EMPE

Some flippy business over the gap just for fun.

another old page

Done with a brush and tone for the bg fade.
I'm happy with the overall feel, there are some things that I would like to improve; less busy-ness with the shapes that make up the shadows, his expression in the lower, and try to get away from always drawing his face in a straight-on.

an old page, test

Just trying stuff out, difficult to get the images I see in my head down on paper or digital or what-have-you.

Bone Boy, rough ver

I tend to not draw like this. I like it and I will make an effort to go even more loose if I can.

Bone Boy

bric-a-brac jungle is my story and my comic. Bone Boy is the main character but there are many others and each has their own story. Sooner, more so than later I hope, I'll introduce them here bit by bit.

About bric-a-brac jungle; I have been sitting on this story incubating it for years, it's been my pet project that always gets pushed to the side when other 'priorities' bubble to the surface. Having a full-time game job (Sony), doing freelance work for people, and taking care of my two-year-old leave little time for something like this. It's not all outside forces that have kept me from moving forward faster on this than I would like though. If I'm tired and exhausted or don't feel properly motivated then it makes little sense to try and torture myself over trying to get something out. Aggravating, but for me it just doesn't work that way unfortunately.

I have to be honest to myself though, this thing, bric-a-brac jungle, is something I must see to fruition, or die trying. It's this image burned on my brain that needs to be put to paper. Some of the characters and ideas are newer but some find their origins from over a decade ago, different stories, yet the characters and the general settings all seemed to fit together although it was never my conscious effort to do so.

My goal is to get it into something loosely related to comic book form first. It would be the best way to convey the story and it is something I could do myself (mostly). Something tangible that can be held and looked over would give others a sense for my style of characters, stories, ideas and settings. And for me personally, a proper book would be the most gratifying way to present these ideas.

Ok, enough rambling, I have a headache. If you got this far then thank you, I hope you come again to check out what's going on from time to time.

-Stephen