new convention banner to celebrate 25 years in the business of comics

RENEGADE ARTS ENTERTAINMENT TO PUBLISH TALES OF THE BUDDHA

Canadian based company Renegade Arts Entertainment ltd are the new Publishers of
Tales of the Buddha before he got Enlightened
they will produce this year a digital version and a printed version of the collection of humour comic strips by Alan Grant and Jon Haward coloured and lettered by Jamie Grant.
the Renegade team

CARDIFF INTERNATIONAL COMIC AND ANIMATION EXPO

HOLLAND HOUSE MERCURE CARDIFF 25-26TH FEB 2012

SAT 10am - 6pm

SUN 10.30am - 5pm

great news guys a new publishing agreement has been signed for Tales of the Buddha !

Jon Haward will be attending the Cardiff International Comic and Animation Expo on both days to sign and sketch plus sale art and prints to start celebrating his 25yrs in the business of comic art .

Noon Sunday at the expo

NEVER MIND THE QUALITY

The British Indie comics scene is currently busier than it has

ever been, and it seems that every month new small

publishers and titles are announcing their arrival. But is this

really a good thing? Now that anyone with internet access

can publish their work worldwide does that mean there are

now more creators with less raw talent producing British

comics than ever before? Join Peter Rogers and creators

Michael Carroll, Chris Lynch, Steve Tanner, and Jon Haward

in this spirited debate!

HOW TO DRAW BUDDHA THE HAWARD WAY ...

STAGE 1
BASIC SHAPES OF HEAD BODY ARMS AND LEGS, NOTICE THAT THE HEAD CHEST BELLY KNEES AND HANDS ARE ALL CIRCLES AT THIS STAGE.

STAGE 2
START TO ADD EARS AND LINE UP THE FACE AS SHOWN ALSO ADD HIS CHEST.

STAGE 3
AS YOU CAN SEE I'VE ADDED BUDDHA'S FEATURES NOW AND ADDED HIS HAND SHAPES.

STAGE 4
NOW I'VE ADDED FEET AND HAND DETAILS.I ALSO SPOT BUDDHA'S BELLY NEEDS TO LOOK BIGGER.

STAGE 5
I INK THE FIGURE USING UNI- BALL VISION ELITE PENS MADE IN JAPAN.
AS YOU SEE AS I INK I MIGHT CORRECT THE FIGURE MORE BY MAKING HIM MORE FAT AROUND THE WAISTE AND MAKE HIS TOES LONGER.

STAGE 6
I REMOVE PENCIL LINES AND ADDED FEET DETAILS AND SHADING ON THE
FIGURE , SO THERE YOU HAVE THE WHOLE PROCESS OF DRAWING BUDDHA !

banner art for new strips drawn recently

so nearly finished the last 3 strips for the Buddha collection, so i thought i would share with you some banner art before it gets lettered by Jamie Grant, so here's Elvis, Jimmy Osmond and some Spainish barbarians for you to see.

Also thanks for showing such great interest in this blog we've now had over 10,500 views !

ARTWORK COPYRIGHT ALAN GRANT /JON HAWARD 2012

seasons greetings have a cool yule

NEW BUDDHA STRIPS BEING DRAWN IN OCTOBER

Its been decided that i need to draw 3 more Buddha strips for the collected
Tales of the Buddha before he got enlightened book , the book will be available as a digital download first ,if sales are good a printed version will come out.
news of the new publisher will be announced soon.
best Jon