CHRISTMAS

daily doodle 103.

8x11", pencil. $40 if you want it.

famine theory

99 & 100

8x11", pencil. SOLD.

8x11", pencil. $40 if you want it.

96 "rangers' roulette" 97 green lanterns 97b WW and 98 big barda

odds and ends from dare's 7th case "the rangers' roulette", when they go head to head with the super-spy  dangers' rangers to uncover a high-tech conspiracy!

8x11", pencil. $40 if you want it.

8x11", pencil. $40 if you want it.

8x11", pencil. SOLD

8x11", red pencil. SOLD

oh, by the way, i'm working on something new (and yet, not so new) for DC right now...

commission info...

hi all!

as you may (or may not) know, my websites went down over the summer. they were all on apple's mobile me, which was discontinued, and i haven't had a chance to put them back together through my daredetectives.com site.

but a lot of people have been asking about commissions and sketchbooks, so for now i'm posting that info here for handy reference:

COMMISSIONS

Commission rates: 

Pencils 8.5x11” — $80

Inks 8”x11” — $150

Pencils 11”x17” — $150

Inks 14x17” — $250

TO ORDER

All domestic (US) orders: include $2 shipping,

plus $.75 per item for paypal purchases.

International orders: write me for shipping etc charges.

ben(at)daredetectives(dot)com

I accept check or Paypal

pencil sample

ink/marker sample

SKETCHBOOKS

All sketchbooks are 8.5”x11”, b/w interior, unless otherwise noted. All sketchbooks are $15, unless otherwise noted.

All domestic (US) orders: include $2.80 shipping,

plus $.75 per book for  paypal purchases.

International orders: write me for shipping etc charges:

ben(at)daredetectives(dot)com

I accept check or Paypal

 sb11 dare detectives

 sb12 heroes

sb13 les femmes 

sb14/15 dare detectives/amazonia

sb16 re:design

95 battleburr (and 93)

 battle burr, the hero of jojo's home town!

8x11", pencil. $40 if you want it.

8x11", pencil. SOLD.

94WW angel

8x11", pencil. $40 if you want it.

mai order ninja kickstarter!

hi all!
took a little time out of my usual craziness to donate this pinup as a reward for backing josh elder's ("reading with pictures") creator-owned "mail order ninja". the title is... pretty self-explanatory. the kickstarter ends tomorrow, here's a link to back the project, and maybe get my art!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/915250098/mail-order-ninja-returns/posts/344378

cheers!

ps - and after some technical issues, if you have some PDF(s) coming your way, keep an eye on your inbox!

hovercars!

just reposting awesomeness by lorenzo etherington of los bros etherington:

you can see more of their shenanigans on their blog:

http://theetheringtonbrothers.blogspot.com/

cheers!
ben c

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

don't worry, what he lacks in charm, he makes up for with snidery.

more tiny doodles!

batman

my own sic-fi, anti-utopian story

was rewatching "sherlock" while working today. not only a brilliant series, but possibly the cleverest adaptations i've ever seen, of anything. suck it, james v hart! (and yes, that is a terrible likeness. i could claim i wasn't trying too hard -- i wasn't -- but likenesses usually aren't my strong point, anyway.)

one of my favorite stories has always been "hound of the baskervilles". when i first saw the sherlock version ("hounds of baskerville"), i couldn't believe how much it altered the story, while capturing it perfectly! i'd like to do a "real" illustration of it sometime, just don't know if/when i'll have time...

oh mickey...

another vampire hunting doodle, colored it up for fun

tiny doodles!

hi all!
did some of these a loooong time ago, like how small and cropped they are. (once i ordered my favorite drawing paper, but it was legal not letter size, so i had to cut off the excess.) found more of these tiny sheets, started drawing more tiny doodles!

i think i'm going to sell these off for $10 each. i like drawing them but, honestly, i'm sick of having so much junk in my house. in fact, i think i'm going to go through a lot of art and sell it off cheap, i have scans of everything anyway!

day 92b tribute to michael may's "31 days of dracula"

the blog: http://michaelmay.blogspot.com/

people forget the in addition to being a vampire, dracula was also a werewolf. because it's AWESOME, that's why.

8x11", pencil. $40 if you want it.

92 (!) wonder woman

been itching to draw WW, probably do more

8x11", pencil. $40 if you want it.

store appearance and batgirl!

hi all! just a reminder, i'll be at the wise owl bookstore in west peen (reading) tonight from 6-8 pm, showing art talking about world building etc. i'll have lots of development art, and of course sketchbooks to sell.

also, today's daily doodle is batgirl (not for sale).

had a great time at the con, reminded me how much i miss some people!

NYCC update 2

first off, another commission:

also, some interesting opportunities and inspiration might be in my semi-near future! i'll elaborate when i know...

ALSO... for everybody who has not been going to my archaia dare detectives signings: i have been handing out free dirty drawings to all and sundry, and you have been missing out on them.

another signing tomorrow!

also also, to the people who claim i've been throwing thing's at eisner-winner ramon perez's head: prove it.

NYCC update 1

hi all!
lots of fun (and exhaustion) so far! lots of great neighbors, that helps. here is the WW painting that NYCC is auctioning:

also, first 2 commissions from the con, both were very fun to do:

didn't have dinner yet, too tired. maybe tomorrow.

WW painting WIP 1

hi all!

in addition to all my other craziness, i'm donating an oil painting to the new york comic con auction. been a long long while since i painted anything non-digital, so far so good...

if it works out, i'll probably do more paintings, i always enjoyed doing it, just never had the luxury of drying them for deadlines. also, i was terrible at it.

commission: rocketeer and betty page

some other recently finished commissions, but the past few days have been pretty stupid, so i honestly don't know when i'll have time to post them...

mother's day

did it for my wife. obviously, several months ago.

day 90 - the five faces of balthazar strange

one of the dare detectives' shorter cases, investigating strange goings-on at the local, soon-to-be-foreclosed community theatre.

8x11, pencil. $40 if you want it.

89 batgirl falling

8x11", pencil. SOLD.


bonus daily doodle!

8x11", pencil. $40 if you want it.

more daily doodles!

8x11", pencil. $40.

8x11", pencil. SOLD.

day 86 - the black widow rides agin!

8x11", pencil. $40 if you want it...

bonus art from yesterday

8x11", pencil. $40 if you want it...

85 batgirl

8x11" pencil. SOLD.

84 red sonja

that's gary busey behind her. i was always bad at likenesses.

8x11", pencil. SOLD.