Ben Towle

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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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Winter Wuf-Fest ’05

Katherine and I have just returned from Raleigh NC, the site of the Winter Wuf-Fest flyball tournament. I’ve posted some pictures from the event at the top of my photo gallery page: Winter Wuf-Fest ’05 (Click for larger image)

The pail’s progress, pt 6

Well, here’s the final inked page. I still don’t like the way the first panel turned out, but at this point I’ll chalk it up to a learning curve since I’m attempting an inking style that’s somewhat new to me. Depending on how I feel about it once all four pages are complete, I may …

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The pail’s progress pt. 5

Normally I wouldn’t start inking until I had all of the penciled pages of the story done, but just for the sake of this experiment I decided to go ahead and ink this one page and see it through to completion. I pretty much always start inking with a brush, then fill in smaller details …

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