After looking over some of my character sketches that I posted yesterday, I selected a few that I thought were promising and refined them a bit:
Category: General
Sep 09 2009
Sketchbook 9/9
For the second part of the first act of Oyster War, I’ll be doing a a pretty textbook-style “gathering allies” sequence and so I’m needing to generate a crew (literally) of beat-down has-beens à la Terry Gilliam’s Baron Von Munchausen. As with most sketchbook endeavors, I think there’s maybe one or two usable concepts …
Sep 06 2009
Marvel/Disney Mashup: Steamboat Spidey
With the news last week of Disney’s planned purchase of Marvel comics came an onslaught of often hilarious “mashups” of Marvel and Disney characters. Two of my personal favorites are on display here: Gooflactus (Goofy and Galactus) and M.O.D.U.C.K (M.O.D.O.K. and Donald Duck). I finally got around to cranking out one myself but boringly I …
Aug 30 2009
Two Pages of Amelia, Start to Finish
In preparation for hanging the Amelia Earhart – Drawing from History exhibit that opens this Friday (mentioned last post), I’ve put together a poster that’s going to be mounted on foam-core and hung along with the pages from the graphic novel. The jist of the poster is just to provide a bit of introduction to …
Aug 26 2009
Amelia Earhart GN Original Art Exhibit
I saw this turn up on Smitty’s Notes, the local Winston-Salem events newsletter/website, so I guess the press release has officially gone out: Amelia Earhart: Drawing from History – by Ben Towle 9/4/2009 – 9/29/2009 7:00 PM, at Artists On Liberty Building – The Main Gallery 521 North Liberty Street, Winston Salem Amelia Earhart: Drawing …
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