A burnt leaf. Rough times out here on the west coast.. all these damned Fires are turning a lot of lives upside down. Emotionally. Psychically. Tons of ways. My thoughts and sympathies to all those affected, some I don't even know personally.
Also, i wanted to also Thanks Ted Adams and the guys at IDW for getting behind the Hollows, and my art books. Ted the guys and gals at IDW have been a safe port in a turbulent sea.
Speaking of that, here's some loooooong over-due Hollows covers. There's over a hundred of them. I was discouraged by drawing these... so I decided to draw a bunch of Trees on these comic covers,....
.....because Trees always inspire me.
Can't go wrong with a tree. Well, you *can*.
Yikes - i learned that during the first 40 or so that i drew.
These are comic cover sketches for retailers who ordered the hollows.. but i'll throw some scans of them into an art book so you can check 'em all out next year. Maybe do a separate art book full of just Trees and Bonsai?
Yeah, Sam's Big gook of Trees n' Bonsai" ~ that'll give the super hero comics a run for their money, sales wise. : )
Don't worry, i know there's a lot of you out there who want a sketch on a comic book like this. I'm sure some of these will pop up on eBay down the road too.
Meanwhile... these really show one thing... there's only so many ways to DRAW a hundred trees without repeating oneself, isn't there? : )
Hopefully these retailers won't be too horrified their getting a tree. Least most are in color.
But i prefer the simpler ones...
I don't know what it is with me and trees.
Thanks to everyone for sticking with me through various personal and artistic slumps. We all go through them. Sometimes ... I think i'm pretty much done creatively. Worry i'm out of things to say. Out of 'ink'.
But then, something.. somehow, a new day starts, and new crap pops out of me, just like the rest of you. Life, finds a way. Sheesh ~ ow i'm quoting Jeff Goldblum in Jurassic.
Time to quit this post before i embarrass myself any further, eh?
Yup.
