Parting in such sweet sorrow...

The time has come for an updated blog/home site. From this time on I will be posting all content on my new blog/artist site:
http://alexschumacherart.wordpress.com/ (soon to be alexschumacherart.com as of March 2012)

Please change your bookmarks, come by the new digs to say howdy and as always thanks for reading. Here's to the future...

-Alex

"New"-Retro character designs...

... for possible new series, which is all I can reveal at this point. Well, I can also say if it is developed and produced it will be with my buddies at Viper Comics.

Images © 2012 Alex Schumacher

Images © 2012 Alex Schumacher

Lots of news coming soon regarding "Benjamin and the Fish" Volume 1 as well as my graphic novel with Arcana Studios!! Man...even being a leap year February's going by waaay too fast! Enjoy folks!

Zombie tattoo #2

Here is the second in a series of zombie tattoos I've been commissioned to design for a friend of mine. The first can be found in this post from last year. I've been a bit preoccupied with other work lately so it's been a bit of time between the designs. Nevertheless here is zombie #2 in all her creepy glory as well as part of the horde alongside the original zombie:

A very Muppet Valentine

One of the fun things about being an artist is creating unique cards and presents for friends and family. Here is a card I drew and then finished in Photoshop for my beautiful (and Muppet obsessed) girlfriend. Happy Valentines y'all...

Mas character designin'

Another for the upcoming Arcana book. The sketch pad I used has a weird hue which, when scanned, turned grey-ish. I think it works for this piece though. What do you think...?

New Character Design

I just have time for a quick post so here's a look at a sketch of a new character for my upcoming graphic novel with Arcana. Dig it!

Method to my madness...and some teaser pages

I wanted to give y'all a little insight as to my working model. I will be using the art for my upcoming one-shot with Viper Comics, "Red Carpet Rats" to demonstrate. For me a big part of the "thinking" portion of producing sequential art is in the page design. The thumbnail/breakdown stage is where this particular scheming commences. Below I will show how my rough breakdowns appear side-by-side with the final page to exemplify how a page can change from conception to completion.

The first is a revamped version of an initial test page I produced for Viper, which I first shared here, and the second is a page from the epic battle sequence.
 

Also, my good friend Mark Peaslee (of September 23rd Studios) and I are featured in the new anthology "One and Done" from Invest Comics with all proceeds going to support the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. It also happens to be a #1 seller! Read the official press release here, go buy your copy here and read more about the CBLDF here!