sequentialchick

Emerald city comic-con

2009-04-06T22:00:45Z

ECCC was great. =) Ravens' Gambit even got a mention by the Oregonian's Steve Duin! Thanks to everyone who stopped by, I met so many people this weekend. It was a blast.

Still alive, still drawing.

2009-03-26T00:47:00Z

This time it is a Paladin. First time I've drawn full plate armor and liked the result. ^_^

Cupcake commission

2009-01-07T01:25:14Z

I recently finished this cover for a fake romance comics line. One of the most girly things I've done, needless to say I enjoyed working on it.

The Erika Moen Show

2009-01-06T12:13:04Z

Hey everyone, Cat Ellis and I are going to be interviewed by Erika Moen. Erika posts a weekly web comic, "DAR: A Super Girly Top Secret Comic Diary" on Tuesdays, and recently she has also started interviewing other comics people on Tuesday evenings. So this week, today, January 6th, at 7:30 PST, she'll be talking to Cat and I. Come check it out, and if you miss it live you can still watch the recording here.

Skirmisher

2008-12-19T10:38:30Z

Another sketch, this time of a swashbuckler/ scout. Kit.

More concept sketches

2008-11-03T20:28:44Z

Militia I like this one because I imagine he takes his job way too seriously. A lot like a hall monitor. He is a very serious fellow. Also, I gave him a doofy hat. =)

I also drew a peasant and a thief.

Halloween Photos

2008-11-01T22:44:04Z

Paul's party was a blast as always. I've got my photos up here for those that would like to see them. =)
Rich Ellis (ninja), Cat Ellis (Asian spy), Ron Chan (Yakuza), Me (Communist)

Sketch blog

2008-10-31T18:51:00Z

Here is my sketch, didn't have time to make it an illustration, hope to soon though. Happy Halloween and all that.

Ravens' Halloween

2008-10-30T20:11:30Z

My partner on The Ravens' Gambit, Rich Ellis, Drew an illustration of all the Ravens in costume. You can check it out here on the Ravens site, or here on Rich's sketch blog. ^_^

Wenches and Aristocrats

2008-10-29T22:31:18Z

I've been doing some concept sketches/ costume design for a future project w/ Cat Ellis. For the moment I have Some wenches and an aristocrat.

The Ravens' Gambit

2008-10-25T11:01:24Z

Rich and I have completed the first chapter and vignette of our comic, The Ravens' Gambit. Check it out at www.ravensgambit.com. It is a comedic heist adventure story in a fantasy setting. There will be 6 chapters in all. We hope to find a publisher, but in the meantime are self publishing. It debuted at SPX, and I am happy to report I sold out. ^_^

So James and Cat chose to draw ninjas this week to balance out the Pirates that were drawn last week. Following that logic, I had no choice but to not draw this week's ninjas. After all, I didn't draw a pirate, and the balance of the internet is at stake. =)

New Website

2008-10-23T02:49:13Z

Ron made me a snazzy new website! What is even better than a more professional look and new content? I can update and add to the galleries all by myself. Hooray for the ease of Wordpress.

www.susantardif.com

Now if we could just figure out how to get the slide show function to work... Ah well.

Forgot about the pirates...

2008-10-22T04:05:30Z

But I did draw this. She reminds me of my BFF and our days on our highschool swimteam.

Greek goddesses

2008-10-12T20:58:29Z

I did a series of 4 illustrations for a client about a month back. I'm fairly pleased with the result, thought I'd share them here.

Aphrodite

Artemis

Athena

Persephone

Althea

2008-08-22T22:23:01Z

Quick sketch of Althea's head for the Friday sketch thingy. I had wanted to do something more impressive, but I have real work to be doing, so this will have to do for the time being.

I still say I'm not posting this "late"

2008-08-20T07:31:48Z

And if it is it is all spanambula's fault. So there.
Anyway, what I am talking about is James, Cat and I are supposed to be doing weekly drawings and posting on Fridays. However James told me on Friday, while they knew for several days. So here is my drawing, not late. =P

And now I will gush...

2008-07-23T10:00:50Z

I read Skim yesterday. It is easily one of the best comics I've ever read. It's written by Mariko Tamaki and drawn by Jillian Tamaki
They really nailed what being a highschool girl is like. They subtly and brilliantly show what it is like to be best friends with a person you hate, how everyone around you is stupid and everything annoys you. Forbidden crushes, the day to day numbness of classes and the latent panic of realizing you have no idea what is happening in any of them. It is almost unsettling to me how much I related to this book. It is rare I ever read a comic and am able to turn the editor in my brain off and just enjoy the book. hours after I finished Skim I realized that I didn't once analyze what I was looking at. I've been trying to think of a comic that I've ever been this excited about, and I just can't.

Branwynn the beautiful

2008-07-17T08:04:48Z

I drew another picture of one of the main characters from the comic Rich Ellis and I are collaborating on. She is a Swashbuckler, and the leader of our group of thieves. Branwynn
One of these days we'll get a website up for the comic. We are hoping to have the first issue (there will be 6 total) done for SPX in October.

Freckles

2008-07-11T10:56:25Z

So I drew myself a lady's head tonight. And I gave her freckles, because freckles are cute. This is a lot more realistic than I usually draw. I like it. ^_^

The most messed up thing I've ever drawn

2008-07-10T07:00:53Z

So i was asked to draw an evil clown that also was a stuffed animal. Here is what I came up with: Clown Plushie

Swift Hunter

2008-07-09T08:22:53Z

I finally got around to finishing this drawing of my DnD character in her new armor. I really liked this when I started it about a month ago. Then I got distracted and forgot about it till today. I already kind of hate it now, but eh, it is finished.

Code name: Mr Blue

2008-07-03T20:11:19Z

Did another commission for that guy who wanted the Mortician drawing. This one is for a homebrew DnD Prestige class called the Soul Binder. Mr Blue here has himself a blue soul, which makes him an icey badass. This drawing fought me at almost every stage, so it took longer than I would have liked. But all in all I'm pleased with the end result.

I am trying to break into the "Draw my DnD character for money please!" market.
I let the guy choose from a few roughs I drew up for his Soul Binder. Here are the two he rejected:
Yellow Soul
Red soul

I really like the Yellow guy though, so I might draw that one just for fun anyway. Oh, I ended up doing a head shot of ms red. Just for sanity's sake a few days ago.

In other news, Ron is home again! ^_^

Dorkieness, but not the usual

2008-06-13T08:06:59Z

So... This is a DnD drawing technically, but not anything from our campaign. I found this class called Mortician. Morticians can heal people, but they also command undead armies. Well, it is pretty gruesome and for some reason intrigued me. I almost always draw cute things. So I drew a mortician in an attempt to stretch myself. Try to create a moody atmosphere, draw a creepy guy, etc.

Mortician

Also, I'm a bit late in blogging it, but I got a mention on MSNBC. =) I guess one of their reporters was at Emerald City Con, and he liked my stuff. I took so long blogging this that the article is down now, but this is the blerb that concerned me: "The lines are also long to buy original artwork from dozens of best illustrators in the business, such as Tim Sale, Andy Kuhn and Northwest product Susan Tardif, who operates out of Portland-based "Periscope Studios." She describes her style as more cartoony.”
I'm pretty excited, even if it is just a sentence, and a quote that makes me sound like a doofus. =) National news is national news.

Althea in mid air

2008-05-28T11:36:19Z

Because I am too tired to draw her in a background. I'll probably get around to finishing this eventually. For now you get the amazing levitating bard.

Lumi and her Dane

2008-05-27T06:18:01Z

Just finished another drawing. cattifer 's adorable gnome is the subject this time.