Semper Fi Progress

Hey there folks,

Been quite busy!! Here is some progress on the comic that I've been working on for the Anthology Project. Which is very exciting, since these are drawn at the size that it would be printed, and it will feel really great to see it finished. This thing I have with war somehow keeps creeping into my work... maybe someday I'll grow up and draw fluffy happy things.

NAH.

Hope you all enjoy.

Cheers,

-HH

Spaddon Studies & N.C. Wisdom

Well, here's the promised post of studies that I had done for the "Spaddon" comic, based off of a true civil war story on a Union scout named Spaddon. I took some liberties with the original story to make it my own. These are a few of the prelim character sketches of the main characters. Then there's a page of random people I liked while thinking of a concept for a new illo. The smell of coffee at Barnes and Noble is so invigorating.

I also came across a wonderful passage in my copy of the N.C. Wyeth Letters:

"The greats in all the arts have been primarily romanticists and realists (the two cannot be separated). They interpreted life as tthey saw it, but, "through every line's being" soaked in the consciousness of an object, one is bound to feel, beside life as it is, the life that ought to be, and it is that that captivates us! All great painting is something that enriches and enhances life, something that makes it higher, wider, and deeper. 'A great painter is a great man painting.'"

Take care, and next time I'll post up the finished comic!

-h.

Rockin Out at the Academy

I sincerely apologize for disappearing like that, the Academy has definitely been taking up most of my attention and leaving me little space to scan in all the work I'm producing. What I have to show is (yet again) a molskine page of character studies for a current assignment based around the topic of conversation. C.F. Payne was the visiting artist for this week, and wow, what a guy! So far I feel amazingly blessed to be here making all sorts of new friends, getting a professional network going, and going through the thick and thin of all that the Academy has thrown at me. My mind is certainly going to be thinking in a different fashion from now on when I approach a piece, I think it's been that way for everyone here.

For all those going to the San Diego con, tell me all about it when you get back! I really wish I could go, but funds are a bit short for me right now. Although, I do plan on attending the next CA workshop in January. Let me know how all of you are doing, I'd love to hear how everything has been going!

Also, one last thing I'd like to share, and it's this quote said by the father of illustration himself: " Periods of hard struggle are big stepping stones to success." So for all you artists out there having a hard time, remember it's all for the better.

Peace out,

-HH