Beach Sketches

Here are some sketches from a trip to the beach. The little kids are my daughter Maddie and my son Max. The guy with the shark on his head was just walking by. I don't know him.

Honest Abe!

Well after much delay I finally found a few hours to finish my painting of Abe Lincoln. Enjoy!

Some Wubbzy stuff...

Here are a few sketches from a Wubbzy song I've been trying to board called "You are you". For some reason this song really has me blocked. I just can't wrap my brain around what the images should be that go with the lyrics. Hopefully something will come soon seeing how I'm supposed to be done with it already.

Some paintings...

Here are some of my recent paintings. If you want to call them paintings. (My technique is pretty basic.) I got the urge to paint on New Years day and I painted these between new years and the beginning of February. I painted Gator first, then Gabby, followed by the Hangman, The wrestler and the last one was the guy with the cat. I'm still working on Abe Linclon. I'll finish that one as soon as I can re motivate myself. These are all Acrylic paint on canvas.

In honor of presidents day...

This is the rough sketch for a painting that I'm working on. Why Abe Lincoln? I don't know I just have the need to paint Abe Linclon.

More color stuff...

Here's another page of color. I think this is pretty much where the color style for the book is going. Kind of loose and graphic.

Happy Holidays!

Just wanted to say Happy Holidays to everyone. I was just experimenting with a different color style for Gabby and Gator. Hopefully I'll have this book out in 2008.

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year.

Cheers!

MartinsMisdirection.com

Just an update on MartinsMisdirection.com. The domain name is temporarily down because I forgot to renew it. It will be up again shortly.

Checkin' In!

Just thought I'd post a link to what I've been doing as of late.( Too Much Storyboard )This is a song that I boarded for the second season of Wubbzy. It's called too much of a good thing. Give it a listen and check out the visuals.

I've been pretty swamped at work on wubbzy as of late. Which means that there has been little to no time to work on Gabby and Gator. I'm hoping to get back to working on their book soon.

If I don't post again before the Holidays are over, Happy Holidays.

James

more color

Here's another color page.

the wonderful world of color

Here is a sample of what the Gabby and Gator book might look like in color.

Working away!

It's been a while since I've posted anything. I recently finished my stint at Nickelodeon on Sept.7th. Since then I've been traveling the globe. Okay I've been to Legoland not the globe. On October first I'll be starting back on the second season of Wow Wow Wubbzy. Until then I'll be working away on the graphic novel version of my Adventures of Gabby and Gator. I've been busily working on that for about the last week. Things are going well and it's turning out swimmingly. Here is a random rough page.

I'm hoping to have the entire book roughed out by the end of next week. I'll try and post more stuff later.

San Diego Comic Con was a hit!

Sorry for the absence of any posts as of late. I've been busy unpacking, painting and trying to decorate my new house. Along with working and hanging out with the family.

Comic Con was a big success. I sold all the Gabby and Gator books and plushes. (If you'd like a copy of the GG book it's available at Lulu.com.) Thanks to all who stopped by and supported me. Most people were excited to see something new from me. Although there were a few Martin's Misdirection fans that left disappointed.

There were a few highlights worth mentioning.

The first being that I met someone from a literary agency and I'm working on turning the Gabby and Gator book into a graphic novel. I'll keep you posted as that progresses and things develop. I'm sure it will be a slow process with no guarantee of success. But I'm going to give it a shot and see what happens.

The second highlight was that I sold a Gabby sketch to Judd Apatow and his lovely wife. For those of you who don't know, Judd Apatow wrote 40 Year Old Virgin and Knocked up. He's also the producer of Super Bad. That was pretty much my only star encounter and the only time I geeked out on someone. I felt ashamed afterwards. I'll have to post some pics later.

In other news I registered GabbyandGator.com. Don't go there just yet though. There's nothing at the moment. I'm working on a Gabby and Gator blog which the new address will point to in the future. The GG blog might follow the process of creating the GG Graphic Novel.

Next month I'll be rolling onto the second season of Wow Wow Wubbzy. I'm looking forward to that.

That's about it for now. I'll try and post some new artwork soon.

Comic Con Display

Here is a pic of my display for comic Con. So look for this in small press. Only one more day then its off to San Diego.

Gabby and Gator books available for order

You can now order your very own copy of The Adventures of Gabby and Gator from Lulu.com. Just click this link: The Adventures of Gabby and Gator

A public service announcement!

This is Gabby's manifesto and the back cover of the new book.

Small Press Pavilion

I forgot to post that I'm at table O-8 in the Small Press Pavilion at this years San Diego Comic Con. I'll be there signing, talking and just hanging out. If you're going, stop by and say hello. I should have the new Gabby and Gator books, the Gator plush and a handfull of original art pieces. I'll see ya there!

The Adventures of Gabby and Gator

It's been a while sense I've posted anything. Lets just say my life has been chaos lately. Between selling my house and waiting for the escrow to close on the new one, trying to get stuff together for comic con and working on a pre-school television show I'm on the verge of insanity.

There is good news though. I've finished the Gabby and Gator story. It's been a week of late nights but it is done and off to the printer. Now I just have to wait and see if it will come on time. I've also got my fingers crossed that it will turn out right. I didn't have time to order a proof so I'm taking a risk. My intial order is only 25 but that was the biggest amount I could get and still hopefully receive it before the 25th of July.

The book is 48 pages, perfect bound, black and white and measures 7.5" square.

I'm really happy with the way the story turned out. I can't wait to see it printed.

Gator plush

Here is my first attempt at making a plush toy. This fits in with the story I'm working on. Where Gator arrives in the mail after being ordered from the back of a comic book. So I guess this is actually Gator as a baby. Although I wouldn't try flushing this down the toilet.

Gator the early years

I'm finally working on my new story for comic con. Here is a peek at Gator's developmental years. No wonder the guy has issues.

I'm having fun so far. I'm about two pages in. I'm trying to work on it a little each night before I go to bed. I have no script, just some loose ideas. I'm letting it develop as I go. The scratchy line work is actually the final look.

Once I'm through with Gator's side of the story, then it's onto Gabby. Stay tuned!