Here’s the assembled triptych commission. Unfortunately I can’t post it any wider than 470 pixels here on the blog, but the three originals together add up to a piece that is just under a yard wide. As I mentioned in the first post, I tried to make each panel stand on its own but also work together with the others as a single whole. I think the tree in the center, with its mirrored shapes of roots and branches, pulls it together nicely.

You are always welcome to peruse my gallery of commissioned pieces. And if you are interested in a commissioned piece of your own, just get in touch. I do enjoy being challenged.

Here’s the final panel of this interesting commission. Tomorrow, I’ll post the assembled triptych.

Here’s the center panel for the triptych. The person who commissioned it had very specific gremlin types in mind which he forwarded reference for. Man– those ears were tough!

I see that Rich Johnston over on BLEEDING COOL has linked to the first triptych post. If you are a Bleeding Cooler visiting for the first time, welcome. This is my retinal blog, image-heavy and bloviating-light, to which I’ve been posting my own stuff from a lifetime of making art. I hope you’ll take the opportunity to dig in.

One of the interesting things about doing commissions is the nature of the requests I get. I’ve done loads of double paged spreads before but never once thought of attempting a triptych. This project was a colossal amount of work but I quite enjoyed doing it and am delighted with how the thing came out. One of the problems was structuring it. The person who commissioned the piece had strong ideas of the characters and action he wanted to see and I felt, to be successful, each panel should stand on its own then work together with the other two as a whole.

I’ll be running all three of the panels over the next three days, then follow up with a shot of the whole thing together. Here is the left side panel with good old SWAMP THING charging in and taking out a gremlin archer.

You can check out a whole gallery of previous commissions on this blog. And if you’d like to arrange a piece (or a triptych) for yourself just shoot me an e-mail. SWAMP THING is © DC Comics.

Commission for a jet engine designer in pen, inks and watercolor.

I’m still taking commissions, by the way. If interested, shoot me an e-mail.

Pretty good size gallery of previous commissions is available for your enjoyment.

Sketchbook commission of Superboy and Kid Supreme and their pets. I’ve posted lots of my recent commissions, if you care to peruse them.

If you are interested in a custom commission for your own collection, or as a gift, get in touch.

One of the great things about commissions are the challenges that come out of left field. Here are the pencils to one in which the client asked me to stage a memorable scene from Macbeth. I like the way comics make Shakespeare’s dialog easier for the modern mind to comprehend. I bet graphic novelizations of the Bard’s masterpieces would allow a lot of high school kids better access to them.

My other recent commissions can be seen here. And if you are interested in a commission of your own, get in touch. And yes, I like challenges!

Another One-Minute-Later commission; based on my WORLD’S GREATEST COMICS MAGAZINE #8 cover. What I’ve changed are the characters seen in the Cosmic Cube as if DOCTOR DOOM were checking in on all the various power beings of the Marvel Universe.

You can check on my other commissions and if you decide you’d like one of your own get in touch. Doctor Doom, Galactus, The Inhumans, Hulk and Rick Jones © Marvel Characters

As I post the inks to this recent piece, the leaves are changing. That means December is just around the corner so anyone contemplating a commission as a holiday gift ought to think about contacting me soon to ensure they’ll have it under the tree.

Here’s the penciled version of a recent commission. It depicts the moment, seen only briefly in THE MAXIMORTAL, when DR. BLASPHEMY peels away TRUE-MAN’s government brainwashing.

If you are interested in a commission piece, send me a smoke signal!

And feel free to check out my other commission pieces.