Brock Beauchamp

More site work, SDCC flyer

Brock Beauchamp
June 29, 2011

In my never-ending quest to never leave anything be, I have restructured the site… again. This is the third major iteration of the site in seven months and is the sixth or seventh minor revision. This time around, my goal was to set up Variables on its own subdomain. Once I finished that, I decided that SelfCentEnt and Variables should have slightly different layouts. Then I decided they should use different colors. Etc, etc, etc… So there you go. Now that I have Variables on its own subdomain and the blog on the main domain, I can continue to customize... View Article

Nothing happens!

Brock Beauchamp
June 27, 2011

This is one of those pages where you just need to get through it because not a whole lot is happening. White is driving, looking for the Monroes. If you look carefully, you get hints about Blake’s future and who sent White to go looking for the boy. Only two pages left! Click through the image to see the entire first issue of Variables 1992.

White investigating

Brock Beauchamp
June 24, 2011

I skipped this week’s blog post because I really had nothing to say about anything. With the end of the issue approaching, I need to square away the final few pages, prepare the next short story, and then get ready for CONvergence in a week and San Diego Comic Con in four weeks. Whew. I’m hoping to paint an 11×17 poster for CON but with this issue taking longer than I’d like, I don’t know if there will be time. Here are the inks for the second White page. He’s looking for Blake and Roger and is checking out a... View Article

It’s all so… purple

Brock Beauchamp
June 20, 2011

Here’s page 17. We’re back at the logging site and someone new is looking for Blake. This character will be around for quite some time. His name is Samuel White and he’s a bit of an odd fellow. You’ll learn more about him early in issue two. Coloring this page was hard. I tried to capture a twilight sky but fear that it may have come off as just being too purple. Oh well, chalk it up to more experience with color. It’s definitely my weakest skill set when it comes to creating this comic but, like everything else, I... View Article

Introducing White

Brock Beauchamp
June 17, 2011

Here’s the last recurring character that will be introduced in this issue, Samuel White. You’ll find out who he is and what he wants with Blake in upcoming pages. He’s a bit of an oddity and once you see the colored page, you’ll notice that there are a few intriguing details about the character that tell a bit about his past. You can’t see it here but this page takes place during twilight hours, which changed how I penciled and inked the page. Instead of adding ink detail, I left large areas empty so I could add the detail using... View Article

DC Comics reboot – again, really?

Brock Beauchamp
June 15, 2011

Initially, I was intrigued by the DC reboot that is going to happen, with 52 titles re-launching at issue #1. Over the past week to drum up fan interest, new character designs have been rolling out of DC. Jim Lee has said that this is being done to attract new fans. I don’t get it. What new fans? Didn’t we just go through this a few years back? This is just another case of the print comic industry not knowing which way is up anymore. They want new fans, great. If they’re serious about expanding the market, then why has... View Article