Posted: July 28th, 2010 | Author: sean azzopardi | Filed under: News | Tags: 2010, Convention sketches, Lemmy, Motorhead, Sean Azzopardi | No Comments »
During one of those quiet convention moments, i started drawing 80′s metal people as film monsters. Now Lemmy is more Rock and Roll than metal, but i’m sure we can let that pass. I may post some of the others, if the crowd demands it. My favourite Motorhead tune? Maybe we are the road crew, the feedback solo at the end is a real treat.
Posted: July 27th, 2010 | Author: sean azzopardi | Filed under: News | Tags: 2010, Draw Harvey!, Harvey Pekar, Sean Azzopardi | No Comments »
This was my contribution to the Flickr group draw Harvey!
Set up by Adam Cadwell, check out his stuff too.
Posted: July 26th, 2010 | Author: sean azzopardi | Filed under: Comics, Ed | Tags: 2010, Ed, Sean Azzopardi | No Comments »
Issues five and six are near completion with regards to the line work. They still require greyscale, and lettering, which will be digital. My hand lettering is not robust enough for 140 pages.
Time permitting there will be some re-drawing of earlier of Ed, starting with issue four. At the time this was created, i was in a mindset of write and draw and print as fast as possible. It was around the time of the Camden stall, and coming off the back of my second 24 hour comic. Here is a page of before and after.
Posted: July 22nd, 2010 | Author: sean azzopardi | Filed under: Reviews | Tags: 100 days of winter, 2010, Richard Bruton, Sean Azzopardi | No Comments »
Richard Bruton has posted his review of 100 days of winter.
Cheers Richard!
Posted: July 12th, 2010 | Author: sean azzopardi | Filed under: Ed | Tags: 2010, Ed, Sean Azzopardi | No Comments »
This is the back cover for issue 5.
At the moment i am writing the final draft for issue five and six. A few extra pages of line art are need for issue five. Still trying to decide on hand lettering or computer font. Issue 6 line work is progressing, but a lot of the writing needs re-writing. Still optimistic about it being ready for November. The story in these two issues sees Ed visiting St Ives to gather source material for a magazine article on ancient fertility symbols. The plot thickens when he to decides to stay at the house of old crush Marian.
As i was drawing away last week Sarah Mcintyre was on holiday in the same area, and made a lot better job of depicting the location.
Here is a photo of the page progress so far.
Posted: July 6th, 2010 | Author: sean azzopardi | Filed under: Comics, Ed | Tags: 2010, Ed, Sean Azzopardi | 2 Comments »
I am back at work, so expect the page completion to slow down, so indulge me while i bask in the glow of recent activity. This page was inked this morning before going to day job. I have finished the line work on 40 pages in the last month, which for me is a record. Normally this would be about five months work.
What does this all mean in the wider scheme of things? Well, for me it has set a new standard, being able to generate pages faster and in quantity, starts suggesting ideas. Small books about 40 pages long completed in two months perhaps. Or see how much can be developed over six months. who knows, but i’m not committed to any work, so i have total freedom.
It’s very exciting.
As was the Fabio Moon Gabriel Ba talk in the Underbelly at the South Bank. I really like both there work, but to hear them talk about it was a real pleasure, and inspired lots of new thoughts. What i really enjoyed was the naturalness of how they described ideas, approach, and life as inspiration and as material. For me, a good talk should inspire confidence, and make a person want to get back to the studio to continue. This was was one of those talks.
Posted: July 5th, 2010 | Author: sean azzopardi | Filed under: Ed | Tags: 2010, Ed, Sean Azzopardi | No Comments »
Ed was a project that started in 2005. It was an attempt to try something light and cheery, as a lot of my work had become grim and dark. There was four mini comics produced, then i kind off forgot about him. There was another two issues in various stages of thumbnails and script, so it has been easy to pick it up again. As mentioned in previous posts, the intention is to collect it all together for later this year. Below is a photo of the work so far.
Posted: July 5th, 2010 | Author: sean azzopardi | Filed under: Black Leather | Tags: 2010, Black Leather, Sean Azzopardi, update | 4 Comments »
Progress has been slow. This is a totally new project for me and has lots of different characters, so it’s been tricky working it all out. But, it’s also exciting, as the original ideas are slowly getting twisted out of shape. I know what the ending will be, the rest is open to change. Below is a photo of the work so far.
Posted: July 3rd, 2010 | Author: sean azzopardi | Filed under: News | Tags: 2010, Artist, Azzopardi, studio | No Comments »
I love working here. I do miss having people around and being inspired by that kind of energy. But it’s a good time, no complaints.
Posted: July 2nd, 2010 | Author: sean azzopardi | Filed under: Ed | Tags: 2010, Ed, Part 6, Sean Azzopardi | No Comments »
Updates have been rare once more here at Phatcomics. Been busy drawing, all the pages for Ed 5 have been inked, just lettering and tone to be added. The above image is the cover for Ed 6. If the interior art is completed in time, then i will be collecting all 6 issues into a book and debuting it for Thought Bubble, in November.
