23.1.07

Dead projects zone 2.3

Zadnji!

21.1.07

I could never draw a comic this patiently

Judging by the amount of details, this must have been drawn during one of the weekly SFera sitdowns held (at the time) in Pizzicato pizzeria. There are eyes and a nose of Tamara Lopac somewhere in the picture as a proof. Also, there's a number of my self-portraits (and it looks as if I was testing how I'd look with a short hair.

18.1.07

Dead projects zone 2.2

Poznato?



Ne bojte se, nema ih joss puno?

16.1.07

"Lost among the stars"

This was the initial idea doodle for a spot illo for a story by Tatjana Jambrišak. I never realized the final version, which is probably for the best.



Still, the story is available on-line
[LINK= http://axxon.com.ar/rev/167/c-167cuento2.htm]here[/LINK](in Spanish) or [LINK= http://carobnibrijeg.blog.hr/arhiva-2006-03.html#1620723323]here[/LINK] (in Croatian) for you to enjoy.

12.1.07

Dead projects zone 2.1

Kako se mene na svašta može nagovoriti, tako sam jednu o svojih najvećih stripovskih uspješnica - Spiru Spermija - jednom zgodom prilagodio u nove gegove za ... mobilne telefone. Od svega, naravno, nije bilo nissta, pa vama evo jedan animirani gif, da vidite kako je izgledati trebalo.

10.1.07

The king and I

So, I sat down to do a cartoon for this competition I heard about and I managed to kill the first drawing with the excess of details. No master craftsman I, for sure. With a sigh, I doodled the second one fast and was much happier as a result. I don't quite like being just the quick-sketch/idea man but one is what one is. *Sigh.*



And here are the initial idea doodles.



The final color version you don't get to see because I was playing at being a craftsman again and it's partly sucky.

8.1.07

Svi smo mi ovisnici ...

Daklem, trebao sam svojevremeno ilustrirati neku knjigu o mladima i drogi. Knjiga je ispala ciniccno glupa i pohlepno lossa pa mi je drago da je nisam ilustrirao, ali u pripremnom periodu sam razgovarao s lijeccnikom koji je trebao pisati dio knjige (i on je odustao), a kako je on vodio sastanke lijeccenih narkomana, tako sam i ja dossao na jednog, da upijem atmosferu. Rijetko crtam "Iz zzivota", ali evo nekih lica s tog sastanka.



Ona najmraccnija faca na vrhu MAJKA je jednog narkomana koji nije mogao dochi i govorila je krajnje blago. Zapisao sam neke citate: "Kad je on dobro, ja sam odliccno." I "Nastojim da mu vjerujem."

Dugokosi u dnu je takodjer rekao nessto ssto sam zapisao: "Za godinu dana apstinencije nisam uccinio ni dio onoga ssto sam mislio da hochu."

Pa, to barem nije karakteristika samo apstinenata ...

Mercenary mood

I used to write scripts for Egmont/Disney ona a regular basis. I think this was done as an "into the mood" warm-up session before writing a Mickey story. I wonder which one was it and whether it was bought or not ...

6.1.07

Džukina muka

Poput onog stripeka o Bobu, objavljenog u jednom ranom Q-u, i ovo je nastalo kao brzinska skica sumacije karaktera jednog kolege crtacca. Ne znam jesam li se nadao da che i Dzzuka (kao Bob) nacrtati ful verziju, ali to se nije dogdoilo. No, skica nije izgubljena, nissta nije zaboravljeno!

5.1.07

Grass is always greener ...

You know that feeling when you would rather do anything but the task at hand? Right. So, a friend is trying out for "Wallace and Grommit" comic and what do I end up doing instead of my own strip?



No Wallace, sorry, can't do him from memory, has that weird head.

3.1.07

Ujedinjeni europski fandom 2

Posve moguche da je rijecc o istom dosadnom okruglom stolu kao i prossli puta. U svakom sluccaju, crveni su crtezzi pokussaji "pronalazzenja" Davora Šišovicha, dok je plavi crtezz desno Veselin Gatalo s kojim sam bio hepi skoro pa otprve.



Smijessno je to sa Šišom ... ssto sam ga ruzznije crtao, to mi je visse nalikovao sebi, iako je manje nalikovao objektivnoj realnosti. Na kraju je zavrssio ovako (iako mislim da je ovo bilo s nekog drugog okruglog stola):



Sram me bilo. :)

Dead projects zone

Some friends were starting a courier service a while ago and the idea was to do some promotional comics. There was a zebra in the company logo so a cool zebra was chosen for a comic. I wrote a 4-pager and a strip, Robert Solanovic was supposed to be the artist but nothing ever came out of it. Here's the script for the strip.