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king choopie!

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okay, been a while since my last post…

went to cleveland (and had plenty of time to hang out with todd and mark mchaley since the show was a bit… slow), been working on the haps halloween “big in brazil” story (you did see that todd posted the first page in b/w over at his blog a while back, didn’t you?) and iron man and the armor wars …
haven’t had much free time to get to the few commissions waiting patiently, but i DO have this piece… my homage to conan … after realizing it wouldn’t work for the cover to issue 3, we scrapped it (only getting as far as loose pencils – check out the new image trade for that)… after seeing it the trade , jim asked me if i could ink it up, so i did… i had fun with this one…
up next week, i’ll dig deep into the file draws for old samples and miscellaneous stuff you’ve probable never seen.
-c (finished watching the wire on dvd… damn, i can see why it’s considered one of the best shows on tv… days later, i’m still letting it sink in…)

back into the swing of things…

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had a great time in charlotte with the usual suspects (todd, sharon, matt, suzanne, christian, angie, cully, nick cardy, scott, gino, chris, rod, leanne…) did a lot of sketching, sold some art and sketchbooks, met a lot of great folks (and saw a lot of familiar faces)… the highlights were seeing the first ‘ringo scholarship being awarded and father’s day breakfast with nick and company)…

i DID come back home to an imac in need of a new hard drive – with apple care covering it (and everything backed up via time machine) it just boiled down to time lost… finally got back up and running last night, scanned the final pages of iron man and the armor wars 1 and more of my ‘haps halloween story…
and even managed to mow my lawn this beautiful tuesday afternoon (after weeks of rain, it really needed it)…
on the tv front, besides rescue me, there’s not much i’m watching, so i dove headfirst into the box set of the wire… damn.
alright, i’ve leave you with a wonder woman i did at the show (thanks for the scan, richard) as well as a composite superman sketch that was never picked up (usually leave a show with one of these stragglers)…
-c

packin’ up for charlotte

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okay, so heading out to tf green in a bit to catch my flight to charlotte for heroescon… (looking like its gonna be one of the best yet)…

i know i’m forgetting something (but, like roger reminded me, pack a towel and DON’T PANIC)…
almost wrapped up on issue 1 of “armor wars” and making some good headway on my haps halloween “big in brazil” story…
and on that note, here’s a poison ivy i wrapped up for a VERY patient timothy chandler (this IS, in fact the year for that poison ivy piece)… so, if you’re at the show, stop by and say “hey!”… if not, have a happy father’s day weekend.
-c

so, you wanna get a sketchbook?

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okay, so more than a few folks have emailed about making sure they can get a sketchbook before i go and sell’m all at heroes (ha! i like their wishful thinking… but hey, you never know, right?), so to ease any worries about missing out…

here’s the skinny –
– folks can pre-order the books now for $20 each book ordered – and i’ll pull any aside at the show and mail’m after i get back from heroes…
– free headsketches (of your choice) will be in the “regular” sketchbook (just let me know what to draw when you place your order)
– US priority mail shipping is a flat $5 (outside the US, $8)
– any previous books are still available as well (canson volumes 1, 2 or 3 are only $10 each with any order and the b/w sketchbook 2004 is a steal at $5)
payment can be made via paypal (payable to sketchbook at craigrousseau dot com) or mailed snail mail (drop me a line for mailing info)… specify which book(s) you’re ordering (and, again if it’s a “regular” sketchbook, what head sketch you want)
-c (off to see UP with the boy!)

sketchbooks!

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alrighty then… not one, but TWO new sketchbooks are on the way (and will be on hand at heroes con NEXT weekend)…
both books are limited to 100 copies, 8.5 x 11 with 28 pages (so plenty of room to show off this stuff )… the canson book’s full color, the sketchbook is b/w with 12 color pages (and will come with a free headsketch inside)… each book’ll run $20 (with flat $5 us shipping)
for folks who aren’t able to head down (or catch me in chicago, cleveland, baltimore or boston this year), i’ll be offering’m for sale through the website soon…





another work in progress

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so, nick’s been waiting very patiently for me to finish this one… with any luck, it’ll be done by the end of the weekend. (did this one a bit differently than peter parker by going with the white outline first…)

working hard on iron man and the armor wars (just saw skottie young’s cover to #2… SWEET!) and getting into the halloween story for the haps…
realizing that heroes con is only a few weeks away, it’s time to get cracking on not ONE, but TWO new sketchbooks… (one’s the next canson, the other is commissions, sketches, etc) trying something a bit different this time around ( finished size’ll be 8.5×11 instead of the smaller ones to allow the art to be bigger and uncropped… ) for folks who can’t make to a show this year, i’ll post ordering info when they’re ready…
-c
so, since tv is slow for the time being (phew), i’m diving into dvds that’ve piled up… currently it’s andy richter controls the universe (very funny, slightly surreal and canceled WAY too soon), next up, the complete box set of the wire.

gwen stacy…. and i am (drawing) iron man!

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first things first, a gwen stacy commission i finished up a few weeks ago…

okay, so if you saw the august solicitation previews that got posted today, this isn’t new to you… otherwise, here it is… my next gig for the fine folks at marvel… (no art to post yet, sorry)
(and when i get the okay to post some of the x men art, i will… val staples did a KILLER job on the pages, making me look good)

IRON MAN & THE ARMOR WARS #1 (of 4) Written by JOE CARAMAGNA Penciled by CRAIG ROUSSEAU Cover by SKOTTIE YOUNG Cash, cars, boats, houses…Tony Stark has got it all. The only thing that could ruin his day? If every single one of his IRON MAN armors were stolen, and then turned against him. Join us for a nail-biting, strapped-to-your-seat adventure as Tony battles his greatest creations, and tries to discover who could (gasp) OUTSMART him!?!? 32 PGS./All Ages …$2.99


… and it’s done.

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okay, after a few days away (ending with a great visit with “uncle todd and aunt sharon”), i figured it’s time to finish up the step by step on the peter parker commission…

besides going in and making any last little tweaks to the general colors, i usually go around the contour with a bright color (in this case the white) to really make things pop… and at the last minute i realized peter’s shirt needed a little something, so i threw in the stripes… and i also figured the “spidey sense” lines made sense as well…
and that’s a wrap!
issue 6 of the haps is off to image and we’re working on the next issue in the next few weeks… and i’m hip deep in my next marvel gig …
most tv seasons are wrapping up (the office, 30 rock, lost, 24 … ) or have already aired season/series finales (chuck, scrubs) so i’ll get back to the dvds piling up here (granted, there’s still some great shows on like rescue me… and a few on tivo i never got to – fringe, dollhouse)
saw x-men origins:wolverine last week … eh.

step by step… part 4

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okay, so we’re in the home stretch on this commission… you can see at this point i’ve added more mid range/ shadow colors to fill it out… and usually a quick trick to make it pop is adding a different cooler light source opposite the main one (and again, that light purple does the job pretty well)… not much left but the finishing touches…

oh, and since michael dooney (a CRAZY talented artist, i must add) asked a while back – all the inks for these (and 95% of what i ink) is faber castell pitt pens (either the S/superfine of the F/fine tips… and if i need a thicker line weight i’ll redraw the line a few times, building it up slowly)…
okay, besides the commissions (i’ve got a few more to post soon, like a princess from “battle of the planets”, a canson gwen stacy and a canson supergirl… and canson black widow is in the works now), i’m on my last page of our framing story for haps 6, the story for uncanny x-men first class special is done (i’ll post a page or two when i get the okay) and work on my next marvel gig is underway…
i’m sure there’s more i was gonna post, but since it’s slipped my mind… next time.
-c
OH, i did want to mention i’ll be at stillpoint comics in fall river, ma this saturday (may 2, 10am – 2pmish) for free comic book day, sketching and signing and more than likely, reading comics!

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