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Johnathan Ward

@adobecoyote.bsky.social

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He/him. Artist, wannabe comic creator, comic enthusiasts, and presumably a person. I post inconsistently: ADHD be like that sometimes. Commissions are closed, rn.

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Johnathan Ward @adobecoyote.bsky.social · 1d

"Oh, hello there!"
1 page, 3 panel comic
I like how this turned out.
#art #illustration #sketchbook #comic #ink

3 panel comic of a woman with long hair wearing a beanie. The beanie caste a shadow, so you can't see her eyes. Someone off panel gets her attention, and she turns around. But when she greets them, her beanie opens it's eyes and opens it's mouth (her fave below the hem of the beanie).

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Johnathan Ward @adobecoyote.bsky.social · 2d

Strange creature in charcoal
#art #sketch #sketchbook #charcoal

Johnathan Ward @adobecoyote.bsky.social · 3d

Goat with two mouths
#art #illustration #sketchbook

Johnathan Ward @adobecoyote.bsky.social · 4d

Spirit in the Graveyard
#art #sketchbook #illustration #sketch

Johnathan Ward @adobecoyote.bsky.social · 6d

It's October, so let's get some spooky vibes going.
Ebony pencil and charcoal sketch
#art #sketchbook #sketch

A black cloud of death approached a group of people huddled in prayer. Only one of them notices death.

Johnathan Ward @adobecoyote.bsky.social · 7d

Some NPC sketches for DnD

Johnathan Ward @adobecoyote.bsky.social · 8d

Some light sketching with black colored pencil
#art #sketchbook #sketch

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Johnathan Ward @adobecoyote.bsky.social · 10d

Fall is here!
#art #sketchbook #illustration

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Johnathan Ward @adobecoyote.bsky.social · 11d

Pages 20 and 21
I liked this project a lot, I might do more

Nothing is left behind of it.
Later, as the boy is placed in an ambulance, The Captain sits on the back of the Fire Engine in silence.

All that's left of this enlvent are his memoir, and the stains on his axe.

Johnathan Ward @adobecoyote.bsky.social · 11d

Pages 17-20

As he stands on tye Garden's edge, The Captain looks down. His crew has a life net ready for him

With no other choice, The Captain holds the boy tight and jumps.

He lands safely in the net.
Meanwhile, as the garden crumbles it fades away aswell.

Soon, The Hanging Garden dissappears into the wind.

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Johnathan Ward @adobecoyote.bsky.social · 11d

Pages 13-16

The Captain approaches and gets ready to cut tye boy free.

With a few heavy swings, the boy is freed. The mass of green bleeds.

Suddenly, The Garden Begins to shake. It's falling apart. The Captain races to escape.

The Garden comes down around him. Eventually, the captain reaches the ladder.

Johnathan Ward @adobecoyote.bsky.social · 11d

Pages 9-12

The vies shove themselves into the mouth of a fireman, suffocating him. The last remaining fire man, The Captain, brings down his axe to free his crewmate.

The captain holds his friends dead body. The other is one the ground behind him. He doesn't have time to mourn, the vines return.

The Captain journeys through The Garden searching for the boy...

And The Captain finds him, embedded in a strange mass of vegetation.

Johnathan Ward @adobecoyote.bsky.social · 11d

Pages 5-8

Later, a fire engine arrives. A later is set up to try and rescue the boy.

One stops to observe a skull. But behind him, a vine raises a sharp bone. It stabs him dead.

Vines swarm the remaining fire men. Several attack one and remove his mask.

Johnathan Ward @adobecoyote.bsky.social · 11d

Hanging Garden
A comic in my sketchbook made mostly improvisationly. Done with ink. Wanted to experiment with page layout
Pages 1-4 (rest of the pages in thread)
#art #comic #sketchbook #comics

As thr boy walks leaves fall from abpce and he looks up.

Above him, terrible vines reach down to grab him. Skulls are seen amongst the green.

The vines grab the boy and lift him up to a giant mass of vegetation and bone.

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Johnathan Ward @adobecoyote.bsky.social · 11d

I did at least half the stuff I wanted to get done last week, so not bad I guess. Got a full comic from my sketchbook I'll be posting here in a few hours.

Johnathan Ward @adobecoyote.bsky.social · 13d

The Ringing Door
A sketch from my lunchbreak
#art #illustration

Johnathan Ward @adobecoyote.bsky.social · 15d

I wanted to quickly use the last of the ink I had left, so I drew a rough outline of a person and then poured the ink around it. Used the brush to spread it around and came back with some colored pencil and charcoal and a white pen.
Untitled ATM
#art #illustration

A red eyed woman with blood running down the right side of her body emerges from the darkness.

Johnathan Ward @adobecoyote.bsky.social · 16d

Been reworking the DnD camp, again, but i think it's somewhere I like now. Breaking the overall story up into three, and went from a big fantasy world to a smaller scale story with an art theming if you couldn't tell. The old idea got too bloated and felt better as a comic setting than a game one.

Johnathan Ward @adobecoyote.bsky.social · 16d

Poltergeist Gadget
Mixed media
#art #illustration #sketchbook

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Johnathan Ward @adobecoyote.bsky.social · 17d

"Family Portrait"
Expo marker
#art #illustration #sketchbook

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Johnathan Ward @adobecoyote.bsky.social · 19d

Anatomy study in ebony pencil
#art #sketch

Johnathan Ward @adobecoyote.bsky.social · 20d

Gonna try and make this coming week really productive. Gonna try and get the comic Pilot done this week (st least complete next page), and have a 20-ish page short comic all up by Friday (been chipping away at that over the past 2 months). And i wanna get some illustrations ready for the socials.

Johnathan Ward @adobecoyote.bsky.social · 20d

The forest of shrooms look like lost faces
Late night charcoal sketch
#art #sketch

Johnathan Ward @adobecoyote.bsky.social · 21d

A colored pencil sketch before bed

Johnathan Ward @adobecoyote.bsky.social · 22d

Expo marker sketch from my lunch break today.