page 21 update

In Page 21 Super Cow is communicating with Major Pig who landed behind enemy lines.
This took a few hours on last Saturday but still showing progress.  I need to refine the sound effects on all pages.  Still need ideas for this.  Not sure if a more sketchy text or polished text looks better. Still need some experimentation.  43 days to KRC and counting!

Super Cowpage 20 update

The weekends will be busy trying to finish these last 6 pages of Super Cow by end of May. Here is an updated page 20 with the initial inks. I really liked EVB's (the Evil Villain in Black) in panel 3.  The text still needs revisions and I am hoping to add my black fills soon.  I also need a good name for EVB's food crunching machine.  He uses this to combine all the stolen lunches into a new food flavor meal that he feels will change the way the world looks at lunches.
Any suggestions are welcome as well as comments...
KRC countdown 46 days left!

Page 20

I have to finish this comic for the local 2nd grade class and for the Kids Read Comics convention...
Here is a work in progress on page 20.  I am working in Manga Studio going panel by panel.  I threw in some of the dialog as placeholders as I refine and edit.  If I can finish the art by the end of May I should be in fair shape for revisions.  As I go the characters are getting more comfortable to draw.  I am finding that the more I relax my sketches the more expressive and dramatic the poses and expressions become.  The tighter the drawings the more life seems to drain from them. OK time for bed and getting a little sleep now.

Kids Read Comics Convention - June 2015

Ok! this is newsworthy for me....
     I am trying something very different this year.  Turning a hobby into something more.
I found an event in Ann Arbor a few years ago that is really quite unique and wonderful. It mixes a love of art, drawing and storytelling together with kids.  Kids Read Comics is a two day event held at the Ann Arbor Library in June 2015.
      I will have table for the first time this year. My kids and I will be sharing stories and comics I have done as a volunteer Artist throughout their grade school experience.  I hope to be posting more often as the event nears.  I am working on a story from our 2nd graders and a great teacher at Bird School in Plymouth. (more to come on that)
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Art Parent last 5th grade visit

Went to visit the third grade and fifth grade classrooms. We drew cars, pickle cars, rocket cars, ketchup cars and future cars! I did feel challenged presenting because the students just wanting to ask questions constantly. My kids mentioned that I talked a little to much, more drawing please. I was happy using the computer and a projector in third grade class. It worked out pretty good. This was the last visit of the year and probably the last one for my oldest son who's in fifth grade. I'm going to miss this.

Drawn to the Night

Last Friday night in Plymouth drawn to the night five modeling sketches.  The model was doing yoga poses. This created some challenging views but it was a lot of fun.

Walking Dead ZombieTamer

Greg,
You asked about me drawing the "Walking Dead".   I only saw a few episodes and it kinda' freaked me out!  So here is a take on fighting Zombies with kid power!  Saturday morning warm up sketching....