Jan 27th, 2012
by Colleen.
I’ve written a short story! A non-comic book short story! A non-comic book gay contemporary romance* short story! It’s called Home Port!
Here’s the promo blurb:
After months at sea, Petty Officer First Class Dean Mendez is back in San Diego, and he knows exactly how he wants to spend his first night home. Is the beautiful boy he finds on a nightclub dance floor the perfect companion for the evening, or is he much more?
Short story, approximately 6000 words.
This is my first prose creative writing since high school. I’ve been editing the hell out of it, and my plan is to self-publish for a low price with Smashwords—and whichever other on line stores I can figure out; Amazon perhaps—on or by February 14. (Because no one else is gonna be publishing romance on Valentine’s Day, right?) I’ll be posting more work in progress stuff here in the meantime. Stay tuned!
*Fair warning: this story will have f-words and man sex.
Posted in: Life, Work.
Jan 26th, 2012
by Colleen.
Via Chris Roberson:
A sneak peek at Threadless’s Comics-On-Tees Vol. 4, launching January 30th. Written by Chris Roberson with designs by Mike Allred, Colleen Coover (me), Chris Samnee, and Francesco Francavilla
You can check out all the past Comics-On Tees here
Posted in: Geekery, Work.
Jan 25th, 2012
by Colleen.
This week’s theme at the SINDIECATE:
Paul Pope‘s Heavy Liquid!
Digital art in Manga Studio and Photoshop.
Posted in: Geekery, Sketches and Doodles.
Jan 24th, 2012
by Colleen.
Digital sketch in Manga Studio.
Character sketches for an upcoming story by Nate Cosby. Check out Nate’s and Chris Eliopoulos‘ Cow Boy on line for FREE!
(Speaking of things you can read on line for free before you buy, Gingerbread Girl by Paul Tobin and me is still serialized in its entirety on TopShelf2.0.)
Posted in: Sketches and Doodles, Work.
Jan 20th, 2012
by Colleen.
I wear glasses. It rains a lot in Portland.
I found out about an awesome series of Photoshop tutorials for designers from a blog post on Goodreads by one of my favorite authors and DIY publishing heroine, Jordan Castillo Price.*
The phoenetic pronunciation of my husband's name.
The tutorial I watched was all about using textures in a cool way, so of course like a kid with a new toy I had to play. Yesterday’s Sindiecate drawing of Super Dinosaur was created using the techniques I learned, and here are a couple of others!
*Do you like sexy romantic horror mysteries about a pill-popping, self-loathing Homicide detective who can see ghosts and also he is gay? You will if you read Jordan Castillo Price’s PsyCop books.
Posted in: Life, Sketches and Doodles.
Jan 19th, 2012
by Colleen.
A day late:
This week’s theme at the SINDIECATE:
Robert Kirkman’s and Jason Howard’s Super Dinosaur!
Digital art in Manga Studio and Photoshop.
Posted in: Geekery, Sketches and Doodles.
Jan 16th, 2012
by Colleen.
Watercolor on paper. A gift for my husband, Paul Tobin.
Posted in: Geekery, Life, Sketches and Doodles.
Jan 13th, 2012
by Colleen.
Digital sketch in Manga Studio.
I drew this sketch while my husband Paul played a video of Chris Isaak singing “Wicked Game”, which we agreed is pretty much sex in a song.
I always wonder about songs with a longevity like “Wicked Game”. Does Isaak ever get sick of singing it? Will he ever? As Paul observed, he probably still likes making girls swoon helplessly, so maybe not.
Posted in: Sketches and Doodles.
Jan 11th, 2012
by Colleen.
This week’s theme at the SINDIECATE:
Gerard Way’s and Gabriel Ba’s Umbrella Academy!
Digital art in Manga Studio and Photoshop.
Posted in: Geekery, Sketches and Doodles.
Jan 10th, 2012
by Colleen.
Digital layout in Manga Studio
Final art: ink wash on paper.
A couple of panels from my upcoming 10-page story in Creepy Quarterly #8, written by Jeff Parker! Coming in April from Dark Horse.
Posted in: Work.
Jan 9th, 2012
by Colleen.
Ink on paper.
Posted in: Sketches and Doodles.
