Witch Cat: The crystal ball - Conceptart #1

Some conceptart from a Witch Cat comic I'm working on inbetween my school work.

Character portraits

These are some character portraits that I had in mind for a long time (except for Claire and the Doctor) and needed to be drawn to give my mind some rest.

At the moment I have several ideas for the main story of Witch Cat and I'm thinking and scribbeling characters and scenes that I might use in a future story.

I don't want to tell much about it, since most parts from the story are just 'ideas', but here are some character portraits for those that are interested.

Also found a sketch of Claire and some knight dude from last holiday season.

I got a new sketch book!

My school started this week and I bought a brand new moleskine to start the new year with! I try to work more in my sketchbooks, since they only get filled up in one school year. Which is not very much If you want to be serious with your art journey.

I picked up my Pentel inking brush again. It's a hard medium to get good results from and it takes a lot of effort and time to master this technique. So yeah, I think it's better by doing at least some ink brush work once in a while then none at all.

These ink drawings are some kind of studies. The main reason is having some fun with a brush ink pen as well, so I tried to be very loose with it. I can't say that non organic brush inking works for me. I have seen other artists making pleasant results without looking to organic. I'm however more the type of guy that likes his non organic stuff done with very tight mediums like fineliners or small pen nibs. Time will tell...

Ah yes, the yet to be named scientist from Witch Cat. I gave this cliched professor not much drawing attention, so it was about time that he gets the attention he deserves. His designs might change in the future or perhaps not. I have a long way to go when it comes to eldery men (and women), they are from time to time more interesting to draw for me then younger people.

Witch Cat sketches!

At last, I have holiday season! Which means I can finally do personal work, want to get back to my Witch Cat project and other things. Here are some work in progresses:

I hope this is the final design for the Evil Queen of Oparaha. Her pose is referenced from a pin up model.


A quick overpaint from the original. I dig the rough shadow casting.
I have a name since the second chapter of Witch Cat for the Evil Queen but I made a mistake in the editing proces. It should be "Malissa" which means honey bee which might have a suggestive link to the saying "The flowers and the bees" which her personality reflects. Also it's a pun on malice which has a connection for being evil and stuff.



I was thinking the other day to make 11 × 16 prints of Witch Cat to sell at conventions. This is one of them, Claire putting on her outfit in the morning. I really liked how the thumbnail came out, but after working more in to it, I'm not satisfied with the results. Will use references from now on, since I'm very rusty. The 'X' parts are obvious anatomical errors, although the whole piece might be completely redone.


The colour pallette should give an early morning impression. Will be redone.

Character colour designs for new comic idea

Long time no update... I'm too busy with school to work on personal drawings and comics this year.

I have an idea for a comic next to Witch Cat since last summer and here is one of the character designs. Some people might recognize the character from an illustration of mine before.

The designs are undecided at this time.

Comic diary: Another concept for the front cover

The second and maybe last concept for the cover page of Witch Cat #3. I gave Ruan (that sailor guy in the middle) some more space, but he's standing there like: "Why am I standing here? Can I go home now?" I'm thinking of using a combination of both, the background figures are having their own colour so it does'nt look all too confusing and blending in with each other. Fertility priestess needs more shoulders...

Comic diary: Thumbnails and concepts for the front cover

Alright, so I guess this is the first official post for my comic diary I mentioned in the last post. I have done a few thumbnails and colour them to get a good impression how I want my front cover. The first two front covers from Witch Cat, didn't get that treatment only one concept and that's that. Just too little info to work on and from what you get in the end.

I always choose one main colour for a volume so it differentiates from the other volumes. I'm also thinking about mood and what the colour stands for. A new character is introduced which is a fertility priestess and fertility is most of the time used with green or light brown.

The front cover will have this time a group of at least two persons that should draw attention as well tell a bit about them in it's current volume of that book. Enough rambling, here are some pictures: (note that this is the cover of volume 3, Chapter 2 thing is a place holder)

Starting to work on the cover of Witch Cat #3!

I will start soon with the cover of Witch Cat #3 and I made already some thumbnails to get a better idea of what I really want for a cover. I was thinking to keep a diary here when I'm working on Witch Cat #3, so to get more motivated to do almost every do something and to keep track of the progress for readers who are interested. I might toss as well at times some previews and tips about making a story and translating it into pages of panels.

Witch Cat - Character Concepts

It's almost the end of the year and I wish you visitors of my blog a happy Christmas and a careful new year.

In the mean time, I'm busy with scribbeling and little by little working on Witch Cat concepts. Here's some new rough character concepts I'm working on. I have chosen the colours not just they look fancy, but they have a meaning as well. Green stands for vertility and healing and blue for calm and peace. This goes for the character's peronality and class as well. Go figure why I chose turquoise for the second concept. Her clothes are inspired on traditional Greek and Turkish clothes, that kept warmth from the oustide to remain cool, I believe. The spikes from the left dude's hands are his knives though.

Flower and the bees

It's about the flower and the bees.

Work in progress, stay tuned!