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Saltwater Witch Chapt 13, page 4 is up!

Did some drawing this afternoon, a couple more panels for chapter 13. Done and posted.  Check it all out here: http://www.saltwaterwitch.com

Saltwater Witch Chapt 13, page 3 is up!

Sketched out the two panels for page three this morning, lined and colored them this afternoon, and just finished the lettering, balloons, and other details. It's posted.  Check out page 3 here: http://www.saltwaterwitch.com/switch

Here's the linework for the two panels:

Zombie Road

Zombie Road – promo piece for Saltwater Witch. Click the image for the full view. http://www.SaltwaterWitch.com

Undead Character Studies

I did one last night, another tonight--the guy with the sign, gearing up for a big battle with these guys in the next few chapters of Saltwater Witch.  Large crowds aren't easy to draw or paint, and I'm going to take some time to get this right.  I'll definitely be posting more from the army of the drowned dead.

Click for the full view.

New Saltwater Witch banners

Last night I was drawing some new ideas for Saltwater Witch banner images, and here's one with the drowned dead looking for the right place to...do business. 

The image is here if you would like to link to it: http://www.saltwaterwitch.com/SWitchOlethren-160x600.jpg

If you want to drop in some HTML copy and paste this into your site:

<p><a href=“www.saltwaterwitch.com”><img width=“160” height=“600” src=“http://www.saltwaterwitch.com/SWitchOlethren-160x600.jpg”></a></p>

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Stylized Kassandra and friends

I'm playing with the idea of doing the next Saltwater Witch chapter in a different style--something like the following character studies.  In the first one, that's--right to left--Kassandra, Jill, and Nicole.  The second image was my first Kassandra study.

Kassandra speedpaint

About fifteen minutes goofing in ArtRage this morning.  I ended up sketching five or six figures in motion for some upcoming comic pages. Here's one.

New Maps and Charts page live on Saltwater Witch!

New Maps and Charts page live on Saltwater Witch!

Maps and Charts relating to the Seaborn, Kassandra, and her family. I will be posting more, but starting out with three items, a map from the House Rexenor archives, Kassandra's "hand drawn" map of the Nine-Cities, and Kassandra's family tree.

http://www.saltwaterwitch.com/switch/maps.php

Saltwater Witch Chapter 4 is Up!

I just uploaded Saltwater Witch chapter 4 with the new opening panel! Read it all here: http://www.SaltwaterWitch.com/switch