Category: Comic

  • I was visiting with my sick friend, Dan. (He’s the creator of an upcoming comic, Welcome, inspired by Mr. Yoks, comic I worked on, which was inspired by his baby horse, Yoks.) And I made for him (on the spot, I had my materials with me) a Get Well Soon Card with Yoks! I used a Strathmore Greener Options Blank Cards using Pigma®…

  • It was my friend Dan’s birthday. He’s the creator of an upcoming comic, Welcome, inspired by Mr. Yoks (comic I worked on, which was inspired by his baby horse, Yoks). For his birthday, I gave him a memo jar. You glue a piece of paper and a clothespin to a jar and you have a one of a kind,…

  • Toy Shelby product clip version 1: hand-drawn penguin, my favorite cartoon character (Shelby), using a Prismacolor Premier Brush Tip and some glue to affix it to the Modern Cube card clip. A Certificate of Authenticity: an Illustrator file with a complex-ish line then copied and rotated 15 degrees until a circle design is completed With some red diagonals for accent. Printed…

  • Today, I wanted to give Shelby (a budding webcomic I am working on) a home on my website. I’m planning on adding a few more episodes, as production levels will provide– no specific timeline, yet. When I see a character I can relate to, I know that there will be more. Anyways, I used my…

  • Yoksabet View more PowerPoint from basementcat  (view small, low resolution) I created this alphabet poster for my friend and muse, Dan Helton. We created this character named Yoks (short for Yokoso, I often call him, Mr.Yoks). This character is based off of Dan’s stuffed animal who is a baby horse. (Some people say pony, and some…

  • By using Adobe Photoshop to clean up the scan of a handrawn Mr. Yoks, (make it pure black and white, refine the edges a bit) and running Adobe Illustrator CS5.1’s livetrace feature, taking that and setting (and locking) that as a guide for the pen tool, I created this super crisp drawing. I am constantly…

  • Have Yoks running on a rainbow, he said. 4×6, he said. Thanks Dan. This is for you.

  • Available at Left Bank Books at Pike’s Place Market for $3. The Long Anticipated… Yoks’ Big Adventure! (written March 31st, 2009, self-published March 10, 2010) The Lovable Yoks goes on an adventure to find the perfect birthday present for his dad.