Colouring In

I believe that is the technical term, yes?

[obviously, again - Lee's fantastic pencils]

Lee Carter pencils, I scribble

My mate Lee, who is a proper current comic book artist on occasion, sent me a bunch of his Dredd pencils to have a crack at inking.

His pencils are superb.

You can find his blog here: http://mrleecarter.blogspot.com/

Work In Progress

I'm working on some more storyboard stuff.

Here's a random panel. Can you guess the movie?

Now with added chat

It's Basil Exposition! Dialogue hidden for spoilers.

Inking Darren

My mate, Darren, sends me the cracking pencils from his various comics projects.

I'm trying to develop a quick but good-looking inking style.

I couldn't resist inking a page and then slapping some colour on [Darren's stuff will eventually be fully painted].

I love old 70's comics which look effortless but just happen to be perfect.

How best to aim for this? Maybe, superb intricate draughtmanship in the pencils [Darren] and then fast inks slapped over the top [me].

16 Blocks storyboard

I set myself the challenge of doing some storyboard practise.

I wanted something contemporary and American, so I downloaded the screenplay to Richard Wenk's 16 Blocks - a Bruce Willis movie from a couple of years back - I storyboarded the first two pages of the screenplay.

I have the movie on DVD, and enjoyed it, but I can't honestly remember how it started.

I guess now I'm done with the boards, I can go take a look and see if the finished film is anything like my version.

Probably not, but hey, I had fun.

Quick Hulk Smash!

Still haven't seen the latest Hulk movie - it's lanquishing somewhere on our Love Film list.

He's only got 4 toes on his left foot, no wonder he's so angry.