tumbl for me

I started a new blog over at tumblr. The address is easy to remember:

http://paulcovello.tumblr.com

I'll probably keep using blogger to post my professional/work stuff like comics and video and whatnot but I wanted something where I can just post other stuff more frequently.

Posters

I recently got the chance to design some really fun posters for work as teasers for an upcoming comic book. Basically the characters work in a bookstore when not out fighting crime and help customer dilemmas the same way they'd approach supervillainy. I drew the character designs on bristol board and Photoshop'd the rest. I tried to give them a fun retro 50s kind of vibe and I'm pretty happy with how they turned out.

Paul in Transit - The Very Special Halloween Special

A special treat just in time for Halloween as the Paul in Transit gang visits CASTLE FRANK STATION...

I WANT YE!

I really wanted to write up some more stuff about the Apple of Discord but don't have the time! Since I'm leaving on vacation tomorrow and won't have a chance to do this on the 19th, I decided to write a post today for INTERNATIONAL TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY. Now while I love pirates, I'll confess that I enjoy drawing them more than talking like them... Anyways, I created this drawing last night and experimented with some inks and some new brush pens I just got.




Apparently, and this is a shock to me, Pirate Day IS celebrated in Venice during the time when I'll be there according to http://www.talklikeapirate.com:

Venezia - "Finally the Talk Like a Pirate Day has landed in Italy and what shore would have been better than the number one maritime city's? Next to Venice, from September 17th to 22nd, at AeBricole Pub, Grog will flow, challenges will take place among the buccaneers (such as the olive-stone spitting contest) and you must not miss the exclusive pirate menu with its special, the Kraken Fillet. Absolutely free entrance for everyone." - Pub AeBricole, via Martiri della Libertà 381, 30174 Mestre - Venezia ITALY

I really hope I have time to find this place and it's not some creepy dive. Anyways, happy Pirate Day to all of ye scrappy scurvy-infested grog-snarfing parrot-loving sea-dogs! If ye be needing more extra-piratey-goodness, check out my blog post from last year: CLICK HERE YAR!

Paul in Transit - Episode 02

Yup, it happened. After like a month of editing I finally finished this video of Downsview Station. I think I've improved my editing as this episode seems much less slower and more interesting than the last. Anyways folks, here it is:

paul in transit!

A little project my friends and I have recently begun working on. I hope to finish it although now that i rethink the idea, the goal I set is a bit daunting.



It took me a ridiculously long time to edit this, although this sort of stuff is super-fun to do. Anyways, give it a watch and please let me know what you think.

re-dyed, rested and ready to work

Not exactly seasonally appropriate, but this is one of my favourite comics that I've drawn. The idea is pretty gross and absurd, which is probably why I like it so much. I submitted it to my university newspaper a while back and I've since retired (read: somewhat lost interest in) these characters. Anyways, I just recoloured it and, since it inspires the title of my blog, I thought it would be a good comic to post. Oh, and I still do like when the snow melts and this happens.

Television really fails to capture the true excitement of a large squirrel predicting the weather.

Happy Groundhog Day. Today we salute the proud rodents that wake up early, give their lives and endured the ridicule of Bill Murray to every year give us hope of an early spring.


Anyways, I've been busy and haven't updated this blog for a long time, so here's a little something I drew up for the occasion:

More to come soon (Hopefully)!

HAPPY HALLOWE'EN!

Hallowe'en is my favourite holiday. Candy, costumes, Jack OLanterns, cheesy monster songs from the 50's/60's, decking out your front lawn as a graveyard so that the neighbours think you're nuts... Pure fun. Honestly, what's not to love? And every year I make it a point to watch 'It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown!'

Anyways, we rockers all knew what Charlie Brown was really thinking that night while trick or treating...



Watch the original scene here and have a great night (stay safe kids):

Something is horrifying this monster...

HALLOWE'EN is fast approaching... Here's some stuff I've been working on:

I WAS A TEEN WOLF FONZIE!!!

A HORRIBLY CUTE GHOST

Skeletons enjoy a good book, just like the rest of us.

(less than) SUPER-HEROES

Here's a few (purposefully lame) superheroes/villains for your viewing pleasure...

A freak accident at a steroid/munitions factory turned mild mannered Spent Cartridge into...The Human Target:
While on a picnic, Sargent Adam Aphid is bitten by a radioactive ant, giving him the power to communicate with the insects as...The Army Ant:

Driven into a rage by his students, 10th grade high school science teacher Tedward "Bunsen Burner" Turner begins to wreak havoc as...The Tesla Coil!

Guybrush Threepwood Forever!

Ahoy! Of course it be International Talk Like a Pirate Day ya bilge-swillin', scurvy-infested, pox-faced sea-bass! Yarr! Here be a pirate greeting that ye can easily send to yer friends or foes:


Also, here's the original in big form, just because I think it looks cool in black and white:


Anyways, me buckos, Pirate Day always makes me yearn to play the Monkey Island series of adventure games, starring perennial "pirate wannabe" Guybrush Threepwood. They're pretty much the best pirate thing ever. Better than actual pirates, in my opinion. Here's two fantastic clips from the third game:

The Opening Titles (the music, animation and art is superb)



And one of the greatest parts in any game ever, the hilarious rhyme-tastic "The Pirate Song"



The games are where I get all of my piratey info and references for drawings (and I'm really influenced by the art style, see above). Also it was around way before all this Disney stuff, (so there) although the series was always a riff off the Pirates Of The Caribbean ride. Regardless, check them out if you get the chance, although I'm pretty sure they won't easily work on today's new-fangled computers...arrr!

Kung-fu Fightin'

I recently went to the Chinese Lantern Festival here at Ontario Place and watched a cool martial arts demonstration. It got me itching to draw some kung-fu positions/poses and work on drawing human bodies which I admit is not my strong suit. Here's a couple below:



Also, yesterday I visited the greatest comic book store in the world, The Beguiling, and picked up a great graphic novel entitled Tales Of Colossus, which i highly recommend. It's by Mark Andrews, who worked as a storyboard artist on Samurai Jack, The Incredibles and Clone Wars. What impresses me is that he drew it all on a computer, no paper at all!

Blue rocker

You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me?


A Travis Bickle I did a while back.

Here's a character sketch for a short story comic I'm working on about two gunfighters. You can see some clear Lee Van Cleef influences. I want him to be a very old and very gruff gentleman cowboy type.

The Blog Abides

Started this blog today! I'll be posting images, hopefully once a day or a few every couple of days related to projects I'm currently working on and random doodles of stuff I think is cool.