MELLON: 2010-04-25

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Funrama Presents: The Mutant Punks - Twisterella Pin-up

The totally fucking awesome and righteous Ryan Kelly asked me to do a pinup for his self-published book The Mutant Punks.

I love Ryan's art, and having met the man several times, I can say that I have a deep well of emotion for the man himself. He's genuinely badass as an artist and a person.

So, needless to say, I jumped at the chance to do a pinup for him.

Please go order Ryan's book from him FUNRAMA. It's funny, irreverent, beautifully drawn and hella cheap considering the amount of awesome he delivers per page.

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Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Desk Shot 331

Desk Shot 331, originally uploaded by kevin mellon.

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Desk Shot 330

Desk Shot 330, originally uploaded by kevin mellon.

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Desk Shot 329

Desk Shot 329, originally uploaded by kevin mellon.

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Page Process - Jennifer's Body

Since I didn't get this job and the book's been out for quite some time now, I figure it's fairly safe to post this stuff here.

I was asked to try out for the Jennifer's Body book that Boom! put out last year to coincide with the movie of the same name. I don't usually go for licensed stuff, let alone licensed stuff with likenesses, but I love Diablo Cody and Rick Spears (who wrote the comic tie-in/adaptation stuff) so I jumped at the chance. Needless to say, my inability to do likenesses (among other things) killed me getting the job, but I had fun working out this page.

I started by trying to figure out how to draw the characters, and since I suck at likeness drawing, I spent way too much time on that. These sketches are just a fraction of the sketches I went through to get to doing one sample page. I don't know that Boom! or the licensor ever saw these, I don't think they did.

I don't have my thumbnail for the page, but I remember doing a whole sketchbook pages worth of ideas before combining several into this one page. This is from the actual comic script. I haven't seen the book to know how the actual artist handled it, but this was my take.

Pencils:

And inks:

The likeness is weak, but I still dig how I handled the bottom half of the page (from a layout pov).

I like the guys at Boom! a lot, so here's hoping I can find something to work with them on.

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