Rob Heinsoo keeps releasing thumbnails for drawings I have yet to finish for 13 True Ways. Makes me nervous, but since it’s already adrift on the internet waves I’m owning it here. Read more about the Murder Pixies at Rob’s blog.
I’m in a state… Pixies No 13 Baby on Youtube
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I met with Rob Heinsoo and Lee Moyer the other night. After enjoying a bowl of Lee’s chicken hominy soup we went through the “Art Order’ for 13 True Ways to see where we stand in the process. There’s a lot of artwork in this book, but a good amount of progress has been made and I will continue illustrating finished pieces this upcoming month. This weekend at Stumptown Comic Fest I’ll bring prints from the first book including many of the Icons and some interior illustrations of gnomes, elves and other high fantasy adventurers. Here’s an illustration that will be included in 13 True Ways:
And the thumbnail sketch:
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I’m going to test the limits of my blog this week (but hopefully not the patience of my blog readers:p) in preparation for the upcoming Stumptown Comics Fest April 27-28, Sat-Sunday. I spent a good part of yesterday rifling through old drawings to put together a little collaborative sketch comic with my son. Layout is taking longer than I expected and I’m pruning out some stuff, but leftovers may as well end up here. This is a random page from a 2012 sketchbook. I think the pen was doing the thinking…
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…and I nearly forgot. I’ve been wrapped up in a lot of scribbling lately, and eventually the results will show up here (and in print!), but for now I offer a random sketchbook page. Head studies. Some of these were drawn from photos (can you spot a celebrity or two?) and others were drawn from comic panels by Hugo Pratt, and still others appeared from the mind’s eye. My studio practice compressed in a page.
“But where’s the life drawing?!” you ask. Alright, it’s embarrassing, but here’s a self portrait drawn on the Odopod sketch site:
Now I feel naked.
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Just a quick post to say I’m backing a kickstarter project that ends today. P. Craig Russell has significantly influenced the way I think about comics and I look forward to learning more about his work through this DVD series. Take a look!
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Here’s a computer age novelty: an online sketching program that allows you to watch an animation of the creation of your sketch. Click the images below to watch them move.
![ODOPOD_FigurebytheSea_Sketch_small](http://sketch.odopod.com/flash/OdoSketch.swf?sketchURL=/sketches/702805.xml&userURL=/users/148716&bgURL=/images/bigbg.jpg&mode=embed%22%20AllowScriptAccess=%22always%22%20bgcolor=#EDE7DB menu="false" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="470" height="283"></embed>)
![ODOPOD_Water01_Sketch_small](http://sketch.odopod.com/flash/OdoSketch.swf?sketchURL=/sketches/702374.xml&userURL=/users/148716&bgURL=/images/bigbg.jpg&mode=embed%22%20AllowScriptAccess=%22always%22%20bgcolor=#EDE7DB menu="false" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="470" height="270"></embed>)
![ODOPOD_Shaman_Sketch_small](http://sketch.odopod.com/flash/OdoSketch.swf?sketchURL=/sketches/701868.xml&userURL=/users/148716&bgURL=/images/bigbg.jpg&mode=embed%22%20AllowScriptAccess=%22always%22%20bgcolor=#EDE7DB menu="false" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="470" height="283"></embed>)
![Medusa_01_sketch](http://sketch.odopod.com/flash/OdoSketch.swf?sketchURL=/sketches/701887.xml&userURL=/users/148716&bgURL=/images/bigbg.jpg&mode=embed%22%20AllowScriptAccess=%22always%22%20bgcolor=#EDE7DB menu="false" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="470" height="270"></embed>)
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It’s true, Lincoln isn’t as old as Yoda, yet. 204 years seems downright youthful in contrast to Yoda’s 800+. 
I imagine Lincoln received a book or two as birthday presents, so I thought it might be appropriate to present this mock-up of our book cover. The illustrations are taken from the interior except for the central portrait that I based on a photo of Lincoln reading to Tad that has been reproduced frequently. The cover was designed by Adam Johnson. Thank you, Adam!
And here’s an extra bonus: The BW lineart of an interior page that features Lincoln and a cameo of his bible, perhaps his most famous possession…after the hat.
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What is it?! It’s a thing. And this is a start to a new year of blogging!
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It’s the “Stack of Pages” post! If you follow blogs by comic artists you’re probably familiar with this trope. Something a bit irksome about these IMO, probably the fact that maybe that’s just a stack of blank pages under the top one, but let me offer my assurance that I’ve finished drawing all 221 pages of The Gettysburg Address: A Graphic Adaptation . I’m working on revisions and some color improvements, but the book is still on schedule for the June 2013 release.
Also, I don’t think I’ve posted since I saw Spielberg’s Lincoln. What an incredible movie! Apart from the extraordinary performance from Daniel Day Lewis, it also evoked the time period in an utterly convincing way. I was transported to the the time/place with its light, props, costumes, etc. and consequently swept up in the drama. Seeing the photos (mostly by Mathew Brady) brought to life on screen after spending a good amount of time looking at them over the past couple years was such a treat. The movie really energized my final push to complete the GN. There are many parallels, unplanned of course, and I think/hope that anyone who loves Spielberg’s Lincoln will enjoy the graphic novel that Jonathan Hennessey and I have been working to create. Expect less ornate wallpaper, but still…I’ve made an effort to bring the subject to life with authenticity in the panels. In addition, our graphic novel brings the reader to the present day from the movie’s end. As much of a sequel as you’re likely to see;-)
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Here’s a drawing of Andrew Johnson being congratulated after narrowly escaping impeachment in 1868. ”Mama said there’ll be days like this, there’ll be days like this my Mama said.”
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The US Constitution: A Graphic Adaptation at amazon.com
Forward, 54th! at scholastic.com
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