A Swan Named Emily Art Blog

The Boob Window

2012-02-25T23:55:00.000-05:00

In response to the change in Power Girl's costume, and the great comic editorial on Gutters (http://www.the-gutters.com/comic/256-fabio-redivo ).

I will miss you.

"Adventures in Valentine's Day"

2012-02-14T12:43:00.000-05:00

A few teaser images that I was playing around with for issue #2 of Adventures in Crapville - perfect for today.
What's in store for Andy & Leah?

"Cartoonime"

2012-02-10T15:44:00.000-05:00

Poster for upcoming classes! Generic so I can fill in dates and times as needed.

I think the image is the one I'm going to use on my new batch of business cards. Thoughts?

Drink and Draw

2012-02-07T17:59:00.000-05:00

On Saturday (February 4th) I participated in a Drink & Draw at the local comic shop (Heroes). Unfortunately I was fighting a nasty cold and couldn't drink BUT I did draw and I had a great time. It was awesome to be in a space with so many artists creating art in incredible and varying ways. Really great time all around.

Here are a couple photos of the piece I did. *Nods to Norman Rockwell for the hand painting.*

Ok I lied...

2012-01-20T16:28:00.000-05:00

I forgot, since I took the photos on their phones, to post pictures of the lovely cos-play my friends had at comic-con. This is the easiest place to find them: http://sketchsaloon.blogspot.com/

You may recognize them from a piece I posted earlier in the blog.

Randel as "Randy" from Neo-Angelique

Randel & Kristen from Neo-Angelique

"New friend" from the above art.

Their costumes looked awesome! It was neat to see the people who approached them either knowing who they were or just admiring the costumes.

And I think that is finally it on comic-con photos and art. I've got some new art to post in the next few days, stay tuned!

Hawaii gift

2012-01-13T10:58:00.000-05:00

My friend had the opportunity to continue her studies in athletic/sports related training, therapy...something (? I think) in HAWAII; needless to say I was incredibly jealous. And after taking some crap from the UConn footballers I figured this is exactly what studying in Hawaii should be like.

Comic Con Part 4

2012-01-09T18:14:00.000-05:00

The last post from Comic Con!
For those of you that talked to me after I went you know there was TONS of stuff that I babbled on incessantly about but I feel like I covered a pretty good amount here in the blog. I got a camera for Christmas this year - so now when I go to conventions I can not only take 3x as many photos but they will also be a bit nicer! (My camera abilities are really poor so I make no promises about the photos themselves but the resolution will be sensational).
This last set is of a couple of cos-players who not only hung out and chatted with us (and were cool dudes), but indulged my taking lots of photos. Also, one of their friends who was not in costume was a huge Pittsburgh Penguins fan - so we were buds immediately. Go Pens!

Bane needs a moment to conduct business.

Uh oh Bats...

It's on now.

Defeated!

Hold for applause.

Rocketeer!

The helmet went the way of batman.

Moral of the story? Bane and Rocketeer were awesome. Comic Con was amazing. Here's to more in the future!

Christmas Pause!

2012-01-06T11:13:00.000-05:00

Before I post the last set of comic con photos, I wanted to put up the Christmas card I drew for this year. The idea came from Jared (http://momthrewout.com/) (who also wrote Adventures in Crapville); he shot me an email with the idea asking if it was something I wanted to work on and 2 days later I saw him at the shop with a nearly finished version. I mailed/handed out a bunch of them but it case you didn't see it here you go:

NYCC Part 3

2012-01-04T10:18:00.000-05:00

Artists in Artist Alley!
As silly as it may sound, with part of the cast from the Avengers being at the con this year, but the people I was most excited to see where the hundreds of artists in the alley. It was my chance to meet the people behind the art I buy every month, hang on my walls, and obsessively track through various art related websites. It was also my chance this year to gain feedback on my own art and maybe get my name out there just a little bit.
There aren't as many photos as I was talking with people and didn't have my phone out.

Alvin Lee
http://www.alvinleeart.com/

Daniel Sampere
http://danielsampereart.blogspot.com/

Awesome "Death" print I got.

Jonboy Meyers
http://www.jonboymeyers.com/

This guy was so awesome - I bought his sketchbook and he did this really detailed drawing of...(something from warcraft?) I may have not known what it was - but it gave me a great chance to just talk with him while he drew.

Ryan Benjamin
http://www.ryanbenjamin.com/

Ryan is the artist on the new Batman Beyond comics and I love, love love his stuff so to watch him draw this amazing commission of Terry as Batman and old Bruce behind was just incredible.

I stood and watched him draw for a while.

I didn't get a photo with Brad Guigar (see post about Evil Inc.) but as I mentioned in a past post - we had a great conversation and talked probably the most about my art. There were so many artist that I talked to and didn't snap photos of, but all in all amazing time.

One more set of photos after this, and then it will almost be time for another con season!

Quick Pause

2011-12-29T10:42:00.000-05:00

There are still more Comic Con photos to be posted but I wanted to take a brief pause to upload the image I did to boost my co-worker's spirits when she had to have some tests run.

Thankfully everything turned out alright in the end.

Comic Con part 2

2011-12-27T19:27:00.000-05:00

And now on to the panels! I didn't get to attend as many as I would have liked because it was just so busy and packed BUT two of the ones I did attend were about women in the comic industry. They gave great tips about being a female involved in comics, how to break into the industry, how to increase your web presence etc. Needless to say I loved both of them and have tried to start implementing some of what I learned (like updating my blog).
You can read a write-up of the panel here: http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=35096
Moderated by Marvel Editor Jeanine Schaefer, the panel kicked off as soon as the panelists filed onstage: artist Colleen Coover ("Gingerbread Girl"), writer Kelly Sue DeConnick ("Osborn"), Editor Lauren Sankovitch ("Fantastic Four"), Editor Sana Amanat ("Ultimate Spider-Man"), artist Sara Pichelli ("Ultimate Spider-Man") artist Emma Rios ("Cloak And Dagger") and writer Marjorie Liu ("X-23").

Women of Marvel panel

Marjorie Liu

Renae De Liz

Womanthology panel

More info about Womanthology: http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=33286
or http://womanthology.blogspot.com/

One more set of photos to go! Up next all the ones I took of awesome artists.

Photos from Comic Con - Finally!

2011-12-25T11:20:00.003-05:00

So to start off the very delayed New York City Comic Con photo-dump I'm going to post all of the cos-play photos I took. Now, mind you there were SO MANY amazing ones I didn't get photos of, so this is a small cross section.

And apologies, these were all taken with my phone which doesn't have the best camera, but I was just happy to have anything.

If anyone can tell me who or what this thing is or from I would appreciate it. I just thought it was a way cool costume. Also, shame on me for taking the photo with the light so strong in the background - I am certainly NOT a great photographer.

Cool station where you could pay to sit in the DeLorean and have your photos taken with an impressive looking "Marty" and a super creepy, not so impressive "Doc".

Excellent Dr. Horrible costume from "Dr. Horrible's Sing-A-Long Blog".

Green Lantern chick - I have no clue if she's a specific character or just "Green Lantern Corp", but awesome costume either way.

Power Girl and Elastic Man - really sharp costumes.

Wolverine and Zatanna

Wolverine and Zatanna I see you!


And another well done Zatanna costume.

MORE TO COME!

One more from class

2011-12-20T18:41:00.001-05:00

CCC - Spellcaster (teen)

Overdue Post - Art from class

2011-12-19T12:48:00.000-05:00

Forgive my lack of posts - it's been very crazy lately. Here are some sketches from the two classes I just wrapped up teaching - Cartooning & Anime.

All "Class Created Characters".

AiC Sketches

2011-11-15T14:07:00.000-05:00

Sketches for issue 2 of Adventures in Crapville:

New character!?

Quick sketch post

2011-11-09T17:30:00.000-05:00

Completely accurate, un-bias sketch of me standing with my cute cosplay friends at NYCC. Also, fun new friend!

Emmymonster does not like winter.

Comic Cons

2011-10-18T14:22:00.000-04:00

Phew - it's been a crazy month! Preparing and attending two Comic Cons was awesome, I couldn't be happier with the end result. I intend to post a more in depth con report at some point with photos and art... but not this time. I'm still recovering and tackling all the things that backed up while I was preparing for Hero Bot Con & NYCC.

BUT I will leave you with art I created for NYCC specifically. The character on the left is "Leah" from my comic "Adventures in Crapville", the character on the right is from the webcomic "Evil Inc." which if you aren't reading you should start RIGHT NOW. Not only is Brad Guigar a very talented artist, but his writing is fun and he includes some excellent puns (which I love!). I've met Brad at previous cons and he is always super friendly and happy to chat with you - which was awesome this past weekend when he actually remembered me!

I had him sign the print and give feedback on my comic, which was so cool (SO COOL) ((imagine my excitement being about 50x as much as you are getting from this post)).

That's all the gushing for now - more to come soon!

Hero Bot Con & Adventures in Crapville!

2011-10-06T19:47:00.000-04:00

Adventures in Crapville the comic is PRINTED!

I couldn't be more excited - lots of hard work, but I'm really pleased with the result.

Pick up your copy this Saturday, October 8th at Hero Bot Con!

http://www.herobotcon.com/

Adventures in Crapville!

2011-09-30T11:30:00.000-04:00

Hero Bot Con is right around the corner!

Saturday, October 8 · 11:00am - 6:30pm

Elmira Elks Lodge

300 East Gray Street

Quick art update

2011-09-13T17:02:00.000-04:00

Molly from Runaways (without her hat).

Nickname/"logo" for my sister.

Hero Bot Con

2011-09-09T08:49:00.000-04:00

It's less than a month away! Saturday, October 8th

11:00am - 6:30pm

Elmira Elks Lodge, 300 East Gray Street, Elmira, NY

I'm done with pencils on my comic and working my way through making it print ready.

For more info, the official info pages:

http://www.herobotcon.com/
http://facebook.com/herobotcon

Teaser Art for Adventures in Crapville:

Main character Leah.

Original inspiration artwork with main characters Andy & Leah (and other misc. people.)

2 more art gifts

2011-09-08T12:45:00.002-04:00

Graduation present for a friend who was entering college for Marine Biology and who I had danced with for a long time.

Birthday card for a friend (who's wife would probably not wear this). - First time drawing slave Leia costume.

Grad Presents (2011)

2011-09-07T12:18:00.000-04:00

Graduation presents for some of this year's grads.

I have a full color version somewhere...

Graduation commission based on 2 photo references.

More sketches

2011-09-06T10:57:00.000-04:00

Girl from Royal Pains - I don't know her name.

Chuck from Pushing Daisies making pies and random creepy grandmother.

Random doodles & Jubilee.

Puggles.

Jennifer 's book inspirations

2011-09-02T08:44:00.001-04:00

Characters from Jennifer Weiner's "Good In Bed".

Maggie from "In Her Shoes"

A small scene from "In Her Shoes"

Doodles

2011-08-31T13:03:00.000-04:00

In the spirit of posting regularly...

My friend told me he had been online dating at "Plenty of Fish"

- this is clearly the only explaination.

Mary & Colin from Secret Garden (all grown up).

Father and daughter showdown. Also, didn't plan out the picture well on the page and chopped off part of the dad, and the table is a bit wobbly - I may have to fix that.

Alice Ballet Art

2011-08-30T11:14:00.000-04:00

Poster/t-shirt design for an upcoming story ballet version of Alice in Wonderland by local dancers.

The beginning

2011-08-22T22:15:00.000-04:00

Here it is! The first step toward an actual updating art blog. I haven't been great at it so far, but hopefully with the ease of Blogger I can make it a regular thing.

Look for updates soon with the recent commissions I've been working on and a new comic project I'm very excited about!