Gillian, Flynt, and Marraine team up to take down the Abomination. But will their combined efforts be enough?
With every page, I’m getting more and more confident as I experiment with what works best and looks cool. I change styles often within this page, but I’m really happy with the results. I plan on working on one non Black Carnival drawing before I get into #11. I’m really excited about this one as it’s VERY overdue.
A drawing I did for a friend. I caught up on Rick and Morty earlier this spring in response to the hype for season 2 coming later this July. He mentioned that a cross over between Game of Thrones and Rick and Morty might be cool. I thought it would be cool as well.
More art on the way. I know it’s been just videos lately, but I’m pretty excited about these next projects, so stay tuned!
Bet you didn’t see that coming did you? Gillian and Flynt are back again to wrap up the “cat-in-the-tree” storyline.
Why the revival?
I once read a quote regarding about going to your grave with your unrealized ideas and aspirations are a waste of human ingenuity. Originally, I had given up on delivering my story for The Black Carnival in favor of other endeavors. It was a notion I truly hated myself for deciding. After 5 months, I’ve returned to take another attempt at delivering my story. No point in wasting human ingenuity right?
The Black Carnival will continue to serve as a means of experimentation with style and feasibility. I get faster and more efficient with each drawing. There can be only good things that come from this.
Black Carnivals will be released with no schedule. I’ll try to crank them out when I can, but I’ll be mixing in other pieces of work between each page.
Have you all seen Mad Max yet? My goodness, if the answer is no, you need to remedy that this weekend. From its adrenaline pumping soundtrack to its awe-inspiring visuals to Charlize Theron’s Imperator Furiosa, you need to get on what is shaping up to be one of the best movies of the year. I loved it so much that I drew two of the main characters, Max and Nux as they first know each other toward the beginning of the film. Bloodbrothers. You’ll get the reference.
I’m still struggling with finding and identity for my style. I’m generally proud of this one, but I found myself wandering and not really knowing what the hell I was doing when I was drawing this one.
Looking forward to the next one. My binging of Rick and Morty has me jonesing to do some fan art, but I’ve got another big project in my mind and I’m highly considering pursuing that instead.
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If you didn’t already know, I’ve been lending my talents on a new podcast called The Queue, a group of friends who gathered to talk about geeky things trending in pop culture. We love talking shop about our passions and I got inspired to draw the The Queue Crew in an efforts to bring up the hype.
Historically speaking, all members of The Queue used to be writers for Banana Scoop during our more active years. You’ll recognize SoGoCJE, Ben, and myself in the picture. I guess in a way we never really left each other’s lives as we’ve moved from writing to podcasting. It’s all the same as long as we get to discuss with each other what we’re passionate about.
Check out freeBrunchGaming to get access to downloading the audio files.
You can hear the skull cracking. This without a doubt is probably the most NSFW piece I’ve drawn to date. But with Hotline Miami still ringing in my bones, I had to draw something to pay tribute to the high-octane feeling I get when I clear a level. The game is absolutely brutal, punishing, and ridiculously addictive.
So I drew Corey (who is a girl, which I didn’t know until I started researching her character), who is known for her tumbles. She bats hard and the goons don’t stand a chance.
Feel free to leave constructive criticism. I’ve also included a speed drawing for you all to enjoy with a smooth 80s-esque track to get lost in.
So I’m catching up on Animal Man and I’ve really begun to like Bernard “Buddy” Baker as Animal Man. I’ve been meaning to write an article about how amazingly different and utterly disturbing reading Animal Man has been, but I settled with this drawing for now.
Finished Fray a while back. Inspired, I drew the gorgeous and deadly Melaka Fray. Quite the exercise in background too. Very satisfied with this one. And I recorded this drawing that I enclosed below.
So the last bazillion things I’ve drawn are all strong and gorgeous women. Time to amp up the testosterone. Thinking of some Animal Man/Swamp Thing…in chibi form. Maybe. Not sure. It will come to me.
My obsession with Harleen Quinzel continues as I use her as my object for trying a new style. I took a painting + blur tool on this one versus my normal style. I really liked the shading that can come from it and how it looks without the line art. Expect more experimentations with this.
I kinda set it vaguely at Arkham Asylum, hence her orange jumpsuit. I’m going to say Harley found her infamous collar (and ultimately the calling card to get her to be recognizable) amidst a riot where she wrestled away a police baton. She also found her old name tag and set out to correct it to better reflect who she is now. And of course, she’s always equipped with that absolutely adorable smile.
Some ways back I did a drawing of my webcomic series’s leading lady, Gillian Akers. I recorded the drawing and finally had the chance and internet speed to upload it. Enjoy!
Mistress Valora is a character from the Black Carnival series.
Valora is half Harpy-half Siren. The Siren half of her makes her gorgeous and elegant, while the Harpy half of her makes her vicious and unforgiving. She is the Head of Customer Services and Satisfaction of the Black Carnival, which includes the Carnival entrance. Her responsibilities include keeping the customers happy and ensuring they’re properly acclimated for the sights they are soon to see. In the darker shade of her job, she is in charge of ‘correction’ and ‘rehabilitation’ of rowdy customers and disturbers of the peace. Valora runs majority of her operations from the Carnival brothel that she owns, The Howling Siren. From there she commands a lethal flock of Harpies, Sirens, and Succubi. She runs the brothel with her reanimated deceased sister, Delilah, and her head of security, Marraine.
Valora will go to great lengths to find the people who cross her. She is a mother eagle, who watches her nest with lethal intention.
Here’s a piece of artwork I’ve done in honor of The Last of Us. It’s currently my background. I absolutely love the game. Feel free to leave me feedback! And read my review on the Last of Us when you get the chance!
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