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Roses
This is an alternate version of the final cover of A DISTANT SOIL 32. My friend Jozef Szekeres, who is a noted animator and animation director for Disney and other clients, encouraged me to try painting with animation cel paints. I didn’t really care for it, though I love the look. It is much easier to get this kind of look in a digital painting, that’s for sure. Animation cel paint handles like glue. And the original art tends to be fragile and unstable. I still have all these paint containers, but I bet they have all dried out by now.
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Mermen!
This gorgeous painting is by animator/illustrator Jozef Szekeres, who designed the Australian Olympics mascot. He is also well known for his work at Disney Animation. And he designs beautiful dolls! In 1996, Image Comics published a book of pinups based on A DISTANT SOIL, and this was Jozef’s contribution. It’s so gorgeous! Jozef is very fond of mermaids, and they appear in a lot of his works. Here he’s painted Seren and D’mer from A DISTANT SOIL having a lovely ride on a couple of handsome mermen! This painting was created using animation cel paint. I am lucky to be able to bring it to you with Jozef’s permission, scanned…
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Guest Blog: Julie Ditrich on Unlocking and Accessing the Darkness Within: 7 Keys for Comics Creators
[WARNING: Some comics, film and book plot spoilers ahead!] “Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.” Stephen King A few weeks ago at Australia’s Supanova (Brisbane) pop culture convention, I had the privilege of meeting US comics creator Jhonen Vasquez whose satirical work Johnny the Homicidal Maniac I greatly admire. Despite the fact that I’m not usually drawn to creative properties with the words “homicidal” or “maniac” in the title or indeed ones that hint at or overtly promise great acts of depravity, my business partner and artist Jozef Szekeres persuaded me to read it and I’m very grateful to him…
