by Matthew Warlick | Aug 30, 2010 | Blog
I almost missed Dallas Comic Con this year (they sold out super-fast, proof that a larger venue is now needed) but thanks to fellow Space Gunner Evan Bryce I got to com eout Sunday and hock my wares.
Prints and copies of Senryu moved slowly but I sketched almost the entire 4 hours. First up was a Joker for Charlotte Peeples, wife of awesome artist Brent Peeples.
I get odd requests at ties but this one I liked. It’s Deadman, holding the ‘deadman’ on a Kovach R11 refueling truck..
Hush.
And last but my favorite, Destroyer. I loved the new Kirkman mini and plan to do a pinup of the character soon.
Oh, and I finally got a copy (albeit a 2nd printing) of local bad-ass Joe Eisma’s new Image book Morning Glories.
Fun was had by all and I’m looking forward to next year, hopefully bigger venue and more tables in Artist Alley will come with it!
by Matthew Warlick | May 29, 2010 | Art & Illustration, Blog, Design, Projects
Wow, what a crazy month it’s been. My apologies for neglecting the blog but the new day job has taken it’s toll on my free time and after working on freelance, finishing up commissions, and the constant connection to Twitter and Facebook there’s not much room left for blog posts. I guess the new research is true, blogs are going the way of the Do-Do.
But have no fear, I won’t be neglecting you beautiful internet masses, and have several cool bits of news to announce.
First off, my new employer Rockfish Interactive has moved into its new Frisco office (photos on my Flickr account), and I’ve settled comfortably into the role of a senior designer/art director.
I can’t say I don’t miss working from home and drawing all the time, but it’s nice to design again, get back up to speed on interactive work and produce storyboards and spot illos while getting a nice salary and bennies to boot.
The other bit of news is the official commencement of my next project, Lights in The Sky. Friends and family have long known about my fascination with UFOs and this summer I’m going to share my thoughts, theories and personal experiences on the matter.
The plan is to offer it up for free as an ongoing webcomic, and if all goes as planned my fellow Space-Gun Studio mates will also have projects kicking off. You may even see Space-Gun webcomics in the near future.
That’s it for now, below is the first promo image (and possible cover) for LITS. I hope you dig.
by Matthew Warlick | Apr 18, 2010 | Blog
The fifth and final winner for this round of #followme4freeart sketches is Chris Garret, twitter user @Gravnos. Very appropariately, he chose his own character Gravnos as his subject.
Congrats Chris!
Follow me on twitter and check out the hashtag #followme4freeart and you might be the next winner!
by Matthew Warlick | Mar 18, 2010 | Blog, Metrosketchual, Sketches
So a few of us Dallas folk got together and started a weekly sketch blog called Metrosketchual. Below is my piece for our first weeks’ theme, Ghostbusters!
And here are a few rejected sketches that I just wasn’t feeling. They’re decent enough, but I wanted something that better captured the vibe of the first movie. Plus Slimer was a straight-to-ink warm up sketch.
by Matthew Warlick | Feb 2, 2010 | Art & Illustration, Blog, Events, Senryu
Day two of DCC was pretty awesome. The lines weren’t nearly as bad but business was jsut as good as day one, with most of that business being in the form of sketches.
This cool kid asked me to do a female Iron Man sketch and I tried to rock it out as best as I could.
Got a nice Two-Face request as well.
Plus a rare appearance by King Bender.
Deadman. Who is dead.
Plus a little Predator action.
And to top it all off the little lady got to meet one of her most favorite actors, Sean Patrick Flanery. Priority pass line-cutting FTW!
All in all it was another very positive convention experience (except for the con-contagion Beth and I came down with Sunday night). Senryu didn’t do quite as well as I had hoped, but I made plenty of profit doing sketches and selling prints, so it was a win. Hopefully Staple will treat the book a bit better come March 6th.
Ciao!
by Matthew Warlick | Jan 29, 2010 | Art & Illustration, Blog, Events
Nrama: Going back a little bit, what’s your background? Tell us a little bit about yourself, how you got to this point.
Warlick: My professional background is in interactive design but I?ve been drawing since I was a little kid. In 4th grade I discovered comics and I?ve been hooked ever since. When I graduated I took an apprenticeship with a web design firm and eventually moved up to the position of interactive designer and then art director. The past few years I?ve freelanced doing interactive art direction and illustration work.
Nrama: In terms of organizing the event, was there an overall structure to who you teamed up with? Or are you hearing from people who published who you had never spoken with before?
Warlick: The main ICBW team is Vinh-Luan Luu, Jake Ekiss, Paul Milligan and myself; It?s basically our Space-Gun Studios entity minus Evan Bryce. We?ve been responsible for putting together the website and organizing the blog, but have had a lot of help from creators and retailers in spreading the word and helping the event take off.
So head on over and give it a read.
And if you’re in Texas come out to the Dallas Comic Con tomorrow. It’ll be the first time I’ve had Senryu for a convention and I’m really excited to see how it’s received.
Mention this post and I’ll give you a sweet limited edition Senryu print. While supplies last.
