Zombies!
Posted By Scott Hallett at 5/30/2008 2:58 PM

This week at Drawer Geeks... Zombies! Anybody that knows me knows that's a topic I couldn't pass up!

Labels: Drawer Geeks, grayscale, Illustrator, Photoshop, Zombies

Etc., etc., etc.
Posted By Scott Hallett at 5/17/2008 7:57 AM

Here are some of the things I've been working on. Character designs for a short story:





And a very quick color test for that same short story:


The last two Drawer Geeks, "Lone Ranger" and "Dinosaurs":

Labels: character design, colour, comics, Dinosaurs, Drawer Geeks, goat, Illustrator, Lone Ranger, pen and ink, Photoshop

The Story So Far...
Posted By Scott Hallett at 4/19/2008 11:20 AM

I've been very busy in my spare time (still got that day job), so I haven't had a chance to post much. I've got a few different things on the go right now, but the biggest one is a book called "Don't Get Sucked Under the Escalator" with Mark Smith (Amazing Joy Buzzards, Aqua Leung). Pretty exciting, and a great story. Here are some promo pieces I put together recently to sort of introduce the story.





Here is my entry for this week over at Drawer Geeks. The topic was "Triplets".

Labels: comics, Escalator, Illustrator, pen and ink, Photoshop, Triplets

Samurai
Posted By Scott Hallett at 4/04/2008 8:58 AM

"Samurai" was this week's topic at Drawer Geeks. I haven't had any real time to draw anything just for myself (which is actually an awesome thing... more on that later), but I couldn't pass up Samurai! That being said, I tried quite a few new things in this one, some successes and some not so much. Interesting experiment none the less. Enjoy!

Labels: Drawer Geeks, Illustrator, Photoshop, Samurai

Tarzan
Posted By Scott Hallett at 3/07/2008 12:00 PM

"Tarzan" was the theme this week at Drawer Geeks. I really tried to push myself this week. I took my time, and really tried to get down exactly what I had in mind. I'm happy to say this is relatively close to what I had in mind, a few happy accidents aside. I know as an artist I still struggle with putting down on paper what I had in my head.

Labels: colour, Drawer Geeks, Illustrator, Photoshop, Tarzan

Monsters Under the Bed
Posted By Scott Hallett at 2/21/2008 8:36 PM

This week at Drawer Geeks the topic was "Monsters Under the Bed". I kind of just flew through this one, not a lot of time this week.

Labels: bed, colour, Drawer Geeks, Illustrator, Monsters, Photoshop

Galactus!
Posted By Scott Hallett at 2/05/2008 10:13 PM

"Galactus" was this week's Drawer Geeks topic. The focus on this one was getting a straight up cel shaded effect that I was happy with, and cutting down on my coloring time. I was pretty pleased I was able to get this one out quickly. I realized after finishing this that Galactus' pose is a bit like he's getting ready to scratch some records. Maybe he's a DJ on his off time?

Labels: colour, Drawer Geeks, Galactus, Illustrator, Photoshop

Ents
Posted By Scott Hallett at 1/31/2008 4:06 PM

This was my original sketch for the "Lord of the Rings" topic at Drawer Geeks, but I ran out of time. I decided to finish it because I thought it had promise. This was done with a brush pen and Photoshop. The things I tried to focus on this time were limited palette, and no fancy Photoshop tricks such as blurs or fancy brushes. This was done using the pencil tool and a few gradients. Often times I get caught up trying to add more bells and whistles and really eat away my time.

Labels: brush pen, colour, Drawer Geeks, Ent, Lord of the Rings, Photoshop

Nazgul
Posted By Scott Hallett at 1/24/2008 1:56 PM

This week at Drawer Geeks the theme was "Lord of the RIngs". I wanted to take some time and try out a few new techniques to try and speed up the way I do things. I also wanted to focus on value over hue, hence the grayscale. I think I'm going to use the Drawer Geeks topics from now on to try and push new ideas and new ways of doing things, at least for me.

Labels: colour, Drawer Geeks, Illustrator, Lord of the Rings, Nazgul, Photoshop

Red Necks
Posted By Scott Hallett at 1/09/2008 9:21 AM

This week at Drawer Geeks the topic was "Rednecks". For some reason, this was the first thing that popped into my head. More of a "red necks". I know, I know... Rednecks are obvious. I think I have too much giant monster on the brain or something.

Labels: colour, Drawer Geeks, Illustrator, Photoshop, Red Knecks

Aqua Leung Pinup
Posted By Scott Hallett at 1/07/2008 4:16 PM

I did a pinup for the book "Aqua Leung", coming out later this year by Mark Andrew Smith and Paul Maybury. The short story in Popgun Vol. 1 was awesome, so I had to take a crack at drawing the character. Inked in Illustrator, coloured in Photoshop. Enjoy!

Labels: Aqua Leung, comics, Illustrator, Photoshop, pinup

Mannequin
Posted By Scott Hallett at 6/13/2006 6:34 AM

This one's been a bit of an uphill battle. I really wanted to push myself and try to learn new techniques and new ways of doing things. I tried a combination of different tricks and hopefully the end results pay off.

I've included the original digital line work, as well as a more traditional colour scheme (minus the fancy multiply layers and extra bells and whistles), and finally the finished product. As always, feel free to leave any comments.

Labels: character design, colour, giant robots, Mannequin, Photoshop