Art Thread: Dogboy443

[dogboy443]

I've finally decided to give everyone a peak at some of my artwork. I broke into the comics field in 1989 and starting working on a creator owned project with write Tom Sniegoski for Caliber Press. After a few mini-series I inked a couple DeadWorlds and worked on some Anthology titles. Afterwards Tom and I worked for Dark Moon comics, that died a slow death, and then brought our Shar-Pei character to Crusade Comics. After great reviews, Tom continued writing and I went into advertising. During this time, I did some small projects and one of them is ODEN. I've drawn an entire issue, and have gone back and re-lettered it and colored it for the first time. Here are the first three pages. I hope you all like them and I will continue posting pages as I finish them. All opinions and comments will be welcomed.

www.dogboy443.blogspot.com

[gdeo]

great stuff...let's see more,please!:D

[dogboy443]

Thanks G. I'm hard at work coloring the next three pages and I'll keep going until I'm all done.

[SpydaWeb]

So, how was THE FLOCK? Did you finish reading it?

[dogboy443]

The Flock was great. Very visual as you read it. I've started doing some sketches based on fossil remains and what other artists have speculated that the terror birds might have looked like.

[dogboy443]

I've finished reading The Flock by James Robert Smith and I've done a few pieces of art based on the book. Head on over and let me know how you like them!

www.dogboy443.blogspot.com

[Todd H]

Awesome terror birds. I like your Gamera too.

After seeing your artwork I called the library and put the book on hold. I'll be picking it up after work :biggrin:

[Maija]

Those terror birds are fantastic. Do you spend a lot of time drawing dinosaurs?

[dogboy443]

I've always drawn, monsters, super-heroes and dinosaurs. Ankylosaurus being one of my favorites. I co-created a comic that was published by CRusade a few years back. It was called Dogs-O-War and it met with great response. We introduced a semi-intelligent T-Rex named King who had robotic arms grafter to his spinal chord so he actually had useful limbs.

Here's KING!!! (http://www.masztal.com/dogs-o-war_3.jpg)

Cheers,
Mk

[dogboy443]

I've added some new artwork to the Blog including a Ben Grimm piece, HellBoy, Lobster Johnson and Etrigan the Demon. Check out the pencils, inks and digital colors!

http://dogboy443.blogspot.com/

Mk

[Ambassador Curt]

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g307/latverianembassy/moar-cat.jpg

[jnapper]

http://dogboy443.blogspot.com/

Your "Friday, May 16, 2008 - Going On Vacation"
... So cute!!

[Pangaea]

Good stuff wild man.

[blacklist-da]

I love that Demon drawing! Don't see him around very much...

[Mark Masztal]

That's my ultimate Smackdown...HellBoy vs Etrigan the Demon with the whole cast of characters, Abe, Liz, And Randhu.
But let me be specific, it's not the latest Demon, but the Moore/Bissette/Totleben Demon.
You got to know the ryhming will drive HB nutty.

Mk

[dogboy443]

New and improved...or at least revised. That's how I'm describing Sun Lord, my creator owned character. He's over at the blog, so check him out!

www.dogboy443.blogspot.com

Mk

[bobbykro]

got your blog in my fav list.... great art!!..wil be stopping by often

[Kees_L]

Loving your stuff. All of it. I'm jealous of how your inking is so 'finished up' feeling, (don't know how to say it better...).

I Like how LoJo with the gun seems to go:
"So let me feed ya... Yeah back, bit more, now hold your sickly carcass right there..." :cool:

[dogboy443]

I've updated Barkings with my take on Johann Krauss; The Ectoplasmic Man. Stay tuned for the inked version later this week.

http://dogboy443.blogspot.com/2008/08/ectoplasmic-man-goes-to-china.html


Mark

[Myron L]

Dude...Bangin' start!

Love the line work and cant wait for the inks !

[Nora Roan]

Very cool, will have to check out the rest of your work. :smile:

[dogboy443]

Johann has been inked and digitally colored. I hope you all like it. I'm very happy with how it turned out.

www.dogboy443.blogspot.com

[Ambassador Curt]

Johann has been inked and digitally colored. I hope you all like it. I'm very happy with how it turned out.

www.dogboy443.blogspot.com

Plas-tastic!!

[dogboy443]

Finally finished up my Etrigan piece and I'm moving onto a new THINGS piece featuring Swamp Thing, Man Thing and The Heap. I've got partial pencils posted in 2 stages and I'll be posting the finished pencils tomorrow. I've also started coloring the Lobster Johnson pice you'll find on the site, but I pushed it off once I got a THINGS sketch I liked.
The inks on this piece are going to be murder!

www.dogboy443.blogspot.com

Cheers!

[jscott]

Woah-Swamp Thing! I dig Swampy...great piece! And yes, you might be sacrificing a few nibs for that one...good luck!:smile:

[gdeo]

:eek: ....that swampy is fantastic.....great job!!!!

[The Lobster]

Great artwork!

[MarisaSmith]

Wow! So cool! Beautiful!

[Kees_L]

That thing-thing is truely one heap o' awesome, dogboy.
If your craft's not killing me nigh, you rightly call it murder in the works.
To say I like your swamp-peace :cool:.

[dogboy443]

A few new pieces posted including a pencil rough for our friendly neighborhood Wendigo.

Cheers

[dogboy443]

Darryl is pencilled awaiting you on the Lido Deck:

http://dogboy443.blogspot.com/

Cheers

[gdeo]

gdeo: sees Mark's beautiful rendition of Darryl...
Burns his own sketch of the wendigo and cries himself to sleep:tongue:
Great job Mark...cannot wait to see it inked:biggrin:

[dogboy443]

And here is Darryl inked. It was a lot of fun and the color will make all of those trees and the blood pop!

And if you want it bigger, head over to the blog;

www.dogboy443.blogspot.com

Cheers!

[gdeo]

mark....that is awesome!:biggrin:

[dogboy443]

I've got a new piece over at the Barkings Blog. It's a cover piece for James Robert Smith's new manuscript; The Living End: A Zombie Novel (With Dogs).

www.dogboy443.blogspot.com

Cheers!

[The Lobster]

I really like your use of gray in that peice. Good work!

[dogboy443]

I've finished the digital color on The Living End cover. I'm torn though between the blood red and the green rot. What do you all think?

http://dogboy443.blogspot.com/2009/08/red-or-rot.html

Cheers

[The Lobster]

I've finished the digital color on The Living End cover. I'm torn though between the blood red and the green rot. What do you all think?

http://dogboy443.blogspot.com/2009/08/red-or-rot.html

Cheers

I like the red the best.

[noble_enough]

Man they both look really good. I think the dogs stand out more on the green cover...
The green looks spookier I think, and the red is scarier.

[The Lobster]

Man they both look really good. I think the dogs stand out more on the green cover...
The green looks spookier I think, and the red is scarier.

I agree with you, the green does make the dogs stand out.

[dogboy443]

Thanks guys for your comments. I'm going to Rock-n-Shock (http://www.rockandshock.com/) in a couple weeks with both covers as 4 color prints. We'll see what the masses think and which sells the most.

[Mister Him]

Afterwards Tom and I worked for Dark Moon comics, that died a slow death...

I remember the death of Dark Moon as being pretty quick. Have you ever heard from or run into Gary or Andy since then?

[dogboy443]

I remember the death of Dark Moon as being pretty quick. Have you ever heard from or run into Gary or Andy since then?

Mister Him,

I ran into Gary one afternoon in some Mall in CT. We saw each other and I walked right by him. Didn't give the time of day nor the chance to BS me. They treated us like idiots and kept us in the dark (no pun intended). We worked very hard for them, meeting every 2 weeks for a staff meeting, turning in artwork, looking at colored proofs, receiving payment for art and hanging out with each other. When Gary and Andy weren't at a meeting, then we knew we weren't getting paid for artwork we turned in. Zoe (editor-in-chief) would receive the art and then we would have a small meeting and go home disgruntled. After months of no checks I finally called Zoe and told him I wasn't turning in any art unless there was a check waiting for me. When he told me there was no money, I quit. I then proceeded to get the word out to all of the other artists and writers involved. After that, I was done. They owed me over $4,000.00 and some of my nicest work disappeared, never to be seen again and probably in someone's collection or thrown out. After Dark Moon and then after the Crusade debacle, people ask me why I left comics. I tell them my brief story and finish it by saying, I don't work for free. I don't screw people over and I don't deserve, nor will I take, a screwing.

[Mister Him]

Mister Him,

I ran into Gary one afternoon in some Mall in CT. We saw each other and I walked right by him. Didn't give the time of day nor the chance to BS me. They treated us like idiots and kept us in the dark (no pun intended). We worked very hard for them, meeting every 2 weeks for a staff meeting, turning in artwork, looking at colored proofs, receiving payment for art and hanging out with each other. When Gary and Andy weren't at a meeting, then we knew we weren't getting paid for artwork we turned in. Zoe (editor-in-chief) would receive the art and then we would have a small meeting and go home disgruntled. After months of no checks I finally called Zoe and told him I wasn't turning in any art unless there was a check waiting for me. When he told me there was no money, I quit. I then proceeded to get the word out to all of the other artists and writers involved. After that, I was done. They owed me over $4,000.00 and some of my nicest work disappeared, never to be seen again and probably in someone's collection or thrown out. After Dark Moon and then after the Crusade debacle, people ask me why I left comics. I tell them my brief story and finish it by saying, I don't work for free. I don't screw people over and I don't deserve, nor will I take, a screwing.

After the DM doors closed I had a conversation with Gary. He assured me they would be opening new offices in W. Hartford and I told him I wanted no part of it. They owed me over $2,000 and I lost a lot of art. (Fortunately I had managed to save a lot.) I do wonder where all that art is today. Steven Kendrick told me he had gone by and looked in the windows and saw papers all over the floor. It could have been art. For all the lies they told, at the very least they could have been responsible enough to return our art.

Months later I saw Gary at Stop & Shop one night. We acknowledged each other as we passed, but I didn't stop. We ended up in the same check-out line and he was a couple of people ahead of me. We weren't that far apart and he knew I was there, but he wouldn't look at me.

[dogboy443]

After the DM doors closed I had a conversation with Gary. He assured me they would be opening new offices in W. Hartford and I told him I wanted no part of it. They owed me over $2,000 and I lost a lot of art. (Fortunately I had managed to save a lot.) I do wonder where all that art is today. Steven Kendrick told me he had gone by and looked in the windows and saw papers all over the floor. It could have been art. For all the lies they told, at the very least they could have been responsible enough to return our art.

Months later I saw Gary at Stop & Shop one night. We acknowledged each other as we passed, but I didn't stop. We ended up in the same check-out line and he was a couple of people ahead of me. We weren't that far apart and he knew I was there, but he wouldn't look at me.

So...who is Mister Him? Were you doing anything with DM when I was there? I remember Steve K and an artist named Jonathan who was young talent needing a break and his book had a great look. I did color guides for his book and if the digital color people in Springfield didn't completely over render it, then it would have looked amazing. Tom Sniegoski was working with a young artist named Caesar on a team book and it looked great. I often look at some of the art that I do have of The Thespian and it was a lot of fun to draw. A mix between super-hero and the fantasy of Sandman with hopefully a little horror further down the road.

[Mister Him]

So...who is Mister Him? Were you doing anything with DM when I was there? I remember Steve K and an artist named Jonathan who was young talent needing a break and his book had a great look. I did color guides for his book and if the digital color people in Springfield didn't completely over render it, then it would have looked amazing. Tom Sniegoski was working with a young artist named Caesar on a team book and it looked great. I often look at some of the art that I do have of The Thespian and it was a lot of fun to draw. A mix between super-hero and the fantasy of Sandman with hopefully a little horror further down the road.

Yes, Mark, it's me, Jon. Many years later.

[dogboy443]

Yes, Mark, it's me, Jon. Many years later.

Hello Jon. Glad to hear you're still around. Drawing anything? Check out my blog if you haven't already. Send me an e-mail and we can talk off of the Board. Still hear from Steve Kendrick at all?

[dogboy443]

Silent Scream is getting closer to completion and then the next step will be to present it to a few publishers. Dennis Webster is writing the book, I'm pencilling it, Bill Anderson is co-plotting, inking and lettering the book and Craig Rippon is coloring it. Check us out at the link and let me know what you think.
http://home.roadrunner.com/~swingshiftstudio/Silent_Scream/silent_scream.html

Cheers,
Mark

[The Lobster]

Looks great so far.

[dogboy443]

It's been a while since I posted new art at my blog, I've been working on B2B presentations and commercial storyboards, but I finished up a 6 page story and pin-up for Steve Bissette's Tales of the Uncanny featuring N-Man. Check the pages out here:
www.dogboy443.blogspot.com

[Noct]

Wow. Great stuff!
So impressive.

[The Lobster]

Great work!