Sunday 17 June 2012

MARTILLO in 'MANERAS de VIVIR'.


Script: Greg Meldrum. Artwork: David Broughton. Lettering: Owen Watts.

Greg Meldrum contacted me on 1st January 2012 to ask if I would provide the artwork for a story he was writing.  The story was going to appear in an online publication called 'Temple APA' however there was a deadline of 29th January. I said I was interested and two days later a script appeared in my inbox.

After reading Greg’s script (which kicked butt!) I began the drawing process with thumbnail designs and rough layouts. I managed to finish the four pages of artwork by 12th of January.  I sent the scanned images to Greg who passed them to Owen so that he could letter the story.

Greg talks about martillo on his blog via this link:

Martillo appears in Temple APA 10 and can be downloaded free via this weblink: http://templeapa.blogspot.co.uk/




















Above: The first panel page one of Martillo.




















Above: Layouts for pages 1 and 2.




















Above: Layouts for pages 3 and 4.




















Above: Rough designs for Martillo.





















Above: Other thumbnail sketches for characters in Martillo .

Colour work featuring 2000ad characters #2.

DREDD: STREET LIFE.
Artwork by David Broughton.




























This image can also be viewed on the 'Everything Comes Back to 2000AD' website via this link:
http://2000ad.wordpress.com/category/art-gallery/page/5/ Thanks to Richard McAuliffe for posting this on his website and to everyone for their comments on the artwork.


ROGUE TROOPER: JUST DESERTS.
Artwork by David Broughton.


























Below: Rough sketches and layouts for the picture above.



















This image can also be viewed on the 'Everything Comes Back to 2000AD' website via this link:
http://2000ad.wordpress.com/category/art-gallery/ Thanks to Richard McAuliffe for posting this on his website and to everyone for their comments on the artwork.


DEATH RACE 2000AD.
Artwork by David Broughton.


























Below: Rough sketches and layouts for the picture above.





















This image can also be viewed on the 'Everything Comes Back to 2000AD' website via this link:
http://2000ad.wordpress.com/category/art-gallery/page/2/ Thanks to Richard McAuliffe for posting this on his website and to everyone for their comments on the artwork.



NEMESIS the WARLOCK. THREE FUNERALS and a WEDDING.


Script, Artwork and Lettering: David Broughton.

At the end of March 2011 with no small press projects on the go, I began work on a five page Nemesis story for my portfolio.

I wanted to draw a story with Nemesis fighting Terminators (as this would be fun to draw) and I had an idea for an ending so I started producing rough page layouts which can be seen below. 





















Above: Rough page layouts and sketches for pages 1 and 5.



















Above: Rough page layouts and sketches for page 2.



















Above: Rough page layouts and sketches for page 3.



















Above: Rough page layouts and sketches for page 4.

Two weeks later I had completed the art and lettering.  I decided to send the story to Richard McAuliffe over at the 'Everything Comes Back to 2000AD' website.  Richard had stated previously that he was a Nemesis fan so I hoped that he would share my work on his website.

Even though I have posted the finished story (see below) here on my blog, here is a link to the page where it can be seen on the ECBT2000AD website: http://2000ad.wordpress.com/category/art-gallery/page/6/

The ECBT2000AD website is always worth a visit for any fans of 2000AD or comics. It is always kept up to date with terrific news, reviews, photos and artwork from 2000ad fans and professional creators.




















Friday 15 June 2012

HEROES AND VILLAINS.

Script: Adam Page. Artwork: David Broughton. Lettering: Dan Bell.

December 2011 Owen Watts editor of the fabulous small press comic ‘Dr. WTF’ contacted me. I had been in correspondence with comic script writer Greg Meldrum a few days before. Greg had mentioned that Owen might need an artist to do some work for his comic. I told him I was interested and a few days later I gladly accepted a script by Adam Page with a deadline of February 1st 2012 for the artwork so I had plenty of time.

I started the artwork on December 18th 2011 with the script in hand I produced a series of thumbnail rough layouts for the pages (these can be seen below) after I began to pencil and ink the final artwork on A3 220gm heavy weight paper. I completed inking the last page on 27th of December 2011.

By January 1st 2012 I had fully coloured all five pages and had sent them to Owen for lettering with a whole month to spare.





















Above: Rough page layout for page 1 with some thumbnails.



















Above: More rough designs and thumbos for page 1.



















Above: Rough page layout and thumbnails for page 2.



















Above: Rough page layouts for pages 3 and 4.



















Above: Page layout for page 5 and rough pencil art for top panel.



















Above: The Teaser pic used on Owens WTF facebook page. Owen mentions 'Heroes and Villains' in his Blog which can be found near the bottom of the page via this link:  http://crazyfoxmachine.blogspot.co.uk/search?updated-max=2012-03-19T10:45:00-07:00&max-results=7&start=3&by-date=false

Should you wish to read 'Heroes and Villains' a copy can be bought from Owen via this link:



















Above: Picture of myself holding A4 pages of my artwork at Britstol Comic Con and on the right the awesome Colin MacNeil cover for Dr. WTF 2012 which is published and beautifully finished in A5 (all credit to Owen).