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Jon:Ordo Draconis 2

Gosh it’s been a busy old time! As a reminder if you’re desperate to keep up with what I’m up to week to week I have a Facebook page here:http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jon-Hodgson/155241647318

So here’s a fresh(ish) one I can show straight off the bat. I was asked by the fine folks over at Ordo Draconis mag if I would consider reworking an image for them to use on their next cover. I found some time over the weekend to finally finish up alterations from this:

to this:

This is a feature I really love about owning the rights to some of my work these days. I can customise this stuff as much as I like. And I’m slowly improving the background and so on every time I go back to it.

Ben: Into ‘The Waste Land’…

Out at the end of this month is issue 22.1 of Gulf Coast, a journal of literature and fine arts. This issue features a comic interpretation of The Burial of the Dead, the first quarter of The Waste Land by T.S. Elliot. I was very excited to be asked to create this 12 page interpenetration of Elliot’s poem, the whole process was fantastic fun, presenting a very interesting challenge.

I am very pleased with the results, which can be seen in the magazine (and on the cover!) or in some samples on the Gulf Coast website. The newest journal also contains an article by Sean Bishop on the growing acceptance of comic art and it’s ability to communicate complex narratives, you can read that on the website too! I will post some pages from by Burial of the Dead on this blog over the new couple of months, but if you want to see it complete and any time soon, you just have to pick up a copy of the magazine!

Vampires

Image Copyright (C) 2009 Scott Purdy/Impact

Here’s the cover for my new book ‘How to Draw and Paint Vampires’, published by David & Charles and Impact, due for release Summer 2010.

Ben: Comics on the iPhone!

Ladies and gentlemen, we are on the iPhone!

I am very excited to announce that you can now read Turtle Guitar and Where Grows The Bitter Herb on your iPhone and iPod Touch! Turtle Guitar is available FREE, and Where Grows The Bitter Herb comes at a fraction of the print cost, each story has been converted by hand for optimum readability on the iPhone and the fantastic iRobot Comics Viewer displays them perfectly.

For more intofmation, previews and reviews pleas visit the App pages on iTunes:

Click here for Turtle Guitar

Click here for Where Grows The Bitter Herb

ANDROID?
Hello Android users! Turtle Guitar is hitting the Android marketplace this Wednesday (16th September) with ‘Bitter Herb following a week later (23rd September) so you will not miss out on the adventure!

Everyone go download the comics and let me know what you think!

Devil Portrait

Image Copyright (C) 2009 Scott Purdy

Another experimental portrait from myself.

Cheers.

Scott.

Jon: Mountain Boy prints

A new personal work.
I just put in an order for ten of these as 120cm x 40cm prints. Only ten will be available in a signed and numbered edition. One has already found a buyer.  I intend to keep one.  £50 including postage and packaging.

Jon: Cthulhu Covers

Hey All.  Two covers for Cubicle 7 Entertainment!
Cthulhu Britannia:

(C)2009 Cubicle 7 Entertainment Ltd

Folklore:

(C)2009 Cubicle 7 Entertainment Ltd

More Undead From Scott

Image Copyright (C) 2009 Scott Purdy

Who doesn’t like fat slobbering zombies first thing in the morning? I thought The Meeemooo could do with a bit more undead flesh, so say hello to Gus, above

Image Copyright (C) 2009 Scott Purdy

Toothless, the star of ‘Toothless’ the amazing audio Novel by J.P.Moore.

You can find his website at www.jpmooreonline.com

Cheers.

Scott

www.scottpurdy.net

Ben: Hollow

Creeping though the deep, dark woods, our hero made his way to the oldest tree. It glowed lightly from the inside as the forest mist swirled around. Approaching the doorway-like mouth he became aware of a vast cavern deep within, a labyrinth carved out from inside the hollow tree…

Art Order Vampires Challenge

Hey all

The Vampires Art Order challenge has finally finished and winners were announced. Tyler Walpole and myself were lucky enough to be selected as joint winners of the challenge!

Congratulations to everyone that participated, it was a great competition with many classy pieces, I know I wouldn’t have picked mine as a winner.

Special thanks to Jon Schindehette for organizing what must have been a hellish job!

So, here is my piece!

Image Copyright (C) 2009 Scott Purdy