Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Friday, November 26, 2010

Comic Book Cover Roughs

When I was Managing Editor, Editor and Art Director for Disney Comics I created cover ideas and rough cover sketches for all the titles I edited. Here are a few samples of some I did for Uncle Scrooge Comics. PLEASE NOTE: I only did the rough sketches for the covers. The final art was created by other staff artists, as noted.

My rough on the left. Final pen and ink art by Todd Kurosawa.My rough on the left. Final pen and ink art by Stephen deStefano

My rough and color rough on top. Final pencil art by Jim Franzen. Inked by Dave Hunt.

Monday, November 1, 2010

Sketches Part 1

We all do sketches on napkins, scraps of paper, backs of envelopes, what ever's handy. I started cutting them out and gluing them into the back pages of sketchbooks years ago. These are a few that I've done recently, and I have a lot more. Click on the image to make it bigger.

Hercules


Hercules - 1998. Click on image to make it bigger.

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Acting Pete


I love drawing Pete. He has so much mass, weight and volume, it's a great chance to get in a little squash and stretch and overblown acting. Whenever I "act" him I think of Broderick Crawford, Jackie Gleason, Victor McLaglen and Oliver Hardy, heavy on the ham and cheese. This sequence had Pete on the phone with Mickey in a split screen shot. From Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.