jake ellis says:

lights out for 2010, cue 2011. it's been a great year by all accounts.

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yup, still there: three full years of these portraits. if someone told me that when i started, i probably would've called them insane. the printed version has shrunk to about 40% of its original size, so let's see if it makes it to the next good round number.

43 days to go

bigger version here

tricky

who is jake ellis - black and white

no spoilers, since this one was in the preview, just thought i'd post it in black & white...

who is jake ellis?

why don't you-- part three

from the "sketchbook", a while ago-

miniature people

book cover - slightly less rough

book cover rough

(for a bit of a change from the usual)

october 13th

out today- JSA 80 page giant #1 and Heralds HC.

who is jake ellis?

more information in an interview here. obviously, i'll be posting more about this!

there

two bits

one thing crossed off the to-do list (yay). it's a part of this, which comes out the same day as the heralds hardcover (for anyone keeping track). colored this one myself -- more such stuff coming soon, as it's about to get announced.

negative space

wee hours

alas, just another cropped bit... thanks for the comments, everyone! hoping to get something more interesting up soon, when the deadlines allow. exciting things in the works, in any case.

keep on cropping

splash

sure hope we get to the sea sometime soon!

bright hand of doom

one of the rare finished-looking things from the sketchbook. probably 1:1 on the screen. drawn around 6 or 7 am, while winding down before sleep.

there's drawing involved

...a better idea often looks like this.

alternate take

same difference

tossed out some six-eight months old pencils today and redid them. total lifesaver. nothing worse than inking over old pages. it never works out.

one shot

(now clickable)

time to start reminiscing

hey, remember when i was drawing heralds?

colored by nathan fairbarn, who did a terrific job!

k.i.s.s.

on borrowed time

two posts in one day? so it goes. (i know what you'll want to point out, but it's not a mistake. story thing!)

pre-flight

last ten

somehow i switched to posting on sundays... maybe because the internet is empty on sundays? this week Heralds wrap up! can you guess what's next? (not really)

almost there

here's the thing

monday abstract

at this point (issue 4) everything's a spoiler. maybe i can cut out some panels with the fantastic four next... hm.

color comprehensive

rough from last year on the left, new comp on right

a monday

hope to put more stuff up soon!

ink spots

two more. the first one is out today so if you're in croatia and reading vecernji list, check it out! (the other three will be published daily in the next three days.)

drawing?

spot illustration done 1:1, after chasing the deadline across half of the country. i wonder if it gets published. if it does, then it's three more to go...

90 percent

...of drawing is erasing, or so it seems. today i've been redrawing some panels, trying to put a bit more life into it and hopefully make it more interesting.

2 out of 4

two bits

very busy being slow! (and again, pages consist mostly of spoilers)

in other home manufacture news is the lalashoes givaway, here , check it out!

the eye

uncropped:

might make a good wallpaper?

dot com

...is up and running, finally. a lot of the stuff was posted on the blog, but there's a solid amount of unseen stuff, presented in much more organized manner. click the image to jump there:

it's a running version, but not final- content will be added as i go, and if you notice any strange behavior or errors, please let me know. hope you enjoy rummaging!

p.s. all this has no effect on the blog- posting will continue as before.

guest star

another bit of something for something by someone else!