Ben Towle

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Boxing Bucket, Pg. 2 – Part III

I’ve just finished tightening up the rough pencils for page 2 of the Boxing Bucket story I’m working on with my friend Chris Reilly (he wrote the story). I really struggled with a background for the second panel of this page–everything I put in there looked wrong somehow, and you can see that it’s been …

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Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Bonefish Grill declared crappy!

Ok, first off, let me say that I was most certainly predisposed not to enjoy my dining experience at the Bonefish Grill. I generally avoid all these stupid “P.J. O’Quackenbush’s”-type national chain restaurants…but, frankly, the dining scene here in Winston-Salem is so lacking that I’ll try pretty much anything at this point. (And I had …

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Boxing Bucket, Pg. 2 – Part II

..and here are the in-progress pencils for page two of the Boxing Bucket story. The first panel is pretty well tightened up, but the rest of the page is still just roughs at this point. I’ve placed the borders of the oval panels with Photoshop because I can’t draw a decent oval freehand–I’ll print out …

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Putting the “Institution” back in the “Institution of Marriage”

This is the image that was on the exterior of a “Thank You” card I received from my newly-married friends from Charlotte, John and Daphne. They have apparently dressed their cats Epiphany and Sue (who’s actually a male cat, and a hairless one at that–just like Mr. Bigglesworth) as a bride and groom. Riding the …

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Boxing Bucket, pg 2 — Part I

I had originally just planned on posting my progress on the initial page of this story, but I think I’ll continue to post stuff on this story as I get it done. It’s an interesting experience that requires me to really think about my process–which is good for any artist–and it’s a good exercise that’ll …

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