steve's pages

[sgm]

Some pages I did last year.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/pood/BlackWidowpg1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/pood/BlackWidowpg2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/pood/BlackWidowpg3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/pood/BlackWidowpg4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/pood/BlackWidowpg5.jpg

[roberto]

awesome!!!!!!!!! :w00t: I love it

[midknight]

wow. thats really badass :banana:

[philhatesyou]

holy shit! I usually talk trash about most of the crap I see here but you are amazing. I'd hate to be the poor bastard that inked this.

[samy]

This is really sweet.

[sgm]

Come on guys and gals!

I know these pages have flaws.

Time to stretch our brain muscles and tear this a new one. We can all learn new things when we analyze our work.

Critiques wanted!

[Bishop]

Page 1 Panel 3: Her left hand and arm seem out of proportion to her body, and the foreshortening on her right arm seems a bit off.

PAge 1 Panel 4: This panel should be on the left side of Panel 5 instead of the right. It currently is awkward to follow panel four down and to the left. If it was placed on the right it would flow down and to the right which is more natural.

Page 2 Panel 3: This is trivial, but her foot look more like they are walking through sand than snow by the way it pushes up at her toes.

Page 5 Panel 4: The skull guys torso is way short, make his hands hit him about at his knees.

Page 5 Panel 5: The left side of Skull Guys head seems odd. Perhaps it is where the eyesocket and nose blend, but I think the cheekbone sticks out too far.

These are beautiful pages. I love the camera angles, and incredible rendering. The facial expressions of the lady are particularly nice!

[Codazen]

Wow. Some of the best high deatil natural style pages I have seen in a while. Except for the fourth panel on page 6 (you tried to hard to make the skull guy look over confident with that pose) they are near perfect. Stay with it you have a bright future.
Do you have a web site?
I want to see more!

[Aaron Hübrich]

This is some of the best work I've seen here in a while and like the fact that you want some solid feedback. I took out my little red pen and got nitpicky, marking some stuff that I thought needed some attention. Your sense of detail is great, but also makes it tougher to stay consistent. Once you're able to carry that throughout an entire 22 page book, you'll be on your way. My concern is that there is so much detail, you may be better off doing a "tonal" or "grayscale" book, with colors right on top.

Here's my take on your stuff:

http://img68.exs.cx/img68/9199/blackwidowpg1rev0en.jpg

http://img68.exs.cx/img68/8218/blackwidowpg2rev5he.jpg

http://img68.exs.cx/img68/4034/blackwidowpg3rev6xz.jpg

http://img68.exs.cx/img68/5236/blackwidowpg4rev1nx.jpg

http://img182.exs.cx/img182/2550/blackwidowpg5rev2rh.jpg

I'd like to see some newer pages to compare. You may want to consider toning down the massive detail to maybe 1 or 2 panels per page and make your work more linear if you plan on having it inked...I think once it was inked, it would begin to look flattened out the way it is now. You could certainly do a killer grayscale book though - no doubt. Just make sure you identify your black areas more so and watch the "gray areas".

I guess my only other "concern" is if you could do this on a monthly schedule. I'm betting you have at least 12-14 hours in each page because of the details. It's good to show you can do this level of work, but can you do it everyday? Just curious...

Also, on a side note - your work is that good where you could get work right now. You may be looking for feedback only, but having some sort of contact info or website would allow for an editor to contact you. Don't miss an opportunity because of something simple like that.

Thanks!

[cs3ink]

Aaron, you certainly made my life easier. Are you some aspect of my schizophrenia? My thoughts are exactly yours. I was apprehensive about typing my response out because it seemed to me it would take forever.

Great crit.

Amazing work, sgm. I'm floored, really. Aaron already wrote my crit for me.

later,
Chip

[jtspencils]

I think Aaron gave a well thought out, detailed, and on the mark crit, so I won't go over anything he said. However just a few quirky details to add along. Overall, the pages are gorgeous to look at. I relish the amount of time and effort it went into the detail here. It's all fantastic... so these are nitpicky thing's I mention to be sure.... but...

P1, p-3, her neck is overly long for her figure, if you follow up the spine to her shoulder area, the head is too far forward and high for the angle. Perhaps you were trying to show her face more, but instead it looks like her noggin's ready to pop off.

P4, p-3, the top of her head is a bit high. The highlight of her hair is about where the top should be... and p-4, after all the fantastic detail in her leather, her face, and hair, the fingers on her hands look very rushed and fake. Especially the right hand. It's a bit like painting a bad Groucho mustache onto the Mona Lisa... it just stands out. Think about her fingers curling around the door, and I think you'll see what I"m talking about.

P5, p-3, although it's wonderfully rendered, I'm curious as to why she's straightening her spine, while trying to reach into the cockpit for something. In the previous panel, she's already leaned over, and in the next panel, she's bent over when the thug points his weapon in her direction. So why (in a sequence of motions) would she suddenly straighten up (pulling her shoulders back) if she's trying to get at something inside the cockpit she was already half bent over? Again, it's incredibly rendered, ya did a fantastic job. It just doesn't make logical sense to me is all. (that could just be a personal thing)

Again, these are some seriously sweet pages. Glad I'm not the poor schmo that would have to ink them!! LOL. But all in all, still wonderful to look at. Nice nice work.

[Boy]

Aaron said everything I wanted to.
Kick ass otherwise

[Lovecraft13]

I like the pages. It flows very easily.

[aidirisuto]

Aaron Hübrich, you spoke the truth and well stated.
I really like what I see here. A cool J. G. Jones feel...(I typically hate when people compare to pro's, sorry)
I love his work, and your stuff made me think of his.

Great work.
:)

[sgm]

Page 1 Panel 3: Her left hand and arm seem out of proportion to her body, and the foreshortening on her right arm seems a bit off.

PAge 1 Panel 4: This panel should be on the left side of Panel 5 instead of the right. It currently is awkward to follow panel four down and to the left. If it was placed on the right it would flow down and to the right which is more natural.

Page 2 Panel 3: This is trivial, but her foot look more like they are walking through sand than snow by the way it pushes up at her toes.

Page 5 Panel 4: The skull guys torso is way short, make his hands hit him about at his knees.

Page 5 Panel 5: The left side of Skull Guys head seems odd. Perhaps it is where the eyesocket and nose blend, but I think the cheekbone sticks out too far.

These are beautiful pages. I love the camera angles, and incredible rendering. The facial expressions of the lady are particularly nice!

Thanks Bishop!

I appreciate the help.

Wait till I sent the next bunch!

[the machine]

my jaw dropped....


i mean i actually gave out a faint cry of...of....no words describe it.

you kick my ass thats for sure-

wow- now i gotta go draw so i can be up to par- maybe one day-


again- wow....

(picks up jaw)


machine!


ps-

fav panels- page 2 panel 1!!!!

page 4 panels....well...all of em' man those are nice shots!!!!

amazing work man- can't wait to see something published by you!!!! i'll pick it up!

now go read some crits before this goes to your head :whistling

[sgm]

Wow. Some of the best high deatil natural style pages I have seen in a while. Except for the fourth panel on page 6 (you tried to hard to make the skull guy look over confident with that pose) they are near perfect. Stay with it you have a bright future.
Do you have a web site?
I want to see more!

Thanks Codazen!

Sorry no web site. I'm cheap ;)

I'll post my most recently completed set of pages later.

- Steve

[sgm]

This is some of the best work I've seen here in a while and like the fact that you want some solid feedback. I took out my little red pen and got nitpicky, marking some stuff that I thought needed some attention. Your sense of detail is great, but also makes it tougher to stay consistent. Once you're able to carry that throughout an entire 22 page book, you'll be on your way. My concern is that there is so much detail, you may be better off doing a "tonal" or "grayscale" book, with colors right on top.

I'd like to see some newer pages to compare. You may want to consider toning down the massive detail to maybe 1 or 2 panels per page and make your work more linear if you plan on having it inked...I think once it was inked, it would begin to look flattened out the way it is now. You could certainly do a killer grayscale book though - no doubt. Just make sure you identify your black areas more so and watch the "gray areas".

I guess my only other "concern" is if you could do this on a monthly schedule. I'm betting you have at least 12-14 hours in each page because of the details. It's good to show you can do this level of work, but can you do it everyday? Just curious...

Also, on a side note - your work is that good where you could get work right now. You may be looking for feedback only, but having some sort of contact info or website would allow for an editor to contact you. Don't miss an opportunity because of something simple like that.

Thanks!

Thanks Aaron!

I appreciate all the things you pointed out.

I've actually be sending stuff around to editors since November. A few have shown interest, but no job yet.

I was gonna wait awhile before posting these, but you asked for some more recent stuff, so here it is.

Done specifically for Devil's Due!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/pood/GIJoepg1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/pood/GIJoepg2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/pood/GIJoepg3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/pood/GIJoepg4.jpg

[hardcore523]

damn, awesome :kewl:

[sgm]

I think Aaron gave a well thought out, detailed, and on the mark crit, so I won't go over anything he said. However just a few quirky details to add along. Overall, the pages are gorgeous to look at. I relish the amount of time and effort it went into the detail here. It's all fantastic... so these are nitpicky thing's I mention to be sure.... but...

P1, p-3, her neck is overly long for her figure, if you follow up the spine to her shoulder area, the head is too far forward and high for the angle. Perhaps you were trying to show her face more, but instead it looks like her noggin's ready to pop off.

P4, p-3, the top of her head is a bit high. The highlight of her hair is about where the top should be... and p-4, after all the fantastic detail in her leather, her face, and hair, the fingers on her hands look very rushed and fake. Especially the right hand. It's a bit like painting a bad Groucho mustache onto the Mona Lisa... it just stands out. Think about her fingers curling around the door, and I think you'll see what I"m talking about.

P5, p-3, although it's wonderfully rendered, I'm curious as to why she's straightening her spine, while trying to reach into the cockpit for something. In the previous panel, she's already leaned over, and in the next panel, she's bent over when the thug points his weapon in her direction. So why (in a sequence of motions) would she suddenly straighten up (pulling her shoulders back) if she's trying to get at something inside the cockpit she was already half bent over? Again, it's incredibly rendered, ya did a fantastic job. It just doesn't make logical sense to me is all. (that could just be a personal thing)

Again, these are some seriously sweet pages. Glad I'm not the poor schmo that would have to ink them!! LOL. But all in all, still wonderful to look at. Nice nice work.

Most of these mistakes happen when I rely too much on reference. When I construct figures using proportions I usually make less of these mistakes.

That sequence where she's reaching for the helmet may be hard to read cuz I had her frist inspect the interior like someone lookin' into a car. From there I wanted to give the impression of depth to the cockpit, so I had her lean in more. That's why her back was more bent in the final panel.

[sevans]

The pages may not be perfect, but none ever are.
Apart from the swapping direction of panels and the disappearing ladder, many of the other things I could easily overlook - as in all the pages are very well executed.

These pages look very solid and better drawn than many of the comics at my local shop. I feel like a complete beginner again - you talented bastard.

Keep working and keep postin.

*Great crit from Aaron - this is what the forums should be about, HELPING.

[wisper]

1st set of posts,tank porputions r off use a referial source, also the tracks on the ground off some not much. art work is very good and subject matter better...how long does this work take you per page?

[sgm]

1st set of posts,tank porputions r off use a referial source, also the tracks on the ground off some not much. art work is very good and subject matter better...how long does this work take you per page?
Too long. Probably +14hrs (roughly 2 days). The biggest factor is background and tech. objects.

[Aaron Hübrich]

Sorry it took so long to get back on this thread, but as I looked at the GI Joe pages, I can see some things that need tweaking, but with a little editorial direction, you'd be on your way.

PM me and I'll give you the contact info you need to submit to DDP.

Also, if you're interested, check out one of the latest GI Joe comics. The amount of detail is about 30% of what you put into your page. What I would suggest is pick and choose which panels have the tremendous amount of detail and have some "head shot" scenes with little to no back ground at all. Remember, there's going to be word balloons, so let some of the panels breath. That will save you time on each page...I never thought I'd ever have to say "back off some detail"...that's a great thing to say!

Great stuff man...

[sgm]

Well, it's time to dust off this thread...

And what better way than some sequentials!

These are pencils that I eventually inked for a short story included in Imperium Comics' "Trailer Park of Terror Color Special #3" (out by the end of June and available thru Diamond), with cover by Nelson and variant by Billy Tucci.

Sorry, only 3 pages. Gotta save somethin' for the buyer! ;)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/pood/HushLittleBabypage1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/pood/HushLittleBabypage2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/pood/HushLittleBabypage3.jpg

[kong]

wow amazing stuff... hyper detailing going on here.. i cant believe your not doing work for any publishers.

[The Bry]

*Speechless* damn...i suck...need to get better

:kewl: :kewl: :kewl:

[guillermo_hansz]

*Speechless* damn...i suck...need to get better

:kewl: :kewl: :kewl:

you´ve said it, I suck too

[jtspencils]

More sweet sweet stuff going on here. Nice storytelling. Again, let a few of your panels breathe, there's gotta be some room for dialogue, and it would be a shame to have to cover up all your really hard work!!

The ONLY thing I would alter (and it's a severe nitpick), would be p-5 on the last page, give a nice tight closeup of his hand on her shoulder, then pull back for his reaction shot. That's it.. .other then that... I like what I see here very much.

Nice work, beautifully rendered. Post no more cuz ya kick my keister! LOL.

[Agent T]

You have some really nice stuff here. The detailing is insane!! However it does get a little hard to see what is going on at times. There is just too much going on. As others have said, you need to allow some space for dialogue balloons. Beyond that, this stuff is solid.

[sgm]

More sweet sweet stuff going on here. Nice storytelling. Again, let a few of your panels breathe, there's gotta be some room for dialogue, and it would be a shame to have to cover up all your really hard work!!

The ONLY thing I would alter (and it's a severe nitpick), would be p-5 on the last page, give a nice tight closeup of his hand on her shoulder, then pull back for his reaction shot. That's it.. .other then that... I like what I see here very much.

Nice work, beautifully rendered. Post no more cuz ya kick my keister! LOL.
Thanks man, I agree with what you wrote.

I was trying to follow the script as precisely as I could, since the writer had chose shot-for-shot what he wanted to see. It was really tuff sometimes due to the number of panels required per page, but I think I pulled it off pretty well.

As for the text placement, I think page 1 has the fewest lines, so I took the oppertunity to have some fun. It is the 1st page people will see of this story after all...

BTW, I also did a print on a crappy epson of page 1 to make sure it was readable, Agent T. Looked ok to me, even with all the ridiculous amounts of rendering ;)

- SGM " Mr. Over-kill"

[Blackjack]

Excellent stuff!

I really like it all in general but sometimes the attention to detail seems to be overdone. Some panels are incredible and some others are not so. The attention to detail has become more dominant than the actual drawing quality and storytelling.

You're doing great! Keep it up and good luck.

[sgm]

Excellent stuff!

I really like it all in general but sometimes the attention to detail seems to be overdone. Some panels are incredible and some others are not so. The attention to detail has become more dominant than the actual drawing quality and storytelling.

You're doing great! Keep it up and good luck.
Thanks Mahmud. You're not alone in thinking I over-do-it on the rendering sometimes. Even I agree with you :)

Whenever I draw something, I always try to do it from a different angle. That way I can always test myself and never forget that art is always a process of experimentation and growth.

I know that I'll inevitably fall on my face if I do this instead of relying on tricks and shortcuts, but I don't mind that.

If I keep it up, I'll know that one day I'll be considered a damn fine comic book artist.

[Iwannabe1]

Dude, these are very impressive, but in my opinion (and others have said the same), inking these might be problematic, not to mention balloon placement. All the drafting flaws, I see worse on the shelf all the time so don't sweat those . . .

but what am I saying, these are gorgeous and would be less so if inked or colored I think. I'm impressed and you've motivated me to try EVEN harder to improve. I do most of my junk on a wacom, what I wouldn't give to actually hold a piece of paper in my hands with that kind of work on it....

out

[bulldogg0822]

dude your the man love your style great story telling , i would attempt to crit but i got nothin new , keep up the amazing work.

[PAIGE]

ALL I CAN SAY IS, WOW.
THAT IS WHAT YOU CALL A PAGE :thumbs:

[sgm]

Dude, these are very impressive, but in my opinion (and others have said the same), inking these might be problematic, not to mention balloon placement. All the drafting flaws, I see worse on the shelf all the time so don't sweat those . . .

but what am I saying, these are gorgeous and would be less so if inked or colored I think. I'm impressed and you've motivated me to try EVEN harder to improve. I do most of my junk on a wacom, what I wouldn't give to actually hold a piece of paper in my hands with that kind of work on it....

out
I'll admitt, the letterer must hate me on this one. If you think this work would cause him/her a headache, I can't imagine what you'd say if you saw the script :)

Problem was, how could I fit that many panels on a page, give the writer the exact shot s/he wanted (angle, distance, composition, etc.) and still give enough space for word balloons?

I'm an illustrator and designers are always trying to limit me artisticly to fit my work inside their layouts. And I go along with them...to a point ;)

I'll probably get better at this as time goes on and I do more work with scripts, but for now people will have to suffer with my limitations.

-SGM

[Iwannabe1]

suffer with your limnitations man? I dont see any. You've already done some pro work, I would buy your stuff, its not just well executed, its beautiful. Good luck and hope to see you on the shelves!

[Newbreed]

I'm impressed and feeling incredibly humbled. Gonna have to go practise

[MrGranger]

I'll admitt, the letterer must hate me on this one. If you think this work would cause him/her a headache, I can't imagine what you'd say if you saw the script :)



Man...I'd offer your writer a bit of advice, write to the artists strengths. I think these pages are great, but, if I were him, after a couple pages I'd see about doing less panels per page. And for these already done, I'd just cut most of the dialogue. The pictures tell the story wonderfully, no need for too many words.

I'd love to steal you away myself. As I've said before, great work.

[sgm]

suffer with your limnitations man? I dont see any. You've already done some pro work, I would buy your stuff, its not just well executed, its beautiful. Good luck and hope to see you on the shelves!
Thanks buddy,

but even I wouldn't buy my work if was overpriced like some of the stuff 've seen lately.

-SGM

[sgm]

Thanks everybody.

The stuff I'm doing now fits more to my art style. These pages are gonna blow everything I've done up to this point out of the water.

I'm really proud of 'em.

[aidirisuto]

Can you really praise an artist enough....



no. This is sweet. You have occasional issues with angles and some stiffness in the character bodies, but so do alot of pro's working at the big 2.

No issues here that time won't iron out.

Sharp, sharp. :)

[Grant_Alter]

What is this for?
I love spy stuff and this looks suh-weet. :bounce:

[Slypdippee]

Someone once said "If you don't have anything nice to say, you don't know what the hell you're talking about."

Breathtaking work. You've got my respect. Love to see more.

Daniel

[sgm]

What is this for?
I love spy stuff and this looks suh-weet. :bounce:
The first 2 batches of sequentials were submission stuff. The last batch was some of my work done for Imperium Comics. I'm gonna be doing another short story for them soon.

-Steve molnar

[Showman]

You guys should check out Imperium Comics' TrailerPark of Terror to see this art in print. TrailerPark is a damn fine horror anthology with solid stories and other great artwork as well. I am biased since they are also my publisher (Furious Fist of the Drunken Monkey) but it doesn't change that its still a good book. Check it out.

SGM----I dig all the pages posted so far. Minor problems here and there but better than a lot of stuff seeing print from big name publishers. I'm glad you've hooked up with Chris and J.

[sgm]

You guys should check out Imperium Comics' TrailerPark of Terror to see this art in print. TrailerPark is a damn fine horror anthology with solid stories and other great artwork as well. I am biased since they are also my publisher (Furious Fist of the Drunken Monkey) but it doesn't change that its still a good book. Check it out.

SGM----I dig all the pages posted so far. Minor problems here and there but better than a lot of stuff seeing print from big name publishers. I'm glad you've hooked up with Chris and J.
Thanks Showman,

I really like the stuff they've given me to work on over at Imperium. The next batch of pages I'm doing for them are turning out even better!

-SGM

[Showman]

I'm gonna see what I have laying around here and send them something. I'm gonna ask specifically for you to illustrate it too. They hooked me up for a very good artist for a stroy I wrote that will be in issue 5 I think.

[Madpencil]

Hey, good stuff overall BUT, two things that pop right out: The girl's supposed to be good looking and sexy, Although she's drawn well she doesn't look sexy. Also try to emphasize something in the page that is being supported by the other panels. Your panels seem to be equal in size at times, make one panel the obvious attention getter. This doesn't mean to start overlapping everything, keep the layout clarity just blow one panel way up and build around it. Good stuff though.

www.madpencil.com

[sgm]

Hey, good stuff overall BUT, two things that pop right out: The girl's supposed to be good looking and sexy, Although she's drawn well she doesn't look sexy. Also try to emphasize something in the page that is being supported by the other panels. Your panels seem to be equal in size at times, make one panel the obvious attention getter. This doesn't mean to start overlapping everything, keep the layout clarity just blow one panel way up and build around it. Good stuff though.

www.madpencil.com
Thanks for the tips Madpencil.

Unfortunately, I didn't have those options since I was dealing a layout that contained a lot of diologue with specific shot requirements by the author, that I felt needed to be met.

The stuff I'm doing for Imperium now gives me more flexiblity in my layouts, but I'm really glad I was able to do this last story. It was a great challenge and it taught me a lot.

[dlwdirector]

Bishop and Aaron did all the dirty work ;), and were dead on. All I ca add is I'd have cleared up page one but also added a 'money shot' on page one or two. A shot that clearly tells the reader 'you are reading a kick ass Black Widow comic.'

Your detail is unreal. I challenge someone...anyone, to ink these pages!!

Who's in? (sorry, I pencil, never ink...commitment issues).

[sgm]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/pood/betty2acolor.gif

Welcome to Stephen Molnar.com (http://www.stephenmolnar.com/)

[A. Dave Lewis]

Steve -- Would you want to give the following page a try? I'd love to see your version of it!!
http://digitalwebbing.com/forums/showthread.php?t=77279

[MrGranger]

I'd like to see some Steve in print. I really like the style.

[mikeexner3]

Even though I've come to this thread ridiculously late, and can't possibly provide any input or critique that hasn't already been mentioned, I'd still like to say that all of these pages are truly incredible, and i look forward to seeing your work in print, Steve. Hopefully you and I will have the chance to work together at some point in the future. Your stuff is better than a lot of pro work on the shelves today.

[sgm]

Steve -- Would you want to give the following page a try? I'd love to see your version of it!!
http://digitalwebbing.com/forums/showthread.php?t=77279
I checked out your script.

I don't have any time right now to consider doing it cuz I'm getting stuff together for the big Canadian National Expo in less than 2 weeks, but I really do like your idea here. I don't know if it's the crazy old school dialogue or the equally nutty names of your characters.

Written tongue-in-cheek this could be a really fun read, as long as this particular story ends here. (I actually once read a story like this that didn't. I forget the name, but I wished death upon the author towards the end. Yes, it actually ended, believe it, or not.)

Uh... I hope your intent was satire...

-Steve

[sgm]

I'd like to see some Steve in print. I really like the style.
Steve in print can be found in Imperium Comics' "Trailer Park of Terror Color Special #3" ordered thru Diamond. A short story collection.

I also just finished another short for them that should be coming out soon.

[sgm]

Even though I've come to this thread ridiculously late, and can't possibly provide any input or critique that hasn't already been mentioned, I'd still like to say that all of these pages are truly incredible, and i look forward to seeing your work in print, Steve. Hopefully you and I will have the chance to work together at some point in the future. Your stuff is better than a lot of pro work on the shelves today.
Thanks Mike and everybody else who has taken the time to post their thoughts on my work. I really appreciate it.

I wish I could show all the great sequentials I've been doing, but it's all either going to print, or being reviewed for potential publication.

But maybe soon I'll have something big that I can post...;)

[Kel Nuttall]

Steve in print can be found in Imperium Comics' "Trailer Park of Terror Color Special #3" ordered thru Diamond.
I THOUGHT the style looked familiar. I just lettered that book not long ago! :D Good stuff.

[Cinar]

very tight work.tells a good story but some renders are over done(like some of guys said) but beautiful pages.one thing that disturbed me:in the last panel of 1st page she looks like she is sleeping.you gotta add more spirit in the action there.she jumps and we have to feel the jump and it has to look like fast.
but like I said:excellent work!

[Wayne Drake]

damn, i could never draw ONE of those panels THAT good in my whole life. Dayum, too awesome :har:

[sgm]

Came back from the big Toronto Con this past weekend and got right into these new pages.

They were done as part of a general submission package and I'm going to be adding more pages next week.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/pood/spacestorypg1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/pood/spacestorypg2.jpg

[Karnivorex]

:w00t: :kewl: :thumbs:

greta now stop teasing and show us what has them all startled.
hehe

[sgm]

:w00t: :kewl: :thumbs:

greta now stop teasing and show us what has them all startled.
hehe
Sorry, too tired to have done any more. That 3 day con over the past weekend wore me out.

I met some cool people.

C.B.Cebulski
Eddie Berganza
Ty Templeton

Saw Finch, McNiven, Bagley, Land, Michael Turner and lots of others.

[matts128]

Wow as always!! I would love to have you do something for me. Are you into taking on another project? Maybe a short piece or something? Big fan of your stuff!

[Imperium Comics]

Steve in print can be found in Imperium Comics' "Trailer Park of Terror Color Special #3" ordered thru Diamond. A short story collection.

I also just finished another short for them that should be coming out soon.

Well, that depends on if you consider October soon. It'll be in Trailer Park of Terror Halloween Special #2, available then.

Let your retailers know to order some copies--it's Steve drawing zombie babies, you know you want to see that!

James Dracoules
Editor
www.imperiumcomics.com

[sgm]

Wow as always!! I would love to have you do something for me. Are you into taking on another project? Maybe a short piece or something? Big fan of your stuff!
I'm pretty busy doing freelance stuff, but I can do the occasional short story (like I've done for Imperium Comics).

But most of my free time for comics is spent on this project I'm doing with Sean Dulaney.

Hopefully we can get it picked up (it's got sexy ladies and guns. what more can you ask for?)

[SDulaney]

I'm pretty busy doing freelance stuff, but I can do the occasional short story (like I've done for Imperium Comics).

But most of my free time for comics is spent on this project I'm doing with Sean Dulaney.



Hmmm...that name sounds familiar.

[sgm]

Hmmm...that name sounds familiar.

He's your clone.

I got him from Marvel at a discount.

-Steve

[GRIMSCRIBE]

Steve. your work is simply beautiful. And I'm not at all surprised half the writers on this board would cut off an arm (...hmmm...maybe a finger..ha) to work with you on anything. Include me in that bunch.
Seriously, you've got a wonderful talent for sequential storytelling that comes through in every page you do. Fully expect your career to soar to the top and soon with this caliber of work.
Best of luck,
Ron Fortier

[Mack72]

These pages are excellent! Can't believe I missed them!(although, in my defence, I've only been lurking for a week or so!)

Anyway, I was wondering..are you going to ink/colour these or are these passed on?

Great work
Cheers
Mack

[Baron Spider]

nice stuff, dude

[sgm]

Originally planned as a splash-page, I decided against that because I've got too much story that needed to fit into 6 pages. I planned on having more pages ready, but that spit-curl gave me a hard time.

Plus I'm leaving town for the weekend.

I'll be back on Monday. Take care!

-Steve Molnar

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/pood/spacestorypg3.jpg

BTW,

- Grimscribe, don't cut anything off! It never did anything for anyone's career other than to freak out some chick Van Gogh had the hots for.

-Mack72; These are just submission/practice pieces for me to do while I work out some kinks in my style. I don't plan on inking, or coloring them.

-Baron Spider; Thanks.

[the machine]

wow stephen-- that last page is just effin awesome!!!!

my fav part are the gloves in the astronauts hands- just great stuff


supes is of course fantastic. his facial expression rocks!

joel!

[sgm]

Thanks Joel.

I wish I could post more pages from this script, but I've run into a few problems.

So, now would be a good time to post some pages from the story I did for Imperium Comics' "Trailer Park of Terror Halloween Special" # 2 (on sale next month). It was a really fun story to do. I think I only had to draw an average of 3.5 panels /page! I love this writer!

- Steve Molnar

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/pood/zombiespg1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/pood/zombiespg2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/pood/zombiespg3.jpg

[VANDAL]

Been watching your thread for a while, you are capable of some VERY strong work but tend to get a little lazy with composition at times. For instance, the panel with the first view of the zombie children is absolutely CLASSIC, however, the panel with the children attacking the two men is WAY too muddy, especially the guy on the lower right chopping off the little girl's head. I have no clue what is going on around his waist area, it's just too mixed up there but with some small tweeks you could fix it for clarity's sake.

[sgm]

Been watching your thread for a while, you are capable of some VERY strong work but tend to get a little lazy with composition at times. For instance, the panel with the first view of the zombie children is absolutely CLASSIC, however, the panel with the children attacking the two men is WAY too muddy, especially the guy on the lower right chopping off the little girl's head. I have no clue what is going on around his waist area, it's just too mixed up there but with some small tweeks you could fix it for clarity's sake.
I know what you mean Vandal. There were a few panels on this script that I did rather loose, hoping to save time by finishing up with the inks.

In terms of composition that particular panel never turned out the way I wanted it to. In the end I had to bite the bullet.

[matts128]

I love your work. Especially like the G.I. Joe pages you have done and shown previously.

[Ray Dillon]

Wow. I missed this thread. You have some really solid stuff here!! I love your use of detail and shadow. I think anything that could possibly be brought up in critiques are things that will soon work themself out. You've got the basics down at a professional level.

Fantastic stuff! Looking forward to more! :kewl: :kewl:

[sgm]

I love your work. Especially like the G.I. Joe pages you have done and shown previously.


Thanks man, I'm glad to liked them. I hope you like the new stuff too (like the Superman pages), because I'm trying to simplify my work and cut down on unnecessary detail.

Wow. I missed this thread. You have some really solid stuff here!! I love your use of detail and shadow. I think anything that could possibly be brought up in critiques are things that will soon work themself out. You've got the basics down at a professional level.

Fantastic stuff! Looking forward to more! :kewl: :kewl:

Well...I hope you'll stay interested when I tone down the details.

But the shadows stay! I promise!

[Mark Bertolini]

The art is killer, my only complaint is that when the guy with the machine gun ambushes her, she easily could have kicked his ass (the is Black Widow, right?), not get taken hostage. Also, when the water gets thrown in her face, its unclear what it is and where it's coming from.

[sgm]

The art is killer, my only complaint is that when the guy with the machine gun ambushes her, she easily could have kicked his ass (the is Black Widow, right?), not get taken hostage. Also, when the water gets thrown in her face, its unclear what it is and where it's coming from.
You make some good points Mark.

I was really pushing a realistic style at that time and I fell into the trap of making the action TOO real (i.e. boring).

The bucket the water was thrown from, is shown in the next panel (in the skinhead's hand), but gets lost in the background. In hindsight I would have shown the bucket in the foreground (maybe just as a silhouette to break the panel) then gone to the shot of Red Skull entering.

-Stephen Molnar

[sgm]

These were published thru Imperium Comics in June, so I think it's okay to show them now.

I've posted the first 3 pages before, but for the sake of clarity I'll post again, along with the rest of the story.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays DWer's!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/pood/HUSHpencilspage1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/pood/HUSHpencilspage2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/pood/HUSHpencilspage3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/pood/HUSHpencilspage4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/pood/HUSHpencilspage5.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/pood/HUSHpencilspage6.jpg

[Batista235]

wow, man that blew me away!! :eek:

great stork design too

[sgm]

wow, man that blew me away!! :eek:

great stork design too
Thanks!

But the stork design is really just what the writer asked for: "giant demaon-stork with horns". I just gave it teeth.

BTW, that 3rd panel on the last page is supposed to be a hand "photoshoped' over a copy of the preceding panel. I didn't indicate that on the pencils since I inked them myself.

[Paul Sanderson]

Impressive.

[sgm]

It's been quite some time since anything has been added here art-wise and while I've done some stuff, I can't show much of it.

So here's something I can show.

Stuff I did last week for the upcoming con in Toronto. I'm hoping to get some more stuff done this week before I leave on Friday.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/pood/wolverinepg1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/pood/wolverinepg2v0.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/pood/wolverinepg3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/pood/wolverinepg4.jpg


Edit: Posted the changes I made to page 2 before I left for the Toronto Comicon.

[sgm]

This was going to be a page from the original script of the Wolverine sequentials. I scrapped it because the backgrounds would have been too easy and I wanted to showcase some perspective work.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/pood/wlvrnvs.jpg

Maybe some day I'll go back and do this version for fun.

[Flawless]

HOLY SHIT! MAN! Please tell me what did you do to get such clean lines? What size paper do you do your pannels on? Do you use referances for anatomy? Or did you just pratice again and again until you got it? Because your stuff is amazing! I wish I had the energy to do so much detail. What kinda pencils do you use?! I just need to know!

Jeff

[sgm]

Please tell me what did you do to get such clean lines? What size paper do you do your pannels on? Do you use referances for anatomy? Or did you just pratice again and again until you got it? Because your stuff is amazing! I wish I had the energy to do so much detail. What kinda pencils do you use?! I just need to know!

Jeff

Thanks Flawless!

Photoshop helps a lot in making pages look clean. :har:

Honestly, my pages are usually very clean, but that's because I constantly remove smudges with a kneeded eraser.

Figures are the first thing I typically draw and everything else follows. I sometimes use reference for stuff, especially with something that's giving me difficulty. If I've never drawn it before, I always get a reference. I do all figure-work with 0.5mm HB mechanical pencil on regular printer paper then resize it in Photoshop. At this point it's pretty loose, but sometimes it gets quite detailed. I lightbox the printout and then construct the backgrounds with the HB mech pencil right on 11"x17" 400 series Strathmore bristol smooth that I cut from those 18"x24" pads.

I then add spotblacks with an H and while I'm adding the feathering/hatching with the HB mech pencil, I also outline the spotblacks.

Lastly, I add some lineweight (mostly around figures) with a regular B pencil.

In Photoshop, I usually only have to increase the Brightness and Contrast by 10 each to clean up the scans.

That's it!

A lot of unnecessary work IMO, but I still enjoy doing it.

[JamieRoberts]

It's only unnecessary if it didn't improve your resulting artwork. I think it's clear that your stuff has a lot of care and time put into it and it looks a cut above the rest for that exact reason.

It's good to see you are posting sequentials, and not just a couple of pages. You are
showing that you have the raw talent, the will, the effort and the love for your craft.

Really impressive.

[sgm]

Thanks Jamie.

I guess what I really meant was I'm doing the inker's job with all the filled-in spotblacks and lineweights, but since these are for submissions I go the extra mile.

I doubt I could do it on a tight schedule, like on a monthly book.

[mikeexner3]

Steve, these are incredible pages. I really have to commission you for work one of these days. Your style here reminds me a lot of Harris on "Ex Machina", but these pages also have an exaggerated flair to them that make them vastly entertaining. Great work!

[khoipham]

holy crap, steve! i didn't realize this thread was still going....

anyhow, i love where your style is heading. just awesome. :banana:

[sgm]

Steve, these are incredible pages. I really have to commission you for work one of these days. Your style here reminds me a lot of Harris on "Ex Machina", but these pages also have an exaggerated flair to them that make them vastly entertaining. Great work!

Harris? Really?

I thought he drew realistically... :har:

BTW, I did do some work on a few Night Star sketches a while ago. Some comedy pieces and some action. I just didn't send you anything to check out, because I didn't think it fit in with your idea of the character. All the sketches are pretty loose and derived from the "animated" version V Shane did. I think that streamlined version fits more with my style.

[sgm]

holy crap, steve! i didn't realize this thread was still going....

anyhow, i love where your style is heading. just awesome. :banana:


:laugh:

If you think this stuff looks good, wait until you see the "secret" project I'm working on for Sean Dulaney.

If I ever get it done. :(

These Wolverine pages didn't get that great a reaction from some people I showed them to a few weeks back. They asked me if this was OLDER work.

I guess I went too cartoony.

[SDulaney]

:laugh:

If you think this stuff looks good, wait until you see the "secret" project I'm working on for Sean Dulaney.

If I ever get it done. :(



What the hell...toss a couple of the pages up. ;)

[mikeexner3]

BTW, I did do some work on a few Night Star sketches a while ago. Some comedy pieces and some action. I just didn't send you anything to check out, because I didn't think it fit in with your idea of the character. All the sketches are pretty loose and derived from the "animated" version V Shane did. I think that streamlined version fits more with my style.

Ah, see that is where you're wrong, my friend. The idea of the character of Night Star is to "evolve" in style with the changing styles of the artists that work on him. Night Star is a celebrity first, and a superhero second, so the way each individual artist interprets his style (and the stylistic trends) is the way I'd like Night Star to be portrayed. The character has changed a bunch since Anthony Castrillo did the first sketch, and I'm hoping it'll continue to be that way. Drop me a pm sometime, and maybe we can work on something.

And... yeah! Harris, man! But only more exaggerated and cooler. That's a good thing. :har:

Hope to see those new pages you did for Sean soon. I'll keep me eyes peeled.

[sgm]

What the hell...toss a couple of the pages up. ;)

If I did that it wouldn't be a "secret" project anymore!

[creativesynergy]

I haven't read through your entire thread here yet (daunting task that it is), but I was noticing quite a difference in your pencilling style from the beginning with the Black Widow pages to your current Wolverine samples. Is that your range or has your style changed? I think the Wolverine pages would have sang in that original, more photorealistic style. The more cartoonish style doesn't set the tone/mood as effectively. More on these last pages later.

[sgm]

I get what you mean and for the most part I agree that a more realistic look would suit the Wolverine pages.

My early work and especially the Black Widow pages were heavily referenced and the tone was quite serious. While I understand that realism has become quite popular in comics, it's something I don't wish to pursue any longer. I'm more interested in facial expressions, body language and humour. With that said, my Wolverine pages are a bit more cartoony than my present style. Probably because I did them rather quickly.

FYI, I plan on slowing myself down a bit ;)

[creativesynergy]

By the way, how's Montreal? I moved out here to Calgary in '99 from LaSalle. Born and raised in Chateauguay. Do they still have comic conventions every three months on the island? That was overkill during the early '90's. The creative community out here is very strong and supportive, something I felt was lacking back then in Montreal. Has that changed?

[sgm]

By the way, how's Montreal? I moved out here to Calgary in '99 from LaSalle. Born and raised in Chateauguay. Do they still have comic conventions every three months on the island? That was overkill during the early '90's. The creative community out here is very strong and supportive, something I felt was lacking back then in Montreal. Has that changed?

I wish I could tell you! I actually live way off island, in Rigaud. Even people in Quebec don't know where it is, so I give Montreal as my location. :laugh:

Yeah, they still have those cons, but I haven't been in a while. I always find out about them too late. They're nothing compared to the ones I went to in the late '80',s though. Those were HUGE!

I don't really know the local guys very well, other than Wes Craig, who I went to college with. He worked on "Touch" for the defunct DC Focus line and now does some work on Batman: Strikes. He helped me quite a bit when I started at sequentials.

[bezelleo]

Don't know how I missed this thread, but wow... very cool stuff. I really like your horror story with the cool-looking stork. Those GI Joe pages were very nice as well.
Looking forward to seeing where your art is at now. :happy:

[sgm]

My first sequential work ever was an 8-page Spider-Man submission that earned me my first rejection letter. Someday I'll post them just to show people what happens when you don't draw for 6 years. :yuk:

Anyway, here's some recent work done in-between projects:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/pood/Spider-Man_SGM_page1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/pood/Spider-Man_SGM_page2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/pood/Spider-Man_SGM_page3.jpg

I've just noticed that I've put Betty Brant and Spider-Man in the same panel doing the EXACT same pose! Man, I have to watch out for that... :slap:

[mikeexner3]

I've just noticed that I've put Betty Brant and Spider-Man in the same panel doing the EXACT same pose! Man, I have to watch out for that... :slap:

That's what I was going to say! But, man... these pages are amazing, Steve! Especially considering you did them in your free time betweenyour other projects. Are you going to be at San Diego, because you HAVE to show these to the brass at Marvel. I'm not sold on the big toe jutting out on Spidey's right foot in the first panel, but everything else is breathtaking. Especially the panel with Spidey hitting the window (JJ's face is priceless!), and the panel with Green Goblin coming through the window. Also, there's something about the way Spidey is holding Ms. Brant in the last panel that doesn't vibe with me. I think maybe he should be golding her underarm too, or the position of Spidey's arm should change. Great, great stuff.

[joshm]

Your work is refined and very consistent. For the most part I like it. Clean pencils, clear backgrounds, and story is easy to understand.

Crits: First page, first panel, the cars in the background are too close to the skyscrapers; in other words, they should be further down. If you think about how high are skyscrapers then you wouldn't see the cars so well, plus they are further away as it is. Panel two, the background seems to be leaning slightly. If you were going for this, I suggest leaning it a lot more so it appears to be something you did on purpose.

Second page, first panel, the window seems a lot smaller than it is in the third panel on first page. In proportion to spidy the window is not the same size. Not a big problem, but something to think about. Filth panel, spidy looks like he's leaning on something, but it is off screen so I can't tell, either that, he's just leaning and going to fall over.

Page three, panel one, spidy's spider sense should be larger, or more around his head. Panel two, the action of spidy is weak. He looks like he's going to sit down, rather than help the two victims.

Keep it up.

Josh

[sgm]

- Mike: Thanks man! No, I won't be going to SDCC. I don't really go to many cons other than the ones in Toronto and even that's a 5 hour drive for me. Still, I've made a lot of contacts at Marvel and DC from those, so I'll keep going until I land something with one of them. I can understand your point about the toe in page1 panel1. I was trying to keep it consistent with Dodson's version and I just over-did-it. As for the last panel on page 3, I just wanted to vary his hold on the 2 people. Guess I goofed, since now it looks like he's playing grab-ass with her. :eek:

- joshm: Thanks for the crits. I agree with everything you said. I'm still a bit clumsy with my perspective, but it's good that someone can point things out to me when I miss them. That's the reason I post my stuff. Every crit sticks with me when I go to the next thing and I know what to watch out for.

Thanks again!

[joshm]

I've been getting so much help from everyone that I thought I'd start posting crits more often. Plus, they help me see mistakes I would make or have made. So, in a way I'm helping my own work as much, if not more, than those I critique. Good to hear that it helps, though.

Josh

[joe calkins2]

I love it. What are your page rates? Please respond asap as I need someone for a 36 page book and I need them yesterday. Thanks!

[sgm]

These were the last 3 pages of a short story for Imperium Comics' Trailer Park of Terror Halloween Special from last year.

It's a historical document since this is exactly when I starting doing my "overly-polished" pencil look :har:

The previous pages can be found a few pages back in this thread, or on my site. I should get that thing updated soon...too bad I don't know how to do it. :slap:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/pood/ITBpencilspg4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/pood/ITBpencilspg5.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/pood/ITBpencilspg6.jpg

[JamieRoberts]

Aaaargh! Shee-it!

I can see the progression in your style, bu-- bu--

FRICKIN' KILLER BABIES?! I've got to sleep tonight!

Steve, you've at once impressed and disturbed me.

[DAR]

nice work man.. :carrot:

[eltonpruitt]

Stephen,

I am totally in love with your "overly-polished" pencil look!

Those are some sweet pages -- absolutely top notch.

[carynord]

Damn, son. Those spidey pages are perfect. Absolutely perfect ...much more fluid than the wolverine pages you posted earlier in this thread.

Well done!

[jimmybott]

SPIDEY, WOW :thumbs: I really like the slightly more open, graphic style you adapted to for the spidey pages. Awesome work :banana:

[Kel Nuttall]

Spidey pages....wow.

[Craig DeBoard]

I am officially in awe.

Officially.
:kewl:

[crookstreet152]

great work. You've got a great realistic style. And you obviously know how to draw all types of vehicles really well. wow. count me as impressed.

[Ryan Stegman]

Really great stuff. It's especially very well rendered, something I aspire to.

How do you do your pages? Do you draw small and then blow it up and finish or do you do most of your work on the final board? And if you do most of your work on the final board, then how much smudging is on the actual board? I can't even fathom how you can pull off the style you're pulling off!

[sgm]

quones - Thanks Jamie! Those zombie babies are the creepiest things I ever drew, but I laugh everytime I see them. Reminds me about this television ad for Gerbers pablum.

DAR - Thanks!

eltonpruitt - Thanks, but if I'm ever going to do a monthly book I've got to stop. But it's so HARD!

carynord - Thanks Cary! Those Wolverine pages weren't that bad... :cry: I hoped to see you at the Canadian National Expo, but I didn't see your name on the list...

jimmybott - Thanks James! I got some crits for not varying my shots enough on those Wolverine pages and for the lack of backgrounds. These Spider-man pages are also my attempt at the "widescreen" look.

Kel Nuttall - Great work on the last Trailer Park of Terror book Kel, as usual :thumbs:

Craig DeBoard - Thanks man!

crookstreet152 - Thank you. I try to keep things looking as natural as possible, but sometimes the desire to "unclench" and go with a more traditional, or "animated" look is hard to resist. Like in the Wolverine pages.

Ryan Stegman - Thanks man! Yeah, I vary how I do my layouts, but usually I sketch out everything and put it together in Photoshop, print it out and lightbox it. Mostly the sketches are horrible, but some get pretty finished when I'm having fun. So, a lot of it's done on board, as is most of my perspective work. To keep things clean, I use a kneeded eraser. Final pencils are usually B or softer if needed.

[Cloves Rodrigues]

I am made an impression!

[sgm]

Thanks Cloves and welcome to Digital Webbing!

You draw really well. Keep posting your art!

[sgm]

Some stuff I drew for Imperium Comic's Trailer Park of Terror #4 (May 2006).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/pood/TPoT_4/mushroomspage1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/pood/TPoT_4/mushroomspage2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/pood/TPoT_4/mushroomspage3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/pood/TPoT_4/mushroomspage4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/pood/TPoT_4/mushroomspage5.jpg

[Imperium Comics]

Nostalgia's great, but I think you need to do some new TPoT work...

JD

[snowviper]

now why aren't you drawing G.I.Joe instead of that Tim Seeley character? he has his moments, but really, how much work can he do before it's all the same?

[eltonpruitt]

Nostalgia's great, but I think you need to do some new TPoT work...

JD
Hear, hear!

[khoipham]

i like more junk in the trunk. :slap:

[sgm]

Imperium Comics - Hey, I like nostalgia. You should see my wardrobe. It looks like Huggy Bear's closet. Seriously, it's sad how much vintage polyester I've got, especially since I was born in 1978.
:confused:

snowviper - Probably because he can meet his deadlines.

eltonpruitt - You too?!?

i like more junk in the trunk. :slap:
I was wondering why your Spider-man had such a fat ass in that What If? book.
:nyah:

[Wheeljack]

Impressive... very nice... let's see Paul Allen's card...

[Wheeljack]

I agree with Khoi, more cushion for the pushin'.

[Caio Reis]

Fantastic pages man! It's incredible how much you changed your style from those early black widow pages! I see where you're going and it's looking great.
My suggestion is that you use less blacks on your girls, as you did on the last page, panel 4. Understand that you tried to create a shadowy environment, but use too much black and the figure becomes too heavy, hard to read.
Your other strong point is storytelling. Great panel flow!
Hope to see you on the tops soon! :thumbs:

[sgm]

Wheeljack - Paul Allen? I'm not familiar with his work. Do you mean the guy who does Doc Paradox?

Caio Reis - Thanks my friend. I've constantly messing around how I render a drawing. Sometimes it's cartoony, sometimes realistic, but the basic drawing is always done the same way.

You're completely right about the heavy blacks on the figures and that panel on page 4. It's mostly to do with my bad habit of over-rendering. I'm still weening myself off of it and for the most part it's working, but every now and then I stumble.

Thanks for the compliment on the storytelling. I actually enjoy that part the most when I'm drawing comics.

[eltonpruitt]

Thanks for the compliment on the storytelling. I actually enjoy that part the most when I'm drawing comics.
Ah, music to a writer's ears...

[Newbs]

wow, this stuff is awesome. Really great work. It's cool to see how you have changed your style since the first post.

[Wheeljack]

It's just a quote from the movie American Psycho when Patrick Bateman is devastatingly impressed and feel's the need to go kill people. LOL!

[Justice41]

Good stuff really fun going through these pages. You are fast going to an Adam Hughes direction style-wise. Just stretch the bodies out a bit and make the heads a bit larger and rounder in back unless of course the character has a blockhead. You draw just like a friend of mine who adores Adam Hughes.

[down21]

Wow, great pages and consistantly great throughout Luuv it!

[sgm]

Thanks guys!

Justice41 - Glad you liked the pages Roy. You're 100% right about the odd-shaped heads. When it came out in print I noticed it in the medium shot on the bottom of page 2 where she's on the cell, but now that you mention it there are a number of other instances. I'm going to keep that in mind from now on. I don't want to develope any wierd quirks :laugh:

[jimmybott]

I really love checking out this thread :) Awesome work steve :kewl:

[hellblazer72]

i like how your stuff has progressed from the black widow pages...i liked the wtf look on the girls face in the last panel...i'm sensing a adam hughes influence in your style...which is never a bad thing :) keep showing those pages...

[sgm]

jimmybott - Thanks James. Congrats again on the Dabel Bros./Marvel deal. I'm looking forward to seeing Half Dead.

hellblazer72 - Thanks, I think a "WTF" moment is always warranted when you find mushrooms sprouting from your ears. :laugh:

[mikeexner3]

Hey Steve. Or should I say... bonjour? Awesome artwork, as always. I agree with what's been said about the change in your style. It's definitely for the better. I also checked out the Hoverboy preview and really dug that too. The lettering is a touch small, but everything else looks great. Keep up the great work, man.

[Jimmy]

nice work!