BUY my new series SKYWARD #1 today!

Hello, new week. Nice to see ya.

Oh, here’s that ‘Ringo/Kesel Fantastic Four my wife and I picked up at Dragon*Con…

It’s got just about everything I want in a page like this– fun establishing shot, great body language and storytelling, cool inking technique, and for a ‘Ringo FF page? Gotta have a cool THING shot. It’s even got his trademark soft-edged Kirbytech.

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You may have seen this piece in line art form in my gallery– well, here it is in full color!

Pencils by Jeremy Dale

Inks by Kelly Dale

Colors by Nate Lovett and Kelly Dale

After seeing Nate’s colors, I wanted a few changes to color selections, so I and Kelly stepped in with Photoshop and added hues we thought suited the character better and added more of the mood I was looking for. It’s nothing against Nate’s work, but I wanted a specific flair to this one.

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- jeremy dale

It’s the American thing to do. I should go again…

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Here’s the inks to Blog Comment MVP Luke Buchanan’s Captain Marvell vs Thanos! At his request, with added battle damage to really rock the impact and severity of the fight. Enjoy!

Pencils by Jeremy Dale

Inks by Kelly Dale (w/ assist by Jeremy Dale)

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- jeremy dale

ALSO, BUY my new series SKYWARD #1 today!

Snake- Eyes: Cold War

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Pencils by Jeremy Dale

Inks  by Kelly Dale

Colors by Dash Martin

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- jeremy

Captain America, Thor, & Iron Man

Nightwing and Batgirl

Pencils by Jeremy Dale

Inks by Kelly Dale

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Enjoy!

- jeremy

Pencils by Jeremy Dale

Inks by Kelly Dale

Colors by Kyle Ritter

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- jeremy

Yup, I’ve been doing wedding art for programs and invitations and all that– in fact, an alarming number of these gigs have popped up since I did the first one over a year ago now. I rarely post them when I do, but this one turned out pretty cool, so I thought I’d post one.

The couple featured here requested the power sets and overall theme, which really makes my job all the easier. Special thanks to Dash Martin on his amazing colors!

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Drawn on 11 x 17 bristol in pencil and ink, digitally colored in Photoshop, then edited and trade dress (logos, etc) added in Illustrator.

- jeremy

Pretty happy with this one. Enjoy!

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- jeremy

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Here’s a look at several of the commissions (in various stages on a few, as well) that I had lined up for HeroesCon this year! There was a LOT to get to this year, and although it took away from Skyward a bit, I’m glad they turned out as they did. Thanks to everyone who ordered a piece– you helped make this the best HeroesCon yet!

Oh yeah– my HeroesCon 2011 Charity Art Auction piece of the Avengers (from the last blog post) went for $1,000! Wow. Thanks, everyone! Glad to help out an amazing show like Heroes in any way I can.

Special thanks go out to my wife, Kelly Dale, on the inking assist on just about every HeroesCon 2011 piece for the show before and during the show.

Enjoy! Click to embiggen.

- jeremy dale

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Black Cat & Spidey by Jeremy Dale with inks by Kelly Dale

Birds of Prey by Jeremy Dale with inks by Kelly Dale

Nightwing & Batgirl by Jeremy Dale with inks by Kelly Dale

Gambit & Rogue by Jeremy Dale with inks by Kelly Dale

Here are some recent pieces we’ve worked on for various commission-buyers. Enjoy!

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- jeremy

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Above and beyond posting the KELLYDAYS sketch blog posts to give me a break from the crazy schedule, Kelly also inks for me from time to time, and sells her inks at shows. Using any tool she can get her hands on from brush to Micron to brush pen to Copic Special Black and back again, Kelly inks furiously over blueline printouts on bristol, and isn’t bad at all! I’m proud of her– she’s come a long, long way in just a couple years inking.

Here are a couple of her more recent pieces– scroll down to my C2E2 SKETCHES post to see more!

By the way: She doesn’t know I planned this blog post. So comment it up and let her know what ya think! Shhh, it’s a SURPRISE.
Enjoy! Click to embiggen.

- jeremy

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What time is it?  It’s Kelly time– er… time for more KellyDays!

On with the sketches!

The sixth and final edition to my “Ode to Firestar”– and this, of course, is chapter 6.

This is Angelica Jones.  Angel, as she is also known as, was first seen on Spider-man and his Amazing Friends.  In this series, Firestar (whose pre-production names included Heatwave, Starblaze, and Firefly) is identified as being a former member of the X-Men, along with Iceman.  Her origin is explained in “A Firestar is Born.” She started out as a young girl who was bullied by a girl named Bonnie who called her jinx. During that time, she had developed her powers. One day, she had disguised herself in order to save her father. Later on in high school, Bonnie and her boyfriend framed Angelica for the theft of a trophy causing Dean Wilmer to expel Angelica. To right this wrong, Angelica became Firestar for the first time where she found proof of Bonnie’s deception, found the trophy, and brought Bonnie and her boyfriend to justice. Later on, she was approached by Cyclops, Angel, and Iceman to join up with the X-Men. She accepted and was seen helping them in their fights with Magneto and the Sentinels.

Check it out– lot’s of fun here!  And this concludes my Ode to Firestar.  I look forward to what else Marvel has in store for her ( although I was not too thrilled with the whole– She has cancer and dumped Justice, thing… actually, I don’t even consider those stories as part of the mythos I so enjoy).  So there!

So… what are your thoughts?  Comment!

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Cheers!

-kelly

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And it is Sunday– last day at MegaCon.  Where does the time go?  While you ponder this– time for more KellyDays!

On with the sketches!

The fifth edition to my “Ode to Firestar”– and this, of course, is chapter 5.

This was also a fun storyline!  This took place during the time Firestar and Justice were with the New Warriors.  To make a long story short…

 

Synopsis:

The full power of the Mutant Liberation Force is brought to bear on the Sphinx but her powers prove formidable; While the battle is raging, Dwayne Taylor sneaks into the Sphinx’s home looking for a way to revenge himself upon her for the death of his father; Sayge arrives and picks a small band of “New Warriors” from the MLF and sends them to join up with Night Thrasher in the Sphinx’s lair; Nova realizes that the thing that is most important to the Sphinx is her immortal cat and uses the feline as leverage to get her to change the world back to the way it is supposed to be; With the New Warriors back in their own reality, the Sphinx’s cat rapidly ages and dies and she flies off, vowing revenge.

Of course Firestar and Justice were part of the resistance here.  They fought against the mind-controlled Avengers.  There was some pretty cool fight scenes here.

So… what are your thoughts?  Comment!

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Cheers!

-kelly

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