Bizzy

Well, I've got lots of work ahead for Alexandra Forever. Inking book 3 and colouring 3 and 4. Just finished lettering book 2, with a few sound effects left to do in Illustrator. (I decided to try to do the dialogue right in Clip Studio Paint (Manga Studio EX) where the rest of the art is anyway. It's a little different but it works well. Custom onomatopoeia is still easier to do in Illustrator though. THOOM!

Because I was mostly pencilling the past month or so (and doing other things like editing, cg backdrops, etc.) I try and find some pencils online to ink for fun, as I find working on one thing for a while (pencilling) and then switching to another (inking) that it takes me a while to get the feel for it again.

Frank Miller -DKR (duh)

Mike Mignola - Baltimore

John Buscema - Namor

(You might recognize this one from

"How To Draw Comics The Marvel Way".)

 

Cameos

I have a bad habit of filling in crowd scenes or secondary characters with comic book people, and Red Goddess is no exception. In the final book, only Alexandra (in red) is at full colour, everyone else is desaturated. Also, there are word balloons that cover some people up.

From left to right (in the background)
Michael Golden, Mike and Laura Allred, Gail Simone, Frank Miller, Lee Van Cleefe (not a comic person, but cool and in context with the western-y aspect of the planet) and John Byrne. Also, Adam Savage (of Mythbusters fame, and a huge comic bok fan) makes an appearance on the same page.

There'll be more crowd scenes later so expect to see some other comic book luminaries.