I sketched these some time ago, during a long blackout, when I was forced to draw on paper. The first is a Huldra, which is a mythic Scandinavian forest creature. The second is a detail for what will eventually become a large "Butterbroda" piece of Alice in Wonderland.
An earlier version of this cover had been released with a slightly less baked version of Angel's face lol, but the fixed version above is what will see print. I was so caught up rendering Dru and detailing her dress, that by the time I was coloring Angel, my objectivity was out the window...A little time away remedied the problem though.
I was interviewed by Slayalive about my cover work for the Buffy and Angel & Faith comics, check it out here.
Since this was my last issue of Buffy, I decided to go bananas...actually I would have done this cover even if I was scheduled to do more, but I'm glad the last one was the craziest. I wanted to dress her in something that she might ogle over in a magazine, but would most likely never have the circumstance to wear, as she's not a woman of leisure lol. Beyond the pure aesthetics, the pattern and flow of the dress were good vehicles for seamlessly merging the imagery in the lower half.
Thwarted by my earlier attempt at using a ribbon motif on the "Serenity: The Shepherd's Tale" cover, I thought this Buffy cover would be ideal for an adaptation of it. In this case, it's a bit of an Escher homage...on the Serenity cover it entailed ribbons (with an angry face) pealing away from Book's head to reveal a peaceful Book.
Continuing from The Occultist one-shot, Dark Horse is releasing a 3 issue limited series for the title, which I've done covers for. This first issue is a wraparound, due out in November. Also, the House of Night image I did for the SDCC wall, will be the variant cover for the comic release of HoN, in Nov. I'll post the HoN cover when I see a version with the logo on it, but there is some info and art on PC Cast's blog.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVMSEPl3gZA&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] This is a trailer for new comics in Dark Horse's Fall lineup. I created the art in the video, which, If your at the SDCC, you'll see on a large curved wall at the Dark Horse Booth.
Last night I decided to edit my old Norns image. It wasn't a standard print size and I always wanted to show more of the tree. This new version is about double in height ( 24"x18") and shows the world tree off much better.
Drusilla cover, issue 1 of 5, written by Juliet Landau.
