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Chromacon 2015 is this Saturday and Sunday!

April 14th, 2015 | by Marc
Posted In: Blog

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Attention! Chromacon is this week!

Where does the time go? I swear, 2015 has been such a blur so far. It’s going to be a big weekend. I’m really looking forward to it. However it does leave me frantically organising my last few bits and pieces for the show. Mostly just things for the booth. All the major things for the show are done.

What can you expect from me at Chromacon? Well it’s been a busy year already, so unfortunately I still have not made any new comics, but I have re-printed some ActionMan Adam books for anyone who hasn’t yet experienced them, to read. They’re in stock and ready to go.

I have a new book debuting at the show called Sketches. If you’ve been following my social media you’ll know I have been frequently posting black and white ink sketches. Just a fun project to draw whatever I’m feeling at any given moment. I’ve compiled some of my favourites into a book and will be selling this at Chromacon for $6. It came out great, so I can’t wait to share!

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I also have a couple of new prints. One which I have already shown the world, and one which is brand new. I think they’re fun and colourful.

I’ll also have my usual assortment of stickers on hand if you’re into some colour to attach to a favourite object.

On top of all of this, I’m going to be doing free mini sketches for anyone who makes a comic or print purchase. You buy a comic or print, and I will draw you something. Your choice of character. Should be fun. I haven’t really done any live drawing for a while.

It’s going to be a fun show. The event is FREE entry, and runs across both Saturday and Sunday this weekend at Aotea Centre in Auckland City. Please do come by and say hello. Buy a comic or print, or both. Get a drawing done. See some other amazing artists who will also be displaying their fantastic work. Oh yeah!

Finally, all leftover stock will be offered on my online store after Chromacon. If you can’t make the show, you will be able to purchase from there, but if you’d really like something reserved now – let me know.

Thanks for reading.
Marc

└ Tags: 2015, Auckland, Blog, Chromacon
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Chromacon 2015

April 7th, 2015 | by Marc
Posted In: Blog

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Chromacon 2013 was probably the best art event I have ever had the privilege of attending. Such a great art community focus where the artists / vendors could interact with the public. Often times when you are making art work it is a very solitary activity, so when you share it, and get an opportunity to meet people to share your work with, it’s an amazing experience. Chromacon was the best of these experiences that I have had.

Outside of interacting with people who attended the show, meeting other peers is a truly inspiring function of the show as well. I had a good time reuniting with old friends, and making new ones along the way.

Well now it is time for Chromacon 2015, and we are doing it all over again. I’m in the process of organising my own art, comics and related items. It’s going to be a fun one.

If you were an attendee in 2013, and you had a good time exploring the stalls, please consider supporting the events Kickstarter to help cover the costs. There are some great supporter rewards available.

Above is a custom cover of my oldest ActionMan Adam comic. I found 3 blank covers that I was able to customise especially for this show.

Entry into Chromacon is free – all the details can be found right here.

See you there!
Marc

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Ink Sketches – 7

March 22nd, 2015 | by Marc
Posted In: Blog

Who knows what week I am actually up to with these sketches. So I will just call this post number 7 and be done with worrying about which week we are up to.

How is everyone? All good?

This is a continuation of the X-Men and Basketball themes.

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Tim Duncan.

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Mister Sinister.

Sketch43

Anthony Davis.

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Emma Frost.

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Gordon Hayward.

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The Blob.

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LeBron James.

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Kitty Pryde and Lockheed.

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Derrick Rose.

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Wolverine.

That’s it for the X-Men theme. The basketball players keep on going strong though.
Thanks for checking these out.

Marc

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Ink Sketches – Week 6

March 15th, 2015 | by Marc
Posted In: Blog

Time for another round of ink sketches! I’m quite a bit behind on posting these sketches to this site, so I’ll make this a big sketch dump to catch up a bit.

This lot continues the theme of basketball players and X-Men characters. I hope you enjoy.

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Dark Phoenix

Sketch29

Stephen Curry

Sketch30

Rogue

Sketch31

Russell Westbrook

Sketch32

Magneto

Sketch33

Joakim Noah

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Jubilee

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Dirk Nowitzki

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Iceman

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James Harden

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Mystique

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Marc Gasol

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Sabretooth

└ Tags: inks, sketch
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Girl with Skateboard Art Commission

January 29th, 2015 | by Marc
Posted In: Blog

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Earlier last year I was commissioned to do this drawing, which was a lot of fun. Getting the initial drawing finished didn’t take me too long, and I happily completed the inks on a board in a timely manner. However I knew it would take me a while to finish the colours. Once these were completed, I was happy to get a print of the full piece to the owner of the original art.

Happily I can also make this print available for sale in my store. If you are interested, this piece is for sale as an A4 colour print on photo matte stock, for $10 NZD. It’ll be signed too! Bonus.

Here’s the break down of how it was made:

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Digital sketch.

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Digital Pencils.

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Pencils.

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Inks.

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Colours.

Phew!

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Ink Sketches Week 5

January 28th, 2015 | by Marc
Posted In: Blog

I’ve got a lot of these to post to this site. Getting behind on my blog posts.

Here is a re-cap on week 5. I basically have been on an exclusive run of X-Men characters and current NBA Basketball players. It’s great fun for drawing though. The X-Men comics were what I was into reading when I was younger. Just a range of cool characters in those stories.

The NBA players started with the current roster of my favourite team the New York Knicks. However they are having what we would call…ahem, a re-building year, and the roster started shifting. I thought it safer to move around the league and draw some players from other teams who interest me in one way or another. Although my love of the Knicks might prevent me from drawing people from certain rival teams I cannot stand.

It’s a good exercise drawing real people though, trying to achieve a likeness while still making it my own comic art.

Hope you enjoy this next batch. As always, if you would like to see the daily posts, the best places to keep up with those is my Instagram, Twitter or Tumblr.

Let’s get into it, shall we?

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Psylocke.

Sketch22

Gambit.

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Colossus. About here I decided to start use ink wash more regularly on the sketches.

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This waas a fun sketch jam with my friend Eddie. He’s the best! I drew NIghtcrawler, he drew Beast.

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Blake Griffin of the LA Clippers.

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Damian Lillard of the Portland Trailblazers.

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Ink Sketches – Week 4

December 29th, 2014 | by Marc
Posted In: Blog

Some more ink sketches needed to be posted to this site. I’m still doing them, I just keep forgetting to post them here.

Here we go.

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Curtis from Snow Piercer

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Gwen Stacy, Spider-Woman

Sketch13

Gollum

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Pablo Prigioni of the New York Knicks

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Apocalypse

Sketch19

Captain America

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Ink Sketches – Week 2

November 27th, 2014 | by Marc
Posted In: Blog

Here are the ink sketches from week 2. Unfortunately I did not really get any sketches done for week 3 as some additional work came in and I had to prioritise my time for that. I’m hoping I’ll be able to get some more done for this coming week though.

If you missed them when they were posted, here are the remaining ink sketches to bring it up to date.

Enjoy!

Sketch04

Tim Hardaway Junior of the New York Knicks.

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Spider-Woman.

Sketch06

Elektra.

Sketch07

Green Lantern.

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Mr Incredible.

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Doctor Who.

└ Tags: inks, sketch
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Ink Sketches – Week 1

November 12th, 2014 | by Marc
Posted In: Blog

Well Inktober might be over, but the ink sketches continue. These won’t be daily, but they will be regular. Hopefully you all enjoy them.

In the meanwhile I’ll continue to work on a new ActionMan Adam page in the background.

Here are last weeks sketches.Sketch01

Vision.

Sketch02

Zatanna.

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Juggernaut.

I will post a re-cap of this weeks sketches here next week. Or you can always check my Twitter, Instagram, FB Fan page or Tumblr, if you want to check in on them daily.

└ Tags: inks, sketch
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Inktober Week Four & Five 2014

November 7th, 2014 | by Marc
Posted In: Blog

Here are the last remaining ink sketches from Inktober. I had so much fun with the month that I have decided to continue with these small ink sketches indefinitely. They won’t be daily, but they will be often.

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Kate Bishop. I hope you’ve all been reading “Hawkeye” from Marvel. Excellent book, but sad to hear Fraction and Aja’s run is almost
done.

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Dr Doom.

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Reggie Watts. I saw Reggie on the day this is dated. He was amazing! A very surreal, but awesome experience.

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Invincible.

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Catwoman.

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Iman Shumpert of the New York Knicks. Shump is looking great so far this season.

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Captain Marvel.

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Amar’e Stoudemire of the New York Knicks. Stat is also producing well for the Knicks early in the season.

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She-Hulk.

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Ron Burgandy wants you all to stay classy.

Come back next week and I should have more of these sketches up.
Thanks for checking,
Marc

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