Sketch vs. Final: Explainer art for Inky Stories #6. Sketch on back of a @hubcomics.bsky.social bag.
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#inkystories #rottenkidpress #agentk #thenulldevice #agentd #sketchvsfinal
Did I ever tell you about the time I drew a comic book story...twice? #sixyearoldhorsethief #inkystories #rottenkidpress
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Spending almost two full days with a walker makes me empathetic to the lead characters of "The World’s Slowest Foot Chase" #inkystories #rottenkidpress #worldsslowestfootchase #inmansquare #1369coffeehouse
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Sketch vs. Final: Rotten Kid Press logo
#inkystories #rottenkidpress #logodesign #branddesign #sketchvsfinal
Mecañica bio on Null Device characters
#inkystories #rottenkidpress #mecanica #characterdesign #characterprofile
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This secret project is "Losko of the Antonine", a 20-page Doctor Who Universe comic book story I illustrated for Cutaway Comics. It's written by Stephen Gallagher, author of classic serials Warrior's Gate and Terminus. #rottenkidpress #cutawaycomics #losko
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This secret project is "Losko of the Antonine", a 20-page Doctor Who Universe comic book story I illustrated for Cutaway Comics. It's written by Stephen Gallagher, author of classic serials Warrior's Gate and Terminus. #rottenkidpress #cutawaycomics #losko
www.inkystories.com/blog/losko-o...
This secret project is "Losko of the Antonine", a 20-page Doctor Who Universe comic book story I illustrated for Cutaway Comics. It's written by Stephen Gallagher, author of classic serials Warrior's Gate and Terminus. #rottenkidpress #cutawaycomics #losko
www.inkystories.com/blog/losko-o...
This secret project is "Losko of the Antonine", a 20-page Doctor Who Universe comic book story I illustrated for Cutaway Comics. It's written by Stephen Gallagher, author of classic serials Warrior's Gate and Terminus. #rottenkidpress #cutawaycomics #losko
www.inkystories.com/blog/losko-o...
"Losko of the Antonine" is a 20-page Doctor Who Universe comic book story I illustrated for Cutaway Comics. It's written by Stephen Gallagher, author of classic serials Warrior's Gate and Terminus. #rottenkidpress #cutawaycomics #losko
www.inkystories.com/blog/losko-o...
Mecanica & Aliens sketch
Mecanica & Aliens final
Sketch vs. Final: Mecanica & Aliens
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#inkystories #rottenkidpress #makecomics #mecanica #deathrayplanet #sketchvsfinal
Using 12-page grids on "Zip's Last Day" nearly killed me in 2009. #inkystories #rottenkidpress #zipslastday #johnconnoly #whiteybulger #bostoncrime
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Google Lens results with AI Overview
Google AI Overview uselessly regurgitates what's already visible on the page.
Google AI thinks "Quasara in the Fletcherverse" was "created by artist and writer Fletcher Hanks."
Google AI mistakenly says it was Quasara who faked her death to avoid Hart-Nell. It also added a pointless connection to the Marvel Comics character Quasar.
I ran a page from "Quasara in the Fletcherverse" through Google Lens just to see the AI information, which was either useless or inaccurate. God help anyone who relies on it. #inkystories #rottenkidpress #quasara #fletcherverse #deathtoai
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I'm less likely to nap, stress eat, and goof off when working in public.
#inkystories #rottenkidpress #makecomics #secretproject #comicbookart #inking #traditionalmedia #inkonpaper #forgottenartsupplies #workinprogress
Different angles. I gotta use this for a #rottenkidpress #inkystories comic sometime. #comicbookreference
Stages of creating a comic book page: Thumbnail (from script), pencil, and finishedart
#inkystories #rottenkidpress #makecomics #secretproject #comicbookart #workinprogress
Page 4 tech is kicking my ass. What "attention to detail" asshole pencil artist decided these spaceships had to be so goddamn elaborate?
#inkystories #rottenkidpress #makecomics #secretproject #comicbookart #workinprogress #dreadeddeadlinedoom
Didn't get as far as I hoped, but these two pages were blank this morning! #inkystories #rottenkidpress #makecomics #secretproject #comicbookart #workinprogress #iterativesuccess
Spaceship looked too small. Focused too much on drafting at the expense of drama. Traced and enlarged in Photoshop, then traced the printout onto original art. Much better result!
#inkystories #rottenkidpress #makecomics #secretproject #comicbookart #workinprogress
My earlier space ships got rejected in favor of something a little more Star Wars. The approved design is based on the work of Alfredo Dosztal. #inkystories #rottenkidpress #makecomics #secretproject #worldbuilding
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Pencilling professional comic book art in public, possibly for the first time in my increasingly absurd career.
#inkystories #rottenkidpress #makecomics #secretproject #worldbuilding
Won't be able to talk about this one for months.
#inkystories #rottenkidpress #makecomics #secretproject #thumbnailing
As an experiment in how good AI is at intellectual property theft, I prompted ChatGPT to generate an Agent K story in "Inky Stories style." Ladies and gentlemen, "Agent K and the Quantum Menace" #inkystories #rottenkidpress #ai #deathtoai
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Best Foot Forward 1963 Off-Broadway musical comedy featuring 16-year-old Liza Minnelli and Christopher Walken at 20. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_Foot_Forward_(musical)
Original art for my 2002 NSFW comic book story "Dead by the Pool" https://www.inkystories.com/comics/dead-by-the-pool.html
20 years later: I used a 1963 photo of Liza Minnelli and Christopher Walken as reference for a NSFW comic book story in 2002. #inkystories #rottenkidpress #deadbythepool
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Updated my digital lettering template for 2025. #inkystories #rottenkidpress #comicbooklettering #lettererforhire
Me drawing at the studio in 2018
#myartstudio #davesartstudio #davedrawing #artstudio #workspace #draftingtable #taboret #ancobilt #dazorlamp #brushbasin #forgottenartsupplies #inkystories #rottenkidpress #makecomics
Tracing paper worksheet for title and SFX (adopting the Tom Orzechowski method) and final art of a Mecañica splash page:
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#inkystories #rottenkidpress #artofthecomicbook #workinprogress #mecanica #robotsofblood
Development for page 3 of "I Did Nothing", 2018. Original art is 9 x 14.5 inches. #inkystories #rottenkidpress #makecomics #ididnothing #memoir #springfieldma #workinprogress
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"Quasara: Into the Fletcherverse" now in color! Lord knows when I'll have time to add textures and Ben Day screens.
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#quasara #fletcherverse #fletcherhanks #64colorpalette #flatcolor #cmyk #inkystories #rottenkidpress
