MOON STRIKE: STRONTIUM DOG PICTURE.

Above: Johnny Alpha sneaks up on an armed alien guard. Pen and ink with digital colouring.

Thanks to Everything comes back to 2000ad for posting this picture on their website.
http://2000ad.wordpress.com/2012/11/20/strontium-dog-courtesy-of-david-broughton-2/

DARK MATTER DEMONS.

A few years ago I had an idea for a horror story which was to be based on dark and evil beings known as Dark Matter demons.

Above: This image was to be the cover for the story and depicts the four levels of consciousness needed to be able to visit the realm of the Dark Matter Demons. The picture is also based partly on diagrams depicting 'Jungs' collective subconscious.  Painted in Acrylics on artboard. 297 by 420mm.

Above: I decided to produce detailed drawings of the Demons for this 'Dark Matter realm'
starting with the Demon 'Entropy'. The conceptual pencils for this artwork have been posted below.

Above: The Dark Matter Demoness 'Temptation'.  Drawn in inks on artboard. 297 by 420mm.

Above: The Dark Matter Demon 'Fury'.   Painted in Acrylics on artboard. 297 by 420mm.
Please Note: The back ground for this image was created by using an airbrush which can be seen in photos posted below.

Above: The original pencil design for the demon 'Entropy'.
Below: The DeVilbiss super63 air brush and home made compressor built by my father.

Although plenty of rough sketches and ideas were put to paper, work on this story was never started.
However I enjoyed the many hours of intense concentration which went into the images above.

MARTILLO: AGONY IN THE GARDEN.

Work on the fourth Martillo story by myself and writer Greg Meldrum, which sheds more light on his time in the Civil Guardia is now complete.

More info on Martillo:
http://dbroughton.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/the-martillo-files-el-coco.html
http://dbroughton.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/martillo-in-maneras-de-vivir.html
http://dbroughton.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/more-martillo.html
http://dbroughton.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/martillo-update.html

JUDGE DREDD 'MEAN GREEN MACHINE' PART 4.

Judge Dredd created by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra. Copyright Rebellion.
Judge Dredd 'Mean Green Machine' is 'Not for profit' fan fiction created by David Broughton.

Background information.

After finishing work on an eight page Martillo story  http://dbroughton.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/martillo-update.html pencilling and inking for the last seven pages of 'Mean Green Machine' took place between 28th September and 2nd October. After finishing the next eight page Martillo story, colouring and lettering pages 13 to 25 of Dredd 'MGM' started in November. They were completed a week before the publishing date of December 1st for the 2000ad forum advent calender.

Below: Finished pencils for page 20 of Mean Green Machine prior to inking.

JUDGE DREDD 'MEAN GREEN MACHINE' PART 3.

Judge Dredd created by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra. Copyright Rebellion.
Judge Dredd 'Mean Green Machine' is 'Not for profit' fan fiction created by David Broughton.

TO BE CONTINUED...

Background information.

Before work could start on part three I had to complete six pages for a story in Zarjaz called 'What ever happened to Sancho Panzer' written by the Emperor. This was followed by a seven page story 'Martillo El Coco' http://dbroughton.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/more-martillo.html written by Greg Meldrum.  Eventually pencilling and inking for pages 13 to 18 started on 14th August and were completed nine days later.  Colouring and lettering for the pages took place in November.

Below: Once again rough thumbnails were used for page layouts.

Above: Pages 13 and 14.  Panel layouts were changed on the finished page artwork.

  
Above: Pages 15 and 16. Note the alien original temple design.

 
Above: Original layouts for pages 17 and 18 which were dropped due to a script change.

JUDGE DREDD 'MEAN GREEN MACHINE' PART 2.

Judge Dredd created by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra. Copyright Rebellion.
Judge Dredd 'Mean Green Machine' is 'Not for profit' fan fiction created by David Broughton.

TO BE CONTINUED.

Background information.

After finishing the first part of 'Judge Dredd' MGM, Owen Watts editor of DR. WTF asked me to draw four full colour pages for the 'Psychedelic Journal of Time Travel.'  After the pages for Owen had been completed I started work on the next part of Dredd MGM. Pencilling and inking were started on 1st June and finished eight days later. There was a gap of several weeks before I could start colouring and lettering however by early August I had completed the first 12 pages.

Below: With less time for more lavish page layouts I resorted to quick thumbnail sketches.

JUDGE DREDD 'MEAN GREEN MACHINE' PART 1.

Judge Dredd created by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra. Copyright Rebellion.
Judge Dredd 'Mean Green Machine' is 'Not for profit' fan fiction created by David Broughton.

TO BE CONTINUED.

Background information.

After contributing to the 2000ad forum advent calendar last year (2011) run by 2000ad fan Pete Wells.  Check out his 2000ad covers website http://2000adcovers.blogspot.co.uk/   I had the idea of drawing a daily strip for the next one. 

Early in march 2012 I started work on the first six pages in my spare time. By early April all six pages had been pencilled and inked. There was a gap of 3 weeks or so before I could colour and finish lettering the artwork to make it ready for publishing on the web.

Below: Page layouts for pages 2 to 3 which were created in March 2012.

Below:  Pencils for page 2 and 3. Note the changes on panel 3 of page 2.

The next 6 pages of this story will be published on this blog soon.

FACE JUDGE DREDD.

I decided to practice drawing Dredd.  I used no reference other than previous Dredd pictures I've drawn and it took me about 5 hours to complete. I've included scans of all pencils, inks etc below.

Above: The pencils took me about 50 minutes to complete using an HB. I've drawn Judge Dredd strips for 'Zarjaz' and so I used pictures from these for reference when needed.  I normally draw the ridge along the top of the helmet behind the sheild. However it seems that most current 2000ad artists don't so I have decided to do the same.

Above: The inking took approx 45 minutes to complete using various Rotring Tikky Graphic pens.

Above: After scanning and cleaning up the inking I block coloured the image and saved the whole picture as a multi-layered PSD file. Total time 25 minutes.

Above: Using multiple layers I added the shading and backgound over the next 3 hours leaving me with the final result above.

SD WOLVES

Script: Mark J. Howard. Art: D. Broughton. Letters: Bolt 01.

Above: Johnny faces the Fear Wolf.

I had wanted to draw Johnny Alpha for a while when Dave Evans sent me a script on 8th March 2012.
I loved the story and after agreeing to take the job on I started the artwork a few days later. Not only did I get to draw Alpha but Wulf and a monster called a Fearwolf.  The rough design for the Fearwolf can be seen further on down the page.

I had been working on producing the best artwork that I could but as fast as possible.  20 days later I had finished the artwork and sent it to Dave on 31st March 2012.

Above: Page layouts for pages 1 and 2.

Above: Page layouts for pages 3 and 4.

Above: Page layouts for pages 5 and 6.

Below: Rough design for fear wolf.

SD Wolves is available now to be read in issue 26 of the Strontium Dog fanzine 'Dogbreath'
and can be purchased online from  http://www.futurequake.co.uk/shop.php