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05/10/2010

Colleen — Mon, 10 May 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Another original piece drawn for Girl to Grrrl Manga. This was drawn entirely in marker. It’s hard to believe how many years ago this assignment was. I used to think this style of coloring was super-fast and easy. But that was before I got some computer chops. Now I know what fast and easy really [...]

05/05/2010

Colleen — Wed, 05 May 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Original illustration from Girl to Grrrl Manga. I really loved doing this book and it sold well. It was a fun exploration of how to draw in various manga styles. Drawn with markers. I made it a point to do almost all the art in the book with inexpensive tools so that any kid could [...]

04/12/2010

Colleen — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 05:00:00 +0000

This was created for a comic called Warrior Nun Areala. I’ve never actually read it, but I recall being on a radio show, and the person interviewing me sort of ambushed me over the content of an issue of the series. I think I did a pretty good job defending the rights of cartoonists on [...]

04/01/2010

Colleen — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 05:00:00 +0000

From Robotech Art II, circa 1987. This was drawn in ink and colored by hand on a copy using Dr. Martin’s Concentrated Watercolors. These paints are actually a type of dye, and they are not lightfast. That is, they fade with exposure to UV light. I begged the person who bought the art not to [...]

03/31/2010

Colleen — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0000

This was drawn with Copic and Deleter markers. I wanted to make a book which would show kids how to create professionally finished art without a lot of expensive computer equipment. I used a computer to create the glow effect in the eyes, but all of the rest of the drawings in the book – [...]

03/26/2010

Colleen — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Art from Girl to Grrrl Manga. This pic was based on my friend Jarl Benzon, who is one of my favorite models. He was Orlando Bloom’s body double in the Lord of the Rings films, and appears as an elf in a number of scenes.

03/22/2010

Colleen — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Cover art to Girl to Grrrl Manga, a how-to book. Watercolor. This project was a lot of fun. Unfortunately, I was in the middle of moving when I worked on it. Harrowing! Also, my new country home had no modern computer amenities. It was more than a year before I could get a satellite installed! [...]

02/10/2010

Colleen — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Another page from “The Adventures of Sweet Sophia,” my defunct manga-style romance for Sweet 16 magazine. Go back one page for another look.

02/08/2010

Colleen — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Several years ago, I was tagged by Sweet 16 magazine to write and draw a manga-style teen romance series entitled “The Adventures of Sweet Sophia”. Though Sweet 16 sold 100,000 copies per issue, that’s considered modest by magazine industry standards. After running only a couple of pages of the story, the magazine was canceled. The [...]