This is a story sequence I created for Zeros 2 Heros. It is part of a mini series entitled Animism: the God’s Lake.
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Figure Drawing Night
Got a chance to get out the other night and do a little figure drawing. Admittedly its been a while and I felt rather rusty but I had a good time and look forward to next Monday when I have a chance to go again. Here are the drawings.
dancing 
scrawl 
knotted 
back 
standing 
twist 
contemplating 
bathing 
loose 
sitting 
in flight 
curled up 
moving 
classical 
dynamic 
thoughtful 
bicycle pose 
on the floor 
reclined 
girl with pole
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Freeing the Martyr
A few more Wakefield storyboard panels to add to the collection.
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Broken dreams
A few more pages from my sketchbook. More Wakefield story doodles. I’m having fun with this sequence so I think I’ll just keep going until it all falls apart.
On a technical note, I really need to get a scanner. The photographs I’m posting here are fuzzy and the color is off. I’ve tried to correct it but you can only do so much.
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A House of Gold
A few more pages pulled from my sketchbook. This is part of an ongoing storm sequence from my Wakefield project
Into the flooded playroom. 
A house of gold 
Keep you head above water 
If we stay together everything will be OK 
Let’s swim for it. Anywhere is better than here. 
“Ahoy there! Lovely weather we’re having”
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Wakefield: leaving home storyboards
I’ve doodled quiet a bit on my Wakefield project these last few weeks. One of the bi-products has been this half-finished thought of a storyboard sequence. It has kindled a lot of conversation amongst my friends and family who are all very close to the story. I’ve learned that nothing is set in stone and sometimes the best thing for a stagnant project is to throw away convention. I’m curious to see where Wakefield will take me in the coming weeks.
Wakefield storyboard title card 
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Watercolor sketchbook
Here is a complete posting of my latest water color sketchbook.
Dick and Don have a run in with some goons. 
I bought this sketchbook while waiting outside a movie theater for my cousin. Just got it to kill some time. 
Tigers do not make good pets. But kitten do. 
I hang out the beach, here in Hong Kong a lot with my boy. He plays with his ball and digs in the sand. I draw. 
A very patriotic steam train drawing. 
The the little red Caboose, little red Caboose, coming behind the train- By Henry Thomas is one of our favorite songs these days. 
a little farther down the line 
way out west 
Dick and Don, Zooming through the streets of Hong Kong in a side car. 
Some random drunken master doodles and the beginning of some Black Lotus thumbnail boards. 
the badguys are always one step behind in this storyboard sequence. 
Things are getting rough for the boys. The preasure is getting to them. 
A lot of fuss for something so little and a few more character explorations. 
character doodles and explorations. 
people around town… from my head. 
This is not a very nice fellow. 
Walking the streets of Hong Kong 
He’s running out of gas and the ladies in the park are singing. 
getting off the ship after a month without bathing is a lot harder than getting on. 
I’m facinated by old Hong Kong, particularly the old waterfront. It must have been amazing back in the day. 
My dad passed away recently. The drawing on the right I made the night he fell into a coma. He was a brilliant fisherman and most of my fondest childhood memories took place out on the water with him. I still love fishing and always will rember him this way. 
While waiting for my Dads funneral Corey Jackson and Devin Wesberg came to the rescue. They showed up with a case of beer and kept me up late into the early morning, just drawing and talking. It was exactly what I needed at that moment. This is the record of that event. Thanks guys. 
Its derby time. Drawing at the horse track. 
My boys Rudie and Wiley at seven months. 
My Son Silas and I are crazy about trains. Especially the big loud ones that make a lot of smoke. 
The Glendale train goes steaming on down the line. 
The James Brothers! Jesse and Frank make a name for themselves robbing trains. 
Case Jones doing his thing. 
Its Casey Jones. What did you expect? 
Everybody jump. Kids are watching. 
As my son would say. I broke the train.
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Dick and Don: The secret passage: Update
This is an updated pass of a previously posted story sequence. I expanded the scene to include an underground lake and a mysterious cult, oh my. Currently I’m in the process of exploring ideas for a larger project called Dick and Don and the Black lotus.
*grumbling* 
Hurry up! 
The Boss don’t like to be kept waiting. 
move it you bums. 
*grumbling* 
SFX *sliding metal* 
SFX *heavy metal latch* 
Ohhhh… 
A secret passage! 
OTS- engine starts 
!?! 
*cough cough* 
SFX *VROOOoooom!* 
SXF * truck drives off* 
!?!! 
Come on, 
we gotta follow them. 
They went into that news stand. 
SFX * brushing the dust off* 
Wait a second. 
uhm, that thing might be boobie trapped. 
uhm… 
you go first. 
see if you can open it. 
DON – ME? but, but…Hey Dick look at that! 
We’re in the news! 
It doesn’t look good. 
be brave. 
DON – ok i’ll try… grrr 
RRRrrrrr 
It must be locked from the inside. 
hmmmm?? 
hmmmmm…. 
!!! *gasp* !!! 
!!!!! 
SFX *coin jingle* 
Bingo! 
SFX *bling* 
We got ’em now. Come on lets go. 
SFX *click* 
SFX * cha-ching* 
SFX *squeaky metal* 
I’ll give you the honor of going first. 
* awkward long pause * 
uhm, ok i guess. 
DON-…i really need to learn to say no. 
huh? what was that? 
Don- nothing. 
It was a little tight but i made it. 
Its your turn. I’ll hold the 
DOOR. 
*BONG* 
Are you kidding. I could never pay good money for a paper that doesn’t have comics. 
ugh, the very idea. 
..no comics.. 
*struggling* 
Thats just ridiculous. 
SFX – slip and fall inside the news stand DICK- whoa! 
SFX *door slaps shut, followed by a long comedic crash on the other side of the wall.** 
SFX *flashlight click* 
OTS SFX *bats in distance* 
SFX *cautious footsteps* 
*gulp* 
Its kind of spooky down here. 
I wonder if there are bats? 
*gulp* 
what do you think? 
DON – yeah probably i guess. 
I wonder if they’re fruit bats or those blood sucking ones. 
The vampire ones are scary. 
*gulp* 
…yeah, I hope they’re the ones that like fruit. 
OTS- bat sounds and flapping. 
*Oooff* 
Hey, watch where your walking. 
Hey Don 
Look at that. 
it’s a 
Underground lake. 
no kidding. 
Wow how big do you think this place is? 
I don’t know. 
Well it doesn’t really matter anyways. come on. 
that’s a lot of water… 
hmm? 
SFX * descending stairs * 
Down here. 
Look! 
I found a boat. Come on. What are you waiting for? 
I’m beginning to have second thoughts about this whole thing. 
You know. Maybe its not the best idea. 
I mean this all seam a little over the top. 
DICK – SSHHHHhhhhhh! 
Quiet. 
Look over there. On the other side of the lake. 
There they are. 
*grumbling* 
SFX * Dick and Don’s voices echo softly across the lake * 
SFX * flashlight clicks on * 
you guys hear that? 
…I swear I… 
probably bats or something. 
lets go. 
SFX * bats in the distance* 
OTS – a weird chanting grows louder in the distance. 
The noise grows louder. 
DICK – Come on nows our chance. 
I don’t know. 
ok, ok. 
whoa! 
SFX *water echos* 
SFX * dock creaking* 
DICK- careful getting in. 
its a little… 
wobbly! 
!!! 
DICK- I gotcha 
*OOHF!* 
Grrrrrr! 
Get off me you numbskull. 
DON – I dropped my flashlight. 
too late now. Come on! 
you gotta a long way to paddle. 
ok ok 
geaz loius 
*grunting* 
SFX * water ripples* 
OTS – Distant chanting echoes across the lake. 
OTS- chanting / mumbled singing DICK – Do you hear that? 
This must be the gangs hang out. Be careful. 
Ok now I’m beginning to get a little creeped out. 
Go scout things out, will yeah. 
wait how come I always have to go first? 
That is a very good question. 
and well, uhm… 
well you know… 
your crazy and adventurous! 
adventurous! 
I’m just smart but you… you…your brave 
courageous and bold! 
Ugh, ok fine ill go first. 
Its just easier. 
SFX *gongs are rung in the background* 
ok, come on. 
OTS- *murmured excitement from the cult* 
Oh my stars! Who are these people? 
Hey there it is. 
On that alter thingy. 
we gotta get a closer. come on. 
over here. 
OTS – chanting stops. 
*hushed quiet* 
SFX- footsteps echo in the quiet hall. 
SFX * small metal latch is lifted* 
SFX * the shell box is opened* 
SFX * magnetic vibration* 
!!!! *gasp* !!!! 
at last… 
After all these years… 
Its finally mine. 
*creepy maniacal laughter* My brothers and sister after years of toil and suffering victory is ours!!! 
Behold the power of the Black Lotus!! ! CULT – loud chanting / singing 
… 
*Gulp*
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Little Black Moleskine Sketchbook
This was my first time keeping a small sketchbook. I usually prefer a more traditional 8×10 inch book. It’s all mixed media, pencil, ink, watercolor etc. and took about four months of very sporadic doodling to complete.
I bought this little fellow because Moleskine advertised it as a storyboard notebook. Lesson learned, always remember to read the description when buying something and don’t judge a book by its cover. I bought this thinking it was going to be an awesome storyboard “sketchbook”. Aparently notebook and sketchbook are not the same thing. Good to know. Still purchasing snafus aside, I don’t know what they were thinking. For some un-thought-out reason the books layout isn’t consistent. On some pages the frames are a half-page spread and on others it’s an eighth. The odds of running out of frames half way into a scene are very high. Why on earth would you want to switch sizes in the middle of a project? This is like printing a journal that changes line spacing from 12-point to 5-point at random intervals. My biggest complaint though is that the book was printed using a 1.33 aspect ratio. 1.33 is all but dead so if you have to pick any aspect ratio for a storyboard book at least go with the modern standard of 1.85.
Long story short, do to technical difficulties I gave up on any boarding ambitions i had at the cash register and just turned this little fellow into a handy pocket doodle book. In that regard it was much more functional. Let me know what you think.
front and back cover 
inside back cover 
overly cute happy ending 
Hurray! The baby kittens are saved! 
After much difficulty the engineer stops the train 
Slamming on the brakes 
Oh no what that on the tracks?! 
At the beach 
Easter Sunday 
Toot toooot! 
Faces at the Ritz 
Ritz-Carlton chandelier 
A black tie afair 
Videographer and waiter, Black tie doodles at the the Ritz-Carlton 
Dinner time doodles with the wife and kids 
random heads 
Hand with heads and random villain 
Wishing I could draw half as well as Manu 
Cheese and cracker doodle time 
RRRrr, every sketchbook needs a good pirate says I 
childhood memories 
The twins 
Castles made of sand 
filling up his bucket 
My son Silas playing in the sand at Wu kwui Sha beach 
caught red handed 
looks kind of like thriller 
fusion chamber 
memories of a mad scientist 
New years doodles at Corey Jackson’s pad 
SF drawing 
a serious looking feline 
topology 
creature 
The flying cat thingy 
made up dino yawn 
Dead men tell no tails 
No time for a heavy heart 
no hope 
plotting their fate 
caged orphans on their way to a prison camp 
sentry with prisoner 
inside front cover
The following is a storyboard sequence I created for a Zeroes 2 Heros project entitled “Animism”.
