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Rocket summer.

Jg — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 04:30:31 +0000

Every year since I was 12, I re-read Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles.

Here’s a quick piece I did, inspired by the book’s opening sketch.

Rocket summer. The words passed among the people in the open, airing houses. Rocket summer. The warm desert air changing the frost patterns on the windows, erasing the artwork. The skis and sleds suddenly useless. The snow, falling from the cold sky upon the town, turned to a hot rain before it touched the ground. Rocket summer.

Rocket summer!

Filed under: Illustration Tagged: martian chronicles, ray bradbury, rocket summer

Eleanor’s first pinup (before and after)

Jg — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:27:14 +0000

Chapter 2 of the comic is going to feature a pretty gnarly and gorgeous full-page shot of Eleanor’s grand leap. I figured I could use a little practice on this scene in advance, so I took a pass at it. It’s not quite what I envisioned, but it was too much fun to not fully ink and color it.

Before and after.

Download the full size here!

The final page — the one that’ll actually appear in Chapter 2 — will show a bit more desperation, a bit more motion. Still, I’m pretty happy with the way this has turned out, and the huge step up in quality it suggests for future pages!

Filed under: Eleanor sketches, Graphic novel, Illustration

Steampunk Clara from THE GUILD.

Jg — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 05:24:48 +0000

Clara’s flirtation with steampunk cosplayers was absolutely hilarious to me in the latest episode of The Guild. I couldn’t not sketch her up.

Sad Clara is sad.

Filed under: Illustration Tagged: clara, steampunk, the guild

Meet Eleanor.

Jg — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 05:26:43 +0000

Ladies and gentlemen, I’d like to direct your attention to Eleanor’s new home on the web.

I’ll be publishing new pages of the graphic novel each week on EleanorWitt.com. (Readers here will have a bit of a head start on the rest of the world as they catch up.)

Come check it out! Eleanor’s finally got a proper home.

Filed under: Eleanor sketches, Graphic novel, Illustration

WordPress pros, yo

Jg — Tue, 17 May 2011 03:32:48 +0000

The slow trickle of Eleanor comics lately is deliberate — never fear, the comic is still marching along. I’m just tangled up in the process of creating a brand new site just for the comic — with a regular publishing schedule and everything!

Trouble is, I’m just a designer. When I lift the hood on WordPress, I am befuddled by the moving parts.

If you are a WordPress pro, or know someone who is, please email me. I need someone to take a pretty design and turn it into gear-spinning, social-cranking, sexy PHP awesome.

Filed under: Graphic novel