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New Lucy Painting but what’s it for?

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Finished up a watercolour image of Lucy and the Demon Beast on Friday.
What could I use it for?
Starting with some pencils…
Lucy3Cover1Paint in the main colours of the two characters…Lucy3Cover2 A bit more tone and the base layer for the other colours…
Lucy3Cover3 Adding the eyes always brings a character to life…
Lucy3Cover4 A hint of a background bringing out the blue of Lucy, plus some colour pencil work…
Lucy3Cover5 Finally some black ink…
Lucy3Cover6 A clean up on Photoshop whiting out the surrounding paper…Lucy3Cover7 And this demon beast is ready for its close up!
Lucy3Cover8updateWhy!  It’s the cover of the third printed Lucy comic: Any Less the Freak, out in October…

Plus for those who don’t know, there’s a launch party in London on Friday October 3rd, for Lucy the Octopus: Any Less the Freak along with three other new Tempo Lush Publications, Tempo Lush Tales, Bang! Crash! Whizz! and Rosie and Jacinda: Demon Cloud.
Join many of the creators involved, ready to sign copies of comics and be friendly and charming at the wonderful Gosh Comics (1 Berwick Street, London W1F 0DR) October 3rd 2014, 7pm-9pm!
See the Facebook Event Page here!

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Gosh!ping about Krazy Kat, Calvin & Hobbes and Lucy the Octopus…

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Lucy the Octopus will be mingling with giants of the comic strip world: George Herriman’s sublime Krazy Kat and Bill Watterson’s wonderful Calvin & Hobbes.  The three strips are up for discussion at the Gosh!p graphic novel reading group in June.

Comic Gosh!p: Issue 20, “Krazy Kat”, “Calvin & Hobbes” and “Lucy the Octopus”
Wednesday 12 June 2013, 7-9pm
Gosh! Comics, 1 Berwick Street, Soho, London, England
Free Entry
(Afterwards some of us go for drinks at The John Snow pub, 39 Broadwick Street, Soho, W1F 9QJ)

From left to right: Ignatz Mouse, Puffy, Offissa Pupp, Hobbes, Lucy the Octopus, Krazy Kat, Calvin (Ink & Photoshop)

From left to right: Ignatz Mouse, Puffy, Offissa Pupp, Hobbes, Lucy the Octopus, Krazy Kat, Calvin (Ink & Photoshop)

I’m a regular attendee at Comic Gosh!p, a proud Gosh!per, and always learn a lot and laugh a lot.  Each event  normally includes a mainstream comic (in this case two) and one small press book (in this case our blue, eight-legged, guitar-rocking friend).

You can join the group’s facebook page here!

Even if Lucy wasn’t up for discussion in June, this one would still be a must for me as both Krazy Kat and Calvin & Hobbes are big influences.  I even did a dissertation on Calvin & Hobbes back at college.

If you fancy reading any of the strips before coming along (or even if you can’t make it), here’s where to look…

Hope to see some of you there!

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I’ll also be selling comics, prints and bears and doing commissions / portraits at these upcoming events…

MCM London Comic Con
Friday 24 – Sunday 26 May 2013
ExCeL London
Royal Victoria Dock, London E16 1XL

London Film and Comic Con
Friday 5 – Sunday 7 July 2013
Earls Court 2, Earls Court Exhibition Centre
Warwick Road, London SW5 9TA

Thought Bubble Comic Con
Saturday 23 – Sunday 24 November 2013
New Dock Hall
Armouries Drive, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS10 1LT

Keep an eye on this space for future appearances…