Long Time No C

 

Hey, look at this pile of largely unrelated doodle guys that I drew (a while back, tbh).

It's been a minute!  Last thing I remember it was May and now all of a sudden, it's August.  I guess that's what happens when you're bald.

I've got a special treat for you!  Since my last post, a few more Invincible NEW EDITION tpb covers have been revealed so check out these process shits from those!  For Vol 16, I really wanted to do the pose from Invincible #1, but zoomed in to this extent it didn't make for a very good composition.  The whole thing was wicked off balance, so I had to throw that fist up in the foreground, which yeah, ruins the call-back, but I don't care. You ruin things sometimes too, so chill out ok.

You may have noticed that as I built up momentum on these things, they were taking less and less "development," so there's less to share, but I'm gonna do it anyway. You have less to share and do it anyway sometimes too, so chill out ok.

Yeah, I'm not good at Dinosaurus (or BattleBeast) but you're not good at stuff you have to do sometimes too, so chill out ok. Thanks

C out!

Congratulations, It's a Girl!

Hey look at this TechJacket I drew. No, not the garment you'd find in an Old Navy circa 1998, the comic book hero created by Robert Kirkman and E.J. Su!

The above image is from quite a while ago when we were getting ready to introduce the character in the wildly popular and critically-acclaimed Amazon Prime animated entertainment program "INVINCIBLE."  Robert knew he wanted a girl, (unlike my grandmother who insisted my father give her a grandson then couldn't even be bothered to not die before I was born) and this was me playing with what that could look like, based primarily on the few times I had the pleasure of drawing the character within the pages of the INVINCIBLE comic book.  The look didn't change too much from this illustration to the final, mostly just changes to the chest piece, though I do wish I had made the headlight even bigger.

Ok! If you haven't seen it already, head on over to the internet and watch season 4, episode 5 of INVINCIBLE and let me know in the comments what you think of this special little lady. 

Bye!

oh noooo

 

It's It's-That-Time-Again Time Again

Hey, look at this Grand Regent I drew and if you wanna see more of him check out season 4 of Amazon Prime's hit cartoon program "Invincible" now!

NOW

 

Big Plate of It

Hey look at this Conquest prelim I did AGES AGO for the cover of the Invincible NEW EDITION tpb vol. 11.  I bet you thought I forgot about you, and you're right.  I did forget about you.  But, BUT, I also *remembered* about you and even though it's almost been a year since my last NEW EDITION tpb update, that just means you get a big ol' plateful of juicy content™ now instead of having been drip-fed over the past 11 months, so honestly I don't wanna hear any complaints.  But enough with the preamble, let's get to the "good" stuff!

Robert correctly observed that Mark looked like he was dancing or like, posing in a window.

So for the final, his head was repositioned and it still looks like that anyway,

but what are you gonna do?  Can't win them all.

I struggled with the cover for vol. 14 a bit, tbh.

I think we were worried the expression on Eve's face was like, bratty or shitty or

something. I don't remember, but it's ok we landed somewhere objectively "fine."

In the following images you can see the

struggle I had trying to come up with a compelling pose

for Debbie.  I really liked a few of the options that featured Nolan,

but ultimately we felt it would be weird if Debbie was the only character

in the run that had to be supported by a second, more popular character on

her cover, and I'm pretty ok with what we did.

Ok, get outta here you crazy kids.

 

Elemental

Hey look at this character Robert (Kirkman) and I (Walker) created for the upcoming Invincible VS fighting game.

Her name is Ella Mental and she has hella-mental element powers.  Like, she burns your face and also wets your face and will blow your face and rock your face so brace your face and even the rest of you because it's gonna be a good time.

Below you can see my original design for her.  The one key difference is the lack of color in the legs, which the design team felt could cause the legs to be lost against the background in certain instances, so they presented us with some options and we chose the one you know and love today, obviously.

Check out the Official Ella Mental trailer here: https://youtu.be/zLRFMhZY5_Y

Ok I've subjected you to enough "cory" now.  TTFN

 

This is the Title

Hey look at this announcement of which I am partially the subject.  

Your eyes are honest!  I did some covers for the rerelease of CAPES!  You remember Capes, right of course you do.

Anyway enjoy the following and also there's more where this came from just keeps those truthful eyes peeled.

 

Bad 'ol Beast

Hey look at this Battle Beast cover I drew for the upcoming issue #6 of Battle Beast.

This was fun to do.  I had originally gone with something a little more typical of the character, then I started thinking about the old 90s comics where a character that would never need or use guns is needing and using guns and here we are.

The BIGGEST treat here though, is that Lorenzo De Felici graced these adequate lines with his EXCEPTIONAL colors.  I cannot begin to tell you how much it meant to me that he agreed to do this.  Lorenzo is the best.  But don't take my word for it, press your peepers against the following image and see for yourself.

TTFN

 

Seesaw

 

Hey look at this Cecil I drew (with brilliant colors by Dave McCaig).

The Invincible NEW EDITION trade paperbacks are releasing every other month now and vol. 9 will be out on May 20th, 2025!  How cool is that don't answer

Anyway, with that being the case, I figured I'd share a bit of the process here on the ol' blog.

Initially, my inclination was to do a version of Cecil that leaned a bit more toward Ryan's original in the comics, but it just didn't feel quite right.

...and so, I worked on it a bit, and came up with something more in the vein of Cecil's look in the massively popular animated cartoons show, while feeling a bit like the comic as well.

At that stage, I also settled into the clasped hands pose and worked out the lighting for the final.  Without any other problems to solve, I did a tight little pencil pass and the rest is history!  Is that cool?? Still don't answer ok.

Peep u next time, killer.  It'll either be process stuff for vol. 10 or it won't be.  I'm excited to find out!

Title...something

Hey look at this Anissa(s) I drew for the cover of the Invincible NEW EDITION tpb vol. 8.

I probably should have made this post sooner, but the book is out now and the post comes better late than never am I right. 

Anyway, enjoy it.  Also look at the first notions I had for the cover, which felt kinda dull, and honestly didn't work for me, given the assets on display and the divisiveness of the character etc etc I dunno.

ok

see you next time.

 

Finally

 

Hey look at this sweet old man I drew.

Guess what, worms?? It's THAT time again! Time for an Invincible finale. Enjoy!

You Ate WHAT?!

Hey look at this 8Man I drew.

Back in olden times, when I was a wee lad of like 16 or whatever and living in a small New Mexico town, one of my only avenues to experience anime was Saturday nights on the SciFi channel.  That's exactly where I first saw 8Man After and though I don't think of it often, I loved the shit out of it back then.  Probably doesn't hold up to the greats, but it's cool enough and homeboy looks cool as heck.

ANYway.  That's all I guess.  Enjoy the below supplemental drawing of our guy in a classic John Romita Jr. running pose.  See you next time and I hope you're enjoying season 3 of Invincible.

 

The Walking...DOG?!???!11

 

Hey, look at this Doctor Morgan I drew (from ScienceDog).

So, last week on Nov. 6th, The Walking Dead Deluxe came was released in comic shops and while some of you may have known that, I think what you didn't know is that that's where we stuck the next chapter of ScienceDog.

That's right!  Chapter 3, printed IN FULL (6 pages were previously released in Image! #12) but TWD Deluxe #100 contains all 12, which INCLUDES a page I redrew.  Let me know in the comments if you spot which page it was!

Ok so now you know that's out there. See you soon and in the meantime, please enjoy these prelim drawings/designs.

Besties

 

Hey look at this pile of people I drew.

I've been wanting to share stuff a little more regularly, but there's not a whole lot I do that's shareable these days so this time we've got something a little different for you.

A while back I was watching NoPixel GTA RP streams pretty regularly and wanted to do a drawing of my favorite gang. So, I worked up this prelim that I was then gonna finish up nice but work got in the way and before I could get back to it, the gang had kinda fallen apart and then I stopped watching with any regularity so this is as far as it will go.  Pretty sad, but that's the way it goes sometimes, big dog.

I hope 4Head is doing well out there.  Y'all there was this time he stole a police officer's bicycle and that was the funniest shit I wish you had been there.

Ok well anyway.  See you next time for maybe more odd bullshit.

Rex Sells

 

Hey look at these process bits for the cover of the Invincible NEW EDITION tpb vol. 7 that I drew.

Not a whole lot to say here so I won't say a lot here.  The one odd sketch felt a little too much like the vol. 5 cover (coincidentally, out today if you're reading this today) which is why I went another way with it, and I think that worked out for the best.

See you back here eventually. Bye.

More More More

Hey look at this Image Comics booth from SDCC 2024 featuring a buttload of covers I drew for the NEW EDITION Invincible trade paperbacks.

Soon I'll post more materials featuring these things, but for now I'm just gonna share this, in the event that you aint seen it!

Bye

 

Decepticons, ROLL OUT!

Hey look at this Optimus Prime I drew (and...colored??).

Hey guess what yes this is a snippet of yet another upcoming cover from me, cory.  Keep your eyes peeled for Transformers #12 variant cover E when Transformers #12 variant cover E is released.

And again, instead of sharing the final guy, here's a look at my rough for the cover.

C U Next Time! And look I'll be honest it probably won't be a random cover I think I've done all of those that I'm gonna do.

Bye.

 

'K, Men

Hey look at this Kamen (and chonky baby Hollow) I drew to remind you all that Scavenger's Reign is now on Netflix in the US, UK, Ireland, and New Zealand and you should watch it if you can because it is great.

"But cory," you're saying "I already watched it on that other platform."  Yeah.  So did I.  Doesn't mean you shouldn't look at it again.  That's what I'm doing right now because I am very selfish and would like it to do well so I can watch a second season and maybe even more than that who knows.

Watch it then come back and let me know in the comments how much you loved it.

L8r

 

Avoid Reveals (??)

Hey, look at this sketch I did for my cover of Void Rivals #10.

Yeah bay-bee another cover from me, cory.  The final cover was shared by Skybound on their social media so I figured to myself, I figured "Well since it's out there, I can share it here, but even better what if I don't do that and instead share my initial sketch?"  So! That's what this is and you can see what the work looks like before I wring every last bit of life out of it.

See the final, alongside superior covers (and a preview for the issue with BEAUTIFUL work from Lorenzo DeFelici and the team) HERE

Ok well!  Keep your eyes peeled for more content™ and who knows maybe even more cover sketches crazier things have happened.

ttyl

 

This Keeps Happening

Hey look at this Angstrom Levy brain guy I drew.  

If you guessed that this is the cover for the Invincible NEW EDITION tpb vol. 6, then you guessed right, but did you also guess that it is scheduled to be released on Nov. 19, 2024?  Didn't think so.

This one was a little frustrating because I worked those brain junks out just for most of it to be obscured by the logo.  And it's the only one of these covers where the figure sits behind the logo instead of in front of it and you'd think that if I had any of these brain junks of my own, that I would have thought about that.  

Anyway, below is the final, colored cover by the fantastic Dave McCaig.  He's great.  I'll never work with another colorist.

Ok see you here again at a later date!

 

Delicious

Hey look at this Invincible(!?) I drew.

This week, the second season of the extremely popular, critically-acclaimed animated cartoon show "Invincible" (based on the comic by the same name) comes to a close as the finale will be released on Amazon's Prime streaming service and guess what you might see this fella if you look at the show instead of pawing at your phone the whole time or getting up to fist another iced cream sandwich.  

He's very cool and definitely nice and not a mean kind of guy for sure.  Just look at that smile.  Anyway, do as he says and I'll see you back here next time.

bye

Book It

 

Hey look at this #1 Mom I drew.  This must have been done VERY early on in the production of the first season of the critically acclaimed smash-hit animated television cartoon show "Invincible" (Available on Amazon's Prime streaming service). I was still trying to work out the approach and wrap my head around designing for animation so these aren't quite on model, but I thought they'd be fun to share.

Why share though?  Why now? 

Hey, those are questions for which I have an answer.  After a minor delay, "The Art of Invincible Season 1" (a book published by Image Comics) is finally out for you to paw through with your grubby little fingers.  You can find it at finer comic shops and even websites that sell such things if that's how you gotta do it.

There's a lot of neat stuff in there and it's a shame we couldn't fit EVERYTHING, but I hope you like what you get, my sweet piggies.

p.s. it's a little embarrassing, the book reads like it's the Cory Walker show, but I had a lot of help from some experienced and extremely skilled and talented folks.  Primarily Dou Hong and Nate Bellegarde on character stuff, but so many contributed to the visual DNA of the show, so please don't skip the credits in the back of the book. Thanks.

Ok.