Vic Malhotra - Art / Illustration

Black Beetle...

2012-01-15T16:47:00.000-08:00

A quick sketch of Francesco Francavilla's character The Black Beetle. Did this earlier this week... the ink only sketch can be found on my twitter.

Coloured it up quickly earlier today.

--vic

2012...

2012-01-03T22:48:00.000-08:00

Reworking a few pages and panels for a project I started months ago... There's nothing more difficult really.

--vic

Talk Radio

2011-12-08T21:48:00.001-08:00

Was home sick the other day and ended up watching this movie...not bad.
Quick sketch...

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Lady in the Trench...

2011-12-06T19:32:00.001-08:00

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From the sketchbook...

2011-12-01T21:20:00.001-08:00

Charcoal and watercolour. A bit of colour tweaking in photoshop.

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Sketch - Nov 9

2011-11-09T22:41:00.001-08:00

Some head sketches for a commission idea.

--vic

Sketchbook - Oct30

2011-10-30T15:50:00.000-07:00

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Sketchbook...

2011-10-27T22:41:00.000-07:00

A small sketch from the top of a sketchbook page. Straight in pen and brush.

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The Batman...

2011-10-24T21:02:00.000-07:00

Sketch from the sketchbook... Photoshop colours.

--vic

Corto Maltese...

2011-10-23T21:28:00.000-07:00

From the sketchbook... Hugo Pratt's Corto Maltese.

--vic

Muttnik - Preview

2011-10-21T12:24:00.000-07:00

Here are the first 3 pages. I thought I would post them here as I work on a few other things.

I'd like to thank my collaborators on this project Richard Carbonneau and Ed Brisson. Two supremely talented dudes who chipped in on this small project.

MUTTNIK
Story & Art: Vic Malhotra
Additional Script: Richard Carbonneau
Letters: Ed Brisson

The Nobodies Anthology VOL 1 is available here http://drawmoreinc.bigcartel.com/product/nobodies-volume-1

--vic

Colt Progress...

2011-10-17T22:37:00.000-07:00

Grey scaling pages right now. Added colours on this just you :D

--vic

A few sketches...

2011-10-16T22:11:00.000-07:00

A quick marker sketch done while sitting around today. Character from a pitch that's circulating around.

A sketch I did for my 5 year old niece who told me what to draw as I went along.

--vic

Progress...

2011-10-11T21:41:00.000-07:00

Colt...

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Colt Progress...

2011-10-10T21:02:00.000-07:00

A panel. Brush brush brush.

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Inks...

2011-10-05T22:54:00.000-07:00

A panel from tonight....

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Hellboy

2011-10-04T22:47:00.000-07:00

From the sketchbook.... coloured in photoshop real quick.

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The Dark Knight...

2011-10-03T21:53:00.000-07:00

Back working in a sketchbook... the last year or so (probably longer) I've been sketching on scrap paper and loose sheets of printer paper... not the best way to track my art. Invested in a nice moleskin a few weeks back. Expect more sketches on here.

Had Frank Miller on the mind today...

--vic

Where to pick up...

2011-09-28T21:32:00.000-07:00

Saw a PDF proof of the Nobodies Anthology earlier this week and all I can say is it looks AMAZING. Great collection of wild imaginitive artists. Happy to be involved.

Out at NYCC in a few weeks. If you're there pick it up. Booth 3040.

Wish I could be there, but work calls... so not this year.

--vic

What I'm Working On...

2011-09-26T21:26:00.000-07:00

Rough pencils for a panel.

Colt Panel Inks...

2011-09-25T23:30:00.000-07:00

Another panel from Colt...

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Colt Progress....

2011-09-25T03:52:00.000-07:00

Working on this right now...

--vic

A few panels....

2011-09-21T22:48:00.000-07:00

A few panels from Muttnik...

--vic

Puppy Luv...

2011-09-18T23:23:00.000-07:00

A panel from Muttnik. Soon to be released.

--vic

Muttnik - Teaser Title

2011-09-17T17:13:00.000-07:00

Just sent all the files off.

--vic

Cosmonaut....

2011-09-14T21:18:00.000-07:00

A panel from my upcoming story in the NOBODIES ANTHOLOGY. Putting the colours together on the remaining pages today and tomorrow. The anthology is being released at NYCC this year. More information on that in a few weeks.

--vic

Dog in Rocket...

2011-09-10T18:21:00.000-07:00

A Muttnik panel. Working like crazy on this right now.

--vic

Ink Test over Mazzucchelli...

2011-09-06T19:22:00.000-07:00

Often times I like to practice inking the greats. I find it to be a great way to learn new techniques and pick up new things to use in my own work.

Above is a panel from Mazzucchelli's Daredevil Born Again, re-inked by me.

I did this about as quick as possibly just zooming around the page. Turned out pretty good. Much learned.

Now back to laying out a short story I'm drawing (Muttnik) and something super secret.

--vic

Movement...

2011-08-30T22:34:00.001-07:00

FanExpo...

2011-08-29T22:53:00.000-07:00

Here are some small sketches from the flight back from Fan Expo Canada... Based on true events!

Spotted some Toth books I needed to grab.

Me reading said Toth books...

Most nights after the con...

--vic

Done...

2011-08-21T22:29:00.000-07:00

Just finished work on a pitch for next week. I'll be in Toronto at Fan Expo Canada with my partner in crime on this project Jeremy Holt and we'll be showing it to any and everyone.

Huge thanks to letterer extraordinaire Jesse Post and designing pimp Matt Battaglia.

We all put in a ton of work this week to hit that ever important print deadline. I owe these fellas steaks and beer.

Sleeps calling...

--vic

Ahem...

2011-08-18T23:34:00.000-07:00

Close to being done...

--vic

Sleepwalker Pitch...

2011-08-16T20:33:00.000-07:00

A teaser panel from the recent project/pitch I'm working on right now... The print deadline is looming, so the last two weeks have been busy. The rest of this week looks to be even busier!

If I haven't responded to an email you've sent my way. My bad... I'll get back to you as soon I wrap up work on this.

--vic

the BLVD Storybook 1.0

2011-08-16T11:35:00.000-07:00

A sketch by the awesomely talented Tommy Lee Edwards from SDCC '11. Sent to me by great podcaster and cool dude, Pat Loika http://patloika.tumblr.com/

This came on one of the backing boards with the BLVD Storybook 1.0 that Pat sent me. I'm looking forward to digging into this and seeing what all the BLVD fellas came up with. I'm a huge fan of the entire group.

--vic

An Interview With Lil' Ol' Me....

2011-08-11T21:44:00.000-07:00

There's an interview with me up on the DRAWMORE INC. website. Here's a link. Go read my rambling!

http://drawmoreinc.com/2011/08/12/featured-artist-vic-malhotra/

Some new and old work on there as well. Maybe some images from a new project/pitch that I'm working on righttttt now... Maybe.

Here's a sketch from a while ago...

--vic

Mister Colt

2011-08-07T23:01:00.000-07:00

A coloured sketch of a character from another short anthology piece I'm working on... More on that soon.

--vic

Wild Talents...

2011-08-03T22:28:00.000-07:00

I haven't updated in a few days. So here ya go! Posted this on my tumblr account as well (Myself and writer Richard Carbonneau share a tumblr account that tracks our progress on a project we're slowly working on. You can find it here http://timetravelandtommyguns.tumblr.com/

Lack of updates on this here blog because I'm knee deep in a few other projects. I like to take on a lot of work... it makes me feel alive! -- yeah whatever.

I'll post again soon.

--vic

Uneventful day...

2011-07-27T22:30:00.000-07:00

Rough pencil panel...

--vic

Something for something with someone...

2011-07-25T22:44:00.000-07:00

A panel from the latest thing...

--vic

07-24

2011-07-24T19:41:00.001-07:00

Small ink face...

--vic

Somedays...

2011-07-20T22:45:00.000-07:00

Sometimes you have days where everything you touch is gold. For me that would be having the perfect lines flow from the brush to the paper... Being able to draw nearly anything with ease (Maybe with a bit of practice and reference first!)... Or just being in the groove with the page and having everything work...

Today was not one of those days...

Spent way too much time tweaking and redoing panel after panel page after page. I guess you gotta work through those days to get back to those great ones though. The thing that matters is that I spent a ton of time at the drawing board today and logged in those hours! Practice, practice, practice...

In other news...

Writer Extraordinaire Jeremy Holt posted a bit about a upcoming project/pitch we're working on together on his brand new blog... You can find the post here http://clumpoftrees.wordpress.com/2011/07/19/rough-cover-art/

And then there's this guy... Late nights at drawing have me feeling this some mornings...

--vic

Sir?...

2011-07-18T22:34:00.000-07:00

Panel crop...

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The girls...

2011-07-14T22:55:00.001-07:00

Some sketches...

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In Space No One Can Hear You... WOOF!

2011-07-12T22:58:00.000-07:00

A sketch to get my bearings for a short anthology story I wrote with the illustrious Richard Carbonneau for the anthology titled Nobodies. Announcement HERE

--vic

07-08 Sketch...

2011-07-10T22:59:00.001-07:00

Sketch - Pen + Brush + Photoshop...

edit-- Different colour scheme and cropped version...

--vic

Fort Ripley and Underwood

2011-07-09T17:14:00.000-07:00

Sketch with colours...

-vic

Sketch 07/07

2011-07-07T23:11:00.000-07:00

Getting to "bizness"
Brush + Pen...

--vic

Sketch 07/05

2011-07-05T22:29:00.000-07:00

Something for something...

--vic

Sketch 29...

2011-06-29T21:36:00.000-07:00

Markov Artolam the documentary creator who became one of the worlds most wanted arms dealers...

... Yes that's entirely made up.

Small sketch with colours... pen nib on crappy paper.

--vic

Sketch 28...

2011-06-28T22:58:00.000-07:00

Sketch 28... nib

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Sketch 27...

2011-06-27T17:31:00.000-07:00

Sketch 27 - Brush...

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Spot Colour...

2011-06-21T21:53:00.000-07:00

Sketches from something I'm working on...

--vic

1861

2011-06-20T22:16:00.000-07:00

Sketch from today.

--vic

Conned...

2011-06-19T21:16:00.000-07:00

Just got back from the Calgary Comic Expo. Crazy busy weekend... met a lot of a cool cats, made some solid contacts, got helpful and motivating feedback on my art, and sketched some sketches and commissions.

I've got some drawing to do.

--vic

Process 2.0

2011-06-16T17:48:00.000-07:00

Quick post for you people! Really busy on some pages at the moment.

Page 4 of TRICKLE (Murder Book - written by Ed Brisson)

The rough...

Pencils...

Inks...

You can find Ed Brisson and myself at Calgary Comic Expo this weekend (June 17-19)... Booth 1504 (at times!) I'll sketch for you and sign your boobs!

--vic

Redo...

2011-06-15T02:04:00.000-07:00

It's a million times easier if I figure this stuff out at the rough stage. Had a false start on this page and had to go back to roughing it out...

EDIT --- Just noticed I passed the one year mark in keeping you up to date thru this blog! Not bad posting wise. I'm going to try to be more consistent in year 2 of the blog!

--vic

Another rough panel...

2011-06-10T13:36:00.000-07:00

Working on roughs still. This will speed up the finished pages though!

--vic

Tiny Corner...

2011-06-09T19:59:00.000-07:00

A tiny sketch in the corner of my rough...

I'm working hard to finish up some samples for next weekend. Not sure I'll make my goal (5 pages penciled and inked), but all I can do is try!

--vic

Edit: A little bit from that rough page...FFF

Movie Scenes - No Country For Old Men

2011-06-07T13:10:00.000-07:00

A little bit of practice from last night...

--vic

Sketchbook Page 30,000 of 1 Million

2011-06-06T21:39:00.000-07:00

A random sketchbook page... that is all.

--vic

TRICKLE - You can finally read it!

2011-06-05T21:30:00.000-07:00

Trickle is a short story written by Ed Brisson and illustrated by me. It's part of Ed Brisson's wonderfuly psychotic brainchild Murder Book. Click the picture up above to be transported there!

--vic

Quick Scene Sketches...

2011-06-03T15:22:00.000-07:00

Quick 2 to 3 minute sketches of scenes from a movie. I find this helpful practice for framing a scene.

--vic

The Devil's Concubine - Finished Pinup

2011-06-01T15:57:00.000-07:00

Done. Devil's Concubine is currently on sale.

--vic

The Devil's Concubine - Inks

2011-06-01T15:08:00.000-07:00

Da inks... colours next.

--Vic

The Devil's Concubine - Quick pencils

2011-06-01T14:48:00.000-07:00

Working on a quick pinup for this awesomely awesome book. The Devil's Concubine by Palle Schmidt, who's wonderful work you can follow on his blog HERE

Live blogging my progress. On to inks!

--vic

Wolverine - Killing time sketch...

2011-05-30T23:46:00.000-07:00

Tiny head sketch...

2011-05-30T14:09:00.000-07:00

Head Sketch...

2011-05-26T01:21:00.000-07:00

Was reading Batman Year One this past weekend (yet again...) Mazzucchelli's Bruce Wayne was based on this cat above... Gregory Peck.

Vic

EDIT: Colours:

Because I'm Feeling Nice - Here's Some Process Stuff

2011-05-25T14:08:00.000-07:00

Alright, I don't know if you guys & girls are like me, but I absolutely love seeing process shots and the inner workings of completing art work. So since this is my blog.....I think my names at the top of the page... I'm gonna post that.

This was a page I did a while back for a fun little project. Click on thumbnails to see them at their proper sizes.

Wolverine VS Rorschach

My first rough

This first rough is sketched at the size that it would be if it were printed. This is the best way for me to quickly put down panels and get a solid idea of what the page will look like in the end. I added some tones here to give a better idea of where shadows would fall.

This page rough worked and I liked it, but the gap between the action from panel 3 to 4 was a bit jarring. So I wanted to come up with a different fourth panel of Wolverine attaching Rorschach.

Page 1 with different versions of panel 4.

I ended up going with the final option. I guess it was kind of the most predictable of the options, but storytelling wise it built the action up the best.

At this point, I scan the rough I like best and print it out at a larger size (something around 9" x 13" or 10" by 15" - I think I drew this one closer to 9" x 13" since it's quicker.) Once I have my larger print out. I tape it to the back of some good strathmore paper and throw it on my lightbox to pencil in the main parts from the rough.

Pencils - Not too detailed really...

These were my pencils. I already had inked that third panel here, since I knew I wasn't going to change it.

Zee inks...

Pretty simple really. Just decided where to drop some additional shadows and what types of lines I wanted for the figures and backgrounds. Brush and marker mostly.

Zee Colours...

The final part of this was colours. I'm big on letting a well chosen palette do the work for you and not rendering everything 100%. So this didn't take long at all. Added a few scanned textures to the rocky terrain as well.

So that's my process for most of my work. I'm toying around with drawing my initial roughs at a smaller size and I usually finish my pencils more than I did on this page.... Now get the hell out of here...

Vic

2011-05-24T23:56:00.000-07:00

Another teaser image for my short story with Ed Brisson. Flexing some design skills.

Mark making...

2011-05-24T15:06:00.000-07:00

A still life drawing from a few weekends ago in the mountain (with quick photoshop colours after the fact)

Some bonus sketches - A quick Danny Rand (Iron Fist)

TRICKLE - Murder Book

2011-05-12T00:47:00.000-07:00

Just sent pages to Writer/Letterer/Editor/Publisher/etc/etc Ed Brisson!

A teaser image...

Pencils...

2011-05-04T21:36:00.000-07:00

... from a while ago.

Talk to me...

2011-05-02T22:21:00.001-07:00

Spring...

2011-05-01T21:19:00.000-07:00

Eek, it's been slow around my art desk the last little bit. Time to correct that!

Panel process...

2011-04-04T22:50:00.000-07:00

Rorshach...

2011-04-02T15:53:00.001-07:00

A rough...

2011-03-28T22:18:00.000-07:00

Been busy and tired the last two weeks. Finally had time and energy today.

Old Panel - Daredevil

2011-03-14T21:54:00.000-07:00

Foggy and Babushka lady.

Sketchbook

2011-03-08T22:02:00.000-08:00

A tiny head sketch coloured in photoshop

Trickle...

2011-03-06T00:33:00.000-08:00

Panel from story with Ed Brisson...

Sharpie rough...

2011-02-17T21:24:00.000-08:00

Something from a while ago...

Some panels - Murder Book stuff

2011-02-16T15:28:00.000-08:00

Boom!

Dead Serious...

2011-02-03T23:25:00.000-08:00

Panel from Trickle with Ed Brisson (Murder Book)

Rough...

2011-02-01T23:10:00.000-08:00

More from the sketchbook...

2011-01-31T23:31:00.001-08:00

Wolverine...

2011-01-30T23:08:00.001-08:00

Part of a sketch from the sketchbook.

From the sketchbook...

2011-01-29T20:34:00.000-08:00

Photoshop colours over a ink drawing (from ref)

Phone call for you...

2011-01-28T15:49:00.000-08:00

Another scribble...

2011-01-27T19:58:00.000-08:00

Some lines...

2011-01-26T22:07:00.000-08:00

Usually my best work is on throw away random scribbles like the one posted above. Unplanned lines. Crooked, wobbly, quick. Straight to the point.

Hard to bring that to the real work though...

Scribbles...

2011-01-25T23:19:00.001-08:00

Look at Sandra's "butt"...

2011-01-24T21:28:00.000-08:00

Back to work on pages for my short with Ed Brisson: Trickle. 5 more pages to go... Kicking it into high gear!

Reading...

2011-01-23T23:24:00.000-08:00

Been reading some BPRD recently. Quick Abe sketch.

Turn Around!

2011-01-22T17:21:00.000-08:00

Wm. Underwood in some trouble. Just a sketch.

Fort...

2011-01-21T21:51:00.000-08:00

Below the surface...

2011-01-20T23:18:00.000-08:00

Fort Ripley sighting...

2011-01-19T23:44:00.000-08:00

Another reminder to check out the time traveler blog, FORT RIPLEY AND THE GANGSTERS OF KALAMAZOO

Crop

2011-01-18T23:58:00.000-08:00

Just in the nick of time. Daily Update!

The cast of Fort Ripley

2011-01-17T21:02:00.000-08:00

I don't want to make a habit of this, but I wanted to put a reminder here for you folks to check out my other BLOG

That's the blog that follows the progress on a new project I'm working on. Lot's of behind the scenes insight on story/character design/panels/etc...

I'm trying to keep that blog and this one separate content wise... Well, most of the time. The picture above is most of the cast of the new project.