I like butter on my awesome.

I have a new blog posted at ParanormalPopCulture.com where I discuss how music can inspire my creative process. Please check out the rest of Aaron Sager’s site when you’re over there. It is awesome.

Music & the Tara Normal

This guy is Chris Valentine and he totally knows where all of the elves are. He knows specific details about their race and habitat. Plus, he also has aided in the rescue of elves from forest fires. But for some reason, I don’t want to follow him in the woods ever. Probably because the very notion of elves creeps me out. And faeries. And gnomes. My talented friend Paulina has told me Chris is awesome and I believe her. Elves, however, are creepy. One of the numerous reasons I stay out of the woods. Another reason: ticks. Disgusting things, yo.

New Dexter Art available as a print!
Buy this print now!

I’m really happy with how this art turned out. Order a limited edition print of this illustration today! I also have the original ink drawing and sketch on sale for only $19.95. Write me at hcnoel@gmail.com for more info.

Happy Wednesday! I’ll have a new Tara Normal webcomic episode up next week because my sample pages for my graphic novel submission are now completed!
The submission process isn’t over of course. There is a lot of waiting and praying and hoping left to do, but this means I can show some more finished art with you here at the ol’ blog!
Here’s is the panel I preview before and this will let you see how the final looks compared to the inked version.
I saw Scott Pilgrim VS the World last Friday at the movies, so the pixels effect in the background was inspired by the awesome time I had. New comic next week and more art this week. Keep checking the blog, I’ll have something special up tomorrow!

I am going crazy coloring the first couple pages of the Tara Normal graphic novel and I hope to share some of what I was working on last night tomorrow. Right now, let me share a panel from page 3 of the graphic novel. I’m really happy with how Tara’s expression turned out here.