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Tales from the Scratchboard:

Independent self published comic book company and freelance artist. Many things to many people.


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A New Blog, A New Art Show (in the works)

July 04, 2021 in Artistic Style, Illustrative Design, Northwest Art, Scratchboard Illustration, Social Commentary, Solo Art Shows
A New Blog, A New Art Show (in the works)

"Boiler Plate hitting the thermal limits of a positronic overload of data due to visual input"

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Tags: blogs, scratchboard, PDX Art, Parody
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All right, can you hear me?

June 20, 2021 in Artistic Style, Illustrative Design, Inspiration, Portland OR Art, Real Life, Science Fantasy, Scratchboard Illustration
All right, can you hear me?

I’m at constant war with myself “How far is too far Al?” Am I gonna step on somebody’s fe fee’s? I hope so.

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Tags: blog, Real Life of Artists, creativity, scratchboard, illustration
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Truth be Told- artists get bored

June 07, 2021 in Illustrative Design, Inspiration, Real Life, Portland OR Art, Social Commentary
Truth be Told- artists get bored

“Anyway, the challenge I have for myself is a new project loosely titled "The Parody Project".

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Tags: blog, Real Life of Artists, creativity, Comic Illustrators
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Now onto the end of the Laughing Corpse?

May 31, 2021 in Artistic Heroes, Illustrative Design, Independent Comix, Science Fantasy, Science Fiction, Scratchboard Illustration
Now onto the end of the Laughing Corpse?

“Now onto the end of the Laughing Corpse?”

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Tags: Real Life of Artists, scratchboard, Science Fiction, blogs
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The COVID Collection

May 23, 2021 in Artistic Style, Illustrative Design, Inspiration, Real Life, Social Commentary
The COVID Collection

“So there is a large group of books to get through and though I have been able to get through most of the art books the written ones are taking their sweet ol' time.”

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Tags: Real Life of Artists, Artistic Inspiration, Collections, Books
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What about that Podcasting?

May 10, 2021 in Artistic Style, Illustrative Design, Inspiration, Portland OR Art, Real Life, Science, Science Fantasy, Science Fiction, Scratchboard Illustration, Social Commentary
What about that Podcasting?

“I am looking forward to the new way of promoting my work.”

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Tags: Podcasting, Ideas, illustration, Comic Illustrators, scratchboard, Struggles, creativity
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Once again My friends, Inspiration

May 02, 2021 in Artistic Style, Illustrative Design, Inspiration, Real Life, Science Fantasy, Science Fiction, Social Commentary, Artistic Heroes
Once again My friends, Inspiration

“If you’re really into something it takes on a magic like nothing else and that’s what made Byrne.”

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Tags: Ideas, creativity, Artistic Inspiration
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The Art Collection Grows

April 25, 2021 in Artistic Style, Inspiration, Real Life, Illustrative Design, Social Commentary
The Art Collection Grows

“I am getting better about that now as I work on things but the mood and emotion I am always going to get caught up in.”

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Tags: Real Life of Artists, Art Style, Artistic Inspiration
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Why Comics are fun to work on - PART 2

April 12, 2021 in Artistic Style, Inspiration, Portland OR Art, Real Life, Social Commentary
Why Comics are fun to work on - PART 2

“the only thing that drives me is "what can I create today?"“

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Why are Comic Book Characters fun to work on?

April 01, 2021 in Artistic Style, Independent Comix, Inspiration, Portland OR Art, Science Fiction, Science Fantasy, Scratchboard Illustration, Social Commentary
Why are Comic Book Characters fun to work on?

Corpse Cop Cover for issue 4, “Death Walks the Stars”. A work in progress from black and white rough illustration to transfer page to scratchboard. It’s a process.

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Tags: blogs, creativity, Artistic Inspiration, Comic Characters
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Corpse Cop 4: Death Walks the Stars.

March 23, 2021 in Artistic Style, Independent Comix, Portland OR Art, Northwest Art, Science Fantasy, Science Fiction
Corpse Cop 4: Death Walks the Stars.

"He kills other zombies because they cut into his food supply."

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Tags: independent comix, illustration, scratchboard, Comic Characters
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INSPIRATION x 3 =

March 14, 2021 in Artistic Style, Inspiration, Northwest Art, Real Life, Science Fantasy, Social Commentary
INSPIRATION x 3 =

“His science fiction stuff really caught my attention but it was always flavored with horror.”

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Tags: Art Style, Artistic Inspiration, Real Life of Artists, creativity, Comic Illustrators
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The Style Round

March 08, 2021 in Real Life, Science Fantasy, Social Commentary, Artistic Style
The Style Round

“There is nothing soft about these men.”

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Tags: Style, Blogs, Real Life of Artists, Frank Frazetta, Art Style
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Next on the List

February 28, 2021 in Inspiration, Real Life, Science, Science Fantasy, Science Fiction
Next on the List

“That dynamic effect of black and white had me looking for his artwork”

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Tags: Al Williamson, Comic Illustrators, Blogs, Ideas, illustration
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There are Freezes and then there Freezes

February 21, 2021 in Independent Comix, Northwest Art, Real Life, Science Fantasy, Solo Art Shows
There are Freezes and then there Freezes

“And I am always dabbling into something new.”

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Tags: Blogs, Real Life of Artists, New Work
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Those Whom Inspire

February 07, 2021 in Real Life, Social Commentary, Inspiration
Those Whom Inspire

One artist that inspires me to be a better illustrator - the work of Wally Wood.

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STYLE AND INSPIRATION

February 01, 2021 in Real Life, Science, Independent Comix, Northwest Art, Science Fantasy, Social Commentary
 STYLE AND INSPIRATION

…And do you know what that question is? “Where do you come with your ideas?”…

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The Darkside of Creativity

January 27, 2021 in Independent Comix, Northwest Art, Real Life, Social Commentary, Science, Science Fiction, Science Fantasy
The Darkside of Creativity

“Does a person’s creativity have a “Darkside”? I know saying that out loud sounds silly. But it doesn't invalidate the question any less.”

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Tags: blogs, Real Life of Artists, creativity
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Far Out of Left Field

January 21, 2021 in Real Life, Independent Comix
Far Out of Left Field

“The great unseen barrier.” Always referenced but never seen - only felt.” A real rough thumbnail of something out of left field.

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Tags: blogs, Struggles, Ideas
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So when is too much too much?

January 13, 2021 in Deepsea Divers, Northwest Art, Portland OR Art, Scratchboard Illustration, Real Life
So when is too much too much?

“When is too much too much?”

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Tags: blogs, scratchboard, wordless graphic novels
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Commissions - Original Scratchboards:

8”x8” $100.00

9”x12” $200.00

12”x16” $400.00

email: blackboxvisualarts@gmail.com
cell:
(541) 870-5267