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TWO HUNDRED Skratchadays! Hope you guys are having as much fun with these as I am. I wanted to have this massive, over-the-top, 200 images in one post thing, but I got pretty behind after a few big projects popped up. I’d get all depressed, but I’m sharing some cool stuff today regardless.
Enjoy!

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Two sketches from Dragon*Con EXCLUSIVE to this blog? AND– AND AND AND a colored page from an upcoming Skyward story? Yeah, I’m spoiling you guys.

Comment away so I don’t regret it! hehehehe

Colors by Dash Martin on that Skyward page. Check out his website and show him some love, too.

CLICK TO EMBIGGEN!

- jeremy dale

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Snake- Eyes: Cold War

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Pencils by Jeremy Dale

Inks  by Kelly Dale

Colors by Dash Martin

Click to embiggen– enjoy!

- jeremy

Hey, guys– FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2011 was a smashing success. Perhaps you saw this photo on BleedingCool?

Acme Comics in Greensboro, NC

Yeah– I took that photo. I was dropping off Jermaine Exum, who runs ACME COMICS, after seeing THOR earlier that night– when we saw guys camping out for the Free Comic Book Day even the next day! Spectacular!

In fact, BLEEDINGCOOL.COM picked up the story: http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/05/07/camping-out-overnight-for-free-comic-book-day/

And the local news reported live from the event as well! Check it out at:   ACME COMICS\’ FCBD 2011 Channel 2 News recap

On with the sketch!

Baroness from COBRA for Free Comic Book Day! Playing a flute, no less. Bizarre, I know– but that was the request, and I was more than happy to work on that for the lady in question. She even provided reference! Bravo. Well played.

Enjoy! Click to embiggen.

- jeremy dale

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Now playing: Miles Davis – But Not For Me (Take 2)
via FoxyTunes

Pencils by Jeremy Dale

Inks by Kelly Dale

Colors by Steve Downer

Strangely enough, I didn’t get photos of about 2 dozen MORE sketches from last weekend– so if anyone has scans of theirs not posted here, let me know!

- jeremy

This is a party show, and it runs seriously 24 hours a day. It got so crazy Saturday night that the National Guard had to be called in to help people vacate a few of the downtown hotels Dragon*Con was hosted at. THE NATIONAL GUARD.

Four days of celebration of all aspects of pop and geek culture, with some of the most imaginative, well-constructed costumes you’ll ever see. It’s definitely worth seeing at least once in your life. I guarantee a great time.

Crazy.

That said, here are a few of our favorite photos from the weekend. Enjoy!

THE REST CAN BE FOUND AT THIS LINK HERE– CLICK AWAY FOR HUNDREDS OF PHOTOS FROM DRAGON 2010!

- jeremy dale

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Now playing: Howie Day – Collide (Live)
via FoxyTunes

Baroness, Stormshadow, and Firefly

Dragon and Mr. Glum from Savage Dragon

'Hero' owned by David Hammond

White Witch from the Legion

Here’s another four commissions– the Cobra one I’m fairly pleased with, definitely. I always enjoy illustrating the Cobra-aligned characters in the G.I. Joe universe, and this commission was a breath of fresh air in that it wasn’t just another ninja piece. Always fun!

I won’t lie– Savage Dragon is one of my favorite comics currently being published. Erik Larsen’s work on that book is inspiring to see unfold, and so far this year he’s put out 15 issues! Crazy. I’d love to do a creator-owned book at Image one of these days… here’s hoping! That’d be very cool.

Hero is a creator-owned character I was requested to render. I had a heck of a time working out how to draw his helmet, but in the end it turned out pretty strong, I think.  Fun fun.

White Witch is from the LEGION books DC Comics puts out, and the reference I found for her online was fascinating– I’d never seen that before! The eye tendril thing is kinda creepy in some ways. I’ve been playing catch-up on all matters Legion, I’m afraid– although it’s one of the top requests I get for convention sketches and commissions, I never really investigated the series myself until fairly recently. The Jim Shooter/ Francis Manapul run was simply GORGEOUS, and I really wanted to see where it was headed. Too bad it got cut out behind the scenes towards the end of their run. :/

Enjoy!

- jeremy dale

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Now playing: Mute Math – Chaos
via FoxyTunes