but his voice, sketch, digital and pencil

experimenting with a few new brushes and thinking about white.  this is also my favorite bit of verse from christine.

hourly comic day, digital and ink

i decided to subject myself to this torture— for every hour you’re awake, draw a comic.  well i didn’t do every hour, but i managed to crank out ten. most of them just document my descent into madness.  it’s funny, but an hourly deadline was stressful enough to give me palpitations.  maybe i am the weak artist-type after all.  

the last comic doesn’t relate to the others at all.  that part of phantom just makes me giggle every time i hear it.

box 5, digital, pencil, ink

i’ve been living in my own head for a few weeks— flipping between recordings of john owen-jones and hugh panaro with almost as much ferver as my 15-year-old self.

this the is first piece of legitimate phantom art i’ve done since i was a teenager.  (that was a sepia watercolor of hugh and sandra joseph that i actually gave to hugh at the majestic theater stage door.  i wonder if he still has it.)  working on this makes me wonder how much i’ve actually changed in the last decade.

anyway, i started this as an experiment in fuzziness and textures.  i found that i stopped rendering for a reason:  it takes too damn long.

erik, sketch, ink and digital

sometimes i really, REALLY miss being in back in NY.  broadway/hugh panaro/the phantom of the opera are a small example.  i don’t often draw fan art, but i WILL draw the hell out this guy.

it’s also quite apparent that i’m making/testing out some new textures.

phantom of the opera color key and sketches, digital and color pencil on paper.

little color sketch of christine and the opera ghost.  it’s painfully obvious how i’m spending my time these days.  must draw until i get it out of my system!

keeping busy running the print store and sketching.  

i also may or may not have become re-obsessed with The Phantom of the Opera/Hugh Panaro these days.  it started with a rumor that the show was ending on broadway (not true, it’s actually the las vegas show that’s closing).  i literally tossed and turned into the wee hour of 3:30am— worried sick that my teenage dreams were collapsing.  fortunately, both the phantom and Hugh are thoroughly staying in production.  what’s more is that i discovered a certain phenomenal performer by the name of John Owen-Jones.  have a listen at his take on the title role here and here :D 

perhaps my reignited passion for this show will produce some fan (phan) art for once?!  stay tuned!