The Art of Matthew Warlick

I almost missed Dallas Comic Con this year (they sold out super-fast, proof that a larger venue is now needed) but thanks to fellow Space Gunner Evan Bryce I got to com eout Sunday and hock my wares.

Prints and copies of Senryu moved slowly but I sketched almost the entire 4 hours. First up was a Joker for Charlotte Peeples, wife of awesome artist Brent Peeples.

I get odd requests at ties but this one I liked. It’s Deadman,  holding the ‘deadman’ on a Kovach R11 refueling truck..

Hush.

And last but my favorite, Destroyer. I loved the new Kirkman mini and plan to do a pinup of the character soon.

Oh, and I finally got a copy (albeit a 2nd printing) of local bad-ass Joe Eisma’s new Image book Morning Glories.

Fun was had by all and I’m looking forward to next year, hopefully bigger venue and more tables in Artist Alley will come with it!

Sorry for the short notice, but thanks to the generosity of my Space-Gun Studios brother-in-arm Evan I’ll be setup tomorrow for the second day of Dallas Comic Con.

I’ll have prints and copies of Senryu for sale, and will be doing sketches and headshots on the cheap, so come on out. Mention this blog and I’ll give you a free head sketch!

Also, starting September 1st I’ll be posting the complete Senryu online. After learning the ins and outs of ComicPress I’ll be offering it up as a webcomic starting next month.

It’ll run from Sept. 1st until October 7th, so add it to your RSS reader of choice now!

I’ve got a new sci-fi/horrow graphic novel in the works, and liek most indie comic creators thes days, I also have a Kickstarter Fundraiser going to help offset production costs.

If you’re a fan of high-quality, independent comics or are just filthy sticking rich you should considering donating. There are cool rewards for contributors like copies of the book, original art or even a cameo in the book.

So a while back thanks to the power of Twitter I was able to con the guys over at Red 5 Comics (namely Brian Clevinger) into letting me throw down on an Atomic Robo short story.

After sitting on the details for several months I can finally do a little bragging and inform you that the strip is now live!

Click the image to check out the entire short over at NuklearPower.com.

Big ups again to Brian, Scott Wegna and the entire Red 5 Comics crew for the opportunity to play in their sandbox, it was a blast and I hope I get to do it again in the future.

So after an almost 3 month absence of posting to the blog I’m finally back. Needless to say the new day job has taken up more of my time than I’d planned and not turned out like Id hoped it would.  Long story short what should have been a small creative shop has quickly bloated to a “agency” model with little room for quality or accountability.

That aside I’ve been hard at work on The Old Ones. I’ve got the entire story plotted and am working on the second draft script at the moment. With some help from my Space-Gun Studio mate Jake Ekiss the 3rd or 4th draft should put me in a good spot to start art duties on the book.

And speaking of, I’ve got a Kickstarter project going to try and raise money for the project. Please share the link, and donate if you can!

There are a few more small things in the works that I’ll announce later on. For the moment I’ll leave you with a random stream of consciousness brush pen sketch done over my break last week.

See ya soon.

Wow, what a crazy month it’s been. My apologies for neglecting the blog but the new day job has taken it’s toll on my free time and after working on freelance, finishing up commissions, and the constant connection to Twitter and Facebook there’s not much room left for blog posts. I guess the new research is true, blogs are going the way of the Do-Do.

But have no fear, I won’t be neglecting you beautiful internet masses, and have several cool bits of news to announce.

First off, my new employer Rockfish Interactive has moved into its new Frisco office (photos on my Flickr account), and I’ve settled comfortably into the role of a senior designer/art director.

I can’t say I don’t miss working from home and drawing all the time, but it’s nice to design again, get back up to speed on interactive work and produce storyboards and spot illos while getting a nice salary and bennies to boot.

The other bit of news is the official commencement of my next project, Lights in The Sky. Friends and family have long known about my fascination with UFOs and this summer I’m going to share my thoughts, theories and personal experiences on the matter.

The plan is to offer it up for free as an ongoing webcomic, and if all goes as planned my fellow Space-Gun Studio mates will also have projects kicking off. You may even see Space-Gun webcomics in the near future.

That’s it for now, below is the first promo image (and possible cover) for LITS. I hope you dig.

The fifth and final winner for this round of #followme4freeart sketches is Chris Garret, twitter user @Gravnos. Very appropariately, he chose his own character Gravnos as his subject.

Congrats Chris!

Follow me on twitter and check out the hashtag #followme4freeart and you might be the next winner!

This time my out-of-state co-worker Michael Green won the random drawing, and chose Batman as his character.

Congratulations Michael!

I’ve got one more sketch to go then I’ll be having another twitter-based contest for more free art and sketches,  so be sure to follow me and the hashtag #followme4freeart for a chance to win.

Ciao.

This was a piece I did as a gift for a coworker’s son. I tried to keep it simple and cartoony yet dynamic, and I’m really happy with the result.

Happy Birthday Julian!

From the Metrosketchual blog. This week’s theme: Dead Presidents.

A new Metrosketchual piece is up over at the blog. This weeks theme: The Crow.

Click the image to check it out.

Another piece for the Metrosketchual blog. This week’s theme; Street Fighter!

Click the image to check out the blog and a larger version of the image, you’ll be glad you did!

Today’s Twitter free sketch winner is Scott Fogg.  His character of choice,  The 10th Doctor.

Enjoy Scott!

Follow me on twitter and check out the hashtag #followme4freeart and you might be the next winner!

My friend and fellow Dallas area comic creator Samax Amen threw up a sketch on Twitter yesterday that got me inspired. With his permission I threw down some inks and colors and made a wallpaper out of it, the first wallpaper I’ve made in a year or two.

It’s always fun to ink/color other people’s pencils. It’s nice to not be so attached to the original lines or the outcome and just have the freedom to improvise and do what feels inspired.

You can download the wallpaper below. And be sure and check out Samax’s site GhettoManga for all things comics, hip-hop, art & pop culture.

Ghetto-Core Wallpaper

Download the .zip file, which includes the following resolutions.
Standard: 1600×1200 | 1280×1024 | 1024×768
Widescreen: 2560×1600 | 1440×900

This time our winner is lucky follower #300 leo_depsky.  Leo chose one of my favorite childhood villains, TrapJaw, from He-Man for his character!

Enjoy your sketch Leo.

I tried a little something different with this one. I let the pencil under-drawing from the scan show through and then did white tones over a grey background. I really dig how it came out.

Follow me on twitter and check out the hashtag #followme4freeart and you might be the next winner!

I’ve been doing a free art promotion on my twitter account where I give one out of every ten followers a random sketch of a character of their choosing. Today’s winner is twitter user SnapPop who chose Clark Kent/Superman as her sketch subject.

Be sure and follow me on twitter and seek out the hashtag #followme4freeart, you might win some art for yourself!

So a few of us Dallas folk got together and started a weekly sketch blog called Metrosketchual. Below is my piece for our first weeks’ theme, Ghostbusters!

And here are a few rejected sketches that I just wasn’t feeling. They’re decent enough, but I wanted something that better captured the vibe of the first movie. Plus Slimer was a straight-to-ink warm up sketch.

So I’m giving away free sketches to random twitter followers, including a full blown commission to #400.

Congrats to the first winner, lucky #290,  ArtbyAdora. She chose She-Ra as her sketch.

Follow me on twitter or check out the hashtag #followme4freeart and get yo’self some free bling!

I’ll be in Austin this weekend to attend the 6th annual Staple! Independent Media Expo.

I’ll be out with the entire Space-Gun Crew (Jake Ekiss, Evan Bryce, Paul Milligan and Vinh-Luan Luu) hawking prints, sketches and copies of Senryu.

Staple! is a blast and my favorite con of the season to attend, so if you’re in Austin come out and have a look around, you’ll find some of the best independent comics America has to offer.

And for up -to-the-minute news on the day be sure and follow my twitter feed.

Atomic-Robo 4.0 The Revenge of The Vampire Dimension #1 hits your local comic shop tomorrow (February 17th) and I’m lucky enough to have a pinup featured in the book alongside Armando Batista and the late, great Dave Simons.

Atomic Robo is one of my favorite comics at the moment, hands down. It’s a sci-fi/pulp extravaganza that doesn’t take itself too seriously yet manages to feel smart AND entertaining at the same time. It’s always reminded me of Hellboy but with a pop-culture action-science twist. It’s damn entertaining and if you aren’t reading it you’re missing out.

I’m also hard at work on a 4 page short that will hit the web first then be collected into the trade for volume 4.0. More on that to come when it’s complete and ready to launch over at Atomic-Robo.com.

So get out to your local funny-book store tomorrow and give Atomic Robo a try, you’ll be glad you did!