Color Picker Ballpoint Drawing
I’ve been making drawings with ballpoint pens on notebook paper lately. You can see a few more examples in this Flickr set. I posted the following photo of a drawing I did of the Photoshop Color Picker (based on CS3) on my Tumblr and was pleasantly surprised by the response it generated: Below is a scan of the actual notebook drawing, (it’s a little sharper than my iPhone photo above): These drawings are for an upcoming solo show at iam8bit in Los Angeles!!! The opening is Friday, May 25th. I could not be more excited! You can...
read morePinburgh 2012 – Unsportsmanlike Conduct
Pinburgh 2012 – Unsportsmanlike Conduct 30 x 20.5 inches ink on paper
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iZOMBIE #24 I drew a fill-in issue for DC Comics/Vertigo – iZOMBIE #24: Kennedy, leader of the Dead Presidents, is in the spotlight as we travel back to the 1970s, when she was new to life as an undead secret agent. Investigating some weird business surrounding a rock band takes an unexpected turn – revealing secrets that will have serious repercussions in the present day for our zombie heroine, Gwen. Kennedy sports a mighty fine afro in the 70s flashback – and made me think, gee-whiz, visually Kennedy is like a female version of...
read moreThis #*?! Isn’t Very Funny: promo art
On March 29th, my art show, This #*?! Isn’t Very Funny, opens at the Toonseum. The show features a selection of recent original comics art, drawings, and prints. For promotional purposes, I had to design a poster and postcard for the event. I love promotional poster art but don’t have the chance to produce it very often. I thought I’d share some of the process here. It is important to me that the promotional materials accurately communicate the work in the show. Because I often judge a movie or book based on expectations,...
read moreTIME CAPSULE: Palmer’s Picks
Wizard magazine started publishing around the time that I decided I wanted to be a comic book artist. Since it featured interviews with cartoonists and a glimpse at how the sausage was made (so to speak), I read it for a couple of years in the early to mid 90s before moving on to the Comics Journal. The magazine capitalized on comics’ speculator market that developed in the wake of the collapse of the trading card/sports card market. Within a few years, the comic book industry repeated the cycle, and when things went sour, a lot of fingers...
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