http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery 234 photos in 10 albums en-US Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:35:22 +0000 Gallery 1.4.4-pl5, http://gallery.menalto.com/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 40 http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/acw.thumb.png http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery 120 150 http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=colorartworks 5bc8fa473821cf1bfac1ab7cd8f274f8 Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:59:46 +0000 http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=colorartworks http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/acw.thumb.png http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/acw.sized.png http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/acw.thumb.png (Mostly) full-color artworks and illustrations based on my comics.<p /><a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=1"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/abx.thumb.jpg" width="110" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Promotional graphic for Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan. Color by James Robertson" title="Promotional graphic for Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan. Color by James Robertson" name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=2"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/acw.thumb.png" width="120" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="All for one! Frontispiece for the Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan storyline The Green Knight's Belt. These are the four original Rogues, toasting their first adventure in the costumes they wore in the very first pages I drew. " title="All for one! Frontispiece for the Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan storyline The Green Knight's Belt. These are the four original Rogues, toasting their first adventure in the costumes they wore in the very first pages I drew. " name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=3"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/acl.thumb.png" width="150" height="60" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Promo image for the forthcoming Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan serial &quot;The Stone of Contention&quot;. The new serial is really an old serial, written and drawn between 1994 and 1996. To compensate for 4 months' worth of oldness, I'm drawing a lot of custom graphics to promote it. This one turned out quite nicely, I think." title="Promo image for the forthcoming Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan serial &quot;The Stone of Contention&quot;. The new serial is really an old serial, written and drawn between 1994 and 1996. To compensate for 4 months' worth of oldness, I'm drawing a lot of custom graphics to promote it. This one turned out quite nicely, I think." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=4"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/acm.thumb.png" width="150" height="113" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Cover art for the web publication of the Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan serial &quot;The Stone of Contention&quot;" title="Cover art for the web publication of the Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan serial &quot;The Stone of Contention&quot;" name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=5"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/aco.thumb.png" width="150" height="134" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Back cover art for the second Courtly Manners serial." title="Back cover art for the second Courtly Manners serial." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=6"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/acn.thumb.jpg" width="150" height="113" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Joint Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan/Chasing the Sunset image. Background and figures on the left by me, figures on the left and colours by Alien and Mithandir." title="Joint Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan/Chasing the Sunset image. Background and figures on the left by me, figures on the left and colours by Alien and Mithandir." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=7"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/abn.thumb.png" width="150" height="115" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="&quot;Is this the way to the Office of Rites?&quot; Wallpaper design based on a flashback from the Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan story &quot;The Rite of Serfdom&quot;. Get it from the Wallpapers page!" title="&quot;Is this the way to the Office of Rites?&quot; Wallpaper design based on a flashback from the Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan story &quot;The Rite of Serfdom&quot;. Get it from the Wallpapers page!" name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=8"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/acp.thumb.png" width="102" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="While rummaging through my files, I found this: a cover illustration for the Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan story &quot;Night of the Dragon&quot;. Presumably I made this, back in 2001, to put on the front of a print collection of short ROCR stories, but I never got around to putting out that collection, and I don't remember if I ever published the drawing online anywhere. So now I'm putting it here in the hope that someone gets to look at it." title="While rummaging through my files, I found this: a cover illustration for the Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan story &quot;Night of the Dragon&quot;. Presumably I made this, back in 2001, to put on the front of a print collection of short ROCR stories, but I never got around to putting out that collection, and I don't remember if I ever published the drawing online anywhere. So now I'm putting it here in the hope that someone gets to look at it." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=9"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/aaj.thumb.png" width="138" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Faerie trapped! From the Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan story &quot;The Corby Tribe&quot;. Invent a caption for this one!" title="Faerie trapped! From the Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan story &quot;The Corby Tribe&quot;. Invent a caption for this one!" name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=10"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/abm.thumb.jpg" width="150" height="119" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="This seemingly innocent shot of a seemingly innocent skier being given a light by a seemingly innocent bystander is not as innocent as it seems. Our intrepid photographer has caught two spies exchanging sensitive information! Now if only our intrepid photographer could keep his negatives away from his coffee cups..." title="This seemingly innocent shot of a seemingly innocent skier being given a light by a seemingly innocent bystander is not as innocent as it seems. Our intrepid photographer has caught two spies exchanging sensitive information! Now if only our intrepid photographer could keep his negatives away from his coffee cups..." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=11"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/aaa.thumb.png" width="150" height="113" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt=" Kel pursued by a dragon! Wallpaper design based on the Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan storyline &quot;Night of the Dragon&quot;." title=" Kel pursued by a dragon! Wallpaper design based on the Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan storyline &quot;Night of the Dragon&quot;." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=12"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/aab.thumb.jpg" width="150" height="113" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Witches' sabbath! Wallpaper design based on a painting by F. Francken" title="Witches' sabbath! Wallpaper design based on a painting by F. Francken" name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=13"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/aai.thumb.png" width="113" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt=" Valentine card, made as part of the Love Campaign. You can still send this as an ecard if you're a Modern Tales subscriber." title=" Valentine card, made as part of the Love Campaign. You can still send this as an ecard if you're a Modern Tales subscriber." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=14"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/abo.thumb.jpg" width="99" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt=" Another Valentine card." title=" Another Valentine card." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=15"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/abp.thumb.gif" width="114" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt=" And yet another Valentine." title=" And yet another Valentine." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=16"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/abj.thumb.jpg" width="108" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="&quot;Back Cover&quot; image for the Courtly Manners serial." title="&quot;Back Cover&quot; image for the Courtly Manners serial." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=17"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/aap.thumb.png" width="107" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Drawing celebrating the Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan website's second anniversary. Like little Fay, the site is trying to stand on its own two feet..." title="Drawing celebrating the Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan website's second anniversary. Like little Fay, the site is trying to stand on its own two feet..." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=18"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/aao.thumb.png" width="118" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="This image was featured on the ROCR site a few days after Astrid Lindgren died. The last thing she would have wanted was respect!" title="This image was featured on the ROCR site a few days after Astrid Lindgren died. The last thing she would have wanted was respect!" name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=19"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/aar.thumb.jpg" width="150" height="139" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="My contribution to a chainletter comic called Chain Mail Comics. I have yet to see the full thing." title="My contribution to a chainletter comic called Chain Mail Comics. I have yet to see the full thing." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=20"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/abg.thumb.png" width="150" height="145" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="A large version of the logo image, to be used for promotion on Modern Tales." title="A large version of the logo image, to be used for promotion on Modern Tales." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=21"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/aay.thumb.png" width="120" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="ROCR T-shirt design." title="ROCR T-shirt design." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=22"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/abf.thumb.png" width="107" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Original art for the strip for September 9, 2001. I'll be auctioning this one soon-ish." title="Original art for the strip for September 9, 2001. I'll be auctioning this one soon-ish." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=23"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/abh.thumb.png" width="93" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Another large promotional image, featuring the cast as they will look in the next storyline." title="Another large promotional image, featuring the cast as they will look in the next storyline." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=24"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/abi.thumb.jpg" width="150" height="145" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="And another one, this one for Courtly Manners on Modern Tales!" title="And another one, this one for Courtly Manners on Modern Tales!" name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=25"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/abs.thumb.jpg" width="104" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Cover art for my 1997 comic The Eye of the Underworld, written by Geir Str&oslash;m." title="Cover art for my 1997 comic The Eye of the Underworld, written by Geir Str&oslash;m." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=26"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/abt.thumb.png" width="110" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Cover for my 1998 collection of wordless comics, Pin Drop" title="Cover for my 1998 collection of wordless comics, Pin Drop" name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=27"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/abu.thumb.jpg" width="105" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Cover of the sixth issue of my ego-zine &quot;Ik&quot;, 1998." title="Cover of the sixth issue of my ego-zine &quot;Ik&quot;, 1998." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=28"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/abv.thumb.jpg" width="104" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Cover of the 7th issue of &quot;Ik&quot;, 1998-ish." title="Cover of the 7th issue of &quot;Ik&quot;, 1998-ish." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=29"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/aba.thumb.jpg" width="150" height="106" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="&quot;Movie Poster&quot; For the first White House In Orbit story." title="&quot;Movie Poster&quot; For the first White House In Orbit story." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=30"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/abb.thumb.jpg" width="150" height="112" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="&quot;Movie Poster&quot; for the current, unfortunately interrupted White House in Orbit story." title="&quot;Movie Poster&quot; for the current, unfortunately interrupted White House in Orbit story." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=31"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/abc.thumb.jpg" width="150" height="112" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Very tacky &quot;Movie Poster&quot; for a forthcoming (but when?) White House in Orbit story." title="Very tacky &quot;Movie Poster&quot; for a forthcoming (but when?) White House in Orbit story." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=32"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/aav.thumb.png" width="72" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="In the Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan logo, Kel is seen wearing what can be charitably described as a slinky dress. In fact, what I did was draw the outline of a dress on a nude body copied from a pose book! This immediately led to the idea for this cartoon." title="In the Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan logo, Kel is seen wearing what can be charitably described as a slinky dress. In fact, what I did was draw the outline of a dress on a nude body copied from a pose book! This immediately led to the idea for this cartoon." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=33"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/abk.thumb.png" width="150" height="41" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="My attempt at making a Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan comic that's suitable for display on a mobile phone. The technology to send multimedia-enabled messages was just around the corner at the time of writing. I submitted several items of which this was only one. This was the only one I did with a longer story in mind, and the only one with words in rhyme. I wanted to go a little beyond expectations of what could be done with the format... in hindsight, not necessarily a good idea. As part of a Multimedia Message, this would run as a slideshow with captions underneath, but for this gallery, I've arranged the pictures sequentially." title="My attempt at making a Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan comic that's suitable for display on a mobile phone. The technology to send multimedia-enabled messages was just around the corner at the time of writing. I submitted several items of which this was only one. This was the only one I did with a longer story in mind, and the only one with words in rhyme. I wanted to go a little beyond expectations of what could be done with the format... in hindsight, not necessarily a good idea. As part of a Multimedia Message, this would run as a slideshow with captions underneath, but for this gallery, I've arranged the pictures sequentially." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=34"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/abl.thumb.png" width="35" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Another attempt at creating mobile-compatible comics. This one is based on a forthcoming episode of ROCR on Modern Tales, chopped up, scaled down, and dithered with the web-safe palette." title="Another attempt at creating mobile-compatible comics. This one is based on a forthcoming episode of ROCR on Modern Tales, chopped up, scaled down, and dithered with the web-safe palette." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=35"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/aan.thumb.png" width="150" height="121" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Kel and Jodoque are puzzled by the requirements for the Fantasy Lair Swimsuit annuals..." title="Kel and Jodoque are puzzled by the requirements for the Fantasy Lair Swimsuit annuals..." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=36"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/aac.thumb.jpg" width="127" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Kel in the buff! Originally made for Fantasylair Babewatch" title="Kel in the buff! Originally made for Fantasylair Babewatch" name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=37"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/aam.thumb.png" width="150" height="125" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Swimsuited picture of Jodoque and Kel, made for Babewatch 2002. They still have their doubts... Note: The Pillockians are a popular pagan cult that mostly attracts men between the ages of 18 and 24 although some middle-aged guys also join. Ritual practices include wearing expensive but tasteless clothing, horrendous over-drinking, chanting obscene songs and chatting up anything in a skirt." title="Swimsuited picture of Jodoque and Kel, made for Babewatch 2002. They still have their doubts... Note: The Pillockians are a popular pagan cult that mostly attracts men between the ages of 18 and 24 although some middle-aged guys also join. Ritual practices include wearing expensive but tasteless clothing, horrendous over-drinking, chanting obscene songs and chatting up anything in a skirt." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=38"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/abd.thumb.jpg" width="150" height="96" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Although Kel judged those outfits unsuitable for swimming in, she and the other girls did find them suitable for a quick game of Broomball on the beach." title="Although Kel judged those outfits unsuitable for swimming in, she and the other girls did find them suitable for a quick game of Broomball on the beach." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=39"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/abe.thumb.jpg" width="150" height="145" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="The inevitable dispute over whether Krakatoa's move in the previous image was a foul is resolved in Krakatoa's favor." title="The inevitable dispute over whether Krakatoa's move in the previous image was a foul is resolved in Krakatoa's favor." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=40"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/aag.thumb.jpg" width="116" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Fire Elf! Study for a creature that appeared in the ROCR comic. The finished version is a little more humanoid" title="Fire Elf! Study for a creature that appeared in the ROCR comic. The finished version is a little more humanoid" name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=41"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/aas.thumb.jpg" width="135" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="How the creature ended up looking in the comic." title="How the creature ended up looking in the comic." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=42"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/aad.thumb.jpg" width="111" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="X8.5 from White House in Orbit pictured in his boudoir for Lace 2001." title="X8.5 from White House in Orbit pictured in his boudoir for Lace 2001." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=43"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/aaf.thumb.jpg" width="104" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Jane from White House in Orbit pictured in her boudoir for Lace 2001." title="Jane from White House in Orbit pictured in her boudoir for Lace 2001." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=44"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/aae.thumb.jpg" width="150" height="94" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Retro-futuro-nostalgic seaside postcard made for Fantasylair Babewatch featuring Jane and X8.5 from White House in Orbit." title="Retro-futuro-nostalgic seaside postcard made for Fantasylair Babewatch featuring Jane and X8.5 from White House in Orbit." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=45"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/aah.thumb.jpg" width="117" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Buff-looking swimsuit picture of X8.5 from White House in Orbit made for Fantasylair Babewatch" title="Buff-looking swimsuit picture of X8.5 from White House in Orbit made for Fantasylair Babewatch" name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=46"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/aaq.thumb.jpg" width="140" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Capn, from Capn and Daniel &Oslash;stvold's Baron von Fieffelfalsfaffel, by request from a reader. Capn is drawn by his creator, Jeroen Jager." title="Capn, from Capn and Daniel &Oslash;stvold's Baron von Fieffelfalsfaffel, by request from a reader. Capn is drawn by his creator, Jeroen Jager." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=47"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/aak.thumb.png" width="102" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Faerie drinking! I just love that corset." title="Faerie drinking! I just love that corset." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=48"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/aal.thumb.png" width="91" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Another faerie drawing, this one made in 1999 for a comic strip that never got made." title="Another faerie drawing, this one made in 1999 for a comic strip that never got made." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=49"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/aaw.thumb.png" width="150" height="113" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="T-shirt design I made for the Unofficial Deep Purple website" title="T-shirt design I made for the Unofficial Deep Purple website" name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=50"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/aax.thumb.png" width="74" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Someone suggested this should go on the back of the Deep Purple T-shirt. The figure is Ritchie Blackmore, estranged former Deep Purple guitarist." title="Someone suggested this should go on the back of the Deep Purple T-shirt. The figure is Ritchie Blackmore, estranged former Deep Purple guitarist." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=51"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/aaz.thumb.png" width="106" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Wordless one-page strip for a rock festival booklet. Features the inimitable Johan &amp; Linda!" title="Wordless one-page strip for a rock festival booklet. Features the inimitable Johan &amp; Linda!" name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=52"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/acg.thumb.png" width="150" height="135" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Concept drawing for a 'types' feature in the Malmberg educational magazine Hello You, aimed at 11-year-old ESL learners." title="Concept drawing for a 'types' feature in the Malmberg educational magazine Hello You, aimed at 11-year-old ESL learners." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=53"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/ack.thumb.png" width="126" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="I was so keen to sell the 'types' feature to Hello You that I drew several of them before submitting the concept, to demonstrate that I could have one in each issue." title="I was so keen to sell the 'types' feature to Hello You that I drew several of them before submitting the concept, to demonstrate that I could have one in each issue." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=54"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/acc.thumb.png" width="131" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Gothic types, drawn for the magazine Hello You. This image was used, but rather badly cut up." title="Gothic types, drawn for the magazine Hello You. This image was used, but rather badly cut up." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=55"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/acd.thumb.png" width="150" height="148" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Hiphop types, drawn for Hello You. Getting it right was very very difficult for me as a decidedly un-trendy, un-subcultural person. Looking at the drawings a year later, though, I like them a lot." title="Hiphop types, drawn for Hello You. Getting it right was very very difficult for me as a decidedly un-trendy, un-subcultural person. Looking at the drawings a year later, though, I like them a lot." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=56"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/acf.thumb.png" width="82" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="First attempt at a Punk type for Hello You. I thought this one was too 1980s-retro." title="First attempt at a Punk type for Hello You. I thought this one was too 1980s-retro." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=57"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/ace.thumb.png" width="113" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="A more modern, Avril Levigne-inspired punk type" title="A more modern, Avril Levigne-inspired punk type" name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=58"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/aci.thumb.png" width="127" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="'Posh' character types for Hello You. I went to a school full of kids like this. I am not sure if the field hockey paraphernalia work outside the Netherlands. " title="'Posh' character types for Hello You. I went to a school full of kids like this. I am not sure if the field hockey paraphernalia work outside the Netherlands. " name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=59"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/ach.thumb.png" width="107" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Concept drawing for an 'insults' feature in Hello You. This one also got accepted, but wasn't as successful as the 'types' series." title="Concept drawing for an 'insults' feature in Hello You. This one also got accepted, but wasn't as successful as the 'types' series." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=60"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/abw.thumb.png" width="105" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="1998 drawing of Kel in witch outfit. From before the gang had wealth, obviously." title="1998 drawing of Kel in witch outfit. From before the gang had wealth, obviously." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=61"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/abr.thumb.png" width="87" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Drawing of Kangra, made for an ecard but deemed (by me) to be too risque for that purpose. Fun to draw though" title="Drawing of Kangra, made for an ecard but deemed (by me) to be too risque for that purpose. Fun to draw though" name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=62"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/aby.thumb.png" width="131" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Cast image for the Faerie Bonfire" title="Cast image for the Faerie Bonfire" name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=63"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/abz.thumb.png" width="77" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Cast image for the faerie Clydesdale" title="Cast image for the faerie Clydesdale" name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=64"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/acs.thumb.jpg" width="100" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Cast image for Atra." title="Cast image for Atra." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=65"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/acr.thumb.png" width="107" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Cast image for Krakatoa, for use on the Chronicles of the Witch Queen website. Each series on there will have a separate cast database, so I'm taking the opportunitiy to make different cast images for each series that a character appears in. Kra wore this minimalistic bikini in the first Courtly Manners story." title="Cast image for Krakatoa, for use on the Chronicles of the Witch Queen website. Each series on there will have a separate cast database, so I'm taking the opportunitiy to make different cast images for each series that a character appears in. Kra wore this minimalistic bikini in the first Courtly Manners story." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=66"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/acq.thumb.png" width="81" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Cast image for Krakatoa, for use on the Chronicles of the Witch Queen website. Each series on there will have a separate cast database, so I'm taking the opportunitiy to make different cast images for each series that a character appears in. Kra wore this fetishy riding outfit in the second Courtly Manners story." title="Cast image for Krakatoa, for use on the Chronicles of the Witch Queen website. Each series on there will have a separate cast database, so I'm taking the opportunitiy to make different cast images for each series that a character appears in. Kra wore this fetishy riding outfit in the second Courtly Manners story." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=67"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/act.thumb.png" width="105" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Kel, morphing back from her plant form. Drawn for the Chronicles of the Witch Queen cast pages, although it may take a while before the picture shows up there. I love drawing Kel morphing. It's a bit more interesting than drawing regular nudes of her, and it often turns out rather nice. Not perfect, in this case - as with the previous pics, there are some faults that indicate a need to do some more life drawing, but rather nice. I've made prints available through DeviantArt, more to test the prints system before my free subscription there runs out than out of any real expectation that people will buy it. " title="Kel, morphing back from her plant form. Drawn for the Chronicles of the Witch Queen cast pages, although it may take a while before the picture shows up there. I love drawing Kel morphing. It's a bit more interesting than drawing regular nudes of her, and it often turns out rather nice. Not perfect, in this case - as with the previous pics, there are some faults that indicate a need to do some more life drawing, but rather nice. I've made prints available through DeviantArt, more to test the prints system before my free subscription there runs out than out of any real expectation that people will buy it. " name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=68"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/acu.thumb.png" width="105" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="The Baron von Fieffelfalsfaffel, drawn for the Chronicles of the Witch Queen cast pages. This shows him in the, erhm, outfit he wore as a runner in the Unicorn races." title="The Baron von Fieffelfalsfaffel, drawn for the Chronicles of the Witch Queen cast pages. This shows him in the, erhm, outfit he wore as a runner in the Unicorn races." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=69"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/acv.thumb.png" width="106" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Cast pic for the Courtly Manners series on the Chronicles of the Witch Queen website. In that series, Kel wore this minimal green bikini to, well, annoy and provoke in equal measures." title="Cast pic for the Courtly Manners series on the Chronicles of the Witch Queen website. In that series, Kel wore this minimal green bikini to, well, annoy and provoke in equal measures." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=70"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/acx.thumb.png" width="150" height="103" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="First version of a new cover art for the Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan story &quot;The Green Knight's Belt&quot;. I'm not quite convinced that this is as good as it should be, so please do critique any and all aspects. Eventually, this drawing will end up at the very start of the new Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan archives, so it has to be good. As a concept, for example, I like the idea of pulling the colours towards the green end of the spectrum, because that's what the Green Knight and his surroundings should look like. But is it well-executed? I'm not yet sure. There will be time to redo much of this drawing, so no aspect of it is sacred. " title="First version of a new cover art for the Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan story &quot;The Green Knight's Belt&quot;. I'm not quite convinced that this is as good as it should be, so please do critique any and all aspects. Eventually, this drawing will end up at the very start of the new Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan archives, so it has to be good. As a concept, for example, I like the idea of pulling the colours towards the green end of the spectrum, because that's what the Green Knight and his surroundings should look like. But is it well-executed? I'm not yet sure. There will be time to redo much of this drawing, so no aspect of it is sacred. " name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=71"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/acy.thumb.png" width="150" height="148" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Second version of the planned cover art for the Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan story &quot;The Green Knight's Belt&quot;. I'm not sure this one is better overall... there was so much space wasted in the drawing that I had to crop it severely, to the point where it's no longer even a horizontal drawing as it was intended to be. Looking at the thumbnails, it does look like this version has a stronger, more involving composition. But again, the background is giving it problems... I know I ought to reduce the brightness of the bit seen through the door on the left, but I just can't imagine it would be worth the trouble. Back to the drawing board, again... See also the previous version" title="Second version of the planned cover art for the Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan story &quot;The Green Knight's Belt&quot;. I'm not sure this one is better overall... there was so much space wasted in the drawing that I had to crop it severely, to the point where it's no longer even a horizontal drawing as it was intended to be. Looking at the thumbnails, it does look like this version has a stronger, more involving composition. But again, the background is giving it problems... I know I ought to reduce the brightness of the bit seen through the door on the left, but I just can't imagine it would be worth the trouble. Back to the drawing board, again... See also the previous version" name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=72"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/acz.thumb.png" width="150" height="132" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Slight revision of the previous image, with a different crop and changes to that distracting section of the background" title="Slight revision of the previous image, with a different crop and changes to that distracting section of the background" name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=73"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/ada.thumb.png" width="150" height="110" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Illustration, made to practise working with Photoshop CS2. Based on the bath house scene from the second Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan serial, The Death Warrant, which was made in 1993/4 and will go online in 2006." title="Illustration, made to practise working with Photoshop CS2. Based on the bath house scene from the second Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan serial, The Death Warrant, which was made in 1993/4 and will go online in 2006." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=74"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/adb.thumb.png" width="150" height="132" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Cover art for The Green Knight's Belt, nearly finished. This is the third version, and I'm getting closer. I need to clean it up (working on it until 1:30 AM took its toll on my ability to spot faults) and some more shading is needed, but for the most part, this is it. I'll add lettering and maybe a little extra along the sides before publishing it to the main Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan website." title="Cover art for The Green Knight's Belt, nearly finished. This is the third version, and I'm getting closer. I need to clean it up (working on it until 1:30 AM took its toll on my ability to spot faults) and some more shading is needed, but for the most part, this is it. I'll add lettering and maybe a little extra along the sides before publishing it to the main Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan website." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=75"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/adc.thumb.jpg" width="150" height="113" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Final version of the cover art for the Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan serial The Green Knight's Belt." title="Final version of the cover art for the Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan serial The Green Knight's Belt." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=colorartworks&amp;id=76"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/colorartworks/add.thumb.png" width="150" height="113" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Nostalgic wallpaper based on the style of T.S. Sullivant. Full view will get you the 1024*768 version. Other versions: 800x600 wallpaper 1280x1024 wallpaper Printable version (900 KB download)" title="Nostalgic wallpaper based on the style of T.S. Sullivant. Full view will get you the 1024*768 version. Other versions: 800x600 wallpaper 1280x1024 wallpaper Printable version (900 KB download)" name="photo_j"></a> http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=Sketchbook 3cb3e06b797732f0163c18bb64e1c426 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:09:25 +0000 http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=Sketchbook http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Sketchbook/aau.thumb.jpg http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Sketchbook/aau.jpg http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Sketchbook/aau.thumb.jpg Sketches and doodles<p /><a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Sketchbook&amp;id=5"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Sketchbook/aao.thumb.jpg" width="150" height="105" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Sketch for a proposed group portrait of the characters of the ROCR/Pantheon Crossover. We're going to make this, Timmerryn and me." title="Sketch for a proposed group portrait of the characters of the ROCR/Pantheon Crossover. We're going to make this, Timmerryn and me." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Sketchbook&amp;id=6"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Sketchbook/aap.thumb.jpg" width="122" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Sketch for the Visigothic Chelsea fanart I did. I like the spontaneity of the sketch but decided to take out a pose book for a better pose to use." title="Sketch for the Visigothic Chelsea fanart I did. I like the spontaneity of the sketch but decided to take out a pose book for a better pose to use." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Sketchbook&amp;id=7"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Sketchbook/aan.thumb.png" width="83" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Some sketches I idly made at an illustrators' event, using material that happened to be lying in front of me: a blue felt tip pen! I really like the look that this resulted in, and may even experiment with felt tip pens for a Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan story. Shown are Fay, Kel and Raven Corby." title="Some sketches I idly made at an illustrators' event, using material that happened to be lying in front of me: a blue felt tip pen! I really like the look that this resulted in, and may even experiment with felt tip pens for a Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan story. Shown are Fay, Kel and Raven Corby." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Sketchbook&amp;id=8"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Sketchbook/aam.thumb.png" width="70" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Character sketch for Raven Corbie, or &quot;The Hussy&quot;. I think I got her right on the first try" title="Character sketch for Raven Corbie, or &quot;The Hussy&quot;. I think I got her right on the first try" name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Sketchbook&amp;id=9"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Sketchbook/aaj.thumb.png" width="139" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Kel with tentacles. I originally intended to turn this into a logo for Tentacle day, but the finished version didn't look too hot." title="Kel with tentacles. I originally intended to turn this into a logo for Tentacle day, but the finished version didn't look too hot." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Sketchbook&amp;id=10"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Sketchbook/aaa.thumb.png" width="102" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="A boy I saw juggling flaming torches in the street. This kid was good! Brought in quite a bit of money for his hobby as well." title="A boy I saw juggling flaming torches in the street. This kid was good! Brought in quite a bit of money for his hobby as well." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Sketchbook&amp;id=11"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Sketchbook/aac.thumb.png" width="83" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="This demon became the Gatekeeper in the &quot;Fire of Ungdomma&quot; story." title="This demon became the Gatekeeper in the &quot;Fire of Ungdomma&quot; story." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Sketchbook&amp;id=12"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Sketchbook/aad.thumb.png" width="51" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="10-second nude, drawn for no good reason at all! Slightly sniffy attitude reminding me of Gerrit de Jager's art" title="10-second nude, drawn for no good reason at all! Slightly sniffy attitude reminding me of Gerrit de Jager's art" name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Sketchbook&amp;id=13"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Sketchbook/aae.thumb.png" width="107" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="My interpretation of Professor Snape from the Harry Potter novels. Yes, I know Snape should have long hair, but I can't make that work..." title="My interpretation of Professor Snape from the Harry Potter novels. Yes, I know Snape should have long hair, but I can't make that work..." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Sketchbook&amp;id=14"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Sketchbook/aaf.thumb.png" width="110" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Another sketch for the &quot;Fire of Ungdomma&quot; story. The finished version isn't as good as this sketch, IMO" title="Another sketch for the &quot;Fire of Ungdomma&quot; story. The finished version isn't as good as this sketch, IMO" name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Sketchbook&amp;id=15"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Sketchbook/aag.thumb.png" width="150" height="147" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="My brother Johan, currently the drummer in Vicious Visjes, making a gutwrenching face while singing in a backing vocal in Studio Square Wave in 1998." title="My brother Johan, currently the drummer in Vicious Visjes, making a gutwrenching face while singing in a backing vocal in Studio Square Wave in 1998." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Sketchbook&amp;id=16"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Sketchbook/aah.thumb.png" width="96" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="My friend Kim, awaiting her turn at the same session" title="My friend Kim, awaiting her turn at the same session" name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Sketchbook&amp;id=17"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Sketchbook/aai.thumb.png" width="106" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Queen Elspeth, and my brother leaning against a radiator" title="Queen Elspeth, and my brother leaning against a radiator" name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Sketchbook&amp;id=18"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Sketchbook/aak.thumb.png" width="122" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Kel in witch regalia. This sketch was intended for a T-shirt" title="Kel in witch regalia. This sketch was intended for a T-shirt" name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Sketchbook&amp;id=19"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Sketchbook/aal.thumb.png" width="118" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Me in a schoolgirl outfit! I made this for the Ceph message board, a fierce, tentacled beast that has a separate identity from the comic it is nominally for." title="Me in a schoolgirl outfit! I made this for the Ceph message board, a fierce, tentacled beast that has a separate identity from the comic it is nominally for." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Sketchbook&amp;id=20"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Sketchbook/aas.thumb.jpg" width="78" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Sketch for the cast image for the Faerie Clydesdale." title="Sketch for the cast image for the Faerie Clydesdale." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Sketchbook&amp;id=21"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Sketchbook/abo.thumb.jpg" width="106" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Sketch of the High Priest, made for the Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan Cast pages." title="Sketch of the High Priest, made for the Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan Cast pages." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Sketchbook&amp;id=22"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Sketchbook/abp.thumb.png" width="150" height="131" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Sketches of faerie-like animals. I've always thought that in a world where faeries and gnomes exist, there should be animals that are related to them. Here are some &quot;fapes&quot;." title="Sketches of faerie-like animals. I've always thought that in a world where faeries and gnomes exist, there should be animals that are related to them. Here are some &quot;fapes&quot;." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Sketchbook&amp;id=23"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Sketchbook/aat.thumb.jpg" width="97" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Hairstyle sketch for an illustration." title="Hairstyle sketch for an illustration." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Sketchbook&amp;id=24"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Sketchbook/aau.thumb.jpg" width="104" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Sketch for a cast pic for Kel. to be used in one of the new Cast sections at the Chronicles of the Witch Queen site. This shows Kel morphing back from her vegetable to her human form." title="Sketch for a cast pic for Kel. to be used in one of the new Cast sections at the Chronicles of the Witch Queen site. This shows Kel morphing back from her vegetable to her human form." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Sketchbook&amp;id=25"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Sketchbook/aav.thumb.png" width="150" height="102" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Sketch for a new cover page for The Green Man's Belt. When I looked at the old art for The Green Man's Belt, I noticed something that had bugged me before but was noticably more clear in this very old storyline than it is in my present material or even in such venerable works as The Stone of Contention: The line art lacked curves. Considering the nature of the comic, then as now a humorous series with big-footed, big-nosed characters and a fair amount of shapely women showing cleavage, it's really astounding. I was drawing in a curvy style without using more than the faintest curves! It's not so bad now but I still think a lot of my art could become stronger if I paid more attention to actually making curves bendy, so for this piece I am doing my best to exaggerate curves even in places where this could cause problems such as line tangents and anatomical faults. When used with discipline, it will help prevent such problems, but for now, I'm just trying to ram the importance of curves into my own thick skull. " title="Sketch for a new cover page for The Green Man's Belt. When I looked at the old art for The Green Man's Belt, I noticed something that had bugged me before but was noticably more clear in this very old storyline than it is in my present material or even in such venerable works as The Stone of Contention: The line art lacked curves. Considering the nature of the comic, then as now a humorous series with big-footed, big-nosed characters and a fair amount of shapely women showing cleavage, it's really astounding. I was drawing in a curvy style without using more than the faintest curves! It's not so bad now but I still think a lot of my art could become stronger if I paid more attention to actually making curves bendy, so for this piece I am doing my best to exaggerate curves even in places where this could cause problems such as line tangents and anatomical faults. When used with discipline, it will help prevent such problems, but for now, I'm just trying to ram the importance of curves into my own thick skull. " name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Sketchbook&amp;id=26"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Sketchbook/aba.thumb.jpg" width="150" height="122" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Sketch for another version of the Green Knight's Belt cover." title="Sketch for another version of the Green Knight's Belt cover." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Sketchbook&amp;id=27"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Sketchbook/aaw.thumb.jpg" width="149" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Avatar of hate,1 If I actually used this as a message board avatar, no one would like to talk to me. But it reflects how I've been reacting to the world lately." title="Avatar of hate,1 If I actually used this as a message board avatar, no one would like to talk to me. But it reflects how I've been reacting to the world lately." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Sketchbook&amp;id=28"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Sketchbook/aax.thumb.jpg" width="150" height="137" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Avatar of hate, 2 Another attempt at expressing my seething anger and discontent. Not as succesful as the other one." title="Avatar of hate, 2 Another attempt at expressing my seething anger and discontent. Not as succesful as the other one." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Sketchbook&amp;id=29"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Sketchbook/aay.thumb.jpg" width="123" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Nosfereinder Following from Avatar of Hate, me as Count Nosfereinder, Loathsome Creature of Eldritch Night. 5B pencil lead (no shaft), cleaned up in Paint Shop Pro." title="Nosfereinder Following from Avatar of Hate, me as Count Nosfereinder, Loathsome Creature of Eldritch Night. 5B pencil lead (no shaft), cleaned up in Paint Shop Pro." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Sketchbook&amp;id=30"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Sketchbook/aaz.thumb.jpg" width="150" height="125" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Guinea Pig dream Based on a dream I had in which I was carrying an oversized guinea pig around with me to a zoo. Stupid thing ended up running off, of course." title="Guinea Pig dream Based on a dream I had in which I was carrying an oversized guinea pig around with me to a zoo. Stupid thing ended up running off, of course." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Sketchbook&amp;id=31"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Sketchbook/abb.thumb.jpg" width="88" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Portrait sketches based on photographs of Kate Bush. The one at the bottom is decent." title="Portrait sketches based on photographs of Kate Bush. The one at the bottom is decent." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Sketchbook&amp;id=32"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Sketchbook/abc.thumb.jpg" width="149" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Caricature of Kate Bush, intended for a piece of logo art for my weblog. Kate Bush is actually hard to draw because her real features are hidden behind her makeup a lot of the time. This allows her effectively to have a thousand faces, an advantage she used in her music videos a lot. This stylised version at least captures her loopy aspect, and the build of her eye sockets, cheek and nose. Took me hours to get this far." title="Caricature of Kate Bush, intended for a piece of logo art for my weblog. Kate Bush is actually hard to draw because her real features are hidden behind her makeup a lot of the time. This allows her effectively to have a thousand faces, an advantage she used in her music videos a lot. This stylised version at least captures her loopy aspect, and the build of her eye sockets, cheek and nose. Took me hours to get this far." name="photo_j"></a> http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=Headsmensketchbook e97d7cbb61797c3525ddf39029c6f5cd Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:04:31 +0000 http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=Headsmensketchbook http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Headsmensketchbook/aaa.thumb.jpg http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Headsmensketchbook/aaa.sized.jpg http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Headsmensketchbook/aaa.thumb.jpg Sketchbook for the <a href="http://www.rocr.net/">Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan</a> story <i>Headsmen</i>.<p /><a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Headsmensketchbook&amp;id=1"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Headsmensketchbook/aaa.thumb.jpg" width="150" height="104" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Pencils for the first installment of a new Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan storyline." title="Pencils for the first installment of a new Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan storyline." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Headsmensketchbook&amp;id=2"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Headsmensketchbook/aab.thumb.png" width="109" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Reference for the relative heights of Kel and Barnardus Pothelmus. Kel is no tall woman but Barnardus is even shorter." title="Reference for the relative heights of Kel and Barnardus Pothelmus. Kel is no tall woman but Barnardus is even shorter." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Headsmensketchbook&amp;id=3"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Headsmensketchbook/aac.thumb.png" width="150" height="112" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Reveal of Barnardus and his gang." title="Reveal of Barnardus and his gang." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Headsmensketchbook&amp;id=4"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Headsmensketchbook/aad.thumb.png" width="150" height="104" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Second page in progress, with backgrounds and black areas penciled in." title="Second page in progress, with backgrounds and black areas penciled in." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Headsmensketchbook&amp;id=5"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Headsmensketchbook/aae.thumb.jpg" width="150" height="108" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Headsmen page in progress, with an early attempt at shading penciled in. My aim was and is to create an impression of pitch darkness without actually flood-filling the whole page with black, but also without reliance on cross-hatching or other mechanisms for creating midtones. Black and white is what I want, otherwise I lose the option of having the series coloured later. This page is now inked. Very inked. More than half the paper area is covered in black shellac. " title="Headsmen page in progress, with an early attempt at shading penciled in. My aim was and is to create an impression of pitch darkness without actually flood-filling the whole page with black, but also without reliance on cross-hatching or other mechanisms for creating midtones. Black and white is what I want, otherwise I lose the option of having the series coloured later. This page is now inked. Very inked. More than half the paper area is covered in black shellac. " name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Headsmensketchbook&amp;id=6"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Headsmensketchbook/aaf.thumb.jpg" width="129" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="First sketch for a cover for &quot;Headsmen&quot;." title="First sketch for a cover for &quot;Headsmen&quot;." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Headsmensketchbook&amp;id=7"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Headsmensketchbook/aag.thumb.jpg" width="112" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Version 2, with more realistic proportions and a slightly different pose. Both versions are roughly inked with a brush pen to test the black and white balance." title="Version 2, with more realistic proportions and a slightly different pose. Both versions are roughly inked with a brush pen to test the black and white balance." name="photo_j"></a> http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=Gift-art e02ae5ab63640dfd77f42d5b64637a63 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:59:35 +0000 http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=Gift-art http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Gift-art/aak.thumb.jpg http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Gift-art/aak.sized.jpg http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Gift-art/aak.thumb.jpg Drawings sent to me by friends and fans. Not including guest strips which can be found in the regular archives...<p /><a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Gift-art&amp;id=1"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Gift-art/aak.thumb.jpg" width="95" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Ottar and Norla from Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan, by Yonaka." title="Ottar and Norla from Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan, by Yonaka." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Gift-art&amp;id=2"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Gift-art/aaj.thumb.jpg" width="109" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Krakatoa with a riding crop by Yonaka Yamako" title="Krakatoa with a riding crop by Yonaka Yamako" name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Gift-art&amp;id=3"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Gift-art/aah.thumb.jpg" width="84" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Jodoque in Chains by Yonaka Yamako." title="Jodoque in Chains by Yonaka Yamako." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Gift-art&amp;id=4"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Gift-art/aai.thumb.jpg" width="107" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="P'S&eacute;aigg by Yonaka" title="P'S&eacute;aigg by Yonaka" name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Gift-art&amp;id=5"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Gift-art/aae.thumb.png" width="150" height="139" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Fan art for ROCR , Pewfell Porfingles and The Sinner Dragon all in one fell swoop! Again, by Timmerryn of the brilliant The Pantheon!" title="Fan art for ROCR , Pewfell Porfingles and The Sinner Dragon all in one fell swoop! Again, by Timmerryn of the brilliant The Pantheon!" name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Gift-art&amp;id=6"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Gift-art/aad.thumb.jpg" width="145" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Corvinus Corax, drawn by Timmerryn of The Pantheon, one of my favorite webcomics." title="Corvinus Corax, drawn by Timmerryn of The Pantheon, one of my favorite webcomics." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Gift-art&amp;id=7"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Gift-art/aaf.thumb.jpg" width="106" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="A fun doodle strip Timmerryn sent me featuring Kel. You read it anti-clockwise from bottom left!" title="A fun doodle strip Timmerryn sent me featuring Kel. You read it anti-clockwise from bottom left!" name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Gift-art&amp;id=8"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Gift-art/aac.thumb.jpg" width="99" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Tamlin by ROCR reader Angela Christensen. Made for the Love Campaign." title="Tamlin by ROCR reader Angela Christensen. Made for the Love Campaign." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Gift-art&amp;id=9"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Gift-art/aaa.thumb.gif" width="69" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Kel as drawn by Gabriel Fua of Lovarian Adventures " title="Kel as drawn by Gabriel Fua of Lovarian Adventures " name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Gift-art&amp;id=10"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Gift-art/aab.thumb.png" width="101" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Kel by Revena. Gift art for the Love Campaign." title="Kel by Revena. Gift art for the Love Campaign." name="photo_j"></a> http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=From-i-Pink-Top-Twins-i-to-i-Floor-i 96fd251221b3b539ff44d2fc1713c82d Tue, 02 Oct 2007 14:20:25 +0000 http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=From-i-Pink-Top-Twins-i-to-i-Floor-i http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/From-i-Pink-Top-Twins-i-to-i-Floor-i/aaa.thumb.png http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/From-i-Pink-Top-Twins-i-to-i-Floor-i/aaa.png http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/From-i-Pink-Top-Twins-i-to-i-Floor-i/aaa.thumb.png Feature on how I developed my kids' magazine comic <i>Floor</i> (unfinished)<p /><a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=From-i-Pink-Top-Twins-i-to-i-Floor-i&amp;id=1"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/From-i-Pink-Top-Twins-i-to-i-Floor-i/aaa.thumb.png" width="117" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="First, there was Pink Top Twins about two girls and their unhealthy relationship with their mobile phones. The idea was to have a regular online strip which I would get some phone company or other to sponsor. This was in the year 2000, when phone companies were rolling in moolah, and every second girl I saw on the street actually looked like this. The girls weren't actually supposed to be twins; they were going to get the nickname as a result of their identical appearance including those shocking pink tops." title="First, there was Pink Top Twins about two girls and their unhealthy relationship with their mobile phones. The idea was to have a regular online strip which I would get some phone company or other to sponsor. This was in the year 2000, when phone companies were rolling in moolah, and every second girl I saw on the street actually looked like this. The girls weren't actually supposed to be twins; they were going to get the nickname as a result of their identical appearance including those shocking pink tops." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=From-i-Pink-Top-Twins-i-to-i-Floor-i&amp;id=2"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/From-i-Pink-Top-Twins-i-to-i-Floor-i/aab.thumb.png" width="150" height="107" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="One of the few Pink Top Twins comics that actually got made. The girls' names were going to be Naomi and Amber, BTW." title="One of the few Pink Top Twins comics that actually got made. The girls' names were going to be Naomi and Amber, BTW." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=From-i-Pink-Top-Twins-i-to-i-Floor-i&amp;id=3"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/From-i-Pink-Top-Twins-i-to-i-Floor-i/aac.thumb.png" width="42" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="When the magazine Hello You needed a new comic strip, Barbara Stok recommended me. I talked to them, and showed them a few of my things. Most of the material I had left them cold, but they liked the Twins. I revived the concept, but with younger and more contrasting characters. This is a very early doodle of Linda, who later became Floor. Originally, she was a younger version of the character of the same name from the Johan &amp; Linda comic." title="When the magazine Hello You needed a new comic strip, Barbara Stok recommended me. I talked to them, and showed them a few of my things. Most of the material I had left them cold, but they liked the Twins. I revived the concept, but with younger and more contrasting characters. This is a very early doodle of Linda, who later became Floor. Originally, she was a younger version of the character of the same name from the Johan &amp; Linda comic." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=From-i-Pink-Top-Twins-i-to-i-Floor-i&amp;id=4"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/From-i-Pink-Top-Twins-i-to-i-Floor-i/aad.thumb.png" width="150" height="142" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Practice doodle for Amber. I kept the name, and the face with the braids, and not much else. By this time it was 2001, and those kerchiefs were becoming pass&eacute; (although they made a bit of a comeback later in the year, and are still seen on the streets here this summer)." title="Practice doodle for Amber. I kept the name, and the face with the braids, and not much else. By this time it was 2001, and those kerchiefs were becoming pass&eacute; (although they made a bit of a comeback later in the year, and are still seen on the streets here this summer)." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=From-i-Pink-Top-Twins-i-to-i-Floor-i&amp;id=5"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/From-i-Pink-Top-Twins-i-to-i-Floor-i/aaf.thumb.png" width="150" height="115" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Colored sketches for the characters. I don't think I changed Amber much, but Linda/Floor did get a minor makeover. As you can see, I didn't intend for her to be a redhead although I now think that works really well." title="Colored sketches for the characters. I don't think I changed Amber much, but Linda/Floor did get a minor makeover. As you can see, I didn't intend for her to be a redhead although I now think that works really well." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=From-i-Pink-Top-Twins-i-to-i-Floor-i&amp;id=6"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/From-i-Pink-Top-Twins-i-to-i-Floor-i/aag.thumb.png" width="150" height="124" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Studies for the male characters. Roger didn't change much, but Steve got different hair and a darker skin color. Couchy the Couch got a complete makeover." title="Studies for the male characters. Roger didn't change much, but Steve got different hair and a darker skin color. Couchy the Couch got a complete makeover." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=From-i-Pink-Top-Twins-i-to-i-Floor-i&amp;id=7"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/From-i-Pink-Top-Twins-i-to-i-Floor-i/aah.thumb.png" width="95" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Another sketch of Steve, with his guitar. I haven't really got around to drawing the boys with their musical instruments yet, althought the fact of them being in a band is mentioned in the comic." title="Another sketch of Steve, with his guitar. I haven't really got around to drawing the boys with their musical instruments yet, althought the fact of them being in a band is mentioned in the comic." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=From-i-Pink-Top-Twins-i-to-i-Floor-i&amp;id=8"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/From-i-Pink-Top-Twins-i-to-i-Floor-i/aaj.thumb.png" width="145" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="A version of a panel from the first page! As you can see, this one had word balloons." title="A version of a panel from the first page! As you can see, this one had word balloons." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=From-i-Pink-Top-Twins-i-to-i-Floor-i&amp;id=9"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/From-i-Pink-Top-Twins-i-to-i-Floor-i/aam.thumb.png" width="150" height="112" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="A preview version of the bottom half of the first page that I sent to the editors at Hello You." title="A preview version of the bottom half of the first page that I sent to the editors at Hello You." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=From-i-Pink-Top-Twins-i-to-i-Floor-i&amp;id=10"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/From-i-Pink-Top-Twins-i-to-i-Floor-i/aan.thumb.png" width="150" height="135" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="The look of the strip that we eventually arrived at after lots of wrangling! No word balloons, typed lettering, ultra-bight colors." title="The look of the strip that we eventually arrived at after lots of wrangling! No word balloons, typed lettering, ultra-bight colors." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=From-i-Pink-Top-Twins-i-to-i-Floor-i&amp;id=11"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/From-i-Pink-Top-Twins-i-to-i-Floor-i/aao.thumb.png" width="150" height="114" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="For the first couple of months I contined to email previews to the editors before snailmailing the final thing at great expense. Now I simply scan the strips at high resolution and email those scans. Preview of page 2, top half." title="For the first couple of months I contined to email previews to the editors before snailmailing the final thing at great expense. Now I simply scan the strips at high resolution and email those scans. Preview of page 2, top half." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=From-i-Pink-Top-Twins-i-to-i-Floor-i&amp;id=12"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/From-i-Pink-Top-Twins-i-to-i-Floor-i/aal.thumb.jpg" width="106" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="The fifth Floor strip. As Floor is an English-language comic aimed at 12-year-olds who are just starting to learn English, the dialogue has to be brief and simple, and there is a word list in the margin of each page. The color in this strip is by Marjorie van Doorn, and for this particular strip, I've had some script doctoring help from Branko Collin. Sorry the strip isn't any bigger than this, BTW. It's under contractual embargo until a year after publication, so showing it in readable form could possibly get me into trouble. " title="The fifth Floor strip. As Floor is an English-language comic aimed at 12-year-olds who are just starting to learn English, the dialogue has to be brief and simple, and there is a word list in the margin of each page. The color in this strip is by Marjorie van Doorn, and for this particular strip, I've had some script doctoring help from Branko Collin. Sorry the strip isn't any bigger than this, BTW. It's under contractual embargo until a year after publication, so showing it in readable form could possibly get me into trouble. " name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=From-i-Pink-Top-Twins-i-to-i-Floor-i&amp;id=13"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/From-i-Pink-Top-Twins-i-to-i-Floor-i/aap.thumb.png" width="104" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Season 2 logo portrait for the Floor comic. I don't know if this will actually be used, because I was late in asking for the old graphic to be replaced. " title="Season 2 logo portrait for the Floor comic. I don't know if this will actually be used, because I was late in asking for the old graphic to be replaced. " name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=From-i-Pink-Top-Twins-i-to-i-Floor-i&amp;id=14"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/From-i-Pink-Top-Twins-i-to-i-Floor-i/aaq.thumb.png" width="150" height="98" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="To help the colorist and the letterer do their work, I've taken to sending small sample images along with my hi-res scans." title="To help the colorist and the letterer do their work, I've taken to sending small sample images along with my hi-res scans." name="photo_j"></a> http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=xgloop cf35fd7ba3bc06ca43176fb94b046254 Sat, 31 Mar 2007 09:38:51 +0000 http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=xgloop http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/xgloop/aaa.thumb.png http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/xgloop/aaa.png http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/xgloop/aaa.thumb.png The Lives of X!Gloop were a series that I drew (if it deserves the name) between 1989 and 1994. It was a partly-improvised, absurd Science Fiction comic inspired by Moebius' early Airtight Garage stories. Despite the crude artwork, X!Gloop had a spark to it that still makes it enjoyable to me, so I intend to resurrect this series soon, just to see if I can still write nonsense like that. The new version will of course have better art. Enjoy these samples of the first series!<p /><a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=xgloop&amp;id=1"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/xgloop/aaa.thumb.png" width="109" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Page one of &quot;X!Gloop and the Astralities&quot;, drawn in 1991 or thereabouts." title="Page one of &quot;X!Gloop and the Astralities&quot;, drawn in 1991 or thereabouts." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=xgloop&amp;id=2"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/xgloop/aab.thumb.png" width="109" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Page two of &quot;X!Gloop and the Astralities&quot;, drawn in 1991 or thereabouts." title="Page two of &quot;X!Gloop and the Astralities&quot;, drawn in 1991 or thereabouts." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=xgloop&amp;id=3"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/xgloop/aac.thumb.png" width="114" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="X!Gloop page 1. The first page in the series I ever drew, back in 1989. The translation and lettering are new though." title="X!Gloop page 1. The first page in the series I ever drew, back in 1989. The translation and lettering are new though." name="photo_j"></a> http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=Fan-art-by-me 1029910bfe0bdb056a0cf050f8b77d69 Fri, 08 Sep 2006 02:15:16 +0000 http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=Fan-art-by-me http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Fan-art-by-me/aaf.thumb.png http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Fan-art-by-me/aaf.png http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Fan-art-by-me/aaf.thumb.png Art sent by me to people I'm a fan of. Not including guest strips because these should really be viewed at the Guestee's sites.<p /><a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Fan-art-by-me&amp;id=1"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Fan-art-by-me/aaf.thumb.png" width="150" height="82" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Gift art for the hilarious Silly Cone V comic, featuring my faerie character Ottar, SCV faerie character Aidan McShee, and two other faeries from two of my favorite fantasy comics." title="Gift art for the hilarious Silly Cone V comic, featuring my faerie character Ottar, SCV faerie character Aidan McShee, and two other faeries from two of my favorite fantasy comics." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Fan-art-by-me&amp;id=2"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Fan-art-by-me/aac.thumb.png" width="150" height="136" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Gothic Chelsea! Well, in a way. Made for Jamie Robertson's Clan of the Cats." title="Gothic Chelsea! Well, in a way. Made for Jamie Robertson's Clan of the Cats." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Fan-art-by-me&amp;id=3"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Fan-art-by-me/aaa.thumb.png" width="91" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="A little piece about Faerie dentition, created for Carson Fire's Elf Life" title="A little piece about Faerie dentition, created for Carson Fire's Elf Life" name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Fan-art-by-me&amp;id=4"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Fan-art-by-me/aab.thumb.png" width="99" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Another one for Elf Life" title="Another one for Elf Life" name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Fan-art-by-me&amp;id=5"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Fan-art-by-me/aae.thumb.gif" width="150" height="82" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="The first Elf Life fanart I did." title="The first Elf Life fanart I did." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Fan-art-by-me&amp;id=6"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Fan-art-by-me/aad.thumb.png" width="134" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Doodle I sent in along with the previous piece. I still like my interpretation of Glynhial." title="Doodle I sent in along with the previous piece. I still like my interpretation of Glynhial." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Fan-art-by-me&amp;id=7"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Fan-art-by-me/aag.thumb.png" width="110" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Latest fan art for Elf Life in response to a piece Carson sent me in the mail." title="Latest fan art for Elf Life in response to a piece Carson sent me in the mail." name="photo_j"></a> http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=Lifedrawings 9b51a8a369abbbe71cb7b461f82135fe Thu, 01 Dec 2005 18:58:47 +0000 http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=Lifedrawings http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Lifedrawings/aaa.thumb.jpg http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Lifedrawings/aaa.sized.jpg http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Lifedrawings/aaa.thumb.jpg <p /><a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Lifedrawings&amp;id=1"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Lifedrawings/aaa.thumb.jpg" width="122" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="I take part in a monthly life drawing class from my local illustrators' society (VOIC), but it'll be a while before I'm confident enough to post many of my life drawings anywhere. This one is OK, because it's the sort of drawing I make when I'm tired of actually trying to draw the model accurately and realistically. I goofed off a bit, and decided to concentrate on the model's striking, chiseled face and the hippie paraphernalia she was wearing at the time." title="I take part in a monthly life drawing class from my local illustrators' society (VOIC), but it'll be a while before I'm confident enough to post many of my life drawings anywhere. This one is OK, because it's the sort of drawing I make when I'm tired of actually trying to draw the model accurately and realistically. I goofed off a bit, and decided to concentrate on the model's striking, chiseled face and the hippie paraphernalia she was wearing at the time." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Lifedrawings&amp;id=2"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Lifedrawings/aaf.thumb.jpg" width="117" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Another case of me goofing off during a lifedrawing session, which was going very badly." title="Another case of me goofing off during a lifedrawing session, which was going very badly." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Lifedrawings&amp;id=3"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Lifedrawings/aac.thumb.jpg" width="150" height="101" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="One month after the previous session, I made this drawing, with a different model. This was early in January, when it was really cold outside. The owner of the life studio where we hold our life drawing classes was on holiday, so the studio was unheated and ice cold. For the first hour or so, the model remained clothed. During this session, I drew with a graphite pencil. I like drawing with graphite pencils - the charcoal-like texture they make makes me feel like a real artist, and the graphite worked well when it came to rendering the shading of those black garments, and the expressionistic effects I added to the drawings. What I don't like about graphite pencils is how they snap into little pieces when I drop them." title="One month after the previous session, I made this drawing, with a different model. This was early in January, when it was really cold outside. The owner of the life studio where we hold our life drawing classes was on holiday, so the studio was unheated and ice cold. For the first hour or so, the model remained clothed. During this session, I drew with a graphite pencil. I like drawing with graphite pencils - the charcoal-like texture they make makes me feel like a real artist, and the graphite worked well when it came to rendering the shading of those black garments, and the expressionistic effects I added to the drawings. What I don't like about graphite pencils is how they snap into little pieces when I drop them." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Lifedrawings&amp;id=4"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Lifedrawings/aad.thumb.jpg" width="113" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="No Caption" title="No Caption" name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Lifedrawings&amp;id=5"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Lifedrawings/aae.thumb.jpg" width="106" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="The heating situation turned the life drawing session into a very slow striptease! This image looks kinky, much more so than the next one in the sketchbook, where the model was finally nude." title="The heating situation turned the life drawing session into a very slow striptease! This image looks kinky, much more so than the next one in the sketchbook, where the model was finally nude." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Lifedrawings&amp;id=6"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Lifedrawings/aag.thumb.jpg" width="105" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Harmless, innit?" title="Harmless, innit?" name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Lifedrawings&amp;id=7"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Lifedrawings/aah.thumb.jpg" width="150" height="129" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="One of my classmates at the life drawing class. Another goof-off doodle. Jacqueline is tiny, wears baggy clothes and is very flexible, making her look less than half her actual age in this sketch." title="One of my classmates at the life drawing class. Another goof-off doodle. Jacqueline is tiny, wears baggy clothes and is very flexible, making her look less than half her actual age in this sketch." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Lifedrawings&amp;id=8"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Lifedrawings/aap.thumb.jpg" width="150" height="103" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="From a life drawing session in November, 2004. This model was an oddly-built one that I had a hard time drawing. She was thin and bony but also loose-skinned. Only a handful of drawings are worth showing to people at all, and that only to comment on what I try to accomplish drawing a live model. The point of life drawing isn't just to get the anatomy right - it's to learn to perceive shape. Sometimes I do spontaneous charcoal sketches before settling down to do a more developed version in pencil. Not last night - I couldn't find my charcoals. So I drew the basic shapes of the figure in B pencil, and then went on developing the figure with a 4B. This is similar to how I cartoon except that instead of constructing the body from a shape in my head, I start from what I see but try to bring out the shape of that. You will see that I'm having a particularly hard time getting this right with heads - I don't think I've ever got the head right in any of my life drawing sessions, and I may need to do some studying from a book. You'd think that heads would be easier because you see them so much more in everyday life, but not so." title="From a life drawing session in November, 2004. This model was an oddly-built one that I had a hard time drawing. She was thin and bony but also loose-skinned. Only a handful of drawings are worth showing to people at all, and that only to comment on what I try to accomplish drawing a live model. The point of life drawing isn't just to get the anatomy right - it's to learn to perceive shape. Sometimes I do spontaneous charcoal sketches before settling down to do a more developed version in pencil. Not last night - I couldn't find my charcoals. So I drew the basic shapes of the figure in B pencil, and then went on developing the figure with a 4B. This is similar to how I cartoon except that instead of constructing the body from a shape in my head, I start from what I see but try to bring out the shape of that. You will see that I'm having a particularly hard time getting this right with heads - I don't think I've ever got the head right in any of my life drawing sessions, and I may need to do some studying from a book. You'd think that heads would be easier because you see them so much more in everyday life, but not so." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Lifedrawings&amp;id=9"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Lifedrawings/aaq.thumb.jpg" width="113" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="From the same life drawing session in 2004." title="From the same life drawing session in 2004." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Lifedrawings&amp;id=10"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Lifedrawings/aar.thumb.jpg" width="67" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="From the same 2004 life drawing session. Most sessions, I can finish my drawing before the model assumes a different pose, but that day, some drawings remained unfinished." title="From the same 2004 life drawing session. Most sessions, I can finish my drawing before the model assumes a different pose, but that day, some drawings remained unfinished." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Lifedrawings&amp;id=11"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Lifedrawings/aas.thumb.jpg" width="121" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Last one from the late 2004 session that was worth posting to the blog and reposting here." title="Last one from the late 2004 session that was worth posting to the blog and reposting here." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Lifedrawings&amp;id=12"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Lifedrawings/aat.thumb.jpg" width="102" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="From a June, 2004 life drawing session. These all came out rather abstract, with an emphasis on economy of line. Some of them are not bad at all, and I think this one turned out as my favourite from the session." title="From a June, 2004 life drawing session. These all came out rather abstract, with an emphasis on economy of line. Some of them are not bad at all, and I think this one turned out as my favourite from the session." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Lifedrawings&amp;id=13"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Lifedrawings/aau.thumb.jpg" width="108" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="June 2004: I brought some newly-bought tools: a charcoal stick, some pastel crayons and some graphite pencils. I quickly settled on a routine of drawing most poses twice: once very quickly with the charcoal, to get the overall shape and test where I might have problems; then with a combination of the other tools, paying more attention to detail and shading. It sort of worked-I still suck at drawing from life but the average quality of observation improved a bit. I don't think I got the hang of using colored crayons yet though... This is one of the quick versions." title="June 2004: I brought some newly-bought tools: a charcoal stick, some pastel crayons and some graphite pencils. I quickly settled on a routine of drawing most poses twice: once very quickly with the charcoal, to get the overall shape and test where I might have problems; then with a combination of the other tools, paying more attention to detail and shading. It sort of worked-I still suck at drawing from life but the average quality of observation improved a bit. I don't think I got the hang of using colored crayons yet though... This is one of the quick versions." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Lifedrawings&amp;id=14"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Lifedrawings/aav.thumb.jpg" width="73" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="June 2004: Quick charcoal doodle..." title="June 2004: Quick charcoal doodle..." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Lifedrawings&amp;id=15"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Lifedrawings/aaz.thumb.jpg" width="105" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="... and an elaborate version in pencil. " title="... and an elaborate version in pencil. " name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Lifedrawings&amp;id=16"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Lifedrawings/aaw.thumb.jpg" width="99" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="June 2004: Quick charcoal doodle." title="June 2004: Quick charcoal doodle." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Lifedrawings&amp;id=17"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Lifedrawings/aax.thumb.jpg" width="150" height="139" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="June 2004: Trying to do something with pastels. I don't quite remember what." title="June 2004: Trying to do something with pastels. I don't quite remember what." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Lifedrawings&amp;id=18"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Lifedrawings/aay.thumb.jpg" width="81" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="June 2004: Like I said, I haven't quite got the hang of using pastels." title="June 2004: Like I said, I haven't quite got the hang of using pastels." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Lifedrawings&amp;id=19"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Lifedrawings/aba.thumb.jpg" width="119" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="I am more comfortable with pencils. I should repeat the charcoal-and-then-redraw-in-pencil experiment sometime. From the June, 2004 session." title="I am more comfortable with pencils. I should repeat the charcoal-and-then-redraw-in-pencil experiment sometime. From the June, 2004 session." name="photo_j"></a> http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=Rite-of-Serfdom-sketchbook 2db4eddae0ec4619396c046909d0c39a Thu, 01 Dec 2005 13:48:33 +0000 http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=Rite-of-Serfdom-sketchbook http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Rite-of-Serfdom-sketchbook/abp.thumb.jpg http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Rite-of-Serfdom-sketchbook/abp.sized.jpg http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Rite-of-Serfdom-sketchbook/abp.thumb.jpg <p /><a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Rite-of-Serfdom-sketchbook&amp;id=1"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Rite-of-Serfdom-sketchbook/abp.thumb.jpg" width="102" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="The story that would become The Rite of Serfdom was started early in 2001 under the working title of The Ancestor's Bone, which I've since used as a chapter title for another Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan story. Just before it was time to run the story on The ROCR site, I decided to cancel it and do something else, because I was unhappy about the quality of the writing, and this unhappyness was also showing in the artwork for the last few installments that I'd drawn. So I gave up a 22-episode buffer, put the comic on a short break and scrambled to come up with a new story. But this abandoned story kept nagging at me. It was there, it had some good stuff in it, it might make a good extra for a CD-ROM collection, or for paying donors (I was not getting paid for the daily strips at the time). In September 2002, at last, I pulled it out again and started revising it, placing it differently in the series' overall chronology. Untangling the original from the revised version (which starts out simply reusing the art from the original story, and then progresses to ever more revised art and writing as the story develops) may be tricky for future comics scholars, especially because the original versions are unpublished. The sketchbooks in which I draw layouts for my pages would probably help them a lot. But my sketchbooks are also used for noting appointments, character sketches, layouts for other comics, to-do lists, phone numbers, email addresses, life drawings, random doodling and, lately, jotting down chord progressions and keys for various pieces of Irish traditional music. In other words, they're a scholar's nightmare. Here, I'll try to present, as best I can, the creative process that went into The Rite of Serfdom." title="The story that would become The Rite of Serfdom was started early in 2001 under the working title of The Ancestor's Bone, which I've since used as a chapter title for another Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan story. Just before it was time to run the story on The ROCR site, I decided to cancel it and do something else, because I was unhappy about the quality of the writing, and this unhappyness was also showing in the artwork for the last few installments that I'd drawn. So I gave up a 22-episode buffer, put the comic on a short break and scrambled to come up with a new story. But this abandoned story kept nagging at me. It was there, it had some good stuff in it, it might make a good extra for a CD-ROM collection, or for paying donors (I was not getting paid for the daily strips at the time). In September 2002, at last, I pulled it out again and started revising it, placing it differently in the series' overall chronology. Untangling the original from the revised version (which starts out simply reusing the art from the original story, and then progresses to ever more revised art and writing as the story develops) may be tricky for future comics scholars, especially because the original versions are unpublished. The sketchbooks in which I draw layouts for my pages would probably help them a lot. But my sketchbooks are also used for noting appointments, character sketches, layouts for other comics, to-do lists, phone numbers, email addresses, life drawings, random doodling and, lately, jotting down chord progressions and keys for various pieces of Irish traditional music. In other words, they're a scholar's nightmare. Here, I'll try to present, as best I can, the creative process that went into The Rite of Serfdom." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Rite-of-Serfdom-sketchbook&amp;id=2"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Rite-of-Serfdom-sketchbook/aag.thumb.jpg" width="107" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="I don't script my comics in the sense of writing them out as if the text is a separate thing from the pictures. Even in cases where they are separated from one another, I still work on the words and the pictures simultaneously, drawing page layouts like this one (which happens to be mostly silent)" title="I don't script my comics in the sense of writing them out as if the text is a separate thing from the pictures. Even in cases where they are separated from one another, I still work on the words and the pictures simultaneously, drawing page layouts like this one (which happens to be mostly silent)" name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Rite-of-Serfdom-sketchbook&amp;id=3"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Rite-of-Serfdom-sketchbook/aah.thumb.jpg" width="104" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="When I'm not happy with a layout, rather than erase the bits I don't like, I start over on the next sketchbook page. This is one reason why many of these sketches are so loose; I sketch'em really fast. Here, I've changed the interior view of the cobbler's workshop in the first panel to an exterior view, and added one other panel showing the faerie flying through the window." title="When I'm not happy with a layout, rather than erase the bits I don't like, I start over on the next sketchbook page. This is one reason why many of these sketches are so loose; I sketch'em really fast. Here, I've changed the interior view of the cobbler's workshop in the first panel to an exterior view, and added one other panel showing the faerie flying through the window." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Rite-of-Serfdom-sketchbook&amp;id=4"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Rite-of-Serfdom-sketchbook/aaj.thumb.jpg" width="119" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="These are some preliminary sketches for Page 2. Instead of delving straight into the layout, I decided to draw some of the actions and poses first. The doodle of a shoe in the previous image was copied from a book I use a lot: &quot;Vikings: The North Atlantic Heritage&quot;. It's just about recognisable, which is just how I like it." title="These are some preliminary sketches for Page 2. Instead of delving straight into the layout, I decided to draw some of the actions and poses first. The doodle of a shoe in the previous image was copied from a book I use a lot: &quot;Vikings: The North Atlantic Heritage&quot;. It's just about recognisable, which is just how I like it." name="photo_j"></a> <a href="http://rocr.xepher.net/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Rite-of-Serfdom-sketchbook&amp;id=5"><img src="http://rocr.xepher.net/albums/Rite-of-Serfdom-sketchbook/aak.thumb.jpg" width="104" height="150" border=0 vspace=2 hspace=0 align=top border="0" alt="Based on the actions and poses, I put together the layout. Note how the fifth panel differs from the finished work. I don't reme