Here's one of many ideas I'd develop if I had the all-important TIME to do so. Fertility goddess transformations are an untapped goldmine. I have the 'not actually preggo' disclaimer in there because something about creating life for the sake of a fetish comic doesn't sit right with me.
2017-04-24 23:17:15 +0000 UTC View Post
The Underburbs universe, outside of a few prominent exceptions, is a largely noseless one. I thought I'd do a few quick sketches to remind myself why. Angela actually came out decent. Winifred could look distinguished if I gave it a little more time, but still is in danger of having a default upturned nose. Because that is the o...
2017-04-22 19:11:23 +0000 UTC View Post
No really I mean it this time
2017-04-21 17:33:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a #TBT post for you! This was a concept piece I did back in 2005. It's a scene where some grim-reaper-esque phantom tears Angela's soul from her body, leaving a mean-looking zombie behind. If this sounds familiar to you, then it's likely you've read Underburbs #12. It came out several years after this sketch, but featured...
2017-04-20 23:39:38 +0000 UTC View Post
One of my favorite outcomes for Angela's Magic Lesson was the Mystic. In that one, she is flooded with so much magical knowledge and power that she evolves into a new being, replete with flowing robes and floating jewelry. In the epilogue, she shares this power with her friends and build a new society. I tried to design Mystic W...
2017-04-19 14:54:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Half or maybe like 65% of the fun of my Angela's Magic Lesson series is coming up with the designs for Angela's various transformations. So it's even more fun to explore how the rest of the Underburbs cast can be affected by Angela's tinkering with spells. One such lesson has Angela stumble upon a 'She's All That' style hex that...
2017-04-18 19:26:06 +0000 UTC View Post
A quick animation I did on Flipnote (3DS) that inspired yesterday's sketch. I wish I'd left some more frames at the end. I suppose if you download it you can get a better look at the individual images.
2017-04-16 16:00:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Looks like Angela's Easter bunnification didn't result in a poofy dress like Winifred's. Do real rabbits have such poofy fur right there, or is that just for cartoons?
2017-04-15 19:23:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Looks like the Countess is getting into the Easter spirit! Is that a thing, like the Christmas spirit? Well, let's just say she's getting into the "spring"of things. Nah, too vague. Maybe you could say she's... turning into a rabbit. So to speak.
2017-04-14 23:07:00 +0000 UTC View Post
This is my cat, Ramona. Cute, isn't she? Well I had to draw her from the couch because she stole my seat while I was making a sandwich.
2017-04-13 18:44:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Man, it's hard to remember the Daily Doodles when I'm working on stuff! This is a much more realized before & after of my latest Angela's Magic Lesson epilogue. You can see the slight changes made from the original pencil drawing to the final cropped and colored image. Almost all of the color is done by colorizing entire lay...
2017-04-12 23:30:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Preliminary sketches for an upcoming commission featuring Angela and Winifred as fish. I don't think I want to get into particular species, but just try to design the fish around their regular forms. These will be fun to color when I finally get a chance to do it!
2017-04-11 21:01:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Occasionally (very occasionally) I do some standard illustration jobs. These were two spots I did for a local university. They wanted a guy leaping over a hurdle wearing a mortar board and holding a diploma like an Olympic torch. I decided not to ask if burning your diploma was the image they wanted to project, or point...
2017-04-10 22:58:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Today was the first day that actually felt like Spring in Salem, so my lady friend and I took a walk to the Greenlawn Cemetery. We're sooooo dark, right? Naw, the real reason we go is for the critters. There's a pond there that always has geese and ducks. Sometimes, we can even spy a turtle. But today, we saw no less than a doze...
2017-04-10 00:27:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Pebbles from the 2016 run of The Flintstones comic, complete with sketches and color tests. I would've done Bam Bam in the final, but I decided to quit while I was ahead.
2017-04-08 18:30:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Sorry, this is all I got today. Work was busy, and I have a convention tomorrow to prepare for. But look at that little guy. You can't stay mad at that face.
2017-04-07 21:05:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Throwback Thursday strikes again! This was my attempt at a logo for The Underburbs way back when it was only a working title. I always liked the idea of inverting symbols to represent the human world and the monster world. The simple houses and castles appear in this early design, but the use of pumpkins and skulls beca...
2017-04-07 03:19:13 +0000 UTC View Post
I had a bit of Internet Drama on DeviantArt the other day which ended in me lashing out possibly a little more than I should have. It was frustrating to try to communicate with someone unwilling to have a conversation. I started with some poking and prodding, sure. But I can only take so much. I feel it went beyond name-calling ...
2017-04-05 19:49:06 +0000 UTC View Post
This was an illustration that I did for States of Terror, a short-story horror anthology based on myths and urban legends in the United States. The story I illustrated (but did not write) was about the jackalope of Wyoming. The "real" jackalopes are just ordinary rabbits with horn-like tumors. That in itself is kinda sa...
2017-04-04 22:24:33 +0000 UTC View Post
I was working on a Magic Lesson (see mr-dna.deviantart.com) in which Angela here turns herself into a dragon, so I wanted some practice with snouts. What should have been a study of several faces from different angles became a single illustration because THAT, my friends and patrons, is how I roll. I was the kid that got "How to...
2017-04-03 21:51:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Try and guess how jazzed I was to see the season premiere multiple times last night! It's hard for me not to make the association with classic titular cartoon duos, so here they are in a hastily rendered Looney Tunes-esque ring.
2017-04-02 23:08:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Look at me, illustrating my foibles of being an artist with an online presence! I'm a regular Tom Preston over here! Well, as it turns out, even ol' Joe Haley has his limits. My comments section on DeviantArt is generally a calm place. I don't make a lot of waves. Given my propensity for transformation art, I think my stuff is p...
2017-04-02 01:31:33 +0000 UTC View Post
A co-worker of mine is selling her stuff at Anime Boston, and is taking a stack of my ads for Big Picture Framing (see yesterday's post). I made up a little sign to be credited for the ad, and threw in a few places to see more of my stuff. I was proud of my two-color self portrait. Also, my freehand logo game was on point that d...
2017-03-31 20:42:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Oh snap, it's Throwback Thursday! Every year, I go to the Boston Comic Con to sell my comics, do sketches, and meet fans old and new. One year I also did an ad in their program for my day job, where I am a mild-mannered picture framer. The hero in the middle is Big Picture Custom Frame Man, because I love unwieldy titles. Don't ...
2017-03-31 00:12:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Poor Bomberman. I had every intention to play his game on the Switch. But after finishing Zelda, I picked up The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+. So I stopped one 100-hour game for another one.
2017-03-29 21:55:22 +0000 UTC View Post
I was in the middle of working on stuff and realized I haven't made a post today. So how's about a nice, clean scan for once instead of phone pics? This will be on DeviantArt eventually, but I wanted to show you how the epilogues look when I scan them in. Those crop lines are just under 5"x5", so I really have to pack a lot into...
2017-03-28 23:57:05 +0000 UTC View Post
If you're familiar with the Angela's Magic Lesson series on my DeviantArt page, then you may have seen Angela turn herself into (among many, many other things) a centaur. The completed transformations will often spill into epilogues where she interacts with her friends and/or family in her new form. The centaur TF actually branc...
2017-03-27 16:47:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Going to finally see Logan tonight. I think it'll play out something like this. "She's a lot like you Logan. She, too, enjoys ice cream."
2017-03-26 21:47:51 +0000 UTC View Post
