Incense and Peppermints

So I play Lilith over at JLU MUX, which is totally a great place you should check out! Lilith is a special favourite of mine, and I really like the timeline and canon at JLU. Don’t even talk to me about the books past 1996. And even then it’s kind of pushing it.

Anyway, this is a picture of a silly thing I whipped up chatting with Wally’s player there. I thought it would give you a chuckle!

Yes, they are wearing each other’s clothes in the last panel there.

Team Titans -- as they were supposed to be!

To make a long story short, in the 90s DC were going to do a series called Team Titans that would be a different take on the whole 'Titans' business, set in a 60s-esque world that was the direct product of a craaaazy mind (Harlequin, from way back in Teen Titans v1). They got some really great talent on the project, everyone was really excited to tackle it...

...and then the idiot editors, as usual, completely ruined it by shifting it to be a really weak attempt at imitating X-Force, which they mistakenly thought would be a popular move. I guess hindsight is always 20/20, huh guys?

Anyway, I decided to draw the Team Titans in what I imagined would be their look if the book had really done what it was supposed to do. I wish it had. It would be the first original, different Titans perspective they would have done in ages, and it would probably still have a following now, looking back on it and saying 'man, why couldn't they do all their stuff like this? It was so distinctive and unique!'

The character concepts were good. The realisation unfortunately wasn't. But for you, Team Titans...here's what could have been!

DhiUhr, Take One!

This was just a quickie sketch that was done a short time ago as a foundation for what will probably be a future pin-up! It's Uhr from Incubus Tales, dressing up as Dhiar, complete with novelty horns and a tie-on tail! He is modelling in front of a full-length mirror, but he doesn't know Dhiar is watching from the door in utter delight and trying not to make noise so that he isn't noticed. Of course, Dhiar's clothes are a tad too big for such a small Uhr!

You can read Incubus Tales, of course, at http://incubustales.comicdish.com anytime!

Enjoy!

Bat-Strip!

You probably recognise today's sketch. I did it while reflecting that every time he met his supposed nemesis, Ra's al Ghul, it was always a homoerotic time. This was just taking it a very, very small step further than the comics, believe me!

Enjoy!

Incubus Tales Hawkye Costume Sketch

Today's sketch is one from my own series, Incubus Tales! You can read Incubus Tales online here.

This sketch was done in the planning stages of the story 'Family', which featured the amazing Hawkye L. Narasumas as a guest star. This was to plan his costume, because I wanted it to be iconic and also impactful. I wanted Hawkye to have as cool an appearance as possible, and yet also look impressive and elegant to some extent, powerful and refined.

Hawkye approved the overall look, and it was refined a bit more for the story. This was a very, very quick sketch, but I think it might be exciting for you to see some of the planning that goes on behind the scenes!

Enjoy!

Demony Mischief

I remember doing this sketch years ago, but I don't remember who it was for; I remember it was the friend of a friend (or at least, an acquaintance) but when I did it, I apparently took too many liberties with the colours and neglected to include some scars or tattoos or something that she forgot to tell me about. She ended up hating it, and so I was disappointed in general because I quite like how it turned out.

So perhaps you will enjoy it!

Tsumetai Hana

Another casual piece I did some time ago, this was all digital and was one of my first complete pieces to be done entirely digitally. It's named 'Tsumetai Hana', after a favourite song by the brilliant green. I hope you'll enjoy him!