Something new...

Two characters from this new thing I'm workin' on...
More info soon!

The Table is set!

My very first mini comic "The Table" is done!
This mini-anthology, my first foray into the realm of autobio comics, tells several stories about my close group of friends and me, and the embarrassing, ultranerdy adventures we shared growing up in Bakersfield, CA. Drop by the FLIGHT Comics booth (#2235) where I'll be signin' & sellin'!

Here's a little sneak peek!:

It was a joy putting this book together, thinking back on those memories, and also an interesting challenge creatively picking the events I feel I could share with the readers who were never there or never met me or the other members of The Table.

Big thanks also to Vera for her printing advice, and her amazing minicomic that inspired me to make The Table!

...ALSO FLIGHT 8 is in stores!

I don't have a story in this year's volume, but come to the booth to meet several of the amazinggg creators who WERE involved in bringing together the bittersweet final volume of this great series! :D

-Stu

PS: If you were wondering about the lack of recent updates, there's yer answer :P

Mini Comic Samplin'

Burnin away half my vacation on the mini-comic...lovin every minute but I'm pretty burnt out today...gonna rest for a bit. Here's a few panels from one of the stories!

-Stu

Gesture Drawing - Week Three

Hey everyone! Sorry for the lack of Gesture Drawing updates...last class was cancelled and pushed back to this week. Anyway, long story short, here's some drawings I did last night:

Jumping ahead, in the middle of the session we did some short one minute gestures. As you'll see below, I took a more story-oriented approach to the poses, but for these quick ones I just observed the model as he was.

Back to the beginning of class, here's a few 2's and a 4:

Most of the class was spent doing 5's which I preferred. Finding a unique story for the pose and adding specific details and elements to clarify those ideas is my current aim for this class:

I somehow managed to eat it on the last pose twice, so I threw together at the last second this quick gesture of the model, and it ended up being one of my favorite drawings of the session.

In closing, I've been dying to add more original content to this blog, outside of the gesture drawings etc...well let it be known I've begun inking my upcoming MINI COMIC to be finished around Comic-Con time...More on that next post!

Stu

NO Idea

Results: Positive!

Try Try Try

After-work Stu is all...

Gesture Drawing - Week Two

This past session, I decided to focus on observational sketches to study details of the model, any unique landmarks or features to give more specific personality to the poses. Here's some 2's in charcoal & conte crayon.

After our first class-critique, I relaxed a bit with some pens @ 3 minutes.

While I tried to avoid complacency I (admittedly) fell back into my old habits...doing the same sort of loose, simple gestures that defines my comfort zone. It's like candy!...and I like candy, is that so wrong? (it is.)

...I'll have to focus a little harder not to fall into this and stick to what I want to improve on.

And a few quick 1's to end the class in conte crayon.


TO THE END OF COMPLACENCY!