I'm STILL ALIVE

School has knocked my butt this quarter, so I haven't posted in awhile.
I'm still here and I'll put up a longer post by next week.
Thanks.

Tom

Mortality and MIKE WIERINGO

Hi all-
Been a while since I've posted. The main thing on my mind this week has been my mortality ... what with Mike Wieringo's passing and all. He was younger than me and went before me. He was the same age that my brother Larry was when he died.

Odd coincidence, but I couldn't help acknowledge it.

I met Mike a few times, but never got to have a depthful conversation with him and now I never will. I liked his art. I liked him ... what I got to know of him. I'm glad that he had lots of friends as close as Todd Dezago.

Nothing else to report right now.

I'm waiting to hear on other stuff and I'll post about them when I can. Hope everyone else finds peace and happiness for the remainder of the year ... and beyond.

Later.

Tom

In the meantime, I'm posting another of the sample pencil pages that I did. Spidey and Black Cat (and the Rhino) on this one.

Marvel Samples are done!!

Well, I got four pages drawn for Marvel. I had done five pages of layouts back in May with the idea that Scott Hanna and I would work together and Scott would do finishes over my breakdowns.

The BLACK CAT page that I posted a while back was from that group.
Someone at Marvel requested some sample pages of finished pencils. I finished one that was the next page from the Spider-Man story that I did the layout pages for, but I was very unhappy with the results so I stopped after laying out the next one and did a bit of self evaluation.

After some contemplation, I decided that I needed to start something different. Scott had sent me the script to ULTIMATE X-MEN #74, so I read it and decided to do the first four pages as finished pencils.

I'm posting them at the same time as this blog post.
Let me know what you think.

Chris Allo at Marvel gave some good initial positive feedback, but nothing will happen until after the San Diego Con which is this weekend.

THOUGHTS FOR THE SUMMER

Okay. I think that I'm going to sound like an old fart here, but why are the students that I'm teaching having such a hard time with observation and evaluation? Is it the MTV generation of fast visuals and instant gratification? Too much sugar? Too much porn on the internet? Too many video games (which are the Devil's work, I'll tell you now.)

I just cannot figure out why I seem to be talking Greek to these folks when I mention taking time to figure something out through observation.

Enough said about that for now.

I finished one page of my full pencil samples for Marvel, but I had guests from Wednesday on ... and it's hard to make yourself draw when you've got company that wants to party. I partied!!!

I'm going to regret all those calories later, but it was fun sitting in our small backyard oasis and drinking beer and wine and talking about life and stuff. Very cool. Especially since it's hot as heck here in Savannah right now.

Missed my 35th High School reunion last weekend, but looking at the photos online was interesting ... THEY'RE ALL OLD FOLKS!!!

Of course, I'm not.

More later. Best to everyone who has dropped by. Make a comment or two.

SUMMER QUARTER BEGINS - Back to Reality!

Had a blast in Charlotte. I was so pleased that everyone seemed to remember me. I drew my guts out at the show and it was great. Did some pretty good sketches even if I say so myself. We pushed the heck out of SCAD there as well and that went really well. All six workshops by the other professors and myself were really well attended and that's good considering we were only put on the HEROES website about a week before the show began.
I'm working on finishing up a few commissions that I couldn't finish at the show and then it's on to some full pencils for samples that Marvel has requested.

Keep your fingers crossed and I'll be drawing for Marvel in some form this year. Soon.

I miss superheroes!!

Started the summer quarter at SCAD on Monday. I was tired from the con, but it went well. I'm teaching four classes and they're going well. INTRO, DRAWING, PENCIL AND INK 1, and PENCIL AND INK 2. Good groups of people in each class.

Best to all and thanks for the support.

Tom

HEROES CON 2007

Hi all -
Well, as of Friday the 15th of June, I'll be in Charlotte, NC at the HEROES CON comic book convention. My first convention in about 3 years. Hope it's fun!
Come see me if you're there. I'll be at the SCAD table doing sketches and chatting.

Second Year Done at SCAD

Hi, all.
Well, I just finished the third quarter of my second full (it's considered a full year even though I will be teaching this summer as well) year as a professor at SCAD. I've been privileged enough to be able to try to impart some of my knowledge to quite a few really talented students. I enjoy teaching and I hope it shows.
I'm nearing some possible work with Marvel for the first time in almost seven years and I much say that they little geek boy inside me is really excited over that possibility. Keep your fingers crossed and see what develops.
I want to wish all the new graduates from SCAD a big GOOD LUCK. Some of them are going to do quite well.
Stay in touch.
Later. Lyle out!!!!