Book Signing

Posted on May 26, 2009 by josh

So, the day has finally come. Issue #2 of the League of Extraordinarily Stupid Gentlemen is printed and will be in stores this week. To celebrate Brian (the Penciler/Writer) and I will be at Brave New Worlds Comics in Willow Grove, PA this Saturday signing these things! To make things way cooler, Steve from Preston & Steve will be there from 1pm – 3pm too! Cool huh?
So, what’s this drawing of a chic with a sword have to do with all of this?
Nothing.
Just thought I should post a drawing with the news. So what if it doesn’t apply? It’s something.

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Dr. Sketchy’s April session

Posted on April 10, 2009 by josh


Here are some sketches from the latest Dr. Sketchy’s event in south Jersey. They had two great models, AprilMayI and Jean. The theme was cyberpunk. Awesome right? I posted 2 sketches from the day. The single figure is AprilMayI sitting for a 20 minute pose. The other sketch was both models sitting for 40 minutes and doing this mirror image thing. Good times!

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A Very Iron Maiden Birthday

Posted on February 18, 2009 by josh

Here’s an illustration I did for your friend and mine Jeff Rappaport. I use to do a lot of this kinda thing for Metal Rules! Magazine (which Jeff founded… if you didn’t know), but this was just for Jeff’s birthday.

The illo was done on a standard comic book page with non-photo blue pencil (which I took out in Photoshop for this post.) Then inked with mostly a Winsor-Newton series 7 round #1 brush… and some tech pen. If you want to see the original you’ll have to go to Jeff’s house and ask him real nice. You could also see some photos that Jeff took and posted on his facebook pages. But you probably already know that… he’s friends with half the world.
The End.

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Dr. Sketchy’s

Posted on February 2, 2009 by josh


Finally, a new post! It’s been awhile, but here are two sketches to make up for lost months.
So, I went to a Dr. Sketchy’s event (www.madcow-designs.com) in South Jersey this past Sunday (Yep, drawing on Super Bowl Sunday) and sketched these two lovely ladies. They were 20 minute sketches (give or take a few). The girl sitting down is Victoria and the Roller Derby girl is Hot Rod Hussy. Awesome time, awesome models. Well worth ten dollars for an afternoon of figure drawing.

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Conan

Posted on June 20, 2008 by josh


Here’s a sketch of Conan. I was a huge fan of the first movie with Arnold… not so much the second one with Grace Jones. As cool as Wilt the Stilt was, he had a hand in trying to tear down Robert E. Howard’s Cimmerian.
But I digress… a little.
The artwork by Tomas Giorello in the newest issues of Conan are brilliant. It inspired me to do this sketch.
Dark Horse comics publishes the comics you should check it out… here

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Wizard World Philly

Posted on May 28, 2008 by josh

Hello all. Come visit me at the Wizard World Philly convention this Saturday and Sunday (May 31 & June 1). I’ll be hanging out at the 2 Society Studios table representing the League of Extraordinarily Stupid Gentlemen comic book, which features 93.3 WMMR’s Preston & Steve. We’ll have original artwork from issue 2 and other fun stuff.
We’ll also be doing sketches. Not sure if there is a fee for them yet, but if you come to me and give the password “Monkey Bottom” then I’ll sketch you something for FREE!

Please enjoy Melvin and Jellybean every week also.
It’s good for you!

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Ah Hah!

Posted on April 16, 2008 by josh


Well, I’ve been away for awhile, but here is something I’ve been… away for awhile for…
Anyway, I present to you, Melvin and Jellybean the website!
It’s just a start. We will be adding much more content, but there is plenty enough to amuse you for say 15 minutes.
Check it out here: Melvin and Jellybean

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It’s Just that You Look So Nice…

Posted on March 19, 2008 by josh


I am happy to announce that I will be working with 2 Society Studios to produce a comic book for the Philadelphia morning show Preston & Steve. Brian Coates of 2 Society Studios is doing the penciling and I will be doing the inking.
The image above is a 2-panel selection from the book that shows the pencils in the original glory and the after effects of my inks.
Preston & Steve are Philly’s biggest morning program. You can find them every Monday through Friday from 6 am to 10 am on 93.3 WMMR. Podcasts and other fun downloads are available here: WMMR
If you are over 18 there is even more fun here: Preston & Steve
The comic book, The League of Extraordinarily Stupid Gentlemen (LXSG), features the cast of Preston & Steve and their super-heroic alter egos. There will be plenty of comedy for the average reader and that comedy multiplies if you are familiar with the show.
This will be issue 2 in the LXSG series and it will be released this Spring.
Stay tuned for more info on the comic and check out the links above for more info on Preston & Steve.

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Yo JOE!

Posted on March 1, 2008 by josh

So, I started reading the cast for the upcoming G.I. Joe live action movie and I got inspired to sketch Snake Eyes. I didn’t reference any specific version of him. Just kinda did it out of my head.
I used gray Prisma markers to sketch first. Then went back with darker tones of gray markers. Finally, I used a fine tip pen (0.5 I think) to add in the detail. Recently, I’ve been going through some of my concept art books (Star Wars I & II mostly) and wanted to try something in that style. Check out Doug Chiang’s work… he’s awesome.

C’mon. It’s Snake Eyes. He’s badass!

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Sketch for Jason

Posted on January 21, 2008 by josh


Here is a sketch for Jason.
He gave me some characters as sketching inspiration… and I was inspired to oblige.
The main man up front has a rocket fist, an energy blast from the other palm and dual energy pistols. Pretty loaded right?
The lady in the background can fly, open wormholes, and create bubbles of air in space. It was fun to take a break from the various projects I’m on and play around for a few minutes.
I should get back to work now.

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