Ridiculous photo reference

In celebration of the very recent birth of my pal Jeremy Broomfield's baby, I present to you a very questionable tribute:

I usually set up a camera on a timer and shoot myself for reference photos, but occasionally the situation calls for an outside model. Sometimes I'll coerce a co-worker at Utrecht into posing with promises of homemade cookies or something. BUT, if Jeremy is around (he lives in Arizona these days) he is not only willing but positively amped to lend a hand.

This panel called for a birds-eye view of Brazilian police inspecting a crime scene, so I climbed a tree and photographed Jeremy as both the two dead bodies and all of the surrounding policemen.

Cobbled together, the reference photo itself is pretty hilarious, but it certainly served its purpose.

Multiple personality disorder

Dead guys

Thanks again, Jeremy (and his wife Bridget, who probably did most of the work in delivering their baby and who is also game to model when a female is needed)!

This is a page from my upcoming contribution to Hic & Hoc's "Unsolved Mysteries" anthology, btw.

Unsolved Mystery comic

Lest you think I live & breathe DIGESTATE, here's proof I am working on other things.
These are a few sample pages from a ten page comic for Hic & Hoc's upcoming Unsolved Mysteries anthology, edited by Emi Gennis.

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My comic is about a case dubbed "The Lead Masks Case" in which two dead men were found atop a hill near Rio De Janeiro. They were found wearing raincoats and clutching crudely made lead masks with no apparent signs of violence or struggle. The hilltop was known as a UFO sighting hotspot (as well as a rendezvous for gay men). I won't go into too much detail in hopes that you'll pick up a copy of the anthology when it comes out (keep you posted)!

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