Hey there, sports fans, Al here with the latest;

It’s been a while since I’ve been able to post anything on a blog in recent times I’ve had a little bit of personal issues dealing with just creativity and you know that time of the year when people start feeling a little out of sorts but with that being said I’m back. 

I've been involved with a couple of other projects recently. I have a new commission that’s about nearly completed or at least 2/3 of the way done for a friend of mine at work by the name of Robbie Shabasson 

Robbie’s Valkyrie Commission. 9”x12” Scratchboard

, I’ll post an image here.

On another note, I’ve been working on doing some digital and trying to master the art of digital inking over my comic book pages for the Quantum Society. And also have been working on it. I guess what you would call a thirst comic for a friend of my name, Amy that one includes Sadie Sarkus and some compromising positions. 

Page 10 of Quantum Society.

However, art is art sometimes art always takes precedence over written reviews and so on.

I should mention, however, that there are a couple of shows that are going to be lined up maybe not for the end of this year but for the beginning of next year at the end of January, and another show at a place called the flat iron in June so about six months later, I’ll have one of and that’ll be up for three months.

There’s also some possibility of actually approaching some of the folks at the slingshot to see about the possibility of taking over the ownership or leadership of being the art curator there. Nothing against the person who’s running it currently, but there have been some instances in the past that make me question, the whole situation of hanging artwork. 

I’m hoping that the Comics will get done here in relatively quick fashion and colored and once that’s completed then I can move on looking for a natural printer so I can get three different titles printed up and we’ll see if that works out to my advantage. 8 x 8 are still on standby mode but we’ll see if I can crank out a few more before the end of June or January rolls around and maybe even have some more by the time that the June show rolls up more details to follow as time goes on. 

Also portraitures I’ve been looking at some other portrait for some of my friends from the bar and I’ve got another one lined up and I may be doing that here in a short period once I’m done with the commission, but I gotta keep moving.

Been a little while

Hey there, a sports fans, Al here with the latest;

Hey guys, so I just thought I would bring you up to speed there’s been a couple of new developments with some new artwork being produced. It’s been a lot of fun because I’ve been mixing in a lot of traditional comic book illustrations, and stuff such as Sady Starkiss, but I’ve also been mixing in celebrity images to the work.

These images are based on photographs and screen grabs from the Internet, such as Debbie Harry, or Sam Elliott, along with my traditional illustration. It’s looking good.

Just a quick update as I am currently working on more 8”x8” images.

Of May and Merch

Hey there sports fans, Al here with the latest;

Blue the Bulldog. 16”x20” scratchboard 2023. Alan Bennett

It’s been a little while since I had a chance to post a blog, but I’ve also been working on Photos as well as selling retail shirts a couple of times a week, which is been a really fun time, currently, I have a "Love Machine" print that I need to get printed for a person who had wanted to get the original before the show it was supposed to premiere in.  I’m gonna be talking to Brian in pearl printing next week, specifically this Monday morning, and see if I can also get a set up for a couple of other prints to be made as well. Blue the Bulldog T-shirt and the sticker seem to be selling well but I’m not sure how well a Blue the Bulldog print will work. I’m gonna hold off on that one for right now, my piece of artwork for my friend, Lynnie Peterson called "Equal Opportunity" with Sadie Starkiss, being the hero of the peace instead of being the hapless heroine that she’s been depicted as a while will come to pass. But now leaves me with a quandary. How do I make her more of an action-oriented heroine, along with Heavy Metal any of the other characters? I did throw in a spot as an ode to Johnny Vega with the symbol on her belt, so she may be part of that particular universe to some degree.

16”x12” Scratchboard 2024

But I’ve been having fun working on the commissions, and we have some more commissions, but as it always turns out commissions are a one-time kind of thing lots of people talk about them, but only ever if you ever pay for them. It’s also a problem that I ran into. Is that all run and do an actual image before the people pay for them I’m very just get very excited about working on a new piece of artwork for somebody, but then they always fail as far as payments go. It’s something I need to get a hold of the pieces are good but not regularly in my wheelhouse but we’ll see I’ll just continue to keep working on my space pieces, my heroes, my villains, my robots, and keep cranking piece after piece after piece but I’ll tell you this, though, every single one of them is gonna be fun and.

Spirng is in the Art

Hey Sports fans, Al here with the latest:

 It has been a very productive week for the kid. There is no doubt in my mind that it has been that, close to finishing off, one piece of art (with varnish) and another about ready to be transferred to scratchboard. 

There is no more tremendous excitement than that other than selling a piece of work to an admiring collector. 

But this has been a week of revisiting Richard Parker. Formatting the book has been on too long a hold until a good friend hit me up and asked when the book would be published.

He was right, and I had procrastinated doing it because, in honesty, I didn't want it to be done. 

I loved working on Richard Parker, and closing that book was hard because he had been a part of my adult life. 

I had found other projects to fill in the space, and they all exceeded my goals as an illustrator. And some are bookends for a series to complete, and others are just for fun. 

Page 1 of “Last Monster on EARTH!”

But there seems to be a tide when a (and you'll have to forgive my language) shit ton of work rolling out simultaneously. "Last Monster on EARTH!" is being colored. "The Watery Adventure of Richard Parker" is being formatted for print, and "the Pasquinade Project" has frames ready for pickup for a future show. It seems overwhelming, but I know I can do it without question. Much of my hesitation has been the fact that funds have been limited because of my living situation and the amount of money funneled into just living expenses. 

RP Layout and Formatting

With a recent change in job position and wage increase, I can crank out work to my liking. I will never be completely free of "issues" until I take that final nap, but knowing what will come up and dealing with it ain't so hard. 

And on top of all of that, I'm having fun!

How can you go wrong with that?

Mashup of artwork - Pasquinade Project atop for framing. Poster design for “Krackalack!” the Pasquinade Project on the left. “Freefall” featuring Sady Starkiss and Heavy Metal. And finally in the works, Corpse Cop!