THRILLBENT.com is live and you can read the first installment of 'Insufferable' for free right now! Written by Mark Waid, line art by Peter Krause, color by me, and lettering by Troy Peteri.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Thrillbent.com and Insufferable LIVE!
THRILLBENT.com is live and you can read the first installment of 'Insufferable' for free right now! Written by Mark Waid, line art by Peter Krause, color by me, and lettering by Troy Peteri.
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Dick Grayson as Batman
Can't believe it's been two years since I drew this but I'm still pretty happy with it. Considering the hours I've been putting in since January I needed just one to do something for myself so I finally colored it. It's what I envisioned Dick Grayson would look like as Batman back when he was taking over the cowl. Superficially he's still scary but the details really contrast the darkness Bruce Wayne embodied. Also tried some different methods of making selections for soft cuts without using the lasso to speed things up. Thought it turned out pretty well.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
"Irredeemable" #36 cover
When I colored this I was still blissfully unaware 'Irredeemable' was coming to an end. Now that I know, the context of the image made much more sense. This is the penultimate issue. Only one left! It's been a great ride!
Roll over for original line art by Damian Couceiro!
"Planet of the Apes" #13 covers
Colored a couple more covers for BOOM! Studios on "Planet of the Apes" #13. Check them out!
Roll over for original line art by Damian Couceiro!
Roll over for original line art by Marc Laming!
Monday, April 23, 2012
"Irredeemable" #36
Only one more issue left of Mark Waid's masterpiece of psychology applied to the superhero genre. I'm currently coloring #37 and it's a little bittersweet.
For this issue I was actually mentioned by CBR with a glowing review! "The coloring from Nolan Woodard continues to astound as he switches between pages of character to pages of brilliant science and dastardly deeds." said reviewer Ryan Lindsay of CBR here. Talk about humbling. I've got to make sure #37 at the very least reaches this level. No pressure. No. None. Oh boy.
Anyway, here's a preview (which is late since I've been so incredibly busy) for 'Irredeemable' #36. Roll over for original line art by Diego Barreto!
For this issue I was actually mentioned by CBR with a glowing review! "The coloring from Nolan Woodard continues to astound as he switches between pages of character to pages of brilliant science and dastardly deeds." said reviewer Ryan Lindsay of CBR here. Talk about humbling. I've got to make sure #37 at the very least reaches this level. No pressure. No. None. Oh boy.
Anyway, here's a preview (which is late since I've been so incredibly busy) for 'Irredeemable' #36. Roll over for original line art by Diego Barreto!
Saturday, April 14, 2012
"Insufferable" and THRILLBENT.com Announced
Let me put this out there. I'm the luckiest SOB you've ever met, heard of, read about, or even thought could exist.
For the past two years I've been coloring 'Incorruptible', and then later 'Irredeemable', for BOOM! Studios. It has been an honor to be chosen by the editors, Shannon Watters and Matt Gagnon, to work on both of these landmark titles by Mark Waid. My hope was the draw of the titles and Waid's name would get my work noticed (coattails are viable tools) because I want a career as a colorist, not just a part-time gig here and there. I wanted to sound out that I'm here to stay, evolve, and enhance each page I get to color. It worked. I got noticed. But what I didn't expect was it coming directly from Waid. He wanted me to work on a secret project with him.
Have I mentioned I'm lucky?
Obviously, it would have been foolish not to accept. It's also allowing me to work with Peter Krause who I just barely missed out coloring on 'Irredeemable'. I'll be honest and at first wasn't sure what Waid's project would change about digital comics until I read he was also spearheading Marvel's all-digital INFINITE line with 'Avengers vs. X-MEN' #1 Infinite. Reading up on what Waid and Quesada were saying about the medium I came across Balak's take on digital comics. That was a game changer for me. New potential, compositions become flexible, fertile ground for new storytelling possibilities, and Krause and Waid were exploring it all and wanted me to help.
*deer in headlights moment*
The project itself is going to be amazing but this entire endeavor goes beyond just the entertainment value. Mark and his fellow trailblazers are sharing everything we learn from successes to mistakes online. He's re-purposed his website MarkWaid.com as an educational tool for the world to learn right alongside us. That is what I call giving back and then some!
Since the beginning I've been excited to make this announcement to the world. Waid and Krause are wonderful collaborators and make me, a colorist, feel like I matter, really matter, in a world where colorists often don't even get credit let alone recognition. Considering I wasn't able to go to C2E2 to sit on the panel with them (literally writing this as they make the announcement) I won't say much here except come May we're shaking things up at the new digital comic website THRILLBENT and you're invited for free!
For the past two years I've been coloring 'Incorruptible', and then later 'Irredeemable', for BOOM! Studios. It has been an honor to be chosen by the editors, Shannon Watters and Matt Gagnon, to work on both of these landmark titles by Mark Waid. My hope was the draw of the titles and Waid's name would get my work noticed (coattails are viable tools) because I want a career as a colorist, not just a part-time gig here and there. I wanted to sound out that I'm here to stay, evolve, and enhance each page I get to color. It worked. I got noticed. But what I didn't expect was it coming directly from Waid. He wanted me to work on a secret project with him.
Have I mentioned I'm lucky?
Obviously, it would have been foolish not to accept. It's also allowing me to work with Peter Krause who I just barely missed out coloring on 'Irredeemable'. I'll be honest and at first wasn't sure what Waid's project would change about digital comics until I read he was also spearheading Marvel's all-digital INFINITE line with 'Avengers vs. X-MEN' #1 Infinite. Reading up on what Waid and Quesada were saying about the medium I came across Balak's take on digital comics. That was a game changer for me. New potential, compositions become flexible, fertile ground for new storytelling possibilities, and Krause and Waid were exploring it all and wanted me to help.
*deer in headlights moment*
The project itself is going to be amazing but this entire endeavor goes beyond just the entertainment value. Mark and his fellow trailblazers are sharing everything we learn from successes to mistakes online. He's re-purposed his website MarkWaid.com as an educational tool for the world to learn right alongside us. That is what I call giving back and then some!
Since the beginning I've been excited to make this announcement to the world. Waid and Krause are wonderful collaborators and make me, a colorist, feel like I matter, really matter, in a world where colorists often don't even get credit let alone recognition. Considering I wasn't able to go to C2E2 to sit on the panel with them (literally writing this as they make the announcement) I won't say much here except come May we're shaking things up at the new digital comic website THRILLBENT and you're invited for free!
Monday, April 2, 2012
"Incorruptible" #28
With the death of Armadale we continue counting down to the end as the radiation cloud from 'Irredeemable' comes to America and someone from Max's past returns in this issue in a big, big way. Damian Couceiro comes aboard as the line artist and really shines in the dirt and grit that is Coalville's story of a bad man gone good. This series continues to prove why MTV rated it one of the best ongoing series of 2011. Get your copy this week!
Roll over for original line art by Damian Couceiro!
Roll over for original line art by Damian Couceiro!
Sunday, March 18, 2012
"Planet of the Apes" #12 covers
Originally I had colored three covers but it seems they scrapped the third. The cover A, by Carlos Magno, might be my favorite cover for POTA ever! Love it! The first version was cold since almost all of the covers have been hot hot hot and I wanted to try something different. I was asked to change it so I just swapped some masks around in my files and came up with the final version. Either way, I really love it and hope you do too.
Roll over for the original line art by Carlos Magno! The original version is the blue cover and the final version the red.
Roll over for original line art by Damian Couceiro!
Roll over for the original line art by Carlos Magno! The original version is the blue cover and the final version the red.
Roll over for original line art by Damian Couceiro!
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Rollover Code for Inked and Colored Pages
Just in the past week alone I've had two inquiries about how I do the rollover on my preview posts for comics I color. Hopefully this post will explain. It does assume you are using Blogger. If you're not it won't help. It isn't too tough. Just takes a bit of time. This process may sound long but once you're used to it it's all assembly line easy. I do the follow for the entire post all at once in each step so I'm not going back and forth constantly.
In Blogger you'll post up the initial images, JPGs most likely, like normal. Making sure you're looking at the "Edit Html" tab when creating your new blog post, scroll to the <img> tags for each JPG you just added. Copy and paste the following code into the <img> tag. You'll notice my notes in the code. Replace those notes with the appropriate image URLs. For the "onmouseout" it'll be simply a matter of copy and pasting the original src URL in the <img> tag that already exists. Once that is replaced go to the next paragraph below.
onmouseover="this.src='THE-CODE-YOU-COPY-FROM-PICASA'"
onmouseout="this.src='THE-ORIGINAL-IMAGE-URL'"
You'll need to save out a JPG of the image that will become the rollover to the exact same size as the JPG you have already added to your new post. Then upload those JPGs independently using Picasa. Picasa, if you're not familiar with it, is Google's free image hosting site it uses in conjunction with Blogger. You're already using it! Login here with your Google account you use for Blogger:
http://picasaweb.google.com
You'll more than likely find a couple of folders full of images in Picasa you've already posted up on your blog and anything from Google+ if you're using that too. Use the upload button and follow the directions to upload the JPGs that will become your rollover images. Once they are uploaded browse the folder you uploaded them into and find the individual images.
When you are viewing an image full size you should see a column on the right with "Link to this Photo" in blue. Click on that and it'll open some new fields. Check both "Hide album link" and "Image only (no link)" then copy the code found in the "Embed image" field. That code is what you'll then paste into the "onmouseover" src in your Blogger post.
The last step is just a precaution. You'll notice in each <img> tag there is mention of "s144" or "s400" or "s640" or "s800" or whatever. That's Google's way of telling itself how big the version of your file you want to post. The number represents the max height in pixels. Now look at your code for the JPGs you initially added. If they say "s640" then make sure in the "onmouseover" and "onmouseout" code the "sVALUE" is the same.
That's it. You can view any of my posts with rollovers, most of them are tagged "inksANDcolor", to see my code and how it looks once completed. Hope that helps everyone!
In Blogger you'll post up the initial images, JPGs most likely, like normal. Making sure you're looking at the "Edit Html" tab when creating your new blog post, scroll to the <img> tags for each JPG you just added. Copy and paste the following code into the <img> tag. You'll notice my notes in the code. Replace those notes with the appropriate image URLs. For the "onmouseout" it'll be simply a matter of copy and pasting the original src URL in the <img> tag that already exists. Once that is replaced go to the next paragraph below.
onmouseover="this.src='THE-CODE-YOU-COPY-FROM-PICASA'"
onmouseout="this.src='THE-ORIGINAL-IMAGE-URL'"
You'll need to save out a JPG of the image that will become the rollover to the exact same size as the JPG you have already added to your new post. Then upload those JPGs independently using Picasa. Picasa, if you're not familiar with it, is Google's free image hosting site it uses in conjunction with Blogger. You're already using it! Login here with your Google account you use for Blogger:
http://picasaweb.google.com
You'll more than likely find a couple of folders full of images in Picasa you've already posted up on your blog and anything from Google+ if you're using that too. Use the upload button and follow the directions to upload the JPGs that will become your rollover images. Once they are uploaded browse the folder you uploaded them into and find the individual images.
When you are viewing an image full size you should see a column on the right with "Link to this Photo" in blue. Click on that and it'll open some new fields. Check both "Hide album link" and "Image only (no link)" then copy the code found in the "Embed image" field. That code is what you'll then paste into the "onmouseover" src in your Blogger post.
The last step is just a precaution. You'll notice in each <img> tag there is mention of "s144" or "s400" or "s640" or "s800" or whatever. That's Google's way of telling itself how big the version of your file you want to post. The number represents the max height in pixels. Now look at your code for the JPGs you initially added. If they say "s640" then make sure in the "onmouseover" and "onmouseout" code the "sVALUE" is the same.
That's it. You can view any of my posts with rollovers, most of them are tagged "inksANDcolor", to see my code and how it looks once completed. Hope that helps everyone!
Sunday, March 4, 2012
"Irredeemable" #35
For the first time ever I was at the comic shop and overheard a conversation about a book I work on. There was a customer asking about this very issue's release date and the employee informed him #34 had just come out. The customer talked about "Irredeemable" and how much they enjoy the title. It made me feel great knowing I at least had a little to do with that as the colorist. So for that mystery customer this week his wishes come true and "Irredeemable" #35 comes out! Dammit, I'm going to miss coloring this title. Only two more issues left.
Roll over for original line art by Diego Barreto!
Roll over for original line art by Diego Barreto!
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