From the First Second blog and the desk of Zack Giallongo: “Ever since I started down the path of drawing when I was a kid, my favorite thing was always the characters. It sounds obvious to me, but I realize that many people don’t always enjoy drawing characters or thinking about their design. As I got older,…
(reposted from the BOOM! Pen) Step 1: Based on Ryan’s script, we do a pencil sketch. By doing this on a computer rather than on paper, we can move things around, resize them, and generally make things easier to read. We also sketch in the word balloons, roughly as big as they’ll need to be,…
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My second monster tattoo for Tattoo Club‘s upcoming Monster Pack (out this Friday on Kickstarter!).
From today’s interview with Gavin’s Underground for City Weekly: “Gavin: What’s the process for you when creating a new comic, from first idea to final product? Jess: One fun way to start is to put three characters you’ve made together, and start an idea map (or idea web) and jot down little ideas about each character.…
Here’s some news that’s music to my ears! Frontman for the talking heads, David Byrne, and Annie Clark (AKA St Vincent) have teamed up to make Love This Giant – a collaborative album, featuring keyboards, drums, guitars, and an eight-piece brass section. “The writing was truly collaborative: sometimes Annie would send me some synthesized versions of…
For those of you who have been following the news about Tattoo Club‘s collectible packs of limited-edition temporary tattoos, you’ll appreciate these Skate Bird tattoos. This little fellow likes to skateboard on arms, legs, backs and faces, all while listening to rock ‘n’ roll on full-blast! If you were one of the generous backers to my…
Someone likes me and it is Motor City Rocks. They wrote up some nice things about me, so that’s what makes me think they like me. For whatever it’s worth: I like them, too. They posted a short comic I made, so maybe you will like me, too?
Tattoo Club are gearing up for their first collectible pack of limited-edition temporary tattoos! Their first pack comes out Friday the 13th (July) and is monster-themed. Check out this sweet tattoo from one of my all-time favorite illustrators: GHOSTSHRIMP.