New sequential page

This week, I worked on inking my second page from Injustice, pencilled by David Yardin, and I also coloured a Tomb Raider image by Eric Basaldua and inked by DevGear.

Since DevGear's usage policy does;t allow me to post the actual image to my blog, a link will have to suffice. I am very happy with how the final version of this turned out, so make sure you go check it out here.

Check out my sequentials from pencilled by David Yardin below!

Pencils David Yardin, Inks Matt James

Sequential Inking!

This week has been a crazy busy week in my real life, so I didm;t get as much time to produce art as I would have liked, but I did decide to try my hand at some sequential inking - I have complete the first of what will be 4 pages by David Yardin. This was my first attempt at inking sequentials, and I am reasonably happy with how the page looks - but as with any sort of sequential art set, it will be how all the pages look together that will be the real test.

Anyways, as always, any opinions or feedback would be appreciated.

Pencils - David Yardin, Inks - Matt James

This week's inks and colours..

This week has been a very productive week for me, I have had the week off my regular, boring old day job, and spent the week producing work. I threw some colours down on some awesome pencils and inks featuring Red Sonja, Jason Vorhees and the Master Chief. I also inked up a really cool pic of Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine.

I have also scored a commission to do a tattoo design of Hades this week - so hopefully that will be finished to post next week, and I have also started work on some sequential inking samples, so that is something else to look forward too...

But for now, here is this weeks work!

Pencils by Chris Michaels, Inks by Matt James

Pencils by Jeremy Dale, Inks and Colours by Matt James

Pencils by Ed Benes, Inks by Craig DeBoard, Colours by Matt James

Pencils by Jimbo Salagado, Inks by Benjamin Weetman, Colours Matt James

This weeks pieces.

This week, I coloured an awesome Terry Dodson Young X-Men cover (inked by Jorge Copo), and I threw some inks down on an image of the Master Chief from Halo, penciled by Jeremy Dale. I will have colours coming for the Master Chief image really soon, and if you want to have a go at colouring it - I have a hi res version available at my DeviantArt page, I love to see what people can do with my inks.

The Young X-Men cover featuring Mirage and Magma gave me a chance to play with a few effects (especially on Magma) and just have a bit of fun.

Check them out, and let me know what you think.

Pencils by Jeremy Dale, Inks by Matt James

Pencils by Terry Dodson, Inks by Jorge Copo and Colours by Matt James

This week...

This weekend was a slower one for production (after the monster weekend from last weekend). I did do a some colours for a Freddy digital drawing I found on DeviantArt.

I have also done cover pencils and inks for a Batman story by Daniel Kalban. I was also commissioned over the weekend to do another Halo image for a young guy's 12th birthday, so that will be cool - but I can;t show them until next weekend.

So for now, enjoy Freddy Kruger by Frostdusk

Digital Drawing by Frostdusk, Colour by Matt James

Influence Spotlight: Andrew Wildman

This will be a regular feature on my page where I will talk about influences on my techniques and styles. Hopefully I can introduce you to new artists, or give you a different way to look at artists you already know.

Instead of doing an artist who I directly draw influence from, today I am going to talk about one of the artists who got me hooked on comics in the first place - and that would be Andrew Wildman. The very first comics I ever bought where an issue of DC's Unknown Soldier and Marvel's G.I. Joe in the early 1990's - and G.I. Joe became the first series I would "collect" - this was largely because Wildman's art drew me in immediately. 

He may not be everybody's big influence for pencilling technique etc, but he was the first comic artist to grab my attention - of course guys like Jim Lee and Joe Mad are bigger influence on my techniques and styles, but Wildman was my gateway drug, so to speak. Although he is probably better known for his work on Transformers - his G.I. Joe stuff has always been the standout in my eyes.

Check out some of Wildman's art below, and follow some of the links to see more info and galleries by the man himself.

Andrew Wildman Wiki

Andrew Wildman's Blog

Andrew Wildman's Homepage

Whats new this week??

Over the last weekend, I put some serious hours into my drawing.. so instead of talking about it, how about I just post the images!

Oh and don;t forget to check back Thursday, I will be posting my Halloween image :)

Pencils by Wes St Claire, Inks by Matt James

Pencils by Mike DeBalfo, Inks by Matt James

Pencils by Rantz, Inks by Dhinking, Colours by Matt James

Pencils, Inks and Colours by Matt James

Pencils by J Scott Campbell, Inks by J Skipper, Colours by Matt James

                                     

What have I been working on this week??

So each week, I will post a few samples of the stuff I have been working on for you all to see, I will try talk a little about what has been going on with my art and new techniques I am trying etc.

This week I have been working a few requests, and I also started work on a little something for Halloween - so make sure you check  back on the 31st to see what I have done. It will be worth the click!

My main focus this week has been working on my pencilling - and I decided the best way to do this was to offer requests in exchange for people sharing my Facebook page. I was pretty happy with how Sgt Rock and the Hector below turned out. I am hoping to get a few more requests going like this, because I really think doing art work that other request is a great way to push out side of my comfort zones (a good example of that is Hector - who is an OC for a fellow Deviant Art member), I have always had more problems drawing animals than humans, so I approached as a good challenge, and I am pretty happy that I did have a go at it, because I can see some definite improvement over earlier attempts. I am hoping to have coloured versions of these in times for next weeks update.

Anyways, enjoy Sgt Rock and Hector.

(p.s. if you want to make a request of me, like and share my Facebook page and I will gladly get something done for you)

Pencils and Inks by Matt James

Pencils and Inks by Matt James

Blog of the Week: Pencil Ink Comic Book Artist 1950's 1960s 1970s 1980s

Blog of the week is a regular Friday post in which I spotlight a blog or profile I have been reading during the week. These may be professional or amateur artists, but they will always be artists whose work I truly admire.

So today's blog of the week is not an individual artist, but a blog that focuses on vintage cmic cook art - more or less form the 1950's-1990's. I spend hours scanning through this blog (and it's updated multiple times a day - so there is always plenty to check out).

The main reason I love this page so much is because it covers the era of comic books from my childhood (and well before), so a lot of the stuff they post is the stuff I grew up reading, and the stuff that got me into drawing in the first place. You can search the massive number of posts by genre, artist or publisher, but be prepared to waste a lot of time!

This page is definitely worth checking out!

Pencilink

Blog of the Week: JK5-Inks

Blog of the week is a regular Friday post in which I spotlight a blog or profile I have been reading during the week. These may be professional or amateur artists, but they will always be artists whose work I truly admire.

This weeks "Blog of the Week" is going to be about an inker who I have worked on some colours for recently. The primary inker at JK5 is Jeff Graham, and his partner Kellie doing his black fills for him. I met Jeff via DeviantArt when I stumbled upon his outstanding inks while looking for some quality images to colour. To date I have coloured two of Jeff's inks, but I have plans to do more int he very near future!

Check out Jeff's work below and you can catch a lot more of it at DeviantArt and on Facebook.

Pencils by Mike DeBaflo, Inks by JK5-Inks, Colours by Matt James

Pencils by SJSegovia, Inks JK5-Inks, Colours Matt James

 Pencils by Keu Cha, Inks JK5-Inks                                   Pencils Marico Abreu, Inks JK5-Inks

Pencils by Ken Lashley, Inks by JK5-Inks