
/skrĂ´ld/ ~ (verb) 1. written hurriedly, untidily. (noun) 1. sketches and scraps by Mario Estioko.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Cover Mug

Friday, August 22, 2008
Rescue

I'm really trying to play with the frames in making them expressive of the action happening in the content. Also trying to make frame elements more layered and interactive. Notice how the bottom line of the top frame becomes the ground Cornelius runs across; Dent's hair being blown dry in the third frame splashes over into the fourth frame, leading the eye to the next caption; the curve of on the top of the last frame becomes almost a protective bubble around Dent's recovery bed.
Yes, Cornelius is playing an accordion.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
More Tinkering

Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Buttons Pas
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Dirty Laundry

In terms of process, I draw my thumbnails in a 3.625″ x 5.25″ frame. This allows me to get enough info blocked in without getting hung up on fine detail. I scan the finished thumbnail into P-shop at 300 dpi grayscale, then adjust the size of the sketch using Image>Image Size. Making sure the "resample image" is unchecked, I scale the image up to a higher print size by lowering the resolution. It doesn't matter if it is slightly pixelated as I will be using the output for tracing the final over my light table. Once I have the sketch outputted on a tabloid piece of paper, I give it another once over with a mechanical pencil to flesh out more detail. I'll go over my tools and materials in a future post.
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Usagi Yojimbo

I like the compilation of short stories in these books. The original comics must've had 2-3 tales in them. All the stories stand on their own, but also move the global story forward. Lenore by Roman Dirge is sort of like this too in its more recent incarnation. Though the first installment of the Peck is 24 pages, I think I will do this in the future as well.
Watchmen

Saturday, August 2, 2008
Button Fun

In prepping for APE, I've started tinkering with some button designs. To the left are a few musings. Got a tip on a really reasonable online button maker at purebuttons.com. I've already ordered a set of 50 of the Cornelius button and the one of the Peck pickin' trash with the grabber. I still need to colorize the Dent and Billy (teddy bear) buttons. Fun stuff.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Team Edward

Typogeekphically, Edward's name is set, appropriately, in Edwardian Script. Also, click on the image to see the custom detail in the word "TEAM." Forget those t-shirt templates they put out in the third book.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Peck Bound

Okay, here's something dredged up from the sketch archive. Man, am I breaking a few of anatomy rules here. I don't now, there's something about the energy, the soul, of this pose that I quite like. And sometimes my quest for essence seems to override my faithfulness to muscle fact. I mean, no doubt is the Peck missing an arm and his head is shoved into his torso, but I'm talking about the strangely turned deltoid, inflamed trapezius and bean-pole legs. In the final gestalt, though, it seems to work; has the right vibe for a quirky superhero bounding over an obstacle.
I'm getting back into my Peck work after a little vacation from the drawing board. Be on the look out for new pages.
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