Friday, February 26, 2010

Card Design #2

Greetings one and all!

Some more card re-design magic that I finished Monday:



I still have a couple issues with this one, but a good critique from the class helped out a lot, and I was able to fix some problems. So what you see here is 2.0. Either way I'm going to call it done because I'm tiered of looking at it.

Here are the Inks:



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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Card Design #1

Greeting true believers!

Thought I would go ahead and post this:



The assignment was to re-design an image for a Yu-Gi-Oh playing card.

Here are the Inks as well:



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MO

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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Afrodisiac vs. ? : A Velocity Comics Contest!

Greeting one and all!

So as I stated in my previous post about Jim Rugg's Afrodisiac, he visited Velocity comics last Friday, signed books, and hob-nobbed with the likes of us (his fans,) but what I didn't say is he also judged an Afrodisiac vs. ? contest. I had to enter of course! Here is my entry:



I finally got word on the winner which was Julie Scott (click to see her entry). I was told I came in a close second, which is cool, but as sweet bonus Jim left everyone who entered a print, and I got my favorite Afroduck! Thanks Jim!



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MO

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Saturday, February 6, 2010

Afrodisiac

YO!

So last week I picked up Jim Rugg and Brian Maruca's latest book Afrodisiac, and it's so super cool, I thought I'd say a few words about it.

First off the idea behind Afrodisiac is really interesting-it's some sort of mish-mash between the blacksploitation movie genre and comics of the 1970s. The plot chronicles Afrodisiac's various encounters, which includes everything from Richard Nixon to Giant Cock Roaches, and what's more Rugg alludes to other Afrodisiac plot lines with a number of mach covers throughout the book (my personal favorite being Afroduck). Here's a couple pics including the cover of the book itself and the "cover" of the first issue:



Inside and out this book is extremely well designed. The comics and covers look so authentic, it's like they were printed thirty years ago. Rugg uses weathering, aging, creasing, and mis-registration effects that really bring the retro look home. The inking also looks authentic as Rugg does amazing brushwork. I can tell you this first hand, because this past Friday Jim himself visited Velocity Comics and brought the original NEWSPAPER size Afrodisiac inks, and everything was done on the board and executed with precision, including the sound effects and lettering. Here's a look at some finished panels:



Afrodisiac is a very funny and beautifully designed read, but there's much more to it than that, so go pick one up! And if you won't take my word for it check out some more picks on Jim Rugg's site: www.jimrugg.com!

Live Long and Prosper!

MO

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