Did you hear?...

Read Marvel's solicitations VERY carefully ;-)







Now, go tell your local comic shop you REALLY need these comics!

Thanks,
Mike




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Come meet me at Nerdtino this weekend!

Hey Philly! Come see me this weekend! Info here - https://www.nerdtino.com 

Best,
Mike

Deadpool cover art!

Hey y'all, 

Here are the covers to Deadpool 292 and 293! I'll be doing a bunch of covers leading up to 300! 

Enjoy!

Mike

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Inktober 3 thru 6!

More Inktober pieces. They're getting weirder by the day. I have absolutely NO PLAN when I start these, just starting with the ink and letting it tell me what to draw. SO, free styling these all the way. 

Best!

Mike




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Inktober Day Two

Enjoy!

Mike


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Inktober Day One video

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Celebrating the first day of Inktober

Celebrating the first day of Inktober #inktober2017 #Inktober



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Batman Day!

Happy Batman Day!

Best,
Mike


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Why the long face?

A quick warm up sketch.







Enjoy!



Mike





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Art Collectors! New art available!

Art collectors! There are all new Deadpool pages, as well as new covers, up on my art dealer's store!

Many of you have asked about pages, so now is your chance. I noticed several are missing, so some sold ALREADY! Better get a move on ;-)

Best!

Mike

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Rock variant!

Didja' hear?...



More info here. 

Thanks!
Mike

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Drawing Groot and Rocket

Look, I drew you a panel :-)





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little/RED sketch art collection available NOW!

Hey everyone! 

It's officially here! The little/RED sketchbook is available over on Gumroad! https://gum.co/uQAgZ

This 51 page PDF sketch collection features all the hero and villain sketches I've been posting over the last year or so. We scanned it so you'd get as close to holding the actual sketchbook as possible. 

Go over to my Gumroad site, name your price and enjoy!! (Or, you can just get it here via the widget at the top right ;-)

Oh, and help spread the word to your friends! Thanks! 

Best,
Mike

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Coming really, really soon..... ;-)

Coming really soon on my Gumroad store!...

Best,

Mike

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The shoulder

The shoulder area is a complicated bit of business. I try to cover it at length in my anatomy lectures. Hit the link and name your own price!

Best,
Mike


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Advice from people smarter than me.

Hey everyone! 

I posted these bits of advice on Twitter a few days ago and it seemed to have touched a nerve for a lot of folks. Reposting here:

I get asked for advice by students all the time. Often I just repeat advice given to me. Want to hear some of it?

"We can never show our face in San Francisco" from @IvanBrandon after I drew a SF street with no reference. Advice was basically don't fake.

Similar to the advice from @larryhama, "If you have internet you don't have an excuse to draw something wrong. "

"Stay on a book for a while" from @Oeming after seeing me hyper actively bounce around from book to book.

Without this advice I wouldn't have stayed on Deadpool this long.

"Make your writer look good." from @JerryOrdway. Sage advice right when I needed it.

"Sharpen your pencil." from my high school art teacher. Basically just keep your tools ready at all times, don't find excuses to delay work.

"You're drawing in shorthand." From @Remender after seeing pages I just rushed instead of loved up a little.

"It'll hurt less when it's finished." From @sarahstarlitt when I wanted to quit a personal project because it was emotionally taxing.

"Watch for lamps coming out of his crotch" from @karenpberger. I was wrecklessly allowing tangents on pages due to lazy layouts.

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"The fast artists are the first out of work" from @KevinNowlan (read it in an interview). Meaning put care into your work, it shows.

"You need to charge!" Advice I gave @tonymoore when he was giving away sketches, then he gave it back when I wasn't valuing my own work.

"I'm not in the business of holding onto property." rich real estate guy I knew. Had to rethink sitting on ideas instead of moving on them.

"Treat it as a debt of honor, & make a commitment to finish things, @ANNELAMOTT from Bird by Bird. Printed this on my pages for years.

"Draw, draw, draw! Above all else, DRAW!" from DiVinci (don't know his Twitter handle 😅). No idea if he ACTUALLY said it, but I don't care.

Last one for a bit (gotta get back to work). Talk to you later!

Best!

Mike

Link to my Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/MikeHawthorne

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Signing at Five Points Festival in New York this weekend!

New York, New Jersey people!! 

I'll be in NYC this weekend, signing at the Midtown Comics booth at the Five Points Festival. More info here - http://fivepointsfest.com/midtown-comics-signings/

Thanks!
Mike

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Deadpool 30, 80 pages of Deadpool in SPAAAAACCCCEEEE!!!

Hey everyone! Deadpool 30 has hit stands, and I'm thrilled that people seem to dig it!

Be sure to hit your local comic shop and get yourself a copy! Marvel ALSO made a poster of my cover, so be on the lookout for that too! 

Enjoy!

Mike

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Video for my Comic Process talk is now live!

Want to hear me give me a talk on how to make the comics? Go watch THE VIDEO! 

Thanks!

Mike

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All City: Vol. 0, a sketchbook full of art!

As a thank you for all the love, here is All City: Volume 0 sketchbook collecting some high res scans of my art on Gumroad

You are all great! Enjoy the sketchbook! 

Best,

Mike

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WOW!

WOW! The reception to the anatomy PDF has been astounding!

I'm thrilled to hear of all the artists out there getting so much use out of these, and it's even more exciting to see art some of them are making with the new knowledge. I feel so proud and humbled, thank you all so much!

If you haven't already, get it here - https://gumroad.com/l/riQI  

Name your price, and have fun!

Thanks!

best,
Mike

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Anatomy PDF is LIVE!

It's LIVE! Now you can finally get the 110 page Anatomy Lecture PDF, just go to my Gumroad page and name your price.

If you want to see more stuff like this from me, vote with your support. Not about dollar amounts, I'd like to gauge interest.

If this goes well, I'd like to do a series of PDF collection of my sketchbook art. I'd like to raise money to do a big print sketchbook!

Thanks!

Mike

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Anatomy PDF coming!

Hey, quick heads up! In a week I'll release a 110 page PDF of all the hand-out from my anatomy class on a pay-what-you-want model.

Folks who supported my @StorySupply get the anatomy PDF a week early for FREE, as a "Thank you" for supporting my sketchbooks.


In a week I'll make the anatomy PDF available via Gumroad on a pay-what-you-want basis. Sign up here- http://gumroad.com/mikehawthorne 


Best,
Mike

PS - If you bought my sketchbooks via Story Supply Co., you should get an email from then with a link to the PDF. Thanks again for the support!

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New sketchbook time!

Started a new set of my Story Supply Co. Sketchbook. Here's a peek. 

Get your own set by hitting the link at the top right. 

Thanks! 

Mike

Figure drawing practice

Some recent figure studies done at a local open drawing session. 

Enjoy! 

Mike

Dead pool 30 almost finished!...

Almost done! This issue is way over the top! You're gonna love it 😊👍🏽

Best, 

Mike

Making the Deadpool 30 wrap around cover, part 1.

Hey, process junkies! First of a two part post on how I make the cover to Deadpool 30. 

Enjoy! 

Mike