Royal Rumble and Avengelyne

Finally posted my latest effeort for the Pile O' Bones Derby Club in the Illustration section. If you're too lazy to click over, here it is:

I've also been exploring my abilities as an inker recently. My buddy Owen Gieni is doing the art work for Image Comics' Avengelyne. He sent me over some rough pencils of a pin-up to ink, just for a larf. Here are the pencils:

and here are my inks:

All the inks are digital. No squids were harmed in the production of this artwork.

Designs Aplenty

Finally catching up on posting a few designs I've done over the last few months. Quite a while ago, I was approached by a journalist who'd seen some of my work. He was looking for a logo for business cards, his website, that sort of thing. He had his concept ready to roll, including some initial sketches. Here's the final product -

My wife, in certain circles, is known as Ang Xiety. Well, they're not really perfectly circular, they're the oval rinks upon which the dangerous ladies of roller derby ply their trade. She's the coach of the local league, the Pile O' Bones Derby Club, which eats up a lot of her time. Rather than whine about my lot as a derby widower, I had the idea that I should try to cash in on her 'derby cred' and we've started up a roller derby inspired clothing line called Danger Belle. Our first sale was at a recent bout, and it went really well. If you're interested in seeing the designs, come by and visit the site. You can get there by clicking on the logo below.

Among my other pursuits, I've also begun work on a creator owned comic publishing and marketing services company. If you're a creator with a property you want to get out there, stop by Shatterday Comics (again, by clicking the logo below).

It's through Shatterday that I'll be publishing the comic, Temple, that I'm working on with Jake Gosselin. I've finally uploaded the 10 page preview online, which you can see here. Take a peek and let me know what you think.

So that's what I'm up to. I think you get a better idea why I post pretty rarely. Between starting two businesses, drawing a comic, a day job, and parenting, finding time to post news is rare indeed.

Derby Doodles and Dutch Pride

Holy Cow, I've been off the blog for a while, eh? Well, here's a quick update. That nasty flu turned out to be pneumonia. Fun stuff. I was wishing that there was a market for lung butter. I'd have been a wealthy man. I'm mostly better, but there is still some rattle when I breathe.

I'm in twitter now -  http://twitter.com/gavindelint. Follow me. I'll try to amuse you at least as much as I offend you.

I'm still drawing, I haven't quit to farm pineapples or to go to private detective school (not that I haven't thought of it), but all of my drawing has been for projects that haven't really seen the light of day yet. There's the comic that I, along with my buddy and writer Jake Gosselin, will be pimping at Comic-Con International in a couple of weeks (HOLY CRAP IT'S ONLY A COUPLE OF WEEKS AWAY). There's also a Roller Derby related project that I'm working on with my wife that we should be launching sooner than later. It's had me in a derby frame of mind, so here are some derby doodles, just so that this post has some art.

Also, I've been devoting a little bit of time to following the Netherlands as they go for the World Cup. Finals this Sunday, versus Germany or Spain. HUP HOLLAND!!!

Fracture Magazine

My derby poster has been posted on Fracture Magazine's Bout Posters page. Cool!

Summer Smackdown

I can't remember if I've mentioned this before, but my wife is involved with The Pile o' Bones Derby Club. It's a flat-track derby club. No, there are no Gator Skaters. Yes, it's still awesome. I put together a poster for their next event. If you're in the Regina area on July 25, get yourself to the Callie.

Flying VW Bug

The issue is back from the printers, so I'm told it's safe to post the illustration I did for sub-Terrain magazine.

I'm pleased with the way it turned out. I can't wait to see it in print. Let me know what you think.

Over the weekend, a couple of my prints were auctioned off at a Pile o' Bones Roller Derby fundraiser. Besides getting some nice attention for my art, I got to listen to some good local bands and enjoy the sight of tough girls on roller skates (not blades - never even mention blades) selling shots. The hottest Roller Girl by far was Ang Xiety - MROW!

The sad news related to the above story is that in getting the two prints to donate, I discovered that they were the only two not water damaged. The portfolio in which I had them stored was victim to my leaky basement. Sad, sad day.