One of my favorite podcasts (The WebComic Beacon) asks during the show, for different artists to create “covers” for the episodes. I emailed Fes, the host, that I was interested after the 1st of September (once the comic officially debuted). Well, when it was nearing that time, Fes offered me the chance to draw the cover for the 40th episode. 

All I had to do was the figure work, and he took care of the rest.

The background color and text was all done by Fes. If any of you that are into webcomics and become fans of the Beacon, let them know I sent you. While it’s fun to get a little artistic exposure, the sad truth sometimes, is not getting credit for your work. Not only did Fes put my name on the strip, but he also personally made an ad for me on his website, advertising STC for the week this episode is out.  Now that’s customer service with a smile.

Webcomic Beacon has really been improving every episode and the hosts don’t come across as untouchable. The only problem I have with the show is when there are guests. Sometimes they can be good, but other times the guests can come across as people with little to no people skills.  The 40th episode, unfortunately suffers a bit from this. But, never-the-less, Fes, Aaron, and Tanya are a great team and work well off each other. This show also has some innovative ideas in regards to the young comic artist wanting to know how to improve. 

Feel free to give my favorite episode a listen. About 1 hour and 1 minute into the show, they discuss Steal This Comic, as I had sent in an email requesting the do “the Beacon Searchlight” on me.  They were very honest toward how they felt about my strip. It’s all you can ask for as an artist.

Okay onto the good stuff. (well, I hope you feel that way) Below I’ve attached the step by step process of how I drew the cover. The first is the pencilled, followed by the inks (done in Illustrator), and finally, the colors (done in photoshop). Feel free to comment below, if you have any other questions about my process. If you like seeing the steps it takes to get to a finished piece, I can do more in the future.

-C.

Being black history month, and the episode was about cast diversity, I was able to call in during last week’s episode of the Webcomic Beacon. Actually, I asked to call in, and Fes gave me to okay. It was an interesting show (unfortunately not a spectacular failure), but I was so pleased to get a chance to talk a little bit to, Fes, Tanya, and Mark. You can listen to the show by pressing here.

-C.

Just below, you’ll spot a post where I mentioned I’d be interviewed by one of STC’s fanfavorites, ArgonAssistant. Well, that was last Friday and it was quite fun. I got the opportunity to talk about myself and Paul and Roy managed to ask me some interesting questions about the strip that I hadn’t anticipated. You’re welcome to check it out below. You can check the Talkshoe page out here or the Villain’s Next Door Podcast page.

In other podcast news, I called in to the latest Webcomic Beacon. I got the chance to talk with Fes, Tanya, and Mark! Even though I’ve called in before, this time I got to join for the whole show. It was a big honor form me since this was my first Webcomic podcast I was ever mentioned on. Anyway, you can check that episode out by clicking here.