA.COM PREVIEW OF GOD COMPLEX!

Here is the first preview of my new book God Complex from Image comics!!! Due out in December, the 4 issue series is written by Michael Avon Oeming and Daniel Berman, art by yours truly. Check out the link!!!

Newsarama Exclusive 1st Look/Preview - Mike Oeming's GOD COMPLEX http://www.newsarama.com/php/multimedia/album.php?aid=30781

The Mortal Made God VS. The God Made Mortal!!!

I am truly excited about this project. I can't wait to unveil the full details and creative team. I can say that the news will be delivered shortly and that the book will be published through Image comics, which is a life long dream of mine realized.

Promo Art for the new book!

New Pages!

Unmasked part 2 Finished art!

Hey everyone, check out part of the Unmasked pitch. Art by yours truly, created and written by Michael Sarrao and colors by Nick Filardi!

UNMASKED!

Painkiller Jane

New Freelance sequentials

Here are the first few pages of the second part of Unmasked! Creator and writer Mike Sarrao recieved alot of positive feedback passing around the finished versions of our work together to editors all over NYCC and we aren't finished yet. There will be more Unmasked and Incursion pages to come! Also stay tuned for the biggest anouncement in my cartooning career to date! In the meantime though, enjoy these pages!