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The Vault of Time

EC Comics-10th Doctor

NuWho – here’s a Doctor Who t-shirt design I illustrated a couple years ago. The design was inspired by the EC horror comics of the 50’s and was a really fun piece to create with Titan Merchandise. Unfortunately, it was never produced, but these things happen. Hopefully, we’ll get to see those Clockwork Droids again!

#DoctorWho #10thdoctor #davidtennant #bbcdoctorwho #eccomics #clockworkdroids #tardis

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9th Doctor

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A new Doctor Who print just in time for Dragon Con! The 9th Doctor fresh out of the Time War with the Daleks! Pencil, inks, colors all by me. (hint, hint – Titan Comics)

So, if you’re going to be at Dragon Con please drop by my table (#TBL21) located in Comics & Pop Artists Alley, Grand Hall East of the Hyatt Regency.

Also, there’s a chance I might be working on a variant version of this piece. Keep an eye out for it. ~Kelly

 

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4th Doctor and K-9

4th Doctor and K-9

The 4th Doctor illustration…FINALLY!

It’s alway fun to see how a piece of art will evolve from the initial design. This piece originally didn’t have K9 and was suppose to have a red Gallifrey background, but then I started tweaking the colors and the golden green color scheme just seemed to make everything pop.

I’d eventually like to do something like this for all the Doctor’s. I just need to find the time. Hope you enjoy!

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My Doctor

dw_ottawa comicconWhen anyone asks me which Doctor is my favorite I always go with the 4th Doctor, Tom Baker! I love watching all the incarnations of the Doctor, but I have such fond memories growing up in the late 70’s and discovering this odd fellow with an incredibly long scarf, traveling in something called a TARDIS. Needless to say, I was excited when the opportunity arose to work on this exclusive cover for the Ottawa Comic Con featuring the 4th Doctor!

Obviously I had to incorporate the Ottawa Parliament and other elements to make it Canadian, but I also wanted to find a way to work in the Jelly Babies. Somehow the idea to make the Jelly Babies Maple leaf shaped popped into my head and there you have it. Good luck finding one though, they were limited to 500 copies for VIP pass holders.

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Prisoners of Time

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If you need a reason to pick up issue #12 of Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time, then maybe this double-page spread will give you a taste of what’s waiting for you inside! All 11 Doctor’s in one time, one space. There’s also almost EVERY companion from the series in there as well.

It was great working on this last issue with Scott Tipton & David Tipton, Charlie Kirchoff and my editor, Denton Tipton! It felt a little like redemption for me after working on Doctor Who: The Forgotten #6. The deadline for that issue was terrible and I never felt like I did justice to Tony Lee’s script.

Hope you enjoy!

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Deadwood Doc

doctorwho_deadwood_kellyyatesThis is the retailer variant cover for Doctor Who #14, quite possibly the last cover I’ll be doing for IDW’s Publishing run. Sad as that is, I feel blessed to be illustrating the final issue of Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time! More about that later!

For this Western inspired piece I wanted to go for something more tonal and pull in colors I don’t normally try. Orange and purple compliment each other so I thought that might be a great place to start and it just fell into place after that. Being able to lean on one or two colors that pull all the various elements together is one of my new and favorite techniques.

I also took this opportunity to incorporate my wife and kids’ names into the background. Hopefully, the kids’ will appreciate it someday!

Yee-Haw!

 

 

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Wibbly~Wobbly, Timey-Wimey

doctor_amy pondThis is a commission I did of the 10th Doctor and Amy Pond that I was suppose to have finished at Baltimore Comic Con 2012. Unfortnately, I ran out of time at the show and had to bring it home to finish. Which means, back-burner. Sad, but true. When I was first asked to combine Amy and the 10th Doctor, I had to triple-check that’s they actually wanted since Amy only traveled with the 11th Doctor. However, being Doctor Who, wibbly~wobbly, timey-wimey, it could certainly happen.

Mission accomplished, I think!

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7th Doctor

DW_DragonCon_7th DoctorWhenever I get to meet an actor that played the Doctor, I like to create an exclusive print to sell at the show and then present the original artwork and color print to them. Well, this time it’s going to be Sylvester McCoy! This piece seemed to take longer to complete because I didn’t realize his outfit had so many patterns and textures than any of the other Doctor’s, even the 6th Technicolor jacket. Anyway, I think was able to capture his likeness and I was able to add another Doctor illustration to the pantheon.

If you’re interested in picking up any of my prints, I’ll be set-up somewhere in DragonCon’s Artist Alley.

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Exclusive Newbury Comics Cover

doctor who_newburyThis is the exclusive cover to Doctor Who #11 that I illustrated for Newbury Comics. It was the first time I got to draw the new companion, Clara Oswald and the Doctor’s updated costume so that was fun. I think using the contrast between the vintage photo and the clean, crisp, blue wood of the TARDIS really worked and made this cover unique to some of the other ones I worked on. If you’d like to purchase a copy you can do so HERE.

I’ll have a few more covers to post in the next few weeks, but that’ll probably be it for Doctor Who. While at SDCC, I learned that IDW Publishing no longer has the license to produce Doctor Who comics. Obviously I was saddened by this news because I love working on Doctor Who and with my editor, Denton, at IDW.