FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2013

Free Comic Book Day is on Saturday, May 4th!  Visit your local shop and get some freeee coooomiiiiics!

Spring Picture Dump!

Here's another art dump!

The first four are just some color studies (using Photoshop Elements because I can't afford Photoshop), followed by a handful of some recent art.

This is an example of me having fun with my Wreck-It Ralph coloring book.  I know the colors aren't accurate, but what's the point of having a coloring book if you aren't allowed to choose your own colors?

 Here's a picture of my first painted mini!  The base has not been finished yet, but I had tons of fun with the figure.  My brother is amazing and made the gas mask as well as the holster for the grenades.  (It's a Trollkin Alchemist/Investigator for the Iron Kingdoms RPG!)

Happy Spring!!

Holy 2013, Batman!

PHEW!

It's been a busy 2013 so far!  I just got treated for belly bacteria and have been drawing drawing drawing!

Here are some of the things I've done recently.  It includes Bastion fan art, a Boomer, some mini comics, pony commission art, and a poster I made for a friend's first roller derby bout.

I also recently started a fan page on facebook HERE!

Happy March!  It's good to finally update again.

Networking Options

For the time being, I will not be able to post artwork here.  I cannot post pictures from my phone to blogger and my computer is still acting like a poopy pants turdface about the internet. ):

I will still be updating my Facebook and Twitter (@meltingdoll) accounts with art, as well as Tumblr (meltingdoll.tumblr.com).

You may also e-mail me at meltingdoll@gmail.com if you have any questions or inquiries about commissions or anything else.

Happy Holidays!!

Newtown, CT

I try to avoid making many political statements on the Internet, so all I will say is this: I am sad.  I'm sad today to hear the awful news about children being murdered in school.  I am terrified to be one of those parents some day.  

Before my surgery, I was made aware that cancer would result in me never having children.  Luckily, my tumor was benign and I am still able to have kids, but not without a potential struggle -- my chances of miscarriage or other complications are much higher now, and I will reach menopause earlier than average women.  I have no choice in the matter, and because of these risks, lately the idea of trying to start a family has scared me.  What's really unfortunate now, is today I have more reasons to be afraid.  And that's what makes me sad.  

I never thought something like this could happen to innocent children that were in a place they were told was safe.  Even the surviving children may never fully recover from the horror.  They must have been frightened.  I wish I could hug them all and play with them on the playground to make them forget the bad things in the world, because that's what kids are supposed to do!  They shouldn't have to watch their friends die, or face death themselves just because some jerkwad lost control of his own life.

I make no statement for or against gun control.  I just want to live in a place I can feel safe, where I can feel comfortable starting my own family without having to face the tragedy of outliving my own children, nieces, nephews, or grandchildren.

Ghost Variant Signing Saturday 12/1!

 

 For those curious, here's my process for the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Ghost Variant cover.  First I sketched up an idea.  We knew we wanted the cover to feature Derpy Hooves, and I wanted to have an interesting background because I knew it was going to be a wrap cover (front and back), so I decided to go with Sugarcube Corner.

 

 

 

I drew up a second design with a different Sugarcube Corner background and added Lyra, as she's one of my favorite background ponies.  I used references from the show for both background sketches.  The second design was the one I liked better, so I scanned it in and submit it to get approved.  Just like when I did the Adventure Time cover, I had to wait patiently for approval before I could start working on the final drawing!

After a little more than a week, Hasbro approved the design but told me I needed to add BonBon.  I find this particularly awesome because it's good to see they like to be consistent with even their background ponies being BFFs.

 

 

 

As soon as I was given the greenlight, I basically finished the whole thing in one sitting.  I used 11x17" comic paper, used microns for the background and a sharpie for the thick foreground lines.  I normally prefer brush and ink, but ponies are so cartoony, I wanted solid lines for this (;

 

And Voila!  The art was scanned and submitted.  I had to wait more than a month to hear anything about it and when I did, it had been colored and completed!  I can't express enough how hard it was to keep it a secret, especially from my friends that are such huge fans of the show.

 

To celebrate the release, I will be at Casablanca Comics in Portland from 12pm-3pm Saturday, December 1st.  Which is tomorrow!!

 

I'll be signing and sketching on oodles of covers!  Here's a preview:

 

 



 

I will have some prints left over from PortCon Maine to sell for $3 each, featuring Vinyl Scratch, the mane six + Spike, and a human Rainbow Dash!  I will also have some original art with me and will gladly draw sketches for those that request it.

 

 

 

 

The original cover art is going to be put on eBay for auction, for those interested!  I will be posting on both Twitter and Facebook when they go up.  There is a chance I won't be able to post about it on my blog here due to my computer being wonky lately.

 

 

This 3 foot cardboard cut-out of Spike is excited to see you tomorrow!