Hey folks,

Well I'm finally getting around to posting some of the portfolio pages I've been working on this year.  For those of you who read this who may not know, a lot of artists create portfolios to send around and try and help drum up work for themselves and catch the eyes of potential employers.  Think of it as sort of a resume with pictures rather than words. 

In my case I'm currently working on a colouring portfolio that I'll be sending out to various publishers as well as handing out at this year's San Diego Comic Con.  SDCC is one of, if not the best show for artists such as myself to try and find work, as there are dozens of publishers represented there that are constantly looking for talent.  As well, it's one of only two shows of the year where DC comics accepts open submissions (which they refer to as their "talent search").

Anyway, over the next couple weeks I'll be dropping by here and posting different pages from my portfolio for y'all to look at, which you'll hopefully get a kick out of seeing.

So the first one I did up for 2009 was a two page spread from the House of M series that Marvel did a couple years back (be sure to click the pic below to see the full sized version). 

Pencils by : Olivier Coipel

Inks by : Tim Townsend

Colours by : Me

Click the pic above to see the full sized image 

Most of the time when I pick a practice or portfolio page to colour I do so because I want to try my hand at a specific pencilers work or comic title (which is why I will always have at least one Green Lantern page in my arsenal at any given time).  My picking this page however had way more to do with the inker than anything else.

I never really used to pay that much attention to the work of the various inkers that are out there busting ass each and every day to make the pencilers look good (and in some cases, look better than they really are) until I started seriously working towards a career in colouring.  Now that I have however, I've got to say that Townsend is by far one of my favourites.

Alrighty folks, that's it for me for now.  I'll be back in a couple of days to post another page for y'all to take a peek at.

Later,

-Ed