ODS, a regional insurance company in the Pacific Northwest, needed talent to design and draw a comicbook superhero character for their annual report and promotional material. The report was designed and assembled by the ODS marketing department, David Hahn did the drawing and story consulting, Ben Bates and Cat Farris did the coloring.
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What folks are saying- “Hahn has a winner on his hands here…10 out of 10.” “Hahn the artist turns in some of the best work of his career here.” “Hahn the writer pulls off the neat trick of making a hard-to-like character likable.” “What it seems to be shaping up to be is a solid story with interesting characters…” -Johnny Bacardi, POPDOSE- Confessions of a Comic Shop Junkie “Hahn has a very clear cut style that draws the reader into the very realistic world of drama present in All Nighter.” -Matthew Meylikhov, MULTIVERSITY COMICS
More shots of the Periscopes in action:
We’ve been having weekly themed sketch challenges at our Tumblr site. This week’s was Mad Men and it provoked some really exciting pieces. Take a look!
In anticipation of the publication of Paul Tobin’s and Colleen Coover’s new original graphic novel Gingerbread Girl in May, the entire book will be available in serialized installments on Top Shelf 2.0, beginning Friday, January 21! New installments will be posted each Monday and Friday. Here are a few drawings from Jonathan Case and his night at the Portland Opera’s dress rehearsal of Hansel and Gretel.
See more at Jonathan’s website! Here’s the latest progress on Jesse Hamm’s DOCTOR WHO commission:
Pictured here are all eleven Doctors, twelve of the Doctor’s companions, the robot dog K-9, the Tardis, and the Doctor Who fan who commissioned the drawing. Next, Jesse will trace this pencil rough onto Bristol board and begin the coloring. Stay tuned…. Check out his preparatory sketches, too. Periscope’s David Hahn, current artist of Image’s Murderland has a 12 page story featured in Wildstorm’s November issue of “Fringe: Tales From the Fringe.” Titled “The Perfect Woman” and written by Kim Cavyan, this tale of perverse science and macabre revenge agrees with the spine-chilling tone of the hit Fox television series. 
You can see more of his work at http://davidhahnart.com/comics/ If you’re a fan of David’s work or of Fringe the TV show, or even both, it’d only be natural for you to pick this issue up, wouldn’t? Since the age of 9, Ben Bates has wanted to draw Sonic the Hedgehog. That dream’s come true as he’s just finished illustrating a two-issue story. It starts in Sonic the Hedgehog #217, published by Archie Comics. Ben couldn’t be more enthusiastic about the job. It’s allowed him not only to fulfill his childhood dream, but to discover and refine his process of creating a monthly comic. Let’s take a look at his drawing process with the first five pages of #217. The first stage is creating rough layouts and thumbnails. 
Here, you’ll see that the paper provided by Archie Comics has lines marked “Live”, “Crop”, and “Bleed”. Vital info like lettering, or any important action should be within the confines of the “Live” box. At the “Crop” area, the printer will actually cut the paper for the final product, but the artist will nonetheless draw it all the way to the “Bleed” area. At the top of page 1, the first two panels are drawn lower then the “Live” image area in order to make room for the opening text. In this case, the text will be an intro to bring new readers up to speed. 
In this spread, the spaces between the characters were originally drawn very close together. However in the final version, Ben added some space between them so they wouldn’t get lost in the area where the comic is stapled. 
You’ll see here in that word balloons have been sketched in. This might not be the letterer’s final placement, but Ben wants to ensure that there’s a workable flow to the page and that there’s room for all the dialogue. 
Ben draws small “thumbnail” sketches then resizes them in Photoshop and prints them out onto the heavier sheets of paper he pencils on. Panel 2 was originally a large body shot of the character Bunnie hovering, but he decided to change it because it slowed the action down. The round inset panel feels more dynamic. (Credit where it’s due: this tweak was suggested by Periscope’s Dustin Weaver, currently the artist of Marvel’s “SHIELD”.) The conclusion to Ben’s story will run in issue #218. Be sure to grab a copy! |
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