Adam Warlock

Recent commission I did, which was very fun because Warlock has always been one of my favorites. I've always been a sucker for the cosmic space-opera types. Plus, Warlock started his career in the pages of Fantastic Four as "Him", with plots and pencils by Jack Kirby (sigh).

The Fat, Obnoxious, A-Hole....

... a Chicago staple, and commuter favorite *__*

(yep, it's a she)

Train Sketch ..... 06-13-06

Welcome To Kreepsville U.S.A.

Something I've been working on recently is some development work for an animated television pitch called Welcome to Kreepsville U.S.A. I was contacted by the master Kreepster himself, O'Neal Pignani (a.k.a. Doktor Victor Von Kreep), after submitting my "Maggie the Maggot" illo for his upcoming book Cereal Killers, and asked if I'd be interested in developing an idea of his, along with background artist Pat Pakula. After talking to O'Neal, and realizing we had the same passion for cartoons, monsters, toys, comics, and all other forms of low-brow art, I jumped in.
I'll be posting more sketches and concepts over time, and invite you to check out the official Kreepsville Kartoon blog for more info and updates.

I thought the date of 06-06-06 would be a good day to starts things up ;)

Also, many thanks for all the wonderful comments you've all been leaving! I've been a busy bee lately, but really appreciate all the kind words and thoughts! Hope to make my blog rounds soon!

Take Care,
Darryl

Happy B-Day Laura!!!

For my beautiful blushing bride on her __th birthday!
......She doesn't look a day over 21 ;)

(.... guess I'm the creepy lil' annoying guys floating around, just like in real life *_*)

WHEEEEEEEE!!!!!

Pulp Fiction Inks

Haven't used a brush in well over a year to ink with, and have been desperately wanting to get back into practice. I've seen some wonderful inks using a Pitt Brush Marker, but couldn't find one at my local art store. So I got what I thought was the next best thing, Staedtler Mars Graphic 3000 duo. It feels and acts pretty much like a brush, but don't thing it'd last too long with heavy use.

Dynamic Duo ....

... of a different sort. *__*

Sugar Frosted Maggots ......step-by-step

When I was recently asked to contribute a creepy critter to Kreepsville Industries upcoming book, Cereal Killers, I took all of 2 seconds to jump at the chance. It was a ton o' fun to do and finally gave me an excuse to do my own "Wacky Packages" type illo. The book will be chocked full of ghoulish and ghastly cereal nightmares from a wide variety of artists, cartoonists, and animators. Looking forward to it!
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Step 1: Pencil sketch
I had a few ideas rolling around my skull for a couple weeks, but kept thinking about Maggie Maggot and her deliciously frosted friends. Since the image was pretty strong in my head, this is what came out initially (after one other reeeally bad drawing was laid to rest in the garbage). It was then scanned into Photoshop and type was decided upon, using an old Frosted Flakes box as reference. Scott Bruce's Cereal Boxes & Prizes: 1960's is an invaluable resource for the golden age of fun box art.


Step 2: Clean Up / Inks
The pencil drawing was then inked with Sakura Micron pens (on animation paper), scanned in again, and other design elements added to flesh out the piece. I kept everything in black and white at this stage to keep focus on the composition.


Step 3: Flat Colors
A limited palette of base colors were chosen.


Step 4: Final
Colored lines, shadows, highlights, and sugar frosting was added with various Photoshop brushes. Cropped a bit, and given a black background. Yum!

Hawkgirl step-by-step

Pencils by Dashin' Diddle
Inks by Hip-Hop Howard
Colors by ...... (sniff) no colors :(

Gun Fu signing, Free Comic Day: May 6th

Rough, done on 8 1/2 x 11 copy paper (by yours truly)

Pencils, blown up and tightened on 11 x 17 bristol board (by you-know-who)

Inks, done with brush and crowquill pen, by Howard Shum

Colors, done digitally by Etienne Simon

On Saturday, May 6th, between 2-4:00 p.m., I'll be at Graham Crackers Comics in Chicago signing copies of Gun Fu: Showgirls Are Forever, doing free sketches for the kiddies, and just plain being my jovial self.

That same day just happens to be Free Comic Book Day!!!!!!!! So if you're in the neighborhood, swing on by, say hi, and get some freebies!

Graham Crackers Comics
2562 N. Clark St.
Chicago, IL
(773) 665-2010

This also gives me an excuse to post another step-by-step (heh, heh, heh)

Seriously ...... who luv's ya' ....?

I Can Fly, I Can Fly, I Can Flyyyyyyyyyy....

*__* !

Thanks for all the wonderful comments! I'll be back soon to spread some cheer of my own ;)
..... in the mean time ..... c'mon, what Superhero are yaz ????!!!!!!

Free Stuff

Free .... Ice Cream
Free .... Music
Free .... Movie
Free ... Super-Hero Testing *

Who says diddle doesn't luv' ya?


* I'm Green Lantern, who'se always been my favorite DC hero. Let me know who else is in the Justice League!

Self Portrait

...for a project I'm currently putting together. My chin and forehead are actually much larger in real life, but I've used artistic license to try and beautify myself.

*__*

rare attempt at color.....

Sketches ... 4-16-06

tee hee hee

Sketches ... 4-10-06

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Red Sonja step-by-step

Pencils: Dazzlin' Darryl Young

Inks: Happy Howard Shum

Colors: Blushin' Brian Gubicza

Nuff Said!

Jedi step-by-step #3

Pencils: Yours Truly

Inks: Howard Shum

Color FX: Brian Gubicza

I really like how Brian tried something different with each of the three Jedi. This last one was particularly interesting :)

Sketches ... 4-04-06

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