One off the Bucket List..!

[inkymonkey]

After being a committed (and probably committable) Judge Dredd/2000AD fan for 30 years, I'm well excited to post a childhood dream of mine...

The IDW folks were down in Australia a few weeks ago and were looking for some new talent - thought I'd try my luck and see how it went.

I managed to convince Chris Ryall - who was a lovely fellow, I have to say - to give me the chance to have a go at an illustration of Dredd as a tryout...

It seemed to go well - they've decided to use it as a cover for issue#26 of the IDW Judge Dredd series..!

http://ryallsfiles.tumblr.com/tagged/mark-sexton

So there you go - my stab at Dredd.  Hopefully there'll be more opportunities in the future - but super thrilled to have had the chance...  Hope you all like it!

...now I just need to convince Tharg to give me a stab in a future prog...!

(P.S. I can't actually attach the image - if anyone out there can and feels like posting it, that'd be fantastic.  Cheers!)

[Frank]

Good work, Sexton (Ming). Your Dredd reminds me of Mike Collins's take on the character, and you do background detail like Chris Weston - both of those are good things! Presumably the Richard Dawkins underpass goes down onto the Dale Winton Underhang (last seen in Wagner and MacNeil's Megacity Confidential):

[Dash Decent]

Is the word "Law" that Dredd's standing on meant to be graffiti or coincidentally aligned blood stains?

[8-Ball]

Well done Mark. Like the great philosopher Gabrielle once said, "Dreams can come true." 

[Frank]

Is the word "Law" that Dredd's standing on meant to be graffiti or coincidentally aligned blood stains?

I'm disappointed that Dredd isn't standing four-square on justice, discipline, good order, and the rigid application of the law. Would that really have been so hard to depict in a literal sense?

[JOE SOAP]

I'm disappointed that Dredd isn't standing four-square on justice, discipline, good order, and the rigid application of the law. Would that really have been so hard to depict in a literal sense?

How about a bloodied corpse covered by a soiled Old Glory?

[TordelBack]

What I really like about that Dredd is that it doesn't really look like anyone else's.  I can see why Sauchie invokes Collins, but for me that's really only something about the fizziog - the whole thing looks very fresh and original. Like.

[inkymonkey]

Thanks for the kind words folks (and to sauchie for posting the picture - there's a colour version somewhere too - and yes, Dash, it's blood - see colour version for better detail)!

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152515387238279&set=t.618737983&type=1&theater

I'll take any comments that invoke 2000AD creators as a bonus - particularly the Weston droid, he has been a big influence on me over the last few years (and a lovely droid he is, too)...

I'll try harder to draw Dredd standing on justice, discipline, good order, and the rigid application of the law next time... 

[dweezil2]

Excellent work inkymonkey!

Hope to see more of your work (particularly Dredd) in the future!   

[Frank]

there's a colour version somewhere too - and yes, Dash, it's blood - see colour version for better detail!

Looks like a fine burgundy to me, mate. The palette reminds me of Gina Hart, who was the nineties equivalent of Chris Blythe:

[inkymonkey]

Cheers sauchie!

Looks like a fine burgundy to me, mate. The palette reminds me of Gina Hart, who was the nineties equivalent of Chris Blythe:

Well, I have been looking at a lot of Chris Blythe lately too...!

[hippynumber1]

That's really very nice indeed! Congratulations Sir!

[Grugz]

bloody hell that's awesome! tharg give the boy a job!!!

[Bad City Blue]

That's a really good picture. Congratulations to ya.