Drifter cover process

My good friend Ivan Brandon has a smart series you need to be checking out, the Sci Fi drama DRIFTER. Series artist Nic Klein is easily one of the best working in comics, and Tom Muller's design work is legend.

Ivan and I go back well over a decade, and I was honored to lend a a little help when he needed a variant cover.

Colors and designs are by Nic and Tom, and look FAR better than anything I deserve!

Please check this series out. The first volume is available now, and it will not disappoint!

Here's a small process post for the cover.










Seriously, look how awesome Nic made that look!!



Drifter 17 is out in February, but the first trade is available now! 

Give it a shot!

best,
Mike

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INSOMNIART!

So, a few nights ago I could not sleep. I ended up drawing instead. Tonight, I can't sleep again and so I remembered I didn't post the stuff I drew that night (hence forth to be known as "INSOMNIART!" tm, copyright 2009 Mike Hawthorne :)

Anyway, here's what I drew. Worked on some previous pieces I had started and then began a new one. Some guy in a trench coat named Constantine.





Enjoy. I'm not.

Previous Viking post.
Previous Hellboy post.

Best,
mike

Drawing for fun - VIKING pt. II

Worked on this VIKING piece a little more. (See previous post, if you missed it)

I noticed while inking this that I hade made a mistake in the penciling stage. I made the left side of his face too narrow, and it didn't match the right. I wanted this pretty symmetrical to create a stone monument-like feel for this character, so I used an old trick I learn in high school art class. I took a sheet of tracing paper and traced off the "correct" side of the face, flipped that over and put it under the existing drawing and lined it up down the middle. Then I light boxed the corrections onto the actual drawing with a non-photo blue pencils and continued inking. I made sure to fudge parts of it to keep it from looking TOO symmetrical and creating a fake, robotic look to the man.

Anyway, more soon as I get time to work on it.

Best,
Mike

Drawing for fun - VIKING!! pt. I

Been doing warm ups before pages, and worked on this about 5 minutes at a pop all week. This is Bram "The Quiet" from the stunning Images series, VIKING. Written by my pal and regular collaborator Ivan Brandon and drawn/painted/ninja'ed by the amazing Nic Klein.

Haven't worked on it the last two days, but figured I'd share it before I get much further on it so you can see the work in progress.


Best,
Mike

Portent pin-up

Did this pin up for Peter Bergting's book, the Portent. If you haven't seen it, it's stunning. Peter's a fantastic artist, and could keep up with ANY of us working the big two. Great guy to boot.

Had to hack this out a bit, pun intended ;), cause I ran out of time.

Mike

PS - Check here for more on The Portent - http://web.mac.com/bergting/iWeb/Portent/News/News.html