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SKETCHBOOK OF FULIGIN ($5+ patrons access)

Hey folks! Here's something nice for you - brand new digital fanzine - this time collecting all of my previous Book of the New Sun work, AND much more!

Containing 44 pages of my Gene Wolfe-inspired drawings (originally done as personal sketchbook project for one of my most committed patrons right here, which you've only glanced at exactly a half of before), this little fanzine could also be considered...

THE UNCANNY X-MEN #207 (cover homage commission)

I kinda went back and forth on this one in digital, because the crimson color felt a bit overwhelming on my screen - 

-even if it looks pretty banging on paper!

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The Devolted (commission/play cover)

First proper drawing since we moved into our new place, and our goddamn cat gave us a giant week long scare - and it's quite an interesting one!

2024-02-19 19:03:41 +0000 UTC View Post

TOKU FRIDAY 003

A really grim week is ending with even more devastating Russian news today (I hope the next one is going to be better and I'll be able to actually tell you what was going on), but at least I had enough of these made in my "spare" time! (time "spared" from feeling like this 24/7)

And for the next week, we're shifting into something slightly different - trying to...

TOKU FRIDAY 002

Insanely intense week -  we moved into a new apartment, then I had to tidy up our old place, and now I'm realizing that I'm missing out on a full week of actual work. But these little sketches were a real treat (as well as a buuunch of other that I won't be showing yet), and a daily way to take my mind off things and actually relax.

So - a really fun batch today! Bunch of k-pop bikers, a begrudged SHOCKER rider and a few more insectoid/alien designs:

2024-02-09 09:45:33 +0000 UTC View Post

THE BEETLE KNIGHT campaign zine cover

Check out and support the kickstarter campaign here! ^___^

THE DEMON #16 cover (Kirby homage commission)

Possibly my favorite of all of the recreations so far, huh?

And of course, here's the initial cover in all of its brilliance:

TOKU FRIDAY 001

Here's something that's been on my mind a lot lately, and what I really needed to get out of my system, so...  I begin this Patreon-exclusive weekly series of tokusatsu character sketches, designs, and then (inevitably) commissions or simply personal drawings - all specifically dedicated to Kamen Rider.

Sometime later down the road, the Toku Friday designs could become a series of prints, cards, or maybe a less formalized zine. There's no concr...

Knifin' in Character

Big part of my comics process - especially if it's a really big book that requires a lot of commitment - is drawing these character expression sketches, sometimes laying the foundation for some actual big character moments in the future comic. I often scribble these while watching movies or browsing some photos online, so sometimes character take on appearance of people I see or think about. This is a natural process that helps me deepen my understanding of characters and what I actually want them to be (which now has even more gravitas, sin...

The Tower on the Borderlands process

Had a massive pleasure of drawing this key art/banner for THE TOWER ON THE BORDERLAND - a really promising indie game by a very cool dev. So how about you go ahead and wishlist it on Steam, huh? ;) Because wishlisting actually helps with those games!

And as you can see, all of a sudden we're...

The Star Tide Shores Campaign LIVE!

Get this tremendously fun space opera adventure comic with variant cover by me, friend of the family Goran Gligovic, Qsy, or Nikola Cizmesija HERE ^__^ 

Drawing this cover was a massive please, one of the best professional highlight on 2023 for me.

Holmes vs Moriarty (A4 commission)

Always a treat when a smaller commission calls for more of an illustrative approach! ^__^

2024 bulletin

I'm figuring out my projects for 2024, and so far, it actually looks better than 2022 or 2023 did, at least in the beginning of each year! It's good to have at least some amount of expectation and prospects - along with approaching renewal of our residency permit for one more year in Serbia, and (hopefully) some modest travel plans, it brings a modicum of optimist to our life.

So far the projects are:

1....

VENOM (commission)

First drawing of 2024 - and what a drawing, eh? ;)

Happy belated New Year - I really, REALLY hope that 2024 is gonna treat us all well!

Cinematic Knife

Back with more First Knife II pencils (which I desperately need to start inking, at some point!)

This was a much anticipated page that I was really thrilled to get to do - and also scared shitless of actually draw. And now it is finally here - at least in pencils, that is!

This page also contains a little reference to one of my favorite movies - "White Sun of The Desert" -

- and the way t...

Jerry Cornelius commission

Happy 84th Birthday, Michael Moorcock! ^__^

(btw, with Elric, Corum and Jerry already down, do not hesitate to commission me to draw more Eternal Champions ;))

Knifing in Belgrade - 2.5

(Putting a screentoned cap on this one)

I still sometimes ponder whether I should go back into more solid blacks and lesser amount of halftones in my work - 

-but it actually feels way too heavy for my own taste, so I guess I'm sticking with my bullshit, at least for now!

Also, raw scan:

2023-12-15 14:15:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Knifing in Belgrade - 1.5 (scanning, toning)

Took me a goddamn while to finally get back to this page, but now when I'm finally wrapping up a big chunk of the story for coloring and moving on to inking next giant batch of pencils, it was about damn time.

And with the benefit of passing time, I was able to rethink some of my previous choices and build up on them. Check the original's unedited scan for comparison!

2023-12-13 13:33:30 +0000 UTC View Post

Neil Gaiman's DEATH (commission)

Another one with traditional pencils instead of digital printout for lightbox!

And, of course, the original (as you can see, in scanned version I walked back on the shading on her shoulders and back; not sure what I was thinking when I went for it, because it obviously intefers with the whole Bernie Wrightson vibe I was going for in this piece -_-):

2023-12-13 12:36:27 +0000 UTC View Post

TENET OF THE SPARK promo comic

Couple of month ago I made this comic for this project. Check out the reel and follow Zhee Shee's socials - the game is promising to be something special!

Also, big thanks to my friend 2023-12-05 20:22:13 +0000 UTC View Post

Bestiary Addendum

I was hired to add a few extra pages to the Bestiary project from earlier this Summer/Autumn (making it now 60 creatures total), and here are some of the new ones for you!

The sharp as Knife thrill of collaboration

Now here's something that we've been keeping in the stove for a damn while! As a follow up to this page, I really wanted to have a page filled to brim with Extremely Simon Roy Shit - and that is AFTER I've already put multiple references to Simon's work on the previous spread - so the only natural decision that made sense to me was to ask the Man himself to sketch a ton of stuff on the shelves of our litt...

An Aardvark, a Turtle and a Donkey (+Birthday)

Had a great time giving strong Frazetta-esque spin to a composition with couple of characters I don't necessarily care for. Brace yourself for the next couple of weeks, folks -- cause it's gonna be aaaall commissions, aaaall of the time!

Also - yep, I'm turning 35 today. Some good and some sad feelings, great vibes and a lot of care from my friends and surrounding, and finally -  book signing with Igor Kordej AND a nice e...

New Gods #7 remake (one panel at a time)

Two years later -- still chugging away at this page -- almost one panel at a time!! %)

2023-11-29 18:50:08 +0000 UTC View Post

Cover commission (color)

(continuing from here)

I'm really sorry for the radio silence - Serbian autumn is currently beating my ever-loving ass with bad weather, lack of sun and short day length (all of which I should be 100% used to after living in Saint Fucking Petersburg of all places for 8 years, huh!) causing me to constantly feel tired, dull and sleepy. I'm working on getting through it/ but it's a whole process... And I'm a...

Cover commission!

Colored version coming up later ;)

Original art for sale, as usual!

GUNDAM ZINE is live! ($5+ patrons access)

Without further ado, here are Dropbox links for your pleasure:

CBZ/PDF 

2023-11-08 16:05:09 +0000 UTC View Post

Ditko's Shade, the Changing Man (commission)

Back to commissions, at fucking last - and the first one is a banger! ^___^ 

GUNDAMTOBER 15: Cima Garahau/AGX-04 Gerbera Tetra

And on this, the Gundam series - and 2023 Inktober - finally ends! 

Thank you for following the series, and for making it possible by commissioning me to draw all these marvelous mobile suits in the last 3 years :3

See you in November with more new, non-Gundam art.

(And with finished Gundam Zine, too!)