Artemisia (from 300: Rise of an Empire)

A fanart for Eva Green's character in 300: Rise of an Empire (still the movie I liked best in 2014.)

The Legend of Bael the Bard

Above, a fanart I managed to squeeze into yesterday's routine - Brandon Stark finds that Bael the Bard has stolen his daughter, for the Legends of ASOIAF monthly theme on valyrian-forged.

Apart from that, daily routine means that I'm colouring the 4th issue of Dr. Muscles, which should be ready by the beginning of September. Haven't had much time to work on other projects, unfortunately - but In Absentia and other pages are still on my check list.

Fanart Friday: Liberty Meadows

An homage to Frank Cho's fabulous Liberty Meadows, which I've recently read.

My project wasn't unfortunately selected for the Reality Draws contest. Oh well. I'm going on with Dr. Muscles #5 - 10 out of 22 pages have been coloured, and I pencilled 5 more pages during the last week.

Fanart Friday: Loki and Thor

I haven't posted anything in almost one month! I am so sorry! I have been really busy with work of lately. Hope to add more news soon.

Flawed

Flawed by *cabepfir on deviantART

For the "Flawed" contest on tumblr.

Eddard Stark refuses Renly Baratheon’s help: “And what should I do with a hundred swords, my lord?” (AGoT 508)

This was the first scene in which I realised, truly realised, that Ned was going to crumble under his inability to play the game of thrones. He senses it himself: “He found himself wondering if he had done the right thing by refusing Lord Renly’s offer.”

Ned was wearing a "white linen tunic and grey cloak", while Renly was "still in his hunting greens, his cloak spattered with blood".

ASOIAF (c) George RR Martin

Mud

Lineart by me, colours by Martina Cecilia

for the Jaime/Brienne Fanworks Fest

another ASOIAF fanart

Only Water by *cabepfir on deviantART

Things are very slow at the moment. Bit sad.

Miller's tribute

Belated Fanart Friday with Hartigan and Nancy from Frank Miller's Sin City. On a side note: Balloons will probably be published on the Autumn issue of the Florida Review. Only two weeks till the Comicon! Be ready!

Skirts and dignity

I'm waiting a few replies. In the meantime, a new fanart for A Song of Ice and Fire:
Skirts and Dignity by *cabepfir on deviantART Cersei gathered up her skirts and dignity. "This must be very frightening for you. I shall forgive those words." (AFfC, p. 810, Harper ed.)

inks, nibs, Asanor & Hook

This is the first picture I ink with the new Hunt #108. The brand new brass surface had difficulties in keeping the ink, and it also seemed harder than the previous (now broken ç_ç) nib. At the beginning I had to dip the nib in the ink bottle almost every centimetre. I had almost finished inking when the nib started to be dirty enough to behave as I expected.

Anyway, this is my usual clutter when I try to ink in a clean way - I don't know, but I always get less interesting results when I try to be clean. Moreover, I'm still unsatisfied when I try to place deep blacks.

This drawing, in any case, was intended to show two main characters of my saga, Asanor: the protagonist (on the right) and his love interest, Miriel (on the left). She is the daughter of a typographer, hence their well-equipped bookshelves.



This, instead, is the last drawing I inked with the late #108. It's Hook peeling an apple for Wendy. You could tell I had just re-watched the Peter Pan movie with Jason Isaacs (squee). What you couldn't tell, since I adjusted the level, is that it was inked with a Lefranc & Bourgeois Chinese Ink, bought in Angoulême. It's a truly dreadful ink, if I may say the truth. I heard that people call the Pelikan ink a diluted wash; it only means they haven't tried the Lefranc & Bourgeois, because, meh, this is dirt water with a drop of black, not an ink. The only pro is that it's extremely flowing; but it's way too clear, almost grey, not pitch-black.

Sansa

Sansa Stark with Clegane's cloak. Why is she naked?

Sketched during Christmas and coloured today.

Torn

A new fanart for ASOIAF - drawn during Christmas holidays, actually. Jeyne and Sybell Westerling leaving Riverrun at the end of Feast for Crows.


Torn by *cabepfir on deviantART

I can't believe that in a week I'm going to be in Angoulême. I still have so many things to finish. And my portfolio isn't ready. Aaah, how I'm going to do it?

Happy 51 Severus Snape!

January 9 is Professor Snape's birthday. Happy 51, Professor!


Blue Period Snape by *cabepfir on deviantART

(click on the link for more explaination about this Rowling/Picasso crossover)

what am I doing?

Gawain for sigune by *cabepfir on deviantART

Tomorrow I'll leave for the Christmas holidays.

In the meanwhile, what I'm doing? I'm preparing a project to submit to a graphic novel contest held by the newborn publishing house, Blam. Since the project has to remain top secret, I'm restrained from showing you anything yet, I'm sorry. In any case I completed the 16 requested pages and I'm currently working on the characters' sheets.

I have also completed a commission for redcandle17 this morning, and I also plan to enter her contest about mother/daughters on deviantArt. No surprise that I intend to participate also to the Artful Snape challenge on #Spinners-End to celebrate Snape's birthday on January 9th.

Beside that, when I'll finish the things to do for Blam contest above I'm going to start a new short story, entitled The Knight of Love.

And that's it, for the moment. Merry Christmas to everyone.

Belated Fanart Friday

Last Fanart Friday was dedicated to our great master artist, Craig Thompson, an artist to whom I owe too much to be described. Unfortunately tumblr bitching prevented me from posting my images on time, and during the weekend I dedicated myself to other things. So, with a bit of delay, here is my due tribute to the man who allowed me to fly to Florida.





These are the first two pages of a 4 pages comic I did back sometime around 2006, clearly under the influence of Craig's brushwork. It was probably the first time I inked a comic with a brush, and actually the flow of some details amazes me still now, considering that I tend to segment my lines even with a brush.

This is a simple joke I did after coming back from the ACA. We saw a lot of pelicans during our boat trip on the Indian River. The Italian sound for crows and other kinds of birds is "Cra" and I mixed it with Craig's name. Therefore, Peli-craig.

Thank you for everything, Craig.

Underage?

Unwillingly and unexpectedly, I found myself in the role of the victim during a recent deviantART censorship raid. The following drawing was reported and deleted for "underage nudity". No need to explain that there is no nudity and no underage intended at all.




It was only a SS/HG version of the torture Hermione has to suffer at Bellatrix' hands in DH, as reminded me by the recent DH 0.1 movie.

To take it easy and have a laugh, I have listed a reason of what I like most in SS/HG fanfics.

What I like in fics by *cabepfir on deviantART

Fanart Friday: Paul Pope

Paul Pope inking a lobster illustration that was given to Chef Tom as a present. For today's ACA Fanart Friday.

Paul Pope is really an inspirational artist and his dedication to the ACA residency was admirable. He brought a lot of guests, including artists (such as Sam Hiti), PRs, his mother and his girlfriend. As everyone has already stated, he could give with nonchalance really deep speeches, filled with what would become known as "Paul Pope quotes". The inking/watercolouring session with Sam Bradley was a perfect example of his metaphysical thinking in action.

The Marquis fanart

Marquis by *cabepfir on deviantART

Fanart for Fanart Friday organized by my ACA pals! This is for Dark Horse editor Sierra Hahn, who brought us a bunch of comics, allowing us to take what we liked!