AQUILA MINI SERIES OUT NOW!!!

OK, time to get back on this bloggy thing!!!

So y'know Aquila, the series I draw for 2000AD written by Gordon Rennie, coloured by Dylan Teague, Gary Caldwell and lettered by Simon Bowland? Well it's time to don your loin cloth once more as the entire sage is being repackaged as a 5 issue US format series, OUT NOW!

Issue 1 came out last month that you can still get in stores or digitally from the 2000AD online shop!

I was pleasantly surprised to see that it had a really nice quality glossy cover that feels so nice on my face, and reviews have been great! Comics Alliance say, " Aquila is a smart choice for a standalone book, and the creative team is one of 2000AD's best."

Issue 2 will be out 20th May. Later on in the series I take a break and my nemesis Patrick Goddard takes over for a storyline, but then I return!!!

By the way, if you'd like to take a step into my time machine and check out this early post on the creation of Aquila, and what was used for the first issue cover, head HERE!

AQUILA PREVIEW OF TOMORROW'S 2000AD PROG 1897!!!

Well, I finished drawing the final part 10 of Aquila: Carnifex just in time, and tomorrow in 2000AD prog 1897 you can read episode 8! Here's a 2 page preview written by Gordon Rennie, drawn by me, coloured by Dylan Teague and lettered by Annie Parkhouse, with a preview of the rest of the prog on the 2000AD Tumbler HERE....

As ever, you can buy 2000AD from your local comic shop, newsagent, or digitally from the 2000AD online shop every Wednesday!

Now...back to drawing DEFOE!!! ;)

A PAIN IN THE ASS DOUBLE SPREAD IN 2000AD PROG 1891!!!

Y'know what, I'm just gonna come out and say it: I %*&$£"$%!$ HATED drawing this double page spread! But, it just goes to show you what we 2000AD droids go through in order to bring you quality THRILL POWER every week!

2000AD prog 1891, featuring AQUILA:CARNIFEX episode two is out in all good stores and digitally from the 2000AD online store, tomorrow!

AND, as a bonus, it also features a brilliant new story called BLACK SHUCK, written by my old university buddy Leah Moore and her beardy hubby John Reppion, drawn by   Steve Yeowell, coloured by Chris Blythe, and lettered by my buddy Simon Bowland! 

You can find a preview of all the stories at CBR HERE!

Anyway.... onto the making of this pain in the ass double spread! First, script by Gordon Rennie....

Afraid I can't find my pencil files, so here's my inks...

Then onto Dylan Teague for colouring....

And finally Annie Parkhouse for lettering!

So yeah, this took me a bloody long time to do, but it worked out nicely in the end, and we have some even nicer pages to show off in the coming weeks,,,,, right, I'm off for a chicken fillet burger.....

AQUILA RETURNS TO 2000AD IN "CARNIFEX"!!!!

I'M BACK!!!! Did ya miss me??! No? WELL FINE!!! SEE IF I CARE!!! (Sniff...)

So yeah, sorry for the blog silence. Having a baby kind of side tracked a lot of things, but I've been working hard in the background and in tomorrow's 2000AD prog 1890 you can find the return of AQUILA in "CARNIFEX", written by Gordon Rennie, drawn by me, coloured by Dylan Teague and lettered by Annie Parkhouse!!!!

There's a preview of all the stories in the prog from a wealth of talented fellow droids on the CBR site HERE.

Here's the lovely cover digitally painted by Karl Richardson (with a making of it on 2000AD UNCOVERED here!). Always fantastic to see another artist's take on a character you've co-created, and he did us proud!

And speaking of a "making of", I've not done one for a while, so here's how the first not one, but TWO pages of the first episode were put together, starting with a brilliant script from Gordon Rennie....

After scratching my head a lot, not because of a rash or anything, but because I have to get back into Roman research mode, I created these loose pencilled pages. I was pretty happy with the layout of the first page with a nice dramatic opening for our hero. It's just a shame that the ferocious man-goat kills Aquila on the third page, making it the shortest series ever.... ;)

Inks....

Next up, we have Dylan Teague's gorgeous colouring. Particularly happy with the sense of depth on the splash page.

And then finally it goes to the marvelous, and recent True Believer Comic Award winning Annie Parkhouse, to letter!

So that's it! It's bloody good to be back in 2000AD! You can find this in all good comic shops, newsagents and digitally at the 2000AD shop, every Wednesday for the next 10 weeks!

Right, now I just need to finish the last few episodes....

BYYYYYEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!

AQUILA IN THE NEW BUMPER EDITION OF 2000AD PROG 2013!!!

HEY YOU!!!! After something that will fill that empty hole in your life?

Well try the new 100 page BUMPER edition of 2000AD, featuring NINE new stories by a bunch of my talented mates, including a ten page AQUILA story written by Gordon Rennie, drawn by me, coloured by Gary Caldwell, and lettered by Simon Bowland. It's a "kind of" festive tale, in that it features a couple of relevant special guests...

You can find it in all good comic stores and newsagents over the next few weeks, or even purchase the digital edition HERE!

As an extra treat, here's a making of one of the interior AQUILA  pages....

Very loose pencils...                                      

Inks.....

Colours by Gary Caldwell...

FINALLY, as an added bonus, here's something that will absolutely give you no choice but to BUY IT...!!!

(Not many products are worthy enough to be advertised between my legs, but this is!)

By the way, you can still purchase past AQUILA original art pages HERE!

2000AD AQUILA ORIGINAL ART FOR SALE!!! (UPDATED)

(Now updated with an extra cover!)

Hey, back again, this time with random pages of original art from 2000AD's AQUILA. These include pages from the strip's introduction in the 2011 year ender issue of 2000AD, as well as the more recent 8 parter.

All pages are india ink on A3 bristol board or cartridge paper.

As with other art sales I have such as:
2000AD KINGMAKER

DC/LEGO BIONICLE

2000AD DEFOE

2000AD JUDGE DREDD

MIXED PROJECTS

OK, all prices are ABOVE each page and add £7 postage if in the UK, elsewhere in the universe we'll talk. Thanks!

If interested in any, email me at leighgallagher2000@yahoo.co.uk and Payment is accepted via PAYPAL or bank transfer.

AQUILA

1: £120

2: £120

 3: £120

4: £120

 5: £120

 6: £150

 7: £70

8: £200 

9: £210 (Double spread)

10: £150

 11: £200

 12: £150 (SOLD!)

 13: £120

 14: £120

 15: £150

 16: £75

17: £350 (PROG 1793 Cover)

 18: £400 SOLD

19: £300 (PROG 1797 COVER) SOLD!

MAKING OF THE 2000AD PROG 1797 BOUDICCA COVER!!!

Well now that the wedding's over I should have more time for the sexy, sexy blog!

Above is the 2000AD cover (featuring Aquila part 6) from a couple of weeks back when I was off on honeymoon.

I'll admit when The Mighty Tharg asked for a cover featuring Boudicca on her chariot, charging through Romans, my toned buttocks clenched. I knew it was going to be a tough muther bugger....

And so when  submitting roughs, I tried to get away with a closer composition with one of her horses just off camera so I didn't have to draw both, but he didn't fall for it and went with the second version...

Final pencils.

Inks. I started to feel ALOT better about it at this point, feeling it was coming together well.

As with the previous Aquila cover, I carried on with my experimentation of adding an ink wash...

Hiding the wash layer for a bit, I did the colour flats (still hate this part!)...

Shading then FINISHED! All the elements brought together below! Despite how I was dreading this at the start, I was pretty damn happy with it in the end. Especially when I saw it with all cover elements added.

Right you buggers, go see the new DREDD film OUT NOW!!!