Richard Moore

Nessie Pinup Commission

     Okay, here's another one that I can't believe I didn't post here, but I went back over everything on the page and I don't see it. This is happening a lot lately. Old age? A series of strokes? The government editing my memory? All plausible, but I just don't know. If I did run it here alr...

Another Deja Vu Page

     The Deja page seemed to go over well last week, so here's another from the same story. Looking at these two pages--which I like, by the way--I'm reminded of how I came to feel trapped by the "Boneyard style". So many people said how much they loved the "clean" art style of the series tha...

Unfinished Inks from a Deja Vu Short

Wonder Woman Pinup

     I double-checked to make sure I hadn't posted this here, because I can't see why I wouldn't have. I'm sure my friend posted it to my social media at some point, so I apologize if it's not new to everyone here, but hopefully it's new to most of you. Oh, it's Wonder Woman, by the way. And of course...

Page from an Unfinished Adult Short

     This is the page that took longer than I expected. There are several pages from this short roughed out--but they're just that: roughs. Just shapes, really. I'd intended to refine them just enough to clarify what's going on, but I went too far on the first panel I did, so I was sort of committed t...

Gwen Stacy Commission

     I assume if you're reading this, you also read today's other post. I would copy and paste my apology/explanation from that post, but I think you get it. You'll like next week's post, I promise. If I remember right, Gwen Stacy is a character from Spider-Man comics. She might be a superher...

Abbey as Emma Peel from The Avengers (TV Show)

     Kind of thin content this week, I'm not going to lie. The page I picked to do for you turned out to need much more work than I thought, and I'm just plain having a tough time right now. Rather than race and stress out even more, or not post at all this week, I thought I'd at least share some more...

The Unexpected Effects of Image Resizing

     This is another image from the "Women of Boneyard" folio, which I've avoided posting for years. All the scans I have of that folio seem to be really small (sorry once again for that, by the way), although I'm not sure why. I could swear they were scanned at a higher rez, but this was so ...

Abbey and Paris Commission, Finished

     Here's the finished Abbey-and-Paris commission. This kind of thing always looks better in pencil, I think. The gray tones allow for the depiction of textures, flushed skin, sweat, etc.  ...But I think you get the idea. Oh, and if the right side looks a little off, it's because my scanner alw...

Abbey and Paris Commission WIP

     Here we have one of the last commissions on my list right now: Abbey being nice to Paris...while also being nice to herself.

     I was working on several pieces at once, while doing this one, so I had to be as economical with my time as possible. I got lucky, in th...

Rick and Morty Commission, Final

     I was planning to airbrush Rick and Morty and the portals, but the only frisket film I have-- although labelled low tack-- is in fact so insanely high tack that it pulls up the surface of any paper I try to use it on. It may be old, or maybe it was exposed to heat during shipping, who kn...

Omaha Commission

     It's probably obvious to some of you, but this is Omaha the Cat Dancer, from the comic curiously titled Omaha the Cat Dancer. I think I have three more commissions lined up, then onto the Far West short, then... Well, then we have a problem.

     I...

Blue from Blue Grind

     When the adult shorts are collected, I might add extra pages, like a host introducing the stories. I don't think anyone else does that, but I really like it--maybe it goes back to the old EC horror comics...but my hosts tend to be nicer to look at.

     The cutie in...

Pencils from a M'Lady Story

     Here's a page from a different unfinished M'Lady story, called "The Challenge". Again, I went over and darkened the pencil lines so you can see them, but didn't add anything that wasn't in the original roughs. I did fix some wonkiness in her hands, though. The story itself is--or was--24...

Boneyard Color Sketches

     Some more Boneyard color cover sketches for you. Most of you probably recognize the top two, but the bottom two never ran anywhere. Too bad, because I really like them. I actually think they might make cool prints. Maybe I should render them and put them up on my Fine Art America page. I...

Werewolf Pinup

     Ooookayyyy, it's not done, but here it is. I've been experimenting with different supplies lately--in this case, a new paper that takes wet and dry media. It's a pass for me. If you look closely, the paper has a lot of visible fibers in it, which bugs me. It would be fine for looser, sketchier pi...

Something's Missing...

Hey all. Just a quick note to let you know that this week's post will be delayed a bit. I want another day with it; you'll see why when it's posted. See you Wednesday.

Another Nessie Pinup from the Folio

     Thought you might like to see another piece from the "Women of Boneyard' folio I did so long ago. Way back when I still occasionally used screen tones. On the subject of a possible new folio, it's looking like it probably won't happen, short of a Kickstarter. The last one I did was just to have s...

The Next Step in the Rick and Morty Commission

    Here we have the Rick-and-Morty-run-from-one-portal-to-another-and-past-the-Boneyard-gang-in-the-process commission, fully inked. No one asked, but in case anyone's wondering why Scratch, Bob and Mr. Vincent are absent, the answer is very simple: I ran out of room. It's already a very crowded ...

A New Commission WIP, and an Update

     Here's what's on my drawing board right now. It's an interesting one. The customer is commissioning a whole series of images around a central theme by various artists: Rick and Morty (of Rick and Morty fame) appearing out of one portal and running across panel toward another portal, with...

When it Rains...

     Hey all. So first thing when I sat down to work tonight, I discovered that my laptop has died. It's got everything on it, and it's how I clean and process images. So except for the actual drawing, I'm completely flat-footed, posting-wise. I'll see if a friend who understands newfangled mechanical...

Cricket

     This beautiful furry guy is Cricket. Years ago, he was a ragged, bone-thin ball of filthy fur who came around meekly seeking food and water. I fed him for quite awhile, and very gradually worked up a rapport with him. One night, very late, I was finishing up feeding him when I just happened to se...

More Becca Designs (S.P.A.Z.)

     These are the other character designs for Becca from S.P.A.Z.: Special Protection Agent Z. You can see how different they are. They're both cute, but the first one has a much more serious, almost stressed or anxious quality, whereas the other seems more sweet and carefree. Back in the da...

Meg Adult Commission, Finished

     I've been feeling like I haven't been giving you guys enough content, so I wanted to give you something special. This is (obviously) the finished version of the Meg-and-friends-in-the-saloon commission, but I went well above-and-beyond for your entertainment. Unfortu-nately, all that shading sent...

Nessie Pinup

     Hey All. Between doing the October sketches and trying to actually do some things with my wife for Halloween last week, I got a little (more) behind in my work. I was going to apologize and beg off of posting for the week, but I just couldn't do it. So I scrounged up a couple of things. This one ...

Still More S.P.A.Z. Character Designs

     I had Theo, the competent agent and main character from S.P.A.Z.: Special Protection Agent Z pretty much dialed-in, design-wise, at this point, but I still had to work out Becca, his assistant. All I knew was that I wanted her to be cute but kind of nerdy (my personal favorite). I had tr...

October Sketch #7

     Happy Halloween! Who wants it?

October Sketch #6

     Another one up for grabs!

Color Sketches and Alternate Cover Designs

     Here we have some more color sketches of Boneyard covers. The bottom two led to actual published covers, but I'm pretty sure the first two never ran. Too bad; I like both of them. Maybe I'll do them as prints or something.

Meg Adult Commission, Work-in-Progress

     Until I have time to get back to the Meg adult pages, I'm working on...a Meg adult page. Commission, specifically. One of the big challenges when drawing a small character with larger characters in, uh, "close quarters", is leaving enough of the small character visible to convey what's going on. ...