Here’s a small gathering of some of my favorite 2011 Skratchaday sketches–   it’s been a crazy year of sketches, and when I went to upload some of my favorites, the counter on the uploader read over 45. Yeah…  I had to weed some out. These are the first twelve I uploaded– there’s no real weight to how those rate to the total I uploaded, just these were the first ones I had on-hand. Wow! What a 2011!

Mental note: I like drawing girls and being silly about it. Also, I celebrate the catalog of human expression.

- jeremy dale

Another commission for the holidays! Kelly actually spat out her carbonated beverage when she saw this one. Luckily, it didn’t wreck the artwork… or DID it?

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- jeremy dale

Y’know, I didn’t forget.

I was simply out of the studio all day, so I didn’t get a chance to upload today’s SKRATCHADAY until now. It’s daily, I promise.

Phantom Lady! Oh, Golden Age heroes– you are so crazy in design. How I love thee.

-jeremy

Here are a few of the sketches I did last weekend at C2E2– and there were dozens! It seems I never stopped sketching all weekend. By the end, I thought my wrist would pop right off and go on strike.

CLICK TO EMBIGGEN-IFY! Enjoy!

- jeremy

First off, first TWO commenters win! Read the banner above if you’re confused and, well… unobservant to a fault.

It’s REQUEST WEEK! Posting the first wave of sketches from your suggestions, so I hope you guys enjoy!

As I write this (a week ahead of when this is getting posted), SKYWARD is with the letterer– looking forward to seeing the pages soon enough!

On with the sketch!

Oh, yeah– LOVING The Flash right now from DC Comics. For me, though, it’s all about the amazing artwork from Francis Manapul. I don’t read it otherwise. We have a page from Manapul’s Flash #2 (Page 11, for those keeping track) on the wall in the studio here, and it’s constantly inspiring me to do better work. I was thrilled when this request came in through one of the forums I posted the sketch blog pieces at.

CLICK TO EMBIGGEN– Enjoy!

- jeremy

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Now playing: The Beatles – I’m So Tired
via FoxyTunes

I’ve got a backlog of sketches to post, so I’ll make this quick– REQUESTS WEEK is next week! That’s right, I took a lot of your suggestions and scribbled away during my daily warm-up. You’ll be seeing many of them next week— and if you have suggestions, comment away! Always interested in hearing from ya.

On with the sketch!

CLICK TO EMBIGGEN– Enjoy!

- jeremy

Currently listening to: Commodore 64 music

Welcome to a new, shiny work week! It’s great to see the weather getting better out there as we recover from a weird winter, isn’t it? Seems like everyone had a blizzard at some point the past few months.

Hey, I’ll be appearing at two conventions in March– C2E2 and Megacon! It’ll be great to return to both shows– we love doing them and the fans treat us great there. I’ll be offering con sketches, original art, SKYWARD, prints, and commissions live at the show… so stop by!

March 18-20.11:
C2E2 2011
(Chicago, IL)

March 25-27.11:
Megacon 2011
(Orlando, FL)
Table BLUE #7

On with the sketch!

No-brainer #1: Jeremy loves SPIDER-MAN & HIS AMAZING FRIENDS. I just do. I remember watching the show as a kid living in a small apartment in South Bend, Indiana… it rocked my world to see the superheroes I saw in my Dad’s comics animated right there on my television screen. Special nod goes out to Firestar, the best new character outside of Harley Quinn ever added to a comic series AFTER debuting on a TV show. That, and my wife adores her.

CLICK TO EMBIGGEN– Enjoy!

- jeremy

That’s for all you Joe fans out there. Y’know, I’m glad I still get fans asking for sketches and commissions of the Joes and the Cobra squad– I think some of my best work on those characters has come in the years AFTER my run on GI Joe. There’s a lot I’d do differently now that I’ve grown as an artist, let me tell ya. There’s still a lot of what I did I kinda like, but a lot more I just die every time I see. It all depends on the issue/plot,colors/letters/situation I was dealing with at the time of drawing it. Enough rambling!

On with the sketch!

There comes a time when all you have to say that day is random thoughts spilling out onto the page. This was one of those days.

CLICK TO EMBIGGEN– Enjoy!

- jeremy

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Now playing: Bionic Commando – area_02
via FoxyTunes

You should see my work space (and I haven’t forgotten about posting some studio pics– they’re on the way!)– it’s a mess right now. Scrap pages of SKYWARD page thumbnails, bluelined under-sketches, sequentials, stacks of things to scan… it’s a mess. Now, I’m not a messy person nor am I a neat freak. I subscribe to what my wife calls “organized chaos”. It’s not as bad as it sounds. We both know where things are, they’re in organized stacks, but there’s a small level of disarray to the untrained eye. I clean the studio after every issue I finish as sort of a reward for a job well done, so it’s been a couple weeks since the last time I did so (when I finished an issue of something else). Just thought I’d share.

Hey, I gotta fill the blog space with SOMEthing, right?

On with the sketch!

I get on  a kick from time to time just DRAWING for drawing’s sake. This is one of the results. In that zone, I doodle a lot of concept sketches for characters in my book, other books I want to do someday, and just general non sequitur stuff. This one took me aback– I really like the general direction my style was taking me here. Fuuuunnnnnnn…

CLICK TO EMBIGGEN– Enjoy!

- jeremy

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Now playing: Muse – Sunburn
via FoxyTunes

I wish I could color. I’m glad I waited to learn, though– I couldn’t have taken in the information with an eye for critical detail until somewhat recently. With that in mind, in the next couple months, I’d like to dive in and start learning the trade. There are plenty of master colorists nearby and on the interwebs that I know, so that’d be cool to take in some wisdom.

I frequent several sketch blog sites during the work day, and oftentimes the image thumbnails are a LOT smaller than what I usually post. Would you prefer smaller thumbnails or what they currently are while browsing the blog? Honestly, it doesn’t matter to me, but I thought I’d ask.

On with the sketch!

It shouldn’t be any surprise to anyone at this point that I adore THE LEGEND OF ZELDA video game series by Nintendo.  I’ve played most of the games in the series ever made, and my wife has played and FINISHED 85 percent of them, having only not played Ocarina of Time (yeah, I know) and the Game Boy Advance games. I will always sketch Link, Zelda, Tingle, and the crew– and I’m not hard-set against any set style of the game either, so anyone that hates WINDWAKER needs to step back. I LOVE that game. It was a brilliant experiment into the gameplay dynamic and its style was deceptively simple and WORKED for it. Amazing.

CLICK TO EMBIGGEN– Enjoy!

- jeremy

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Now playing: God’s Property – The Storm Is Over Now
via FoxyTunes

I’m really, really close to finishing the first SKYWARD, and it’s getting more and more real to me now. So many setbacks and so many deals fallen through on this thing that it’s heartbreaking. Honestly, it’d be great to hear some good news right about now about it. It’s still coming out regardless, folks– I’m committed to drawing at least a set number of issues of it so I can get part of it out of my system.

I believe in this series, and in creator-owned properties in general, so I’ll hold out as long as I can on this and I promise you my best on this one.

On with the sketch!

I keep thinking about the ARCHIE series out there lately– why it hasn’t caught on more with the mainstream comics audience, why the redesigned “comic-y” style change was a farce at best, and what kind of style COULD work on it. Well, I doodled this up really quick while reading a rant by Chris Sims about it. It’s not exactly what I want from it, but it’s a SKETCH, that’s the point– if it were fully finished idea, it wouldn’t be a sketch.

CLICK TO EMBIGGEN– Enjoy!

- jeremy

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Now playing: Muse – Sunburn
via FoxyTunes

Don’t know if you noticed, but I offered a FREE SKETCH yesterday! That little banner above is more than random thoughts– thought that might take a few of you off-guard.

So which new comic-related movie are you looking forward to most this summer? With Thor, Green Lantern, Captain America, and more, it’s certainly going to be a slaughterfest this summer.I’m really digging what I’m seeing of the CAPTAIN AMERICA movie, personally– and by the director of THE ROCKETEER? Sure, I’m there.

On with the sketch!

Often, when I’m sketching, it’s at the studio drawing table, with small stacks of scrap paper crammed with sketches shoved under my computer’s keyboard until I can get them scanned or discarded. I’ll typically sketch on the same sheet of paper until it’s more or less filled to the edges, then pull out another fresh sheet to violate. This Firestar-centric page is an example of that– it must have spent a couple months under my keyboard until I got around to getting ‘er scanned. Heh– I sure could use an assistant for the grunt work, I tells ya.

CLICK TO EMBIGGEN– Enjoy!

- jeremy

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Now playing: Skillet – Comatose
via FoxyTunes