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       Well the push is on to finish all books by the July Deadline, so carpal tunnel is setting in for all artists working on Z2H books right now. Unfortunately the weather outside is (mostly) beautiful here on the West Coast so sometimes it is hard to be inside at the computer. I know it is for me. I  did manage to get an amazing sailing session off the beach at Davis Bay last Thursday with Westerly winds coming in at 15 knots and steady as a stone. The split Jet stream is making wind predictions unpredictable, but hopefully the wind will be firing hard this weekend. Wait, I’m supposed to be talking about comics. Damn. Don’t think about kitesurfing. Don’t think about kitesurfing.

Okay, this week on Hero High, Diego has begun the colouring process and already has 4 finished pages done and approved. The shading is fairly simplified and bright in keeping with the “animated ” look we are shooting for with this book. This page shows Farley’s first day at school, and our first encounter with that creepy school janitor guy. What is up with school janitors anyways, is it that they just can’t find anyone else to mop up puke than ex-carneys??

 No, I’m just kidding, but the guy at my school had some pretty rough looking tatoos…

Patricio is still finishing up the pencils on Rip Current, this week some of the panels had to be revised to make sure that the artwork reflected Carmen Wright’s vision. The action scenes proved a little difficult to get right due to specific scenes having fluid motion, inertia, and mechanical physics involved, all in the same panel (who said artists don’t need science and math)

I am also including the page from last weeks blog as some of you said it wouldnt load the large version when you clicked on it. Lots of detail in this one.

On to Mind Crimes: Sidney Lima has really begun to find his stride on this book this week. A double threat, Sidney is pulling off the pencils and inks on this book and coming up with some really fine pages. Sidney prefers to come up with his own layouts on the pages, and begins with pencils that are generally fairly rough. Most of the details are added in the inking stages, and you can see from the page X here the finished pages are very different in appearance from the pencils. Marc Lewis is the colourist on Mind Crimes, and has found a palette that has a futuristic vibe, perfect for this story.

For all you process junkies here’s  the artwork for page X and the steps leading to it.