AQUILA IS COMING....

If you've picked up 2000AD recently, you'll have seen AQUILA finally announced to be coming out later this summer! This is the project I'm  currently busy keeping my head down to get finished. It's written by Gordon Rennie and coloured by Gary Caldwell. Can't wait for you to see how he gets that crispy...

L

UPCOMING APPEARANCES!!!

Helloooooo....

Ok, I know I've not done many cons lately due to my workload and saving up for our wedding this year, but I've been very kindly invited by Ziggy Newman as a guest to the very first CAM CON! It's held in The Junction in Cambridge on Saturday 12th May.

I'll be hosting a talk/slideshow about working in comics, as well as signing and sketching. Looking forward to it! All the details are on their website here. Can't wait to hang out with my good comic artist  buddy Emma Vieceli , and I'll be sat next to talented artist Kev Lev, so show him some love to!

After that on Friday 18th May, I'll be joining top writer Antony Johnston and my specky twin artist Adam Cadwell for a signing with the lovely folks at Manchester's Travelling Man! 

This is really Antony's gig as he promotes his new graphic novel "The Coldest City"-- Adam and I are providing back up (and hair). Just think of me and Adam as two of "The Backstreet Boys" being the opening act for Antony's "Def Leppard".

Hope to see you at one of these events!

L

HI-EX CHARITY AUCTION!!!

Just a quick not to say that I've donated this JUDGE DREDD page to the charity auction at tomorrow's HI-EX convention in Inverness.

Don't worry if you can't make the con, as you can bid REMOTELY from where ever you may be, even the magical realm of Thundera with the strangely sexy cat people, as long as you have email! You can find out how HERE.

But don't forget, email your bid way before tomorrow's 1.30pm deadline!

2000AD DEFOE ORIGINAL ART FOR SALE!!!

Hey guys, another BIG batch of original art for sale to go with the previous batch from the earlier post here.

This lot is just pages from over the four books of the zombie hunter DEFOE storylines as seen in 2000AD. 

All pages are indian ink on A3 heavyweight paper, and as before, prices include postage and packing (unless shipping to outside the UK). Payment by Paypal is accepted.

Price per page is listed at THE TOP of each image.

If interested in a page you can email me at: leighgallagher2000@yahoo.co.uk

Thanks!

1: £70

2: £90                             

3: £70

4: £120

5: £120

6: £120

7: £150

8: £200

9: £120

10: £70

11: £150

(Circular panel pasted on)

12: £200

13: £150

14: £120

15: £150

16: £150

17: £150

18: DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD

£300

19: DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD

£400

20: £120

21: DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD

£300

22: DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD

£350 SOLD!

23: £120

24: £70

25: £70

26: £70 SOLD!

27: £120

RECENT COMMISSIONS!!!

Here's a couple of pieces I've recently finished. Up first we have a Defoe pic. Been a while since I've drawn my boy! If you want something similar, head to the commission post HERE.

Next up we have a WAY BIGGER piece, done for art collector Alan. He's got a fantastic collection that can be found HERE and I'm proud to have been added to it.

Alan asked for all the Batman villains together. A very cool, fun idea but there was no way I could fit 20 villains onto the usual A3 board and do them justice, so I offered to do the illustration 24 inches x 16.5 inches.

And here's a few close up detail shots...

Bye for now!

L

MAKING OF 2000AD'S PROG 1770 COVER!!!

Hey guys!

Had a nice start to the weekend by having my comp copies of 2000AD prog 1770 turn up in my mail, featuring my Judge Dredd cover! It's out in British stores this coming Wednesday!

So how, I hear you ask, did you create such a CROTCH-TASTIC cover?! WELL READ ON!!!!

So The Mighty Tharg summoned me into his sacred chambers, ushering out his six breasted love slaves from the planet...um...Sixbreasticals...and ordered me to illustrate a cover depicting Dredd leading a charge of parachuting Judge soldiers from the sky using the designs I created in the recent "Assassination list"  run with John Wagner.

Here's the two rough designs I ran by him. For once I honestly couldn't decide which one I preferred personally.

And so the boss went with my first design. I'm going to spare you the reference photos I took-- was having a bad hair day and there was actually a massive hole in the crotch of my comfy pants. So here's the pencils...

Then we have the inked version...

It was only at this point that I realised how blatant all the "crotch shots" were. I can only apologise, but it was too late to do anything about it by this point.

And so, onto colouring. I'm very grateful to Tharg that he allows me to colour my own covers. Helps me scratch that itch that I need and gives me complete control of how my final artwork appears. Anyway, here's the "flats" first (which I always hate as it's a long, tedious process)...

But once that's out the way, it's the fun stuff like shading, which really brings it to life. I played with just having a white background at first....

I felt it was still missing something so added the orange sky, faded out the troops in the background, and being so impressed with my AQUILA colourist Dylan Teague's use of textures, added my own as well. Here's the finished image...

Close up detail...

And just to confirm to myself that it would work as a cover, here's a mock up I did....

But obviously the design bots at 2000AD did a way better job than I, which you can see on the shelves from Wednesday, featuring an awesome interior Dredd story this time drawn by Ben Willsher and coloured by Chris Blythe.

FINALLY, I should add that THE DAY AFTER I finished this cover, I came across this great 2000AD cover from July 2000, painted by the comic book legend Jock. Not only is it embarrassingly similar in pose, but a week earlier I'd been tweeting him about a 2000AD cover I was working on, and how it's hard to come up with anything as cool as any of his classic covers......sigh....

Ok, I'm done. Now SHOO!

L

COMMISSION LIST NOW OPEN!!!!

YOU WANNA PIECE OF ME??!!!!

Well now you can! I can draw you ANY character you so desire, for you to frame, or have it tattooed on your hairy back!

PRICES:
(Black and white inked single character. No background. Prices include postage & packing, unless mailing abroad)

A4: £55

A3: £110

Full payment is in advance, and via PAYPAL. If interested you can email me at leighgallagher2000@yahoo.co.uk.


Thanks!


L

ORIGINAL ART FOR SALE!!! (BATCH 1)

Hey guys, thought it was about time I started advertising the sale of my original pages. I've always sold work privately, but I have SO MUCH lying around, I need to start shifting it.

So over this next week I'll be posting up pages from over the years including JUDGE DREDD, DEFOE, AQUILA, LEGO BIONICLE, and whatever else I come across. I'll be sure to post up work with a variety of prices so as not to leave anyone out.

Method of payment shall be Paypal, and all prices shall include postage, unless shipping to outside the UK.

If interested, email me on leighgallagher2000@yahoo.co.uk

HERE WE GO!

DEFOE: QUEEN OF THE ZOMBIES. A3 pencils for the unused cover for the collection. PRICE: £150

WEREWOLF! This was done for a possible trading card for Renegade Arts Entertainment. A very favourite image of mine. Actual inked image size is A4 on an A3 board. 

PRICE: £250

SHERLOCK. Recent sketch inspired by the tv show. A4 Pencils. PRICE £60

 SERAPH! Pre-lim design for 2000AD's Defoe. A3 pencils. PRICE: £70

HELLBOY. Unpublished. Purely done for myself. Another favourite image of mine. A3 inked illustration. 

PRICE: £250

PHONOGRAM: THE SINGLE CLUB. This is the hilarious 4 page backup story "David Kohl: Phonomancer" written by Kieron Gillen. Inked art on 11.5x17 inch board. PRICE: £65 for each individual page.

2000AD ZARJAZ FANZINE COVER. Double spread cover for the "FLESH" inspired issue of Zarjaz issue 10. A3 inked. PRICE £100

2000AD COVER PROG 1709. A3 inked. Separate patch would be included showing an alternate version of Defoe's head. PRICE: £300