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That does look good Marbles. And I'm originally from that part of the world too. Looks like they've had breaks before. This from a local news article before the 2023 one:

Bedford's annual comic-con (comic book convention) is returning to the Corn Exchange this September after a four year hiatus.

And this rather beautiful drawing from Simon Fraser. I find Hershey's expression very interesting, I don't know how he's done it.

A very tidy Dredd from Dan Cornwell. Loving the expression again.

Really great sketches there Colin and Boots. Love that colour work from Boo Cook. And those Simon Davis paintings were a wonder to behold.

Some close ups from an earlier post. Full body Death by Steve Austin. Love the happy expression and the little details around the uniform. Great figure drawing.

I just asked for a Chimpski - PJ decided what to draw. I can see why he'd want to mix it up a bit - I wonder how many he drew all told?

and I know there's at least one more of these out there...

Yup:

Very kind comments thanks very much

Acrylic paints, system 3 I think, on canvas. flat brushes of various sizes initially, with a fairly small and fine brush for the details, and quite a few hours. 14 hours all told maybe? I'm really not sure as it was very stop-start and done now and then over a couple of weeks.

Thanks! I did wonder about putting Dredd on there pushing his Lawmaster up the hill like the Hovis advert for the advent calendar. Maybe the next one!

Great sketches Marbles you must be well pleased!

I didn't see any fellow boarders sadly, maybe we need name tags next year !??

I was wearing a T-Shirt with my forum avatar image but it wasn't that obvious. I usually had an open shirt over the top cos it was freezing in the panels room.

Really big name tags? Or a T-shirt with "2000ad (logo) Forum" in big letters followed by forum alias in big letters then actual first name in... big letters? Front and back?

Thanks! I started by drawing Hammerstein and just built the rest up around him. Not a lot of design in there, so it's a bit chaotic! Deadlock and Blackblood are tucked in the corner as they were an afterthought, I just realised I was a few warriors short 

I always find painting a bit of a battle, and end up painting some bits multiple times! My paintings ain't sci-fi/fantasy - just taken from life, regular town and country landscapes usually. Here's Gold Hill in Shaftesbury:



Which started out as a fairly detailed drawing, using a grid to get the proportions right, then painted over:



But there were many steps and mistakes made getting from drawing to painting.

Watching something like "Portrait/Landscape artist of the year" is a real eye-opener when you see something lifelike being wrangled out of the simple starting blocks.

Very nice Giles. All brilliant, I particularly like the Barry/Mo one, great fun.

I thought, at first glance, on my mobile phone, that Dredd had mounted a robot ostrich. Having zoomed in a bit I can see what's going on and kudos to Luke for doing something different. It is like McCrea to the power of McCrea.

Thanks! I really must get the pens out again, feeling mildly inspired by Lawless

Some impressive and amusing cosplay too.

Looks like you've got Joe down to me Nightbook. Nice one! Here's my ABC Warriors Art Stars entry, it was fun drawing the droids, and I was fairly happy with them, but my approach to the guns was completely half-arsed. I'll be checking out that video, thanks!