TVOT page 2

Pencils and inks from the new project I'm working on . Inked mostly with the Hunt 102 nib with a little help from the old Windsor and Newton brush. The writer, Magnus asked that the expression in the last panel be toned down a bit. You can see the difference in the inks. All the monitor screens were created in Abode Illustrator and pasted in using Photoshop.

I’ve been hard at work lately, penciling, inking and lettering a new project. It’s written by Norwegian writer Magnus Aspli and is being colored by a very talented fella named Hugo Froes. So far, I’ve been really knocked out by Hugo’s work on this series as well his past work. I first became aware of him on a project we did together for Ronin Studios. It was a charity book for HOPE: the Hero Initiative. I only lettered one of the short stories, “Rose”. I got to see all stages of the artwork and Hugo’s colors brought the art to another level.

The writer of “Rose” was Alex De-gruchy, who I’ve worked with mostly as a letterer, but most recently I illustrated a short story he wrote called “Trick”. Alex is working as the editor for this new project, which is how Hugo and I became involved.

The story is sort of a Lovecraftian suspense story with quite a large cast of characters. The main story takes place on a boat but it also has a subplot that takes place in 14^th Century Norway. That means lots a research. But so far it’s been very exciting. The only downside is waiting so long to get the pencils approved. With Alex in Wales, Magnus in Norway, and Hugo, I think, in Portugal, the time zones don’t match up. I usually email them at night, so a reply awaits me in the morning.

I’ll start posting some pages soon.