Sometimes I draw things.

01/27

2012-01-27T09:02:00.002-06:00

I like this pose better. Photo reference used. Drawing #27 for 2012.
Batwoman.

01/26

2012-01-26T22:59:00.001-06:00

Batwoman doodle - drawing 26 for 2012.

01/25

2012-01-26T00:18:00.000-06:00

Daily drawing. Mermaid sketch (back).

01/24

2012-01-25T09:44:00.002-06:00

01/23

2012-01-23T23:22:00.003-06:00

I'm trying to come up with a fish character for my Mermaid/Shark comic too.
Drawing #23 for 2012.

01/22

2012-01-23T00:00:00.001-06:00

Quick sketch from a photo. I miss life drawing classes....
Drawing #22 of 2012.

01/21

2012-01-21T23:30:00.000-06:00

Kitteh! Drawing #21 of 2012.

01/20

2012-01-21T21:09:00.001-06:00

I slept through posting this for yesterday. Go me.

01/19

2012-01-19T15:09:00.002-06:00

Drawing/marker work. Tauntaun baseball commission. #19 for 2012.

01/18

2012-01-18T14:04:00.002-06:00

Silly Vader faces. Drawing #18 for 2012.

01/17

2012-01-18T07:56:00.003-06:00

Forgot to upload these sketches last night. Bad Jessie! Cell phone pic.

01/16

2012-01-17T00:53:00.000-06:00

Jackalopes!

01/15

2012-01-15T23:56:00.002-06:00

01/14

2012-01-14T22:54:00.000-06:00

Drawing #14 for 2012.

01/13 - Happy Friday the 13th

2012-01-13T12:49:00.002-06:00

Another bit of rough panelwork/thumbnails for my mermaid/shark comic (and another bad cell phone pic - sorry about that. I'll get to my scanner tomorrow!).

01/12

2012-01-12T09:49:00.003-06:00

#12 for 2012. Angry Mermaid is angry (bad cell phone pic).

01/11

2012-01-11T23:59:00.002-06:00

Drawing 11 of 2012. Usagi Yojimbo copyright Stan Sakai.

01/10

2012-01-10T23:52:00.001-06:00

Bad cell phone pic of rough panel work from my mermaid/shark comic. Drawing #10 for 2012.

01/09

2012-01-09T11:02:00.002-06:00

Drawing #9 for 2012. Rough panel sketches for my mermaid/shark comic that I HOPE to have out by Shark Week this year. :)

01/08

2012-01-08T20:47:00.000-06:00

More Watership Down. Hazel. Drawing #8 for 2012.

01/07

2012-01-07T15:25:00.001-06:00

Drawing #7 - Watership Down (one of my favorite books).

01/06

2012-01-06T12:43:00.001-06:00

Drawing #6 for 2012 (Mr. Space Quint!)

01/05

2012-01-05T23:32:00.000-06:00

01/04

2012-01-04T21:48:00.000-06:00

Drawing 4 for 2012.

01/03

2012-01-03T21:01:00.001-06:00

Drawing 3 of 2012.

01/02

2012-01-02T18:28:00.002-06:00

Decided to do a drawing a day for the year of 2012.
Yesterday's kitty sketch was #1...here's #2.

2012-01-01T22:12:00.000-06:00

Womanthology interview in Previews

2011-12-30T10:39:00.000-06:00

http://www.previewsworld.com/Home/1/1/71/977?articleID=116328

-J

Donner Party

2011-12-28T00:07:00.002-06:00

I was watching a documentary on the Donner Party last night, and did some doodles too.

Season's Greetings!

2011-12-21T09:39:00.000-06:00

Star Wars Galaxy 7

2011-12-19T09:34:00.004-06:00

Some of the 'red' cards I am doing for the Topps Star Wars Galaxy 7 set.

Quintie doodles

2011-12-15T10:22:00.001-06:00

Young Wonder

2011-12-11T23:51:00.001-06:00

I've always liked the idea of a 'coming of age' Wonder Woman; dealing with growing up and growing into the person she will eventually become.

Womanthology Sketchbook shipping

2011-12-04T14:55:00.006-06:00

Fellow Womanthology contributor Darla Ecklund and I are cranking out numbering and packaging the sketchbooks. We'll be shipping them out in groups all this coming week!

We thought you might like to see some pics of the piles of books and boxes! :)
-Jess

Darla's poor kitchen:

Peek!

Final Cover: Womanthology

2011-11-29T20:51:00.001-06:00

Includes final artwork from the book!

Hello there, Womanthology!

2011-11-21T08:51:00.001-06:00

http://geek-news.mtv.com/2011/11/18/the-best-moments-in-geek-for-2011/

Womanthology

2011-11-15T23:18:00.002-06:00

Click the link below for a preview of the book:
http://womanthology.blogspot.com/2011/11/womanthology-book-preview.html

Click the link below for the Amazon Womanthology sketchbook page:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1466424761/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_Yh0Wob12S6DZQ

Power Kitten

2011-11-10T19:54:00.002-06:00

New Power Kitten today!
Feel free to share with family and friends. :)

http://power-kitten.blogspot.com

Womanthology panel

2011-11-08T14:28:00.000-06:00

You get to see a bit of my Womanthology artwork in Part 1 near the end.
-J

Part 1: Spotlight on Womanthology panel
Part 2: Spotlight on Womanthology panel

Rapunzel

2011-11-07T09:18:00.001-06:00

Quick Rapunzel sketch for my friend Sonia Lai!

Another 'scarred' sneak peek

2011-11-01T14:47:00.001-05:00

A snippet of a rough page from my Janet comic, hopefully coming out soon (independently published, of course). :)

Happy Halloween, everyone.

2011-10-28T08:19:00.000-05:00

Womanthology: Heroic

2011-10-24T13:09:00.001-05:00

Ordering code NOV110296 WOMANTHOLOGY HEROIC HC $50.00
Let your local comic shop know!!! Pass it on!

http://previewsworld.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=23&s=794&ai=114124&ssd=

Ajo Copper News

2011-10-20T15:04:00.001-05:00

They posted this spiffy little ad for my book Little Jackie Lantern! :)

If anyone buys the book - or sees it at a store - please snap a pic and send it to me? Thanks!

October drawing

2011-10-17T22:06:00.002-05:00

I've been slackin in my October drawings duty!

ZOMBIESSSSS.

LJL Update!!

2011-10-17T12:42:00.001-05:00

Per Amazon's website this morning:
"Get it by Tuesday, Oct 18 if you order in the next 5 hours and choose one-day shipping."

"Only 11 left in stock--order soon."

http://www.amazon.com/Little-Jackie-Lantern-Tom-Waltz/dp/1613770049/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1318873407&sr=8-1

My table from Fall Con

2011-10-17T08:56:00.000-05:00

2011-10-13T22:35:00.001-05:00

New Power Kitten is up!
Updates every Thursday.

POWER KITTEN!

Little Jackie Lantern!

2011-10-11T22:18:00.004-05:00

Children's book "Little Jackie Lantern" from IDW Publishing should be available tomorrow! I did the illustrations/lined artwork for it.
Written by Tom Waltz and colored by Mickey Clausen and Peter Zaragoza. Cover colors by Joan Guardiet. If you'd like a copy PLEASE ask your comic shop (or book store - but book store shipping time might be different) to order you one! Or your local library too! My first published children's book! :) Exclamation points!

Amazon Link.

Barnes and Noble Link.

More Halloween drawings

2011-10-09T23:47:00.000-05:00

Oct. 8, 9 and 10th (yes, I'm early).

Oct 5, 6, 7th Baby Boos

2011-10-08T20:26:00.001-05:00

Baby Frankenstein, Baby Elvira and Baby Ghost.

Oct 4 - BABY BOOS - Baby Nosferatu

2011-10-04T18:25:00.002-05:00

Oct 3 - BABY BOOS

2011-10-03T17:52:00.002-05:00

Baby Werewolf!

October 2

2011-10-02T21:02:00.002-05:00

October 1

2011-10-02T19:15:00.001-05:00

Forgot to scan this in yesterday.
I'm doing a 'Scary Drawing a Day' for the month of October.

One

-Jess

Mew

2011-09-30T00:05:00.000-05:00

New Power Kitten is up! :)
http://power-kitten.blogspot.com/

Fall Con - one day only!

2011-09-27T12:36:00.000-05:00

Power Kitten and Womanthology

2011-09-19T11:46:00.003-05:00

I completely forgot to mention that Power Kitten uploaded last Thursday.
Please visit his little corner of the 'net!
http://power-kitten.blogspot.com

And I've been given the okay to publicly show a small snippet of my comic for Womanthology.
Enjoy!

Power Kitten

2011-09-09T07:34:00.002-05:00

While I'm re-working my Space Quint webcomic, I had an idea for another little story and couldn't help myself.

Check it out!
http://power-kitten.blogspot.com/

-J

Edgar Allan Poe

2011-09-03T22:58:00.001-05:00

Getting excited for Fall/Halloween!

Warm up doodle for the day.

Barbarian girl. Base card art.

2011-08-04T23:53:00.002-05:00

O_O

2011-07-17T02:54:00.001-05:00

6 days left and almost $75,000!!!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/renaedeliz/womanthology-massive-all-female-comic-anthology

Girl with a cape

2011-07-15T12:13:00.002-05:00

Inspired by Womanthology.

MIX

2011-07-15T10:50:00.001-05:00

Nice plug for myself and Womanthology at the Minneapolis Indie Expo FB page!
http://facebook.com/mplsindiexpo

Articles on Womanthology

2011-07-14T22:17:00.001-05:00

Comic Book Resources
The Washington Post
Wired
Forbes

Womanthology Kickstarter is LIVE

2011-07-07T20:11:00.002-05:00

The Kickstarter for Womanthology is now LIVE!
Please click the link below for more information.
I'm contributing to this anthology as an artist and Editor.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/renaedeliz/womanthology-massive-all-female-comic-anthology

Harvey Awards

2011-07-06T23:19:00.002-05:00

I contributed to the Uniques Tales anthology by Adam Withers and Comfort Love.
It has been nominated for a Harvey Award for Best Anthology!

Feel free to vote at http://harveyawards.org !
Voting ends August 6th!
Exclamation points!

-Jess

Previews ad

2011-06-20T21:34:00.002-05:00

Thanks for the scan, Sonia Lai!

Space Quint Update

2011-06-13T11:02:00.002-05:00

The fuzzy, space smuggler's adventure has been updated!
http://spacequint.com

Also featuring great fanart by Charles Holbert!

2011-06-03T00:59:00.002-05:00

LJL info!

2011-05-31T09:54:00.003-05:00

Little Jackie Lantern in Previews!

2011-05-24T18:56:00.001-05:00

http://previews.diamondcomics.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=23&s=794&ai=109079&ssd

JUN110465 ++ LITTLE JACKIE LANTERN HC BOARD BOOK ++ $7.99

Space Quint - Updated!

2011-05-11T07:34:00.002-05:00

http://spacequint.com

And happy birthday to the REAL Space Quint, my cat Quint! 12 years young today!

screwin' around

2011-05-03T17:50:00.000-05:00

Dr. Tiny Cat

'scarred' peek

2011-04-27T13:08:00.004-05:00

Just a peek of my 'scarred' comic. Rough pencils so far.
See? I'm working on it! *wink*

Apocalypse Velma

2011-04-19T07:28:00.001-05:00

C2E2 Commission.

Velma copyright Hanna Barbera/Warner.

scarred

2011-04-18T10:34:00.003-05:00

Currently working on my own Janet comic, 'scarred'. I plan to self publish this one and HOPE to have it available by Halloween. *fingers crossed* B/W interior with color cover. Janet doodle:

my site

2011-04-10T16:14:00.001-05:00

Just a friendly reminder that I periodically upload new artwork into the portfolio section of my site as well. :) http://jessicahickman.com

How to Draw Chewbacca

2011-04-04T15:04:00.000-05:00

Learn to Draw everyone's favorite Walking Carpet!

http://starwars.com/kids/do/draw/Chewbacca/index.html

2011 sketchbook!

2011-04-03T22:05:00.005-05:00

If anyone would like to order my 2011 sketchbook (color cover/bw interiors - 24 pages) shoot me $10 US to my paypal addy thewogs@hotmail.com! Be sure to let me know what you'd like sketched inside! Any questions feel free to email me! Sample of cover and an interior page is above.

Spring Con

2011-03-30T07:59:00.002-05:00

The guest and dealer list is up on their site now! See you there! http://midwestcomicbook.com

Little Jackie Lantern

2011-03-24T13:02:00.002-05:00

The Halloween themed children's book I'm doing with Tom Waltz (I did pencils/inks) and IDW is up on Amazon.
Please feel free to spread the word!!!! Would love to make this book a hit!

http://www.amazon.com/Little-Jackie-Lantern-Tom-Waltz/dp/1613770049/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1300984359&sr=8-1

IDW/Little Jackie Lantern

2011-03-23T16:57:00.002-05:00

Got a mention on Fearnet.com regarding a new book I'm working on with Tom Waltz and IDW.

Yay!
http://www.fearnet.com/news/interviews/b22122_idws_tom_waltz_talks_comics_silent_hill.html

MN Spring Con

2011-03-23T10:20:00.001-05:00

Even Piell tutorial

2011-03-11T17:35:00.004-06:00

Click the link to head over to the tutorial!
http://www.starwars.com/kids/do/draw/EvenPiell/index.html

UPDATE!

2011-03-10T00:29:00.002-06:00

http://spacequint.com

Please pass on the link to family and friends. Thank you!

Cover

2011-03-09T11:21:00.000-06:00

This year's convention sketchbook.

Base Card

2011-03-03T16:43:00.000-06:00

My Star Wars Galaxy 6 Base Card (#9).

MN Spring Con

2011-03-02T09:56:00.001-06:00

I've added Spring Con (MN) to my convention schedule this year (May 21-22).

C2E2

2011-02-28T00:25:00.002-06:00

Prepping for C2E2! I'll have a table in Artist Alley this year (E9). Currently working on my 2011 convention sketchbook. I hope to have new prints available as well as more original art for sale.
If you're at the show, please come by and say 'Hi'!
-J

Freaki Tiki Neeki

2011-02-19T04:11:00.001-06:00

Darla Ecklund and I are back to posting one sketch a week.
Sexy, little, island girl, Neeki.

SPACE QUINT!

2011-02-08T11:42:00.003-06:00

The fuzzy little space smuggler is coming back NEXT WEEK! Visit spacequint.com for a "refresher" on his current adventure! Please pass on the link to family and friends, and thank you!

SPACEQUINT.COM

Conventions

2011-02-07T11:18:00.001-06:00

Updated my convention schedule a little bit. :)
So far it's C2E2 and Star Wars Fan Days.

How-to-draw tutorial!

2011-01-30T02:02:00.001-06:00

Another How-to-draw tutorial on Star Wars dot com!
Click the link below (and feel freel to share it with family and friends!).

http://starwars.com/kids/do/draw/MortisDaughter/index.html

In case you didn't know, I ADORE sharks.

2011-01-18T19:04:00.001-06:00

SW Galaxy 6 cards: Yoda and Leia

2011-01-13T09:15:00.001-06:00

acrylic

Mother Talzin

2011-01-08T08:36:00.001-06:00

Click the image to go to the how-to-draw tutorial on StarWars.com!

C2E2

2011-01-05T11:30:00.001-06:00

The Artist Alley list is up.
I'll see you there!
http://www.c2e2.com/en/Whos-Coming/Artist-Alley/

SW Galaxy 6 - More cards

2011-01-03T11:01:00.000-06:00

Happy Holidays!!

2010-12-20T18:32:00.000-06:00

From me and the furkids: Polly and Quint.