I recently started working with the Procreate art program on the iPad.  I always wanted to draw the blues mystery story I have been working on in a digital format, and now I can do so much more easily.  Several artist friends have been raving about this setup for digital art, and I can see why now. It’s very intuitive and streamlined.  I still have a lot to learn, but I’m already getting pretty comfortable with it.

As you can see, I’m drawing this comic in a pretty different style from my other work.  I’m working with a limited color palette and only using “rough” digital brushes for the inking/coloring.  I will still probably make adjustments and tweaks as I work through this 18 page story, but I think I’m finding an approach that works.

So here is the first panel from that story that is still a work in progress…  Enjoy!

I am currently putting the finishing touches on a full issue of Evil Ain’t Easy comics.  This comic was originally featured in the DC Comics online Zuda competition, and then we included it in Random Ink #4.  I always had a few more ideas that I wanted to explore with these characters and so decided to create a full comic of the frustrated evil scientist Dr. Nimbus and his very chill henchman Lothar.  You will be able to get a copy in print (and online) soon, but I will also be releasing the whole thing scene-by-scene on social media.  So follow along on Instagram, Twitter, and/or Facebook to see a dose of Dr. Nimbus in your feed a few times a week!  Here’s some process shots!

I recently finished coloring all of the past Random Ink stories.  The two stories previewed above feature some of the main characters that Elton and I have been developing stories for. The “Intervention” story (originally printed in our first issue) is an illustrated prose story that serves as a prelude for the main story that starts later in “First Impressions” (from the third issue, with art by Matt Meyers).

We are in the thick of working on Random Ink #5, which will also be collected with all the other issues in a our first Random Ink graphic novel.  One of the main stories in that issue will pick up right where these stories left off… we’re looking forward to showing you more about these characters!

Here’s the newly-colored version of this simple little tale that originally appeared in our first issue of Random Ink.  Remember you can read all of the stories from this anthology here!