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CELEBRATE CREATOR OWNED! A Distant Soil Commissions

by Colleen Doran on March 1st, 2012
Posted In: Blog, A Distant Soil Blog Posts, Blog, Colleen's Work, Colleen's Work, Commissions

It’s creator owned comics day, and you can read my comic for FREE right here, over 700 pages of it, published by Image Comics, and advertiser supported at this website.

Here’s a couple more A Distant Soil character sketches. The end is near! After hundreds of remarqued editions sketches and a backlog of major commissions, I am at the end of the stack. I’m shooting for April 15 at the latest. I have a major private portrait commission painting to polish off, a few more of these remarques, and a few mainstream commissions, all in various stages of completion now. Then I’m done. I will definitely take on more, but haven’t decided on details. I’ll let you know.

In the meantime, Minetti.

And Galahad, looking too sweet by half. What a nice fellow.

This is one character everyone likes, but no one ever requests for commission. So when someone gives me free reign to draw what I want, I pick up one of the least requested characters and give them an outing.

Nothing has made me happier than the nice letters I get from people when they get their limited edition books with these drawings in them!

Today is also the last day for our The Book of Lost Souls graphic novel 50% off sale. Please check out our bookstore for details! Thanks.

c

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Commissions: Bast, Corrine, Sere

by Colleen Doran on February 10th, 2012
Posted In: Blog, A Distant Soil Blog Posts, Blog, Colleen's Work, Colleen's Work, Commissions

The scary news this week is that Marvel received a judgment against a creator for doing convention sketches and selling prints (CORRECTION: selling prints of sketches by other artists. Hm.). It’s unlikely Marvel would have sued for damages had the creator not sued (and lost) in the first place. However, I’ve been saying for awhile now that if you don’t poke the tiger, it won’t poke back. And now that the tiger is owned by Disney, the tiger will not only poke back, it will beat you with a clue stick.

Donations are now being accepted to help out Ghost Rider creator Gary Friedrich.

I was told specifically by more than one Marvel editor that doing conventions sketches is OK by Marvel (they are not so keen on prints, which I’ve never done).

Regardless, even if Marvel did reverse their policy and go after convention sketches, it wouldn’t hurt me at all. I do only about one Marvel commission a year.

I wonder when more publishers are going to get around to making certain artists officially licensed to do sketch commissions and prints. The way Lucasfilm does.

For the record, the restrictive covenants about sketches, attribution, etc, is a major reason why I walked from an Archie comics agreement some years ago.

Most people want my own work anyway. Isn’t that dandy?

Have a look at some more.

A nice portrait of Sere. Isn’t she pretty?

I really like the shading on this portrait of Bast.

No one ever asks for Corrine, so when one buyer gave me free reign to draw any character I wanted in the remarqued editions of his books, I gave her a go.

I have some more commissions to post soon, so come back little buckaroos.

AND FYI: GREAT review for Mangaman at the AMAZON.Com blog Omnivoracious! Wahoo!

It’s a love story within a comic book within a graphic novel, and Mangaman’s heart is as big as its hyperbolic hero’s eyes—a Valentine’s Day gift for the romantic who’s well-versed in any form of the comic medium.

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Commissions: Red Sonja

by Colleen Doran on February 7th, 2012
Posted In: Blog, Colleen's Work, Colleen's Work, Commissions

Another private commission. Only four major ones left. All others are smaller pieces.

This Red Sonja piece was fun to do. This type of pencil work is laborious, and costs a lot more than pen and ink. I know some people think an inked drawing is superior because that’s the comic art standard, but a pencil drawing can be a lot more difficult and, to me, satisfying.

In this picture, a strong wind blows up Red Sonja’s chain mail bikini, which remains steadfast. Said wind manages to send her hair pointing straight to the moon.

Actually, I was trying for the bending over and then completely flipping the hair back look. Which is exactly what Red Sonja would do in the middle of a battlefield. Heck, she wears that costume, don’t she?

There are a few things I want to touch up, but on this paper, mistakes show, so changes are difficult. Probably would have gone easier if I’d had a model, but I honestly don’t know where I’m going to find a girl like that. They don’t call it fantasy art for nothin’.

I have a very unusual Batman commission, and two Sandman commissions to polish off. All are in various stages of completion. Then one major portrait painting for a corporate client. That will finish off my private commissions. I don’t know if I will take any more for awhile. It’s going to depend on some news I have coming in the next week or so.

I have a stack of remarqued edition graphic novels to ship out, and as soon as I’ve scanned the art, I will post it for you!

Come back soon.

c

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A Distant Soil Commissions: Bast, D’mer, Jessica UPDATED

by Colleen Doran on January 29th, 2012
Posted In: Blog, A Distant Soil Blog Posts, Blog, Colleen's Work, Colleen's Work, Commissions

Wow, I only have a few of these left to do. This is very exciting. I’ve been behind schedule on these character portraits since sometime in 1997.

I usually wait awhile between finishing a portrait and mailing it, because I like to have a look at it with fresh eyes. This D’mer, finished around Christmas, got extensive revisions. (EDIT: and after I posted this, it got even more revisions. STOP ME BEFORE I PICK UP THE ERASER AGAIN!) I’ve also rescanned them. These scans are truer to the originals. Previous scans had the contrast set too high.

Bast is starting to look more and more like Kim Kardashian. It is making me nervous.

This completes the order for all four volumes of the A Distant Soil graphic novel limited editions for Theo, who has been waiting patiently! Thanks, Theo!

Speaking of making revisions to commissions, I posted this Jessica a few days ago, and it bugged me. So I redrew her jawline and gave her a nose job.

I still have copies of the limited, signed and numbered remarqued editions of A Distant Soil volumes II and III available. I can take advance orders for 4 copies to be completed and delivered (US guarantee of delivery only, can’t be responsible for foreign customs) no later than March 30.

Each book is one of our hard to find hardcover limited editions, long sold out, individually signed and numbered by me, with a hand drawn character portrait of the quality you see here. This is SUHWEET. Prices include shipping worldwide.

ADS hardcover with sketch

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Commissions: Niniri and Jessica

by Colleen Doran on January 26th, 2012
Posted In: Blog, A Distant Soil Blog Posts, Blog, Colleen's Work, Colleen's Work, Commissions

More of the sketches from my limited edition hardcovers. Each book has a hand drawn portrait in it!

Haven’t drawn Jessica in awhile!

And here is Niniri. Quite like this one! For Miki.

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