Cats and Mice and Bats oh my

I have been drawing a lot of cats lately.

I only have one to show but cats were a thing for a few weeks.

Although you can't see it all that well, the gold was done in a gold marker and it's pretty shiny. I couldn't get a picture to show it off but trust me it's shiny and it's awesome.

Also a bat in puffy pants!

Also a presketch cause I like it:

Poor bats, wearing clothes is very hard for you little dudes.

~Mo

The year of children's books

Starting next month, I have things planned to work on stories! Last year was comics and this year is Children's stories which will hopefully end in at least the Halloween story I will have up on Halloween! Yay! But between then and now, lots of the little things!

Character studies, portfolio updates, maybe even some test pages!

Should be a lot of fun this year!

I will posting a lot of before sketches and studies and all that fun jazz to keep this blog going so it'll probably be updated every other week as this year goes.

I'll probably update links too.

But for the time being has a little character from the first story I am focusing on!

Goliath and the Knight!

I've started using Acrylic Markers lately and those are fun man!

~Mo

Sketch_Dailies theme today was Kumiho! A nine tailed fox who eats hearts (or livers).

Also cause it's silly to me (and I will probably show more of this stuff)

Planning! Really tiny planning.

I'll be back with more news in the next few weeks!

~Mo

Been a while AGAIN

Like always I disappear from here time to time.

But I have been drawing.

A lot.

I have joined Inktober this year and am doing so much better than last year even with some lazy feet drawings and such.

YOU CAN FIND THEM HERE AS OCTOBER GOES ON

Is updating almost everyday with fun inking stuff which is mostly done in nibs and ink!

Here are a few of my characters from the ghost story wooooooo (for Halloween):

Playing with watercolor pencils in this one along with the ink.

This one was fun.

And SNAKE TIME

with special guest, Crowley the ball python

The dork who likes to steal the glasses off my face!

I'm not sure when I will be posting again probably not until next month but be assured! I will be working writing some stories next month.

I hope to have a lot of things coming together in next few months so look out for them!

~Mo

Mice for everything

Sorry it's been a bit...a long bit but I haven't really been on the computer much the last month or 2.

But a few weeks ago I was in a Children's book workshop and it was probably the best idea to flesh out one of my little stories

ABOUT MICE yay.

So here are some of the things I drew. All in pen. All for the same story:

I should be working on more this tuesday since a friend of mine is making mice dolls and I wanna play around with different armor ideas.

Also a possible Christmas card idea:

Also with mice.

WIZARD WORLD

COME SEE US THE MOORE LADIES AT WIZARD WORLD PHILLY.

Here are most of my things I'm gonna have at my table! (not included are some stickers and a few prints)

Me (as in Mo) can be seen here and at my blogger.

Melissa's shop can be found here.

Rachael's work can be found here.

And Elisha's can be found here.

Come by, say hi, pick up a business card or two, and maybe buy something! 

Been awhile

I haven't been drawing much "Children book" stuff so I haven't been able to update this in months. I have been updating my art tumblr if you wanna check that out!

And it's just been snowing none stop the last 2 months. It's snowing right now actually. I

am not use to all this snow.

So I have been going back into the story "The Girl in the Drawing." I'm hoping since I made this the year of drawing comics, that there will be a few little things with this story if not the full one planned out. 

Unfinished. But I am still trying to figure out how each character should look. Each character changes slightly for all different reasons.

I've been experimenting with this type of thing using red pencil, markers and inks. It's fun.

I also like to think if this story was switched and the ghosts were little kids again and the kid was the ghost, but I feel like the story wouldn't be for kids anymore. Either way, they would be excited over the fact that their new house is haunted.

I just really like drawing Am and David when they were little kids though. Twinies!

Now here's a WIP of a little painting of a tree interested in the smoke that comes from humans during colder days.

And just because I am rereading some of the Chrestomanci books. Christopher Chant is my favorite characters. I hope when one day that yelling Chrestomanci works, he's the one that comes and I hope he's in one of his most fancy suits.

~Mo

Painting

Hi it's been awhile. 

Been playing around with different ideas and painting:

Trying to figure out the best colors for ghosts when painting and so far I like this version. The other two paintings didn't come out like I hoped but I need to learn when to stop adding paint. 

~Mo

Meet the General

I haven't really decided on his colors yet but I need him to be more 1960s because he's from the 60s.

I have a short "before main story" story that explains a few little things and will get me to figure out the best way to draw this thing. Since I can't decide between digital or traditional. Might just end up being both actually.

Also met Crowley my ball python:

He's my little boy.

Wolf.

Playing around with photoshop brushes.

Not sure if I drew him too big or I don't have big enough paper to draw him for the lineup. I think it's the don't have big enough paper because this dude is HUGE compared to everyone else, but it was good practice.

~Mo

Lineup: Sketches

I think I stated this before how I wanted to make a line up of characters and I finally started!

I have about 4-5 more to do, but I'll only show these 3 for the process.

Am, Mitch, and David in their usual clothes.

I'll have the lineart done in a couple of days.

Later~

Mo.

Costumes

I have been busy busy with getting a job the last two weeks.

So I will be busy busy all summer if this summer goes how I think it will.

BUT

I will still be working on this story because I have finally figured out the best ending for it!

So I will mostly be writing all summer with a few drafts and color samples.

Also Conventions. I am hoping to be at least two this year.

I'll try and update every other week with something.

~Mo

Exciting news!

I have an artbook out!

Oh it's exciting~!

You can grab it here!

Later! Got some things to clear up and green tea ice cream to eat.

~Mo

TinTin

Finally watched that TinTin movie and I liked it.

Quite a bit.

I watched it twice back to back.

I don't want to give it back to the library.

From stories of old

Drawing mice have become my calming method so that's what I have been doing:

Kind of based off Rapunzel. Not really sure though.

The song's 'But not for me.' 

Don't really have a version in mind but I like the Kids on the Slope version.

Maybe I should make a band of mice. Would be good to draw some instruments. 

Just random. Nothing really in mind for these two.

Working Mice

I don't really have anything for Valentines Day so have a drawing of mice sewing that I drew at the library today on V-Day.

I'm thinking of inking this later.

~Mo.

I'm so sorry brother.

All I draw is mice and hair so drawing out some possibly storylines of The Girl in the Drawing is good for a quick lose exercise.

Ghost can't really cry so I have to make it look like she is without the tears.

Have some color practice for White Coal:

Have a nice Year of the Snake.

~Mo

Happy Accident

Don't you just love happy accidents?

Since everything I do right now is all mice, I try not to do much of anything else until I have this mouse project done. Of course I do a few things here and there because I need to test out things so I was playing with what colors I should use for David.

Didn't turn out too bad.

Now excuse me. I have a few things to work out.

But before that!!

There's a chance I will be turning to get a table at cons with friends.

I'll tell ya if anything works out.

~Mo

Hourly comics 2013

This is the first year I got the date for the hourlies before the date and remembered! YAY!

The internet. The internet is why I am drawing cats.

And then I went to bed.