emily carroll

Fan art round up:

2011-11-18T14:41:00.000-08:00

After working on a sad comic for so long last month, it does me good to have all these games come out in November -- y'know, so I can draw a bunch of goofy fan art for them. I haven't drawn fan art in a long time, so this was all a hoot. Above and below there's stuff from Fallout: New Vegas, Uncharted 3, and Skyrim (with maybe some **spoilers** here and there, so be forewarned!). At the very bottom is a round up of some of my RPG characters from several recentish games (Dragon Age: Origins, Fallout: NV, Dragon Age 2, Fallout 3 & Skyrim).

Margot's Room: PART V

2011-10-28T11:54:00.001-07:00

"Margot's Room" comes to an end this week with Part V (and an extra warning goes here for blood/horror/violence). For those who have just found the comic, or who find it now that it's complete, I just want to say again that the order of the comics is listed in the poem on the landing page -- each line provides a clue for an object that must be clicked on in the room itself to reveal a short story.

That said, because I know the image map hasn't been working across the board, I'll also linked to each part individually in the comments below!

Thanks again for everyone who's been reading this month, and for everyone who's shared the comic around. I really appreciate it. It was my first time doing an updating comic, and I hope you enjoyed the end result!

Margot's Room: PART IV

2011-10-21T12:59:00.001-07:00

"Margot's Room" now updated with Part IV (which means next week's installment will be the last -- egads, time flies). I also wanted to say thank you to anyone who came and said hello at NYCC last week -- I was so overwhelmed and anxious about being at a show that size, and it was really, really, appreciated to have some nice folks to talk with. So thank you!

Margot's Room: PART III

2011-10-14T05:54:00.000-07:00

Margot's Room updated with Part III! I was happy I could get this up in time, considering I am currently in New York for NYCC and my internet access is pretty, er, inconsistent at present. And hey! If you're going to NYCC too, I'll be here promoting the upcoming graphic novel Spera at the Archaia booth with Kyla Vanderklught & Josh Tierney. Check out Kyla's LJ for the schedule &/or more info if you're so inclined!

Margot's Room: PART II

2011-10-07T11:02:00.001-07:00

Margot's Room has been updated! Same general heads up as last time: themes of blood, grief, & a general uneasiness all still apply. Remember that each new comic is found somewhere in the room itself. Thanks!

Margot's Room

2011-09-30T09:53:00.001-07:00

"Margot's Room" will be a 5-part story that will update every Friday until the end of October. Each week a new line of poetry will be revealed, providing a clue as to where to find the next comic (hint: it will correspond to something in Margot's room). Just a heads up: it does contain horror elements, some sad stuff, and There Will Be (more) Blood.

Small update:

2011-09-22T13:50:00.000-07:00

ABOVE: some ladies, & BELOW: A few silly things and bits of fan art I've drawn over the past month. Uncharted, Enslaved, Prince of Persia ('08), my lone bit of ASOAIF fan art in Daenerys, and a picture I did for a friend (of her as Batgirl).

Summer's been pretty busy in a pretty great way, but unfortunately it means I haven't had a whole ton of time to devote to webcomics and general art posting (or even video games really -- what is going on). I've been up to a bunch of comics related stuff, but it's all for print right now -- including a short story I worked on with Brian Wood, due out in October (which I'm all kinds of excited about), as well as twenty pages in the upcoming Spera, Vol 1. If all goes according to (admittedly tentative) plan, I'll actually be in New York for NYCC too, promoting Spera at the Archaia booth (with the appallingly talented Kyla Vanderklugt, no less!). Stop by and say hello if you're so inclined! Haha, I'll be trying to do my damndest not to look overwhelmed by the whole thing.

Though speaking of webcomics, (after you acquaint yourselves with Steve Wolfhard's new teen sensation Turtie), you should check out the creepy story above by the super great Kate Craig. It's been her first foray into comics, and I've been hassling her to do some more because egads.

More stuff soon, I swear! And I hope all's well with folks. Thanks too for all the feedback on my last story -- I know I'm terrible with comments here, but I really appreciate all the kind words!

The Prince & The Sea

2011-06-27T12:01:00.000-07:00

New comic (or storybook story, if you prefer) up today -- partly based on a dream I had, and inspired by Henry J Ford's illustrations from the Green/Blue/Yellow/etc,etc Fairy books edited by Andrew Lang.

Hope you enjoy! It's a horror/romance/black comedy (I daresay?), so heads up for some general unpleasantness.

Another fan art round-up:

2011-06-17T10:01:00.000-07:00

Just a few things of fan art from here and there -- above was inspired by Becky Cloonan's amazing comic Wolves, which I received at TCAF and have been thinking about ever since. In addition to absolutely incredible art (Becky's inking kills me, it kills me), it has a story that really lingers with you. So well done! THE REST OF THIS: is video game fan art, of course. There's the Courier & Rex from Fallout: New Vegas, Beatrix from the same (in her work clothes), Elena Fisher from a moment in Uncharted 3, Elizabeth from a moment in Bioshock Infinite, and Tali from Mass Effect.

I also wanted to mention that Vol 1 of Josh Tierney's Spera comic will be being released by Archaia this September! I'll have 20 pages in the book (the illustration duties are being shared with some really fantastic artists, holy cats), and I'm really looking forward to seeing it all come together (and not just because I really like drawing Pira's funny little jacket).

ALSO: it's Sam Bosma's birthday! Happy birthday, Sam! If you're not familiar with his work, be prepared to love it right now (especially if you like ASOIAF related art, because ye gads, he's terrific with those characters).

Dream Journal, March 30th

2011-05-31T14:55:00.000-07:00

Another dream journal, this one from this past March -- despite actually being shocked awake and writing (nigh illegible!) notes immediately, I wasn't really able to do this one in a way that I was happyish with until now. If nothing else, this was a good challenge to myself to boot me into gear for working on my own comics again -- which is hopefully going to be a hoot!

Also, I wanted to use this time to point out that my site is actually functioning now! Yeah, I barely believe it myself. I wanted to give a giant thank you to Sarah Becan, who was absolutely lovely and patient with me (and Sarah does some pretty adorable comics, so I highly recommend checkin' her out!). That means all my comics can now be found in one place, so please do take a gander if you're so inclined.

And also, I wanted to thank everyone who said hullo at TCAF! I had a really great time there, and it was really cool to meet everyone. I can honestly say everybody I met was really friendly and easy to talk to, and I wanted to thank you guys for making my first comics fest experience such a positive one (and the volunteers too, holy cats, you were great!).

TCAF!

2011-05-04T12:12:00.000-07:00

Hey, folks! Heads up to anyone who's in the area -- the Toronto Comic Arts Festival is this weekend, May 7th & 8th, at the Toronto Reference Library! More information up at the very lovely official site, including a schedule of panels and the terrifyingly talented folks who will be exhibiting. I'll be there myself, sharing a table with the super skilled double whammy of Vera Brosgol & Jen Wang, selling prints, buttons, a postcard set of selected Draw This Dress posts, and my first attempt at a mini comic! (This is my first time exhibiting at a comic festival too, so fingers crossed on not being too nervous to say hullo to any folks who happen by).

The above image is related to the mini I'm working on (and will be getting back to cutting & folding as soon as I post this), called That Night in June. It's actually a larger story told in six smaller parts (which can be read in any order), and consists of seven small minis that each relate to a member of a single family. I really want to thank Kate for helping me put tons of wee booklets together, because she is some sort of stapling prodigy and what's more has had the patience of a saint when it comes to dealing with a very stressed out me. So Kate's great, everyone -- I can never say it enough!

I'll be sitting at Table 109, which... should be pretty easy to spot, I'm thinkin':

WHAT ELSE. I believe that's it for now! Again, I definitely encourage everyone to check out the TCAF guests -- I'm beyond flattered to be exhibiting with all these fine folks, and the programming looks great. I'll update with more as it occurs to me!

ALSO: I'm going away for two weeks starting tomorrow, and likely won't have reliable internet access throughout all that time -- that, and I'll just be out doin' stuff! So if you're trying to get in touch with me, please be patient!

Satyrday

2011-04-09T13:51:00.000-07:00

Just a small update full of satyrs (in various states of nsfw). Click below to make any of the images larger, as is the general way of things!

I also wanted to mention a coupla things: one, for folks in the Portland area, Vera Brosgol is going to have a table (with the v. excellent Jen Wang) at the Stumptown Comics Fest, and -- amongst other cool stuff -- is going to be selling postcards sets of our selected Draw This Dress posts. They are worth it for Vera's stuff alone, because egads, she's been slaying me over there.

Two, I wanted to say congratulations to the folks over at The Anthology Project for their Best Anthology Eisner nomination for Vol 1! I was lucky enough to be involved in Vol 2, which is lookin' gorgeous, and is set to come out later this month. Previews of my story and others can be found over here!

More stuff comin' soon! Back to work for me.

A fan art interlude:

2011-03-31T11:00:00.000-07:00

Just a bit of an update to make up for the lack of 'em -- I've actually been really busy working on a lot of things that aren't fit to post quite yet, or are for client eyes only (for now!). In the meanwhile I have been doing a fair bit of fan art to decompress, so that continues below, first with a little bit of Dragon Age: Origins & Dragon Age 2:

And a catch-all for several other things I'm a fan of -- a pin-up of Alexandra from the comic series Dungeon (Donjon), my last Brave New World piece for Picture Book Report, two characters from Jess Fink's Chester 5000 (NSFW), and a moment between my Commander Shepard & Tali from Mass Effect 2.

Anu-Anulan & Yir's Daughter

2011-02-14T09:48:00.000-08:00

New comic up for Valentine's Day! It's a love story, based on an image I drew last fall (which was, in turn, based on a large deal of world creating done several years ago). Click image above to read!

Nov/10 & Dec/10 Dream Journals

2011-01-07T11:14:00.000-08:00

I've been (off and on) keeping a dream journal for years now, but last month I thought I'd try keeping a visual one instead of spending all that time typing out brain nonsense. Like a lot of folks I have very rambling, complicated dreams (or nightmares, egads), but I know how boring it can be to hear someone retell a whole dream (not to mention painful to draw), so I figured I'd keep to these tiny snippets cut from the larger sprawl. Not every dream I had last month of course, but enough that stuck with me. Probably the closest I'll come to a diary comic!

(And I'd recommend it too, if you don't already record your dreams -- I've mined a lot of ideas and images from mine, and it's a good source of, er, things a Waking You might not have thought of.)

(click to enlarge)

Happy Holidays! ... from space. And aliens. And goatwomen.

2010-12-24T20:23:00.000-08:00

... and, on an entirely different note, a whole bunch of Mass Effect & (one bit of) Bayonetta fan art! I've never really drawn the Asari before, so I thought I'd give those ladies a shot -- and Bayonetta, oh my. I'm just a couple hours in, but that game is a hoot. Say what you will about her crazy longlegs and her equally insane tinyhead, I forgive them both when she does a handstand and shoots her high-heel guns at angel monsters.

(click on any to enlarge)

Prints! (& other stuff)

2010-12-05T12:33:00.001-08:00

First off, I've finally managed to get a little store together and put up a couple prints for sale! For now they are just the two Girl & Werewolf pictures, but eventually there will be more to choose from.

Find it here --> http://emilycarroll.bigcartel.com/

And secondly, cross-posting some fan art from my Livejournal (I really need to keep these two simultaneously updated, ye gads). The first is from one of my favourite movies, Aguirre: The Wrath of God, the next two are from Dune (the Litany Against Fear, as well as a round-up of Duncan Idaho's various loves), and then a hodge-podge of video game stuff!

(as ever, click to enlarge)

The Death of José Arcadio

2010-11-07T11:19:00.001-08:00

Above: A comic about the death of José Arcadio (and the subsequent activities of his blood), from One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez, one of my favourite sequences so far (and I'm still not finished it yet, egads, I'm the slowest reader).

Click the image above to read the whole thing!

And below, a few concept pieces for a story I'd like to work on more one day:

Also! I'm looking into making some prints of my single pieces to sell online, and while I have a few in mind already, I was wondering if anyone had anything in particular that they would be interested in purchasing? The ones I'm considering already are these two of the ladies & werewolves, and also this one, of the two women on horseback, but if there's a high enough call for others I'd definitely take that into consideration. :) Thanks!

Holy Moley!

2010-11-03T16:16:00.001-07:00

I can't even believe the amount of new visitors I've been getting here in the past few days (hello!), it's really been overwhelming, encouraging, and downright awesome. I wanted to thank everyone for taking the time to look around and for all the really wonderful comments folks have been leaving. It means a lot to know people enjoy what I do, so thank you! Tons!

That said -- egads, I should probably update a little more. I'll be attempting to put up the past month or so's backlog in a series of posts over the next week or two, as well as setting up permanent pages for the comics I've done and eventually linking to those here as well.

In the meantime, some ladies, some monsters, some things! (click to enlarge)

So long, 2008!

2010-10-16T14:39:00.000-07:00

... which is to say, I've deleted a few old entries, because I'd accidentally deleted the links to the old pictures they featured (augh). However, in the interest of positive spins, I meant to tidy things up a little more anyway, so it's probably for the best! Besides, I have some new things to post here!

(click to enlarge, for everything posted)

IN OTHER NEWS: I've become a regular contributer to the absolutely lovely Picture Book Report, a blog devoted to artists depicting scenes from some of their favourite books (from childhood or otherwise!). I chose Brave New World by Aldous Huxley because I've always liked the aesthetics of the world -- and because I received my best book report related mark for it back in highschool, aha. Check out the blog itself for tons of amazing art by absolutely killer artists, but here are the pieces I've done so far:

... and that's it for now! See the link to the side for my Livejournal if you're into that sort of thing -- there's more work there, including several short comics. Hope to get my website running soon though, grr.

Behold my clumsy efforts!

2010-10-06T14:44:00.000-07:00

... at getting my blog in order, for the umpteenth time. Egads! There is a slew of things to post, but so as to not completely flood this page with art, I'll just start with a few things for now!

These have to do with an old world building project of mine, which lately I've been attempting to revisit. Most have to do with one culture's mythology, but some are just me messin' around with characters (as I do!).

Click to enlarge the rest!

Ack, another backlog!

2010-08-16T12:05:00.000-07:00

I really am pretty terrible with this blog (I usually update over at my Livejournal a lot more!), but I'm going to try and toss things up here at least every month.

WHERE TO BEGIN!

I also recently started a Flickr set devoted to fanart dedicated to Frank Herbert's Dune series, which is viewable over here. I also did a guest spot over at the awfully awesome Picture Book Report blog, covering Brave New World!

And then some original things:

... and some video game things! Dragon Age: Origins & Red Dead Redemption.

Thirty Days Project

2010-07-01T02:03:00.000-07:00

I recently participated in the Thirty Days Project, which challenges folks to do something creative every day for the month of June. I decided I was going to try to do at least one picture every day, and here are the results!

... as you may guess, there is a lot of video game (and Dune, can't forget Dune!) fanart in there, haha.

Mass Effect As Well!

2010-05-10T12:14:00.000-07:00

I have a hideous backlog of pictures to post on here, and thought I'd start off small by posting some Mass Effect 2 fanart from the past few months of My Shepard and ... well. Aha. Mostly Tali.

HOWEVER, I just wanted to say that if anyone here also uses Livejournal, I'm over there at here, and it's a little better updated. Sorta. Kinda. A wee bit.

ANYWAY ALIENS:

Actually, while I'm at it, here are a few bits of Bioshock and Fallout 3 pictures as well!

BIOSHOCK:

FALLOUT 3:

MONSTER POST!

2010-02-27T14:21:00.000-08:00

Ahhh belated updates! This will all be so very hodgepodge! I haven't been drawing as much since going back to work, but I hope to remedy that soonesque. In the meantime: monsters and fancy dresses from various personal projects! I'll make another post for all my geeking out about video games later.

And a group shot of a few friends' characters:

GHOULS AND ... MORE GHOULS.

2009-12-25T09:16:00.000-08:00

As always, click for bigger version!

But first some hungry mermaids (close up here):

Several Ghoul NPCs from the game "Fallout 3":

Greta and Carol:

Willow and Tulip (close up):

Bessie Lynn and Roy Phillips (close up):

Charon:

Nova and Gob:

BONUS COME-HITHER GHOUL:

Oh heck, and a bonus Bioshock Splicer too:

AND YET MORE.

2009-12-25T09:08:00.000-08:00

As always, click to see full size!

Random bits from here and there:

And now some book fanart! For Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood, and a couple things from the Dune series by Frank Herbert:

Paper Dolls!

2009-12-25T08:55:00.000-08:00

SO MUCH TO UPDATE WITH.

Okay, these aren't exactly paper dolls, but they are lady templates that I've drawn dresses on! The first is inspired by the character of Lenina Crowne from Brave New World, and the second is just a young lady inspired by the late 70s.

The Doll:

Outfits:

Outfits on the doll:

Second Doll:

And her oufits:

Couple fanarts odds n' ends!

2009-10-26T19:54:00.000-07:00

Tenenbaum & Fontaine from "Bioshock":

Bessie Lynn, Ghoul from "Fallout 3":

Corpses, Skullheads, and Hugs!

2009-10-04T22:14:00.000-07:00

STUFF:

Another picture of St Ursula and her bazillion dead virgins (made as a desktop, but it was a grim thing to close a window to). Prepare for bloody neck stumps...!:

And on an ENTIRELY different note, a gift I drew for someone of their vampire slayer character (who likes pink, okay):

SO DELAYED.

2009-09-21T21:03:00.000-07:00

RANDOM THINGS! From my backlog of stuff!

Completely lacking in context, but character/story I was working on ages ago:

The Invisible Man gets a kiss!

Character design!

YET ANOTHER GHOUL.

And a few little character cartoons:

... and more recent stuff forthcoming! Wanted to just get all that stuff up first.

Odds & Ends!

2009-05-31T12:05:00.001-07:00

What title says! Some stuff I've done of late that doesn't really link together at all. Invisible Men, ghouls, women with tentacles spewing from their mouths... that sorta thing.

Just downloaded Broken Steel for Fallout 3! Lucy lives. ... long enough to get a new haircut and give Gob an awkward hug apparently.

AU means Alternate Universe (or Au-some)

2009-05-31T11:48:00.000-07:00

A few drawings for a friend's RPG, which is inspired by comics from the 1980s as well as, clearly, Harry Potter. Aha. Sort of a new way of doing things for me.

And another, which I'm having troubles finding a thumbnail for (warning for BRIGHT GREEN).

And something ridiculous:

Various Fellas:

2009-04-17T20:23:00.000-07:00

Extremely spotty bits of this and that from lately!

Pin-Up Ghouls!

2009-02-20T22:05:00.000-08:00

... hur hur hur.

Ladies from various video games, based on poses from classic pin-up bee-yooties!

A Ghoul lady from Fallout 3:

A Splicer from Bioshock:

The Protagonist from Fallout 3 (or at least, my version of her):

The Witch from Left 4 Dead:

Super Hero biz!

2009-01-18T03:34:00.001-08:00

... or something of that variety.

Drawn by request! Also with a total disregard for anatomy (both human and werewolvian).