Eric Orchard's Blog, page 50
March 20, 2012
Mrs Strumm
One day Mrs Strumm wandered into the place called Marrowbones, she settled in the hotel and has lived there since. She doesn't really have a room of her own, if she does no one's found it. She just shows up when you least expect her, offering advice or expressing her concern over something or other. On quiet nights you can hear her muttering to herself.Latte last night I took out my Sharpie and made big black Xes on the Command and S keys of keyboard so I wouldn't forget to save stuff. This is after I lost hours of inking to a crash. Ugh.
March 19, 2012
Marrowbones News
Here's a panel from my new comic The Kitchen Lich, it's almost done! It's a twenty page story taking place in the world of Marrowbones. I'll explain more about Marrowbones soon, but it's basically a little patch of haunted land bordered by mystical fog. And it's filled with monsters. The stories are sort of humorous horror fantasy. I'll be selling the comic from here at first, it'll be a digital download. The whole comic will be about 30 pages, with 2 stories, maps and other stuff. Marrowbones is a great place for short stories and that's the idea. Exploring a strange, little world through shorter works.And in Maddy Kettle news, the book will be done really soon and I'll be sending it in for final edits this summer. Stay tuned!
March 16, 2012
Rat
Little rat doodle. I'm a big doodler, and often doodle rats. I'm looking ahead to the day and not seing a lot of work being done. There is a mountain of wine boxes in the kitchen meant for my book collection so there will be much packing today, though we're not moving for over a month. I also have a small stack of art that needs packing and shipping. So between those two tasks there won't be a tonne of actual drawing happening. Although, I will be doing a Webtoon this afternoon. 
March 15, 2012
The Vampire Tree
Julie's home for March break so I have temporary relief as stay at home dad so I'm scrambling to get as much work done as possible. I'm almost done a Marrowbones story, the Kitchen Lich, which is 20 pages, and I'll add a couple more stories before selling it. I haven't been talking about it much because I'm trying the method Stephen King talks about in his book On Writing, of closing the door when doing the first pass at a story. This is my first visit to the Marrowbones Motel so I'm still getting used to it. But it's a place I sure like to be. Above is the Vampire Tree, a spot that features heavily in the stories. My idea with Marrowbones is to have it just short stories. Build up the world that way. A place I can go for stories between longer projects. 
March 14, 2012
Alice Cooper And The Muppets
A very quick, fun sketch I did of that classic Muppets episode with Alice Cooper. Done in Manga Studio and Photoshop. 
March 13, 2012
March 12, 2012
Drusilla's Valentine
A quick warm up sketch of Drusilla from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Done in Manga Studio and Photoshop. I'm currently watching the whole series in order on Netflix.
March 11, 2012
Harry And Silvio by Gabe Gill
I wanted to share this wonderful drawing of Harry and Silvio ( and Inky!) by the super talented Gabe Gill. Thanks so much for this Gabe!
March 10, 2012
March 9, 2012
Artists Help Japan Fundraiser
The incredibly talented and generous Dice Tsutsumi is having a one year anniversary art auction to help those effected by the terrible devastation of the earthquake in Japan. This is from the Artists Help Japan site:"Death toll hiked up over 22,000 and more than 300,000 people were displaced from their home. And as we all may be experiencing ourselves, the world's attention has shifted else where. While some organizations aren't accepting any more funds for Japan, both our partners Give2Asia and Mercy Corps are continuing their ongoing work ahead. Take a look at their respective reports on their efforts as well as their upcoming plans.
Mercy Corps
Give2Asia
In the next 4 weeks, Using the power of art, Artists Help Japan will be auctioning more art to raise money as well as providing current news and stories from Japan.
This 1-Year-Anniversary auction is an exciting opportunity to buy rare memorabilia and original artwork from industry top talents like Pixar's Ronnie del Carmen, Tia Kratter, and Oscar nominated Enrico Casarosa"
You can see my robot among the wonderful art up for auction above, the robot in the lower right.
Visit here to learn more.
