"More Weight...."

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Star Wars sketch card samples for Topps...

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More new sketch card samples...

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This year's C2E2 Tintins. Gabriel Hernandez & Cully Hamner...

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Six of my cards drawn for Viceroy’s new release, “The Deep.” and yes, these six cards are a tribute to a certain animated movie….

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My sketch cards for Viceroy Cards' Insectae set...

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another clothing art theft story i can add to my list. the popular online clothing store Romwe has decided to steal my artwork without permission for a new sweater design. (it’s a re-coloring of my original artwork which can be seen here.) just so you know: i’m not making a penny off of this! please do NOT buy this item, and if you can/feel like it, spread the word about what jerks Romwe are :(

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Guh … more online stores ripping off artists >.< signal boost the heck out of this!

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AAAA-Hoooooooles!

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Happy Turkey Day!

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Howard the Duck sketch card....

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Bonus Card of the Week. “Commissioned” by my youngest daughter…

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Card of the Week: Miracleman

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Started a Sketch-Card-A-Day project.  This is the first...

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Walking Dead Comic Series 2 Artist Proof Sketch Card Commission Jeffrey Abar

I recently got my first genuine published paying gig as an artist, doing sketch cards for Cryptozoic Entertainment's second set of Walking Dead Comic Book trading cards.

As part of the compensation for the set, I was provided "Artist Proof" sketch cards that I can illustrate for commissions. The cards are currently for sale on Ebay.

It's been a great feeling to start drawing again, and getting my stuff out for folks to see.

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Two of the 90 sketch cards i produced for Cryptozoic's Walking Dead Comic Book Series 2 trading card set.

These were the first official cards I've produced.  I actually did two batches of cards, first 50, then an additional 40.  Of course, with the second batch, I was much more comfortable with my process, and I think it shows.  I'm happy with my first batch, just think the second is a little bit more reflective of my personal style as an artist.

I also have to say that George Nadeau, Cryptozoic's manager of art acquisition, was a total pleasure to work with from start to finish.

Hopefully there will be more cards to come.

You can view all my cards for the set in my deviantart gallery

http://chicagogeekdad.deviantart.com/gallery/

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Commission piece from C2E2 this weekend, by Dave Johnson, one of my favorite artists going these days.

About a year ago, I made a list of the characters I’d like to have drawn as commissions.  So now, I just hand the list to the artist and let them choose who they want to draw.  I figure if it’s something they’ve actually chosen, hopefully they’ll enjoy it more, and that usually shows.

I love what Dave Johnson did here with Forager, a 2nd tier (and that’s being a little generous) character from the New Gods.

Apologies for the image quality.  My scanner isn’t big enough for this piece, so I had to shoot a pic with my iPod touch.

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Two new Tintin cards from C2E2 this weekend.

 Ashley Witter- http://www.ashleywitter.com/main.html

and 

Amy Mebberson- http://www.mimisgrotto.com

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Figured it was about time that I posted my own version. Went with the warm grey copics, trying for a vintage snapshot feel…

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Today’s sketch is this old spaceman. More at the blog.

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I have the same fondness for that "jet/space/atomic age" design.  At the end of the day, it was practical, function-defined stuff, and that will almost always strike a chord.  When things are where they are for a reason, there's a "blink" reaction that inherently approves.