Hey everyone!

I have decided it is time to open up for commissions!

Commissions would be black and white (inked) single character pieces  for 15€ (limited time price!)

I would prefer to stick within the realm of comics as this is more my wheelhouse - so any superhero/villain characters are fine.
Can add up to one additional character for an extra 5€

Payments via PayPal

No x-rated or weird stuff please! (I retain the right to refuse!)
Also you agree to allow me to use a copy of the pic for my own purposes - but you will get the original

*Please keep in mind I have a boring day job too, but I will work as fast as possible to get your finished piece to you (sent flat inside a card-backed envelope)*

**Free postage/packaging worldwide!**

If interested you can drop me a line at scribblesbymike@gmail.com (please mention commission somewhere in the subject)

-Mike

Happy new year to all you fine folk who follow me and my art. I'm very fortunate to have your support and truley appreciate all the commenting or faving of my pics!
Hope 2013 brings you all a great year and I look forward to seeing all the new art you guys pump out!

-Mike

So I'm thinking about selling prints of my art
Wanted to guage interest (if any).

Also, If I were to do so, what sort of characters would entice you to buy said prints?

Holla back in the comments and let me know!

-Mike

Wow! My Avengers pic is now at over 700 +favs!
It certainly got a second wind upon the release of a certain movie, that's for sure.
So just scribbled up this quick thank you pic to show my appreciation to you all!
Thanks again for the support everyone!




-Mike

So the first annual London Super Comic Con has drawn to a close - but  I have to say that I had a blast!
Day 1 I got to finally meet my long time collaborator (only took us 8 years to finally  meet up in person!)
and hung out with him for the day browsing comics, chatting with some cool artists and taking photos of cosplayers (so happy i got the photos of that chick dressed as She-Ra...total win)

Have to say one thing I learnt is that I  very much prefer to browse through and talk to the artists that arent on the marquee as it were...discovering awesome art, chatting with these guys who just love comics is so much better than lining up for the big names   (well that's my opinion anyway).

Oh but I did get my photo with Stan 'The Man' Lee...had  to be done - I mean  dude is old, and  who knows how long he's still gonna be kicking around right?  Plus he did CO-create some semi-famous  comic superheroes   Respect to Stan for his contributions (but always remember: he didn't do it alone!)

Thanks to Bonejesta for finally making me show my art to someone (I refused all day) - Matt Dixon was the first one and he genuinely seemed to enjoy it and gave some very awesome feedback.

Day 2 I was doing the con solo, and while not as fun without a buddy to chat geek with, it was still a cracking day  - I ended up with 6 wonder woman sketches from different artists in very very different styles.  The one marquee name i did commission from was Jamal Igle who seemed like a cool guy.
And one of my highlights was meeting Tony Lee and Dan Boultwood who are just a real  life dynamic duo - their books Hope Falls,  Agent Mom, Danger Academy and, my personal fave, The Gloom are m ost excellent  and  I highly recommend them (especially  the Gloom)
Picked up a new new statue for the shelf (Green Lantern from the First Flight animated movie - Hal Jordan the ONLY GL that matters,  but not always easy to find a cool looking  statue of)

A few artists you should go check out that I  met at the convention are the following (not that they need me to drive people to their sites - but it's my journal and I will plug who I want lol) - they were all awesome and approachable and good for a chat as well as providing  some awesome artwork  in the forms of commissions, their own portfolios, prints and sketchbooks...

Go check em out and show them some love!

David Stokes
Nich Angell - also go check his hilarious webcomic Cat & Meringue here:
[link]
Matt Dixon  
Dean Beattie [link]
and, of course, my good buddy

I am so pumped to just draw and create after coming out of the convention - so my goal now is to really  just try to get a comic DONE
Nothing like being surrounded by other artists to get the creative juices flowing!

Well, I will leave my longest journal entry ever at that, and with these parting words:
'Next year cant come fast enough'

Cheers all,
- Mike

Just wondering if anyone is thinking of heading to the first annual London Super Comic Convention at the end of February?

Hi everyone  - just wanted to plug my buddy Jeremy Treece's (aka Crisis/Crisishour) newly launched message boards.
I can't stress enough  how good it  was back in the old days when message board communities were still going strong - its a brilliant way to network, get help, give feedback and generally just have a supportive atmosphere.  I made a lot of good art buddies back on some old forums too,  which have been invaluble to this day.

Go visit the Catacombs now!

[link]


Shameless plug thus ended

Hi everyone!

I'veasked this one before and got some good replies but now cannot find anything - does anyone have/ know of any tutorials showing how to colour the lines of a drawing? ( ie coloring the black lines, not the pic itself)

Thanks in advance!

Mike

So it's certainly been a while, but after finally settling in after the move to Holland, and now up and running with internet and a scanner, its time to get back on the drawing train
So hopefully you will dig the new stuff I have posted, and the stuff that's still to come

I have iTunes 10
Windows 7

When I plug in my iPhone it is found and shows up in iTunes
But for some reason I cannot drag anything from iTunes into the phone

Anyone have any ideas?

Rather annoying being i just bought a bunch of CDs and cant put them on the iPhone to listen too :S


Well here's hoping someone out there is more tech-savvy than me!

Thanks
Mike

Does anyone know of any good (yet reasonably priced) hotels in London (preferably quite central)
I have been googling for ages and its doing my head in so I thought I would try reaching out!

Thanks!
Mike

Hi all
Well one week left until I venture off to Germany for 6 months for work
Needless to say there will be little if any posts while I am away as I wont have a scanner etc

But of course that won't mean I wont be drawing so at least I should have things to update upon my return to good ol' New Zealand

That said, who knows I may upload some badly captured photos of some pics with the phone camera haha

Oh and we should meet up as you are not terribly far away - let me know
you KNOW we have to organize a meeting too


So, see y'all soon!
-Mike-

Does anyone know of any tutes that explain how to give your pictures the paper cut-out look?
Hope someone knows what i mean...

Unsure if asking too much - but preferably one where i can take it from a hand drawn pic not a an illustrator or digital pic

So I have been a bit lazy in that I have been home for almost 2 weeks and not updated my journal.

I had an awesome time in Mexico and met a lot of cool people...some of which like to hang out here on DA also!

Special shoutout to who I met up with on a few occassions and who gave me a swag of comics in Spanish, as well as his own comics and the Zoom Academy book which is also awesome...not to mention introducing me to who designed and did my tattoo - and put me through 4 hours of intensive pain...but I didnt cry lol
And of course who has been one of my fave artists for ages, and not only did I get to meet him but he hooked me up with a copy of the Wyliman trade...which I highly recommend.

Big thanks also for the sketch jam we did - I walked away with an original Juanele and an original Zorgia

Miquixtli: We have an art trade to do!

To all the other DAers i met - it was cool to meet you all - its rare I get to meet others from around here - and it made my trip that much cooler

-Mike

So I'm getting excited - 3 weeks until I go on my vacation to Mexico City
With the exception of a couple of trips over to Australia this will be my biggest trip

Not looking forward to the long long flights though! Thanks goodness they are broken up as much as they are - I think its 5 hours to Tahiti then 8 to LA; a half day/one night in LA, then 5 hours to Mexico City.

So hopefully i will post a few new drawings in the next couple of weeks before the month away

Right, best be off to brush up on my awful grasp on the Spanish language!

Nos vemos!

yup i finally gave in and joined Twitter - strange what boredom does...even stranger is how addictive it is...

Holla at me if you are on Twitter too - or follow me @mikehartigan


C ya on the flip side!
-Mike-

Just dropping a line - I went ahead and set me up one of them portfolio dealies - you can check it out here : [link]

The majority of work in it now is from here, but I've cut a lot of it out so its mostly the better pieces.  (so if you want to browse my gallery without wading through something like 50 pages of deviations then this is the place to go)

I will be adding to it constantly and will set up a gallery of unfinished/rough pieces also


Comissions - thanks for all the responses - I will look into it and let you know when I get this up and running

As always, thanks for the support!

Mike

So I was thinking about doing some commissions

question is, would anyone be interested?  Before I go ahead and look into it any further I'm just trying to guage if there's any interest.

Probably looking around $15 for a single character in my style (it will be in ink - not coloured) plus $5 postage (as nearly all of these will be international being im way down here in good ol' New Zealand)

Anyways let me know your thoughts!

Cheers
Mike

I have always been a fan of Michael Jackson('s music), and was sad to hear of the passing of someone so influential to music as he was.
I find it funny how when this was announced a lot of people suddenly 'fessed up to being fans, where yesterday they may have mocked me for listening to his music.
Although his popularity or pulling power may have wained over the latter half of his career it is obvious that his influence has stayed strong, and I'm sure will continue to do so.

So i expect we will see a new greatest hits out soon (even though we already recently had the 'King of Pop' album), and hopefully some sort of tribute concert (which I'm sure will happen sooner rather than later).

anyways enough rambling on -

R.I.P Michael Jackson
1958-2009

I just wanted to give a quick shout out and direct those who haven't seen them already, to a few artists i recently stumbled upon - and every time i see their art it just makes me want to get off my lazy butt and draw - so to you guys i say a big thank you - and to the rest - go peep 'em - I'm sure you'll dig 'em as much as I do

- pure awesomeness - great style, cant say or get enough

next to Talaith the artist who recently has unknowingly inspired me to draw more - really really dig his stuff

- excellent at the background type stuff with some great sketches of buildings etc - and equally as fun, are his deceptively simple animated style characters - total package (plus a rather humourous little comic strip to boot)

As always please check out all the artists in my 'Friends' box too - continuing goodness abounds!

That's right...ABOUNDS!

Peace
Mike