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Shit Papir Doodle

Shit papir is a term my friends/colleagues and me use for the paper (Croatian: papir) that's already been used for printing scripts, references or whatever. We don't throw it away (mostly) but stack it for later use, putting it under the hand while drawing. To prevent smudging and sweating of the drawing board and to prevent hands getting dirty from graphite and making more mess on the board. However, they often end up with some doodles on it. Here's one of them made the other night at Bob's and Mrva's place. The last lines saying "Blonde: ... oh, you know me ..." inspired the first drawing, but later it became just sensless and uninspired. Or maybe it didn't? A good psychiatrist could read a thing or two from this, I guess. : )

Beyond Avalon

Here's another piece most of you never had a chance to see. "Beyond Avalon" was my attempt to break into American scene, done some 13 years ago and written by Joe Pruett. I completed first two issues and did this five pages of issue #3 in pencils before the whole thing got canceled. Joe decided to publish it himself 7 years later, but i never got further then doing the cover for #3.

Mess

Don't feel like doodling and work looks all the same, so I've reached for the folders with old random stuff. Found this.

It's a crappy drawing and, if I remember correctly, there wasn't any penciling here. I think I didn't even knew what to draw, just wanted to try some dirty inks. That was before Chas.
Anyway, now that I ran into it I've noticed it's not completely crap. I like his face ...

... and the dogs.

Winsor & Newton

Every now and then (usually by young, or not so young, inspiring artists) I get asked about the brush I use for inking. My answer is always Winsor & Newton, series 7, size 3.
Here's a little example of what you can do with it, with a little bit of practice.

I've inked the whole panel with brush. Except for the straight lines, of course. Enlarge the pic to see it 1:1 as the original drawing.

I've erased the pencil, corrected some details with white pen and scanned it as line art.

Normally I'd ink the small figures in the background with nib, but this time I did it just to show the range of the brush.

Time Jumper

A little bit more then a year ago, I was offered to give it a try at Stan Lee's new multimedia project (in co-production with Disney Studios) called Time Jumper. I had some doubts about it, but you don't just pass on a chance to work with legend, so I did some samples. If it's true what I was told, out of some number of artists I got into finale with one opponent, which eventually - won. Now that I saw the final product, it's obvious they wanted somebody less ... errr, old-fashioned?
And I'm not sad or jealous one bit for not getting this job. It would probably include much more coordination and various requests then actual drawing and I'd go nuts. See, I'm spoiled - I just wanna draw comics! : )
Anyway, now that the whole project is in motion, I thought I might show you some of my proposals ...

"Džuka, pa ti znaš crtat'!" ...

... kaže Z koja me zna preko dvadeset godina.
"Ko je to crt'o?" - pita Kum koji me zna punih trideset.

Total self-indulgence

All work, no play ...

It's been awhile since I've posted some work in progress, right?
Here's a fresh example of the page in the making.
From the doodle on the script ...

... through breakdowns ...

... to penciling ...

... corrections ...

... and inking.

Stereostrip

Udruga Odo' ja! početkom je godine raspisala strip natječaj. U petak, 12. veljače u Klubu SC biti će otvorena izložba radova koje je odabrao žiri. Sa imenima većine sudionika natječaja se po prvi put susrećem, što me čini još radoznalijim. Glavnu nagradu žirija je dobila Leona Kadijević, a organizirano je i glasanje publike, čiji će pobjednik biti proglašen na zatvaranju izložbe 20. veljače.
Istim povodom, na istom mjestu u subotu, 13. veljače u 19 sati će biti održana tribina na kojoj će sudjelovati Darko Macan, Sonja Gašperov, Srećko Puntarić - Felix i jorz truli. Dođite, podržite! : )

Stripaonica u Profilu

U ponedjeljak, 8. veljače u 19 sati u Profil Megastoreu, Bogovićeva 7, na prvom katu u kafiću održat će se promocija drugog broja Strip revije. Dođite, podržite!

SPAM THIS!

I apologize for this violent outburst of racism, but for months now comments on my blog have been exposed to some Chinese spam. I've been patiently erasing them, hoping they'll go away, but it only got worse. I hate word verification, but now I have to enable it. So, in need of steaming out the frustration, I had to blow someone's head off!
I've got nothing against the rest of the 1,335,609,999 Chinese, and I hope word verification won't stop you from commenting. : )

Owly

Kume, ja ju okrenuo! : )

The Sun Shines Out Of Our Behinds

I'm sorry, but those of you who don't speak Croatian will never know why I dedicated this drawing to Rico and Bob! : )

Chicks and freaks

Just some drawings loosely based on random photos, except the mustache guy in the middle.