The last of the pre-pitch character designs. This group are the last of the major characters so far. There are more characters to design in future issues (Anna's Dad, some thugs, etc) but they'll be done for the issue they... Continue reading »
Gid's sister and brother, Mary and Gabe. The response from Marc: "Nice!" Spending a few days of the holidays at my parents' means lots of drawing. Sitting on the floor right now are the last four character designs, ready... Continue reading »
Characters that are left: Gid's grandparents, his sister, his brother, the Preacher, and Conrad Leach.... Continue reading »
I finished the thumbnails for issue one tonight, full of turkey and tea at Mom and Dad's. I had a minor freak out yesterday when I realized how long I've been working on the book and the fact that I... Continue reading »
Ezra: Gid's Dad. A big figure in the Card Cheat, and another one that was easy to draw.... Continue reading »
Anna is Gid's love interest in The Card Cheat. Nothing more to say really. She was pretty easy to design, considering the painful design process for Canoe and the Session Sisters. Characters I have left to design before starting... Continue reading »
The Session Twins are members of Taurus' gang. Not major characters, but they need to be designed like everyone else. They were really, really easy to design and the last of the big villain characters for Card Cheat. It's... Continue reading »
Taurus, the villain of Card Cheat is the leader of a small gang that hounds our Hero. "Too much mouth" was the feedback on this one. Marc's keeping me on task by not letting me get away with overly simple... Continue reading »
I'm doing lots of design work and model designs (and bitching about it the whole time) for Card Cheat. It's good process and will help me keep consistent character designs through out the book (which is looking to be six... Continue reading »
One of my "attempt to return to comics" projects this year is The Card Cheat with my constant comics partner Marc Bryant (he wrote Overtime and the Passenger, my past two forays in to major comic work). It's a western,... Continue reading »
