Webcomic goes LIVE!

IT LIVES!!!

My webcomic with Ryan Moody, "Or Maybe Not" goes live tomorrow morning! Be sure to read it and let me know what you think about it! I'm still figuring out my inking methods for it (each comic project I do seems to want to be inked differently).

And here is some artwork I did of me drawing comics for my "Make Your Own Comics" class fliers. Blue Non-Photo Pencil and Pocket Pentel Brush Pen.

Comic Comeback

Hey Everyone! I'm currently working on some new pages for the revival of "Or Maybe Not", a slice of life geek comedy that me and Ryan Moody started in 2008 and are working on once again. He's got a stack of finished scripts for me so I'm working on some content for a new web comic. I'm hoping to update once a week, and some updates (most at this rate) will contain multiple pages. So far I'm working on the first script which will be 3 comic pages. I also have to do a banner for the webpage which will be on Smackjeeves.com. We had a keenspace one I made a few years ago but I've lost all the information for it and cannot find it. So with a new year we will start fresh!

But while I work on that and deal with job/work stuffs, here is the DA page containing all the old OMN comics that we had on LJ http://omn-comic.deviantart.com/ As the comic goes on I'll see if I can revive that too.

I'm hoping to finish the pages this weekend but we'll see how it pans out. I'm very excited to finally have a webcomic up and give OMN the chance it deserves.

(Click the image to see it move!)

Concepts from Chaos

Hello again everyone! I've been going through my sketchbooks to see if I have any meager offerings for you and I've found a few.

A sketch of Alencia and Theolyn from a month ago. I've been slowly building their world and I've been looking at ideas for noble formal wear for Alencia's home town of 'Argate.' I'm trying to combine medieval costume with Indian Saris. I think the mixtures of fabrics, in both textures and patterns, will blend nicely with the cuts of the costumes. I'll post more of those as I go. (Pen on sketchbook paper.)

Some character concepts for a character from a comic project I'm working on with my partner in crime, Ryan Moody. (ballpoint and brush pens on sketchbook paper.)

Another concept from my Alencia stories, she tries to exorcise this demon from a family's home but it instead ends up following her around and terrorizing her. His appearance may change by the time he finally ends up in the comic but this is the closest to what's in my head I was able to draw so far. Research for him is fun as it includes watching the Paranormal Activity movies, and episodes of 'Paranormal State.' (Reference used here. Blue pencil and brush pen on sketchbook paper, colored in Photoshop CS5.5)

And here's a large poster I did as a Christmas commission. The client asked for their nephew as a super hero. We brainstormed on concepts and I created the costume for him. The poster is meant to look like the cover of a comic book. The font is "In a Flash" by Walter Velez.

I hope you all had a great holiday, and look forward to the new year! See you in 2012!

News!

Hi everyone! Sorry I've been gone for most of the month. I've been really busy with work and the holidays. It's been a bit rough but I'm glad for the most part it's over. I did get to take my first solo road trip up to Richmond to reconnect with some close friends. It was really great to see them all again.

In Art related news: I'm going to be teaching a comics class with my local adult learning center. All the info is here. I'll be making fliers tomorrow to drop off at my local comic book store this week. I'm pretty excited! I'll be sharing my love of comics, and what I learned about them in school, with others. They are also going to let high school kids ages 16 and up take the class too so hopefully I can inspire some of them to per-sue doing comics. 10th grade was when I first realized this was what I wanted to do; even if no one will pay me, so it'll be pretty rad to see other kids with the same passion and help nurture it.

I'm also gearing up to do some painting soon. My mom passed down all her acrylic paints and supplies to me so now I have a lot more to work with. I'm working on a little personal water color painting but I find myself in the state of 'I really want to work on something but I want to skip the layout work and just jump into it!' which never works out, so I've had to slow myself down. I've also been getting back into some jewelry/accessory making and just bought some supplies from JoAnn's fabrics today. Yay for sales! I'll be posting anything I come up with if its' nice enough. I haven't gotten a lot of overall comics or work done. I've been stretching myself out so much I'm feeling a bit flustered. But my time should be opening up soon so I'll have time to get grinding on some art works! I'll also be working on my Etsy store, so I'll post that here and around when it's finally running. I'm hoping to be selling comics, artwork, and hand made accessories.

Well I'm off to work for now. I'll be posting more work here soon. I hope you all had a fantastic holiday!

Megalocks

A warm up brush pen drawing from this morning. A friend of mine posted this video on FB today and I was instantly inspired to draw the lead singer of Megadeth, Dave Mustaine, and his amazing hair.

After I eventually finish my Blind Guardian tribute illustration I will have to do a Megadeth one. I first listened to them in high school after borrowing a copy of ‘Youthanasia’ from the base library and falling instantly for it. I’ve been collecting as many albums of theirs as I can since.

I Comic, Therefore I Am.

Hello all!

In the busy hustle and bustle of the holiday season I have finally put together my illustrated guide to my comic work process. I origianly meant this to be a comic but I had so much to say that I figured an illustrated guide would be more appropriate. But it's done and ready for your enjoyment. This is not meant to be a 'how to' guide, this merely shows what I do and why. If you have any questions feel free to ask!

Click here to view the PDF---> Fran's Illustrated Comic Process

Dungeons and Dragons

Hello all! The holiday season is heating up and so have my hours at work. I've been busy busy but managed to get a few sketches out while watching some of the old Dungeons & Dragons tv series with Ryan. Here's some sketches I did of the kids. I'd like to get a few more done of the cast and the lead villain Venger but we'll see how that goes :P It was nice to sketch a little bit of fan art since I rarely do it. Here’s my take on Presto, the Magician (the only kid without a real name), Sheila, the Thief, Eric, the Cavalier, and Diana, the Acrobat.

I bought the DVD set a few years ago on a whim, but I’m glad I did. It’s different from the actual game despite Gary Gygax being I believe a producer for it, but its still a fun and interesting fantasy series. And I don’t care what anyone says, Venger is a badass villain. He may seem hokey at first but especially when the kids have to work with him he seems all the more formidable and frighting. And Eric the ‘Caviler’ is a hilarious jerk.