this is the darkness/witchblade/angelus for broken trinity #3 for a topcow (my day job) comic exclusive cover.

i finished this one this early this morning. i DO NOT like to go into the office on a friday night. i HATE it. but i felt like being alone, so i cancelled my plans and went in cause i knew everybody else would be either out or at home. i draw best at night and alone. its easier to get into the "zone", when u have no distractions around. everything is closed at 3 or 4am, everybody u know is sleeping as well as editors. im not sure how long it took, but i left the office at 5am. it was a nice drive home. no LA traffic at that time on a sat morning.

not much thought went into this drawing as my boss Mr. Marc Silvestri himself practicaly layed out the design for me. he took three of my other layout designs and combined them to make a better piece. i cant say or do anything about it, because he's always right and he's been drawing professionaly as long as i've been alive. unfortunately, in the end...i dont feel as happy with a piece cause its not mine all my own. i didnt creat the magic behind the talent. oh well. the piece is better off for it anyway.

drawing three characters on a cover is typically easier then drawing two. i know how this sounds buts its true. how can 3 figures be easier then 2? well, with two, there's always the risk of dead space in between the two characters and having ur eye go straight to that dead space and gaze upon nothing. thats called bad composition. with 3 characters, its almost done for u already. stick one in the middle and one on either side, top or bottom. triangle composition is always the easist and sure compission u could do. its almost never wrong. oh, sure it could be approved upon like mine. but still not wrong.

witchblade is always so fun to do. plus her costume never covers very much, and u all know how much i like to draw the ladies. but the other reason is that she can make up anything with her powers. so i drew her with a sword and shield ready for battle. this book after all (i think) is about good vs evil. so instead of the usual sexy centre figure that i normally do, i went for a more badass feel. again, stern look, tilt head down..and even distrobution of weight in the upper vs lower body. power stance u know?

im not a big fan of drawing anything very big, and the darkness in the lower left corner is pretty damn big. the paper is 11x17. u are almost drawing with ur elbow rather than ur wrist to draw hair that lenth.

not much went into this piece, but i did have to stop a lot and set the drawing down in front of me and stare at it awhile and make sure the proportions were ok....but mostly staring at all the "overlapping" in this thing. and to make sure its not all cluttered and confusing. stopping so much really kills the. mojo

well, this is not my typical convention commission that takes me only an hr and a half to 2hrs. this is a fully detailed (using a lead holder that u have to sharpen all the time, not like those click ones i use for commissions) 11x17 that takes a lot more thought and time. and its not taken with my camera. its an actual scan.