Scratch

. . . that's one big harry arm.

Maxx: early sketches of Megan from Soccer Queen...

On a red hair kick.

Very different than the

long blonde hair she eventually had.

Maxx logo

Twout-a-verse: 1890's sketches of Magic Boxes..

Early sketches of Magic Boxes . .

which foolishly tried to avoid using a Toilet Seat as a front plate.

But Toilet Seats are a key ingredient in what makes a Magic Box work.

( don't worry, i don't know what the heck i'm talking about either.. )

What I was trying for in Scratch

I dunno how much it shows, but Scratch was my tribute/effort to blend the brush style of Wrightson and Sienkiewicz's frenetic design sense.

Not sure if either of those came through in the end.  Despite all my efforts,

it all winds up looking like . . . "sam stuff" in the end.



 

Underwater Pipe comparrison

Same sketch of an underwater pipe, Left is a photo i took, the Right one's a scan.

Which do you like best?

Twout Artifacts

Twout lore, antiques, skulls, brass . . 

. . .  and various sketchbooks full of quirky self-indulgent 'sam doodles'.

Who else?

Annie vs Nola.

Another painting of that red eye creature,

which to Annie, (in Ojo), represents a connection to her lost mother,

but to Nola, represents her mother's critical side.

Same Archetype, but wildly different effect on these two girls.

Reconsidering Scratch

I've had some fans saying kind things about Scratch,
so i'll be throwing up some of these into the mix.

pepper crash

Couple of Nola panels

Creature of the Outback.

Something/anything..

Two Versions of the Jungle Queen's Outback Rock.

Another Bats Sketch

unpublished Maxx 5 cover

RICC

Wanted to thank all the cool folks who who dropped by Rhode Island Comic con over the weekend! 

Your many words of appreciation and well wishes,

are never lost on me.

The post slowed down while i was away, so time to make up for that.  

Big Jawed Bats sketch

. . . what the cat thinks.

Two Slugs

a quickie sketch.

a classic cover.

Abstract

Dana..

Here's some (Pos)itive Adjectives for weight...

..that float around Dana's mind.

Maxx, carefully hidden behind a tree.

Cartoony Tribute to Wood.

. . . sadly he took his own life 36 years ago today.

Rest in Peace.

A dozen different ways to draw Bats.

I posted some of these sketches for Graphitti's Batman Gallery Edition up before,

but not all of them.

Cloud Tree