How-to by Kazu

Here is a cool step-by-step of the process Kazu Kibuishi uses on his "Copper" strip. I especially like that he uses a "cheap flat-bed scanner" because, so do I.

page 12-13 finishes

page 12 -13 inks completed. Looking good I think. Also, I posted this to the flickr set if you want to see all 13 inked pages.

xeric grant - for future reference

sketch of a scene from the movie "oldboy"

cast and crew

here is a sketch of the characters in the comic through the first 14 pages.

how to draw boobs

found this little gem while surfing around

Process page 14 - rendering

Here is the second pass of pencils. I changed the gun a little in panel 5 because it looked too small in the original layout. And that's right...those are speed lines baby!

11 pages and counting

page-1, originally uploaded by MDTSHORT.

Photo set of the first 11 inked pages put up on flickr for sharing etc. I have pencils scanned for p12 (but not for 13) and am working on p 14 now. Moving right along. Anyway I was playing with various venues for posting/viewing this stuff and flickr seems pretty good. Tell me what you think - either here or there.

Process page 14 - sketch

Here is the first pass at page 14. sketch the whole thing with light pencil (2h or 4h). Making sure everything is ok before adding any lines or tone. (The big ugly gray streak in the middle is due to my small scanner.)

Kitchen links

Links for research:

Kitchen 1

Kitchen 2

Kitchen 3
lots of kitchen pics here

Darkness is Spreading!!!

This is supposed to be a night scene so here is the first cut at making the street dark....I will do the othe half of the dbl page tomorrow

He's the DJ I'm the Rapper

Its DJ MARKIE and Chubbystubby

my last FM site

yeah these are the last 10 songs I listened to...

go to last.fm to see a little more

less blurry...but also less interesting

here is another less blurry pic.

Bollocks!!

Took a picture of all the pages we have so far......and it's friggin blurry!!! Oh well, I had some beers when I took the pic so I guess it's not all that surprising!!! anyway....more later.

double page spread

first double page layout I've ever really done. here are just the first draft pencils. Still need to go back and add shade etc.. This took me a long time to even begin but I am pretty happy with the results.

Chef Special

Picture I pencilled and Bruce inked last week. This was sort of a prelim/practice for doing a scene in a casino kitchen.

Page 9

Here are the pencils from page 9 of the comic. Starting to draw and compose better I think.

Sketch 2

Another Sketch....

Sketch

Just started a comic project with a guy from work. Here are some sketches. Tell me what you think.