Cropped Will Cardini artwork

February 8th, 2013

Final Day of Reblog Contest

Filed under: Online — Tags: , — William Cardini @ 11:03 am

Today is the final day of the reblog contest over on my Tumblr. Here’s a shot of me working on the prize, a 6×9″ black-and-white ink drawing of the Miizzzard:

Unfinished ink Miizzzard drawing

I’ll announce the winner next week. Thanks to everyone who’s liked and reblogged so far!

September 25th, 2012

More “The Miizzzard of the Year One Million ATTACKS the Moon Base of the Floating Crystal Witch” Process Shots

Filed under: Print Comics — Tags: — William Cardini @ 7:13 am

I’m still working on a six-page comic for Future Shock #2 so I thought I’d show y’all more screenshots of my process:


In this screenshot I’m selecting a fill so that all of the detail lines I draw are contained in it even if I draw right to the edge. This saves me a lot of time erasing the lines that extend past the edge later. I should’ve done this from the beginning!


Scribbling out all of these stars takes a while but hopefully the effect will be worth it.

September 7th, 2012

Character Design Process for the Miizzzard of the Year One Million

Filed under: Artwork,Sketchbook Pages — Tags: , — William Cardini @ 10:10 am

This past week I’ve been working on a new character design, for the Miizzzard of the Year One Million. I’m cracking the lid open on my creative process a little by showing you the incarnations of this character, from oldest to newest.

This design is a variation on a character I came up with for a comic back in 2010 that I never ended up making. I drew this in full color with no outlines in Photoshop:

I decided to follow this basic design but come up with a female version that also incorporates elements from the Miizzzard of the Year 2978. I started doing sketches like this one I posted a little over a month ago:

I did a couple of sketches on my lunch break this past Wednesday and liked this one:

Wednesday night I did a drawing with the fills and outlines how I want them in MangaStudio:

I wasn’t too happy with the proportions. I asked some friends what they thought. They said she looked like a half-naked cave-woman. Since that isn’t quite what I’m going for I did some more sketches on my lunch break. This is my favorite (I riffed on how Jonny Negron draws hands):

Here’s the final color version:

It’s always been my plan to have multiple Miizzzards in my comics.

February 17th, 2012

“Moon Queen” B-Sides: Spreads 5 and 7

Filed under: Sketchbook Pages — Tags: , , , — William Cardini @ 7:45 am

Here’s the final set of process shots from Moon Queen, the comic I drew during Frank Santoro’s Correspondence Course:

Moon Queen Spread 5 B Side
Original sketches for Spread 5.

Moon Queen Spread 7 B Side
Spread 7, ink wash layer with loose blackline.

Moon Queen Spread 7 B Side
Spread 7 fore-, mid-, and background in colored pencil.

February 14th, 2012

“Moon Queen” B-Sides: Spread 3

Filed under: Sketchbook Pages — Tags: , , , — William Cardini @ 7:35 am

Here are some process shots from Moon Queen, the comic I drew during Frank Santoro’s Correspondence Course:

Moon Queen Spread 3 B Side
Original sketches for Spread 3.

Moon Queen Spread 3 B Side
Spread 3, gray markers with blackline and geometry overlay.

Moon Queen Spread 3 B Side
Detailed blackline for Spread 3.

Moon Queen Spread 3 B Side
Spread 3 fore-, mid-, and background in colored pencil.

I’ll have one more set of B-sides for y’all on Friday.

February 10th, 2012

“Moon Queen” B-Sides: Cover Spread and Spread 1

Filed under: Sketchbook Pages — Tags: , , , — William Cardini @ 7:17 am

Here are some process shots from Moon Queen, the comic I drew during Frank Santoro’s Correspondence Course:

Moon Queen Cover Spread B Side
First version of the final cover spread.

Moon Queen Spread 1 B Side
Spread 1, gray markers with blackline and geometry overlay.

Moon Queen Spread 1 B Side
Color test of Spread 1.

I’m going to post more next week.

February 7th, 2012

“Moon Queen,” my Comic from Frank Santoro’s Course

Filed under: Web Comics — Tags: , , , — William Cardini @ 11:38 pm

Hey y’all, this post is late in the evening on Tuesday because I’ve been busy finishing the comic I made during Frank Santoro’s Comics Correspondence Course, coding an HTML shell for it, and uploading it to this site. The comic is called Moon Queen. Click the cover spread to read it:

Moon Queen cover spread

I tried something different with the navigation. Because Santoro had us thinking about the spreads so much, I wanted you to be able to see both the spreads and the details. So on the index, you can see all of the spreads. Then you can use the next and previous buttons on the side to proceed through larger images of the spreads. You can also click on either half of the spread to see the page up-close. You can navigate between the page views but once you get to a new spread, you see it all at once. What do y’all think? It makes sense to me but I thought of it so I’m not be experiencing it as a first-time user would.

Santoro Correspondence Course

As some of you may know, I’ve been drawing all of my comics completely on the computer for the past couple years but Santoro had us draw everything in the class by hand (although I assembled the final comic in Photoshop). I’d been wanting to get back to doing some analog drawing so I was glad to take a break from the flickering screen. All in all, the process that Santoro taught us was fascinating. I learned a lot of things that you’ll see me experimenting with in future comics. If any of y’all are thinking about taking future sessions of Santoro’s class and are willing to try out a new approach to making your comics, I highly recommend it!

March 30th, 2010

Boongoo Studiooze Presents: SPACE OOZE

Filed under: Artwork — Tags: , , — William Cardini @ 7:22 am

This past week Glade and I have been hard at work getting our collaborative art show for End of an Ear together. We’re going to call it Boongoo Studiooze Presents: SPACE OOZE. It’ll run all April and we’ll have a reception from 6-8pm on 4/20. Here’s a shot of us working on the drawings:

In the bottom middle is an india ink drawing that I drew that Glade colored. On the right I’m working on a gouache painting that Glade is going to draw on with gel pens.