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VINTAGE ODDS & ENDS: Mainly TITANS: SPS-related material!
🕑 Added 2022-05-23 13:01:03 +0000 UTCJust got around to scanning some late-90s-era odds and ends recently unearthed as I was clearing some studio space to deploy my long-neglected Cintiq.
This first one's a bit of a mystery, as it's an apparent linen-finish con sketch dealie from the late 90s, yet unsigned, undated & unsent, given that I still have the original:
Yes, that's Jamadagni & "Captain Thug" from my 1997 one-shot Titans: Scissors, Paper, Stone. "PEEL HERE," indeed!
Speaking of Titans, here's a lone straggler of a layout page from the project:
While this super-tight layout format ultimately proved to be a creative dead end and a ridiculous waste of work time for my comics work of the late-90s and early 2000s—seriously, after the subsequent stages of finished pencils and inks, that meant I was drawing the same page three g-d times—this one single time it worked out entirely to my benefit.
See, this story was originally a 38-page dealie intended to be one of DC's annuals for 1996 as part of a far-future SF-themed crossover, Legends of the Dead Earth, that ran through all the annuals for that year. However, my super-tight and fully readable layouts for the story impressed my editor, Dan Thorsland, and the DC honchos upstairs enough that they upgraded it to a Prestige Format, 48-page one-shot released in 1997. (Let's just say that getting a 10-page expansion of pagecount on a mainstream comic project is a stupendously rare—if not possibly unique—occurrence, folks.)
Immediately after Titans, I did a few one-off illos for DC before they tired of me, as I never again did any work for the company. (Gen13 doesn't count, as I lined that gig up before DC bought Wildstorm; the ill-fated Batman TV pitch I worked on for Warner Bros. Animation might count, though.)
Anyhoo, here's the very, very tight rough for a leprechaun-skewing Mister Mxyzptlk illo that was part of a collection of 3D pieces:
And finally, the rough sketch for a never-completed Y**i Dirty Pair commission; I might've posted this before, but if not, enjoy for the very first time:
Bit of the dreaded "Escher girl" torso twistiness to this pose, but I'm fairly sure this image was photoreferenced, so take that, would-be Anatomy Police! (Seriously, I can't tell you how many times I've done life drawing poses that even I would've thought were "impossible," as a certain portion of comics Twitter loves to declare.)
Gotta say that I'm tempted to redraw this old pose with my contemporary sensibilities and preferences, which I can guarantee you would make for a verrrrrry different image of Yu--nay, Lily in the variant "opera gloves, hot pants & garter belts" DP costume.
NEXT TIME ON THIS HERE PATREON: Not sure, but I'm planning to roll with every-weekday posting to finish off the month of May, so you should see something tomorrow.
Comments
KranberriJam
I've seen girls twist that way, so it's very much possible (just not for myself!). I think a redraw would be fantastic, it would be a great way to see the development of your style.
applewifey
Jamadagni!!! i'm so happy to see her!! 🥰🥰🥰
Tim
That rough of Yuri has got some of the creepiest simple eyes I have ever seen.
Dave Van Domelen
Mark Beachum had a rep for "impossible" poses as well...but his "day" job was dancing, and he got other dancers to do his reference poses. So, the poses were certainly possible if you were a professional dancer.
Sabrina Pandora
Still got the Jan Ken Pon poster on my wall, framed and preserved. LOVED that book!
T.Geist
Woot!, behind the scenes T:SPS(my AW gateway)stuffs...
Otaku Twenty-Four Seven
Yes please to the redraw idea
