CTHULHU CREATURES.

A while back I was asked to provide a few illustrations for a Cthulhu role-playing game that a friend of mine was writing. The descriptions for the creatures which appear in the story were very precise and extremely detailed. As usual I created a lot of rough sketches of the creatures before putting pencil to paper.  Unlike the finished artwork none of these roughs have survived. A good few hours went into producing both of these pictures, I hope you enjoy them.

Above: Tentacle Horror.  297x420mm Ink on artboard.

Above: Lundy Lurker.  297x420mm Ink on artboard.

TIME TEMPLARS VS THE DAEMONIC DINOS.

Script: Oscar Maltby. Artwork & Lettering: David Broughton.

Above: The Time Templars arrive to do battle.

Owen Watts contacted me on the 12th April 2012 about his new publication 'The Psychedelic Journal of Time Travel'.  He mentioned that he had a script brimming with enough Dinosaurs, creatures and future-Tech from imaginative comic script writer Oscar Maltby to keep me going. Incidentally Oscar has a website http://www.oscarmaltby.com/2013/03/the-psychedelic-journal-2013.html which may feature more about this story.

The dead line was January 1st 2013 so I had  quite a bit of time to complete four full colour pages.  However with some other big projects on the go I decided to get cracking.  After a short amount of time producing rough suit designs for the Templars, designs for the Dino's and page layouts (which can be seen below) I put pencil to paper and started the final page art. By early May I had completed all four colour pages along with pages for a few other projects with tight deadlines.

All in all I really enjoyed drawing this story. The finished publication produced by Editor Owen Watts, Geoffery Crescent (Assistant Editor) with a whole bunch of talented small press creatives looks AMAZING!  I've provided a link at the bottom of this post for those that wish to buy a copy of 'The Psychedelic Journal of Time Travel'.

Above: Rough designs for the Time Templar costumes and emblem designs for each Templar.

Above: Rough designs for the Daemon Dino and its space craft.

Above: Rough page layouts for pages 1 and 2.

Above: Rough page layouts for pages 3 and 4.

Above: Re-designed page layouts for page 4.

Should you wish to read Time Templars vs Daemonic Dinos you can buy a copy of 'The Psychedelic Journal of Time Travel' via this link.

http://www.comicsy.co.uk/crazyfoxmachine/store/products/the-psychedelic-journal-of-time-travel-1/

THE HARD VACUUM COMIC.

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO SANCHO PANZER?

Script: The Emperor.  Art: David Broughton.  Letters: Bolt 01.

Above: Sancho and the team see the light.

On the 30th May 2012 Dave Evans (Bolt 01) sent me a script for Zarjaz by The Emperor which had giant monster worms, massive space tanks and loads of action....whats not to like!!!  Unfortunately I had never read the original Sancho Panzer by the wonderful Dan Abnett and Henry Flint. So after contacting 'Bolt' to take on the job I was straight on the internet to buy some back issues of 2000ad for reference.

 
Copyright Rebellion.

Above: Sancho Panzer first appeared in prog 1112 (above left) and finished on prog 1123.  The only cover featuring Sancho Panzer (above right) prog 1120, was drawn by Henry Flint.

Before starting the rough page layouts (see below) I read the script again. The script was nicely laid out and the story moved along at a 'fair lick'.  To fit the action and 'out of this world' visuals that this strip required was going to be a challenge.  Therefore I took a little extra time to produce the rough page layouts.

 

Above: Page layouts for pages 1 and 2.

 

Above: Page layouts for pages 3 and 4.

 

Above: Page layouts for pages 5 and 6.

After completing the layouts I started work on the finished artwork in my spare time. On 28th June 2012 I sent Dave Evans the print ready artwork.

Should you like to read 'Whatever happened to Sancho Panzer' which appeared in the 2000ad Fanzine 'Zarjaz 16' then click on the link below which will take you to the future quake online shop.

http://www.futurequake.co.uk/shop.php

MOON STRIKE: STRONTIUM DOG PICTURE.

Above: Johnny Alpha sneaks up on an armed alien guard. Pen and ink with digital colouring.

Thanks to Everything comes back to 2000ad for posting this picture on their website.
http://2000ad.wordpress.com/2012/11/20/strontium-dog-courtesy-of-david-broughton-2/

DARK MATTER DEMONS.

A few years ago I had an idea for a horror story which was to be based on dark and evil beings known as Dark Matter demons.

Above: This image was to be the cover for the story and depicts the four levels of consciousness needed to be able to visit the realm of the Dark Matter Demons. The picture is also based partly on diagrams depicting 'Jungs' collective subconscious.  Painted in Acrylics on artboard. 297 by 420mm.

Above: I decided to produce detailed drawings of the Demons for this 'Dark Matter realm'
starting with the Demon 'Entropy'. The conceptual pencils for this artwork have been posted below.

Above: The Dark Matter Demoness 'Temptation'.  Drawn in inks on artboard. 297 by 420mm.

Above: The Dark Matter Demon 'Fury'.   Painted in Acrylics on artboard. 297 by 420mm.
Please Note: The back ground for this image was created by using an airbrush which can be seen in photos posted below.

Above: The original pencil design for the demon 'Entropy'.
Below: The DeVilbiss super63 air brush and home made compressor built by my father.

Although plenty of rough sketches and ideas were put to paper, work on this story was never started.
However I enjoyed the many hours of intense concentration which went into the images above.

MARTILLO: AGONY IN THE GARDEN.

Work on the fourth Martillo story by myself and writer Greg Meldrum, which sheds more light on his time in the Civil Guardia is now complete.

More info on Martillo:
http://dbroughton.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/martillo-in-maneras-de-vivir.html
http://dbroughton.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/more-martillo.html
http://dbroughton.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/martillo-update.html