Dredd art from about 8 or 9 years ago

[Steven Denton]

I was just poking about on my old websites and I found this embarrassing yet strangely charming Judge Dredd strip I drew about 8 or 9 years ago. Both my drawing and my colouring have moved along quite a lot since then and I’m man enough to show my less then perfect passed work! (if I waited for my work to be perfect I would never show any one anything.)

[CrazyFoxMachine]

Steve. You're ridiculous. Get published.

[judda fett]

Some nice work Steve,did you do a lettered version? Do I win a 'no prize' for spotting the pad jump?

[TordelBack]

"Embarrassing", r-r-r-right  .  Far far worse has appeared in the Prog.  And this was Steve 9 years ago?  Madness.

[Steven Denton]

Thanks Crazyfoxmachine

judgefett, I never did a lettered version and I have lost the script. Judges are only asymmetrical to catch people like me out! I have little notes nowadays to make sure I keep the characters right or left handed and things like pads in the right place.

TordelBack, that’s the problem with artists, no perspective.

[Danbell]

Really nice stuff. Love to see some stuff you've done recently. The colouring is great and the splash panels with the fire is sweet.

Dan

[Steven Denton]

Thanks Dan, I pretty much gave up colouring this way after this story; I used the line tool to make lots of little blocks which is a bit like trying to paint with sellotape and it took about 3 days a page. When I tried colouring again about 4 years later using the pen tool it was taking me 4 days a page! I have gotten it down to about 6/8 hours a page now though.

As for new work I just posted a B/W page in the ‘does my art look big in this’ tread. I haven’t drawn Dredd for years and keep on meaning to have a go at a sample script.