Pencil, handmade paper, oil emulsion, silver. Sorry this is late, I uploaded this under POSTS instead of as part of the comics page. Oops!

A pencil drawing with digital color.

This portrait of Kovar was used for a back cover. It is one of the few paintings I’ve done in oil. This is Genesis Oil, which is, technically, not oil, but it behaves the same way when you paint with it, except it dries at a fairly uniform speed when heated to 250 degrees. So it is much better for illustration. The drawback is varnishing is kind of a hassle. I love the gloss of varnish, and you can’t use traditional varnish on it. I’m surprised this paint isn’t more popular with illustrators, but I don’t know anyone who uses it.

Pencil, oil emulsion and handmade paper, digital.