Tom O'Brien's Art

Sporadic art from a cartoonist and student of cartooning.

[basictelepathy]

Working on some character designs and starting to learn Clip Studio.  Please accept this process line up in lieu of Inktober days 4-7. 

(Clip Studio 3-D models, traditional pencils, traditional inks, coloring in Photoshop)

[basictelepathy]

Quick sketch for #inktober day 1. I didn’t have my inking tools on me, but I did have a collection of random art supplies in my bag, so this is watercolor brush pen and silver sharpie, with a little digital futzing.

I don’t know how many of these I’ll do, and I’m not willing to commit to a whole month of daily drawing, but I am trying to bring regular sketching back into my creative practice and hopefully I’ll be able to have some fun with this!

[tomobriencomics]

I’ve been really digging Captain Marvel lately, and wish she had been a bigger part of Endgame.

[basictelepathy]

10 Years of Drawing Cars on Prairie Roads

I’ve been doing this comic making thing for about ten years now, and as I just finished a new comic in which a car drives down a road in Kansas/Missouri, I thought it was a good time to examine that motif as it has appeared in my work.

Keep reading

[tomobriencomics]

Looking for a unique, interesting gift this holiday season?  Check out my series of the histories of the worlds favorite liquors!  With books on Whiskey, Rum, Gin, Vodka, and Tequila, there’s something for anyone! https://bit.ly/2KBiMum

[who-is-the-silhouette]

Books in the world!

Hey Folks,

Now that all of the Kickstarter preorders have been fulfilled Who is the Silhouette? has been made available from Allison and Tom’s Gumroad store (print or digital) or Amazon (print only)!  If you want additional copies, missed the kickstarter, or have a friend who needs this book, you know where to go.

We also have a favor to ask those of you who have already gotten your copies: Amazon runs on reviews, so if you enjoyed our work please drop on by and let other readers know what you think!  It’s a great free way to support the project now that it’s out in the world.

Thank you all for everything you’ve done to help us get this book made.  This project has been a tremendous joy to work on, and we couldn’t have done it without the friends, family, backers and collaborators who helped bring it to life!

[tom-obrien]

Allison and I are tabling at The Comics and Medicine marketplace, today, from 4 to 6! If you're in White River Junction, or the Upper Valley area, stop in and say hello!

[tomobriencomics]

Here are some illustrations I did of some fruit, cheese, and a steak dinner.  Working on them made me hungry!

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Spent some time tonight working on this drawing based on a friend’s DnD character, a half-orc barbarian.

[tom-obrien]

@basictelepathy and I are at @mecomicartsfest today. We're in the fiction section, so stop by! (at Portland Public Library)

[tomobriencomics]

Trying to work on my sense of space with this one.

[tomobriencomics]

In 2014 I finished my first Graphic Novel, Rita, as my thesis at The Center for Cartoon Studies.  I went back and took a look at what it might look like now if I had started it today.

[tomobriencomics]

WIP of an Elven Monk DnD character.  It’s still got a ways to go.  Right now he’s in the tiny hands/big head phase.

[tom-obrien]

Working on a #beast. It's been a long time since I've used #watercolor #art

[tom-obrien]

Doing some #sketches for a #sci-fi #character #design. It feels half #starwars half #dune to me.

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Awesome 'Possum, Vol. 4

Fourth volume of the natural science comic anthology.

I know you're all probably sick of hearing me talk about Kickstarters, but @inkyphalangies is putting out Vol.4 of Awesome Possum, and I have a comic about Ligers! Check out the Kickstarter!

[tom-obrien]

Testing a some new pens and a new sketch book with a dragon sketch. #dragon #sketch #drawing