Ben Towle

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Completed Sketchbook Grid

Here’s the completed sketchbook grid exercise I’d posted an in-progress version of a while back.  These things usually yield one or two “panels” that are passable, but I think I actually like three of these: the characters in panels eight, ten and eleven.

Oyster War Characters – Inked

So, here’re inked versions of the Oyster War characters I posted yesterday.  This is actually my second attempt at inking them; the first was pretty disastrous. I’m giving myself some real challenges with this book both because of the format and the technique I want to use.  First, I’m wanting the finished book trim size …

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Oyster War Character Designs

I’ve been using the few weeks since I wrapped up my Amelia pages to take on a number of tasks, among them getting back to work on Oyster War.  One of the first things I wanted to address was my character designs.  I really want to move away from the level of visual literalism that …

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Wide Awake Press – Free Comic Book Day

Today’s the day.  You can hit your local comics shop for freebies, but even if you miss out on that, you can download a 100% free comic book anthology from Wide Awake Press at their website.  Alas, my contribution this year was only a spot illustration, but there’re plenty of great folks who contrbuted stories, …

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Separated at Birth: Briefer’s Frankensten and Ditko’s Aunt May?

Breifer’s Frankenstein: Ditko’s Aunt May: You be the judge: