Although Written and drawn in 2009; Tree Of Skulls ran as a web-comic from Valentine’s Day Feb 14th 2010 to August 19th 2010 before the final complete edition was made available in print in October 2010.

The web-comic worked as a testing ground, a way of editing and reworking inked art week by week to a format that would expose my work to a wider audience. I was happy with how this worked and had hoped to do the same with the follow up; Every Name Taken.

However over time I’ve found the virtues of this method are now outweighed. Instead I believe it would be more beneficial for my current and further projects to have more of the focus and time needed to achieve a BETTER standard of work. This can’t be achieved in a web comic format while I’m otherwise busy with my professional art work. A true artist never compromises.

Unfortunately this means updates will not be as frequent but instead rather more significant. Tree of Skulls is a fully planned out series that deserves to kick the ass of the comics scene and my energies are now with getting that some attention from the right kind of switched on publisher that I hope can do it justice – that‘s the dream anyway.

Every Name Taken as a short story (that I’ll be selling at comics events) is on a much smaller scale. It’s still on the way and when it‘s done will be available in the store only and not published online.

I hope this sheds light on my comics for new and old visitors! For more regular updates please follow my twitter; @WHSROSS.

C YA

Ragna warm up sketch, inspired by the speed drawing at @BlazBlue_Europe

“GGRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

BRUTAL entry for Capcom comp. Couple hours speed drawing. I previously spent 4 hours on a completely different entry only to see it annihilated when my computer crashed. I had the exact same expression as the image above.

>:-O

Still working towards inking Every Name Taken when available you’ll ONLY be able to by it in the store for a while as I currently have no events planned til its done.  Check Twitter for comic updates and inane comments.

My entry for the Grasshopper Manufacture and Fort90 Art Contest.

‘No More Heroes’ and ‘NMH2: Desperate Struggle’ are 2 of my favourite games of all time, not least because of the frenetic energetic gameplay conceived by Suda51 but also the chaotic stories of this cool cast of characters designed so well by KYMG. One of my favourite artists right now.

You’ll probably see the influence of ‘No More Heroes’ on ‘Tree of Skulls’ in future editions.

I wish I’d had the time to make more entries.

No ‘Every Name Taken’ this week due to too many other work commitments getting in the way at present. As work takes up ALL of my time now I’ll be looking instead to release ENT as a small printed book just as I did with the TREE OF SKULLS chapter 1 book.

This blog will still be updated with fun sketchy things from time to time.  Those waiting for the printed comic are gunna get something super nice for just a few quid.

In the meantime to stop you throwing your computer out the window in a rage fit,  here’s some concept art.

‘Every Name Taken’ is set in London, This piece was inspired by the lush parks of in the city. I don’t know.

TREE OF SKULLS AT THE FPI BLOG

Forbidden Planet International Blog have reviewed TREE OF SKULLS 1.  You can read their write up here.

……………………………………………………………… I’ll leave you with this:

“Tree Of Skulls is available from Wynston W.H. Ross at his website. Where you can also have a look at Tree Of Skulls, but be warned, it’s an earlier version of the finished comic – and as such it’s rougher, missing some pages, containing first drafts of others. The finished comic is a more rewarding experience than the 14 pages online.”

…………………………………You heard the man. BUY! BUY! BUY! NOW! NOW! NOW!

St Valentine’s Day 2011 : Happy Birthday To We

A Year. It’s been a whole year! As of Valentine’s Day, Tree of Skulls is one year old and I haven’t got bored or frustrated enough to give up yet. Even though the site’s not very popular and (I’m paranoid[?]) it’s intentionally ignored by most of the UK and web comics ‘scene’.

Here’s to another year (????) *raises crunk goblet*.

Hm, Probably best to think of the site’s readership as ‘exclusive’ rather than sparse…

kissy kissy etc.  xxxxxxxx \ (-_-”)/

Next Episode: Alarmed and Embalmed.

Finally got around to playing Dragon Quest IX. Been sitting on my shelf for the best part of a month collecting all the dust. If only my Ann custom character was as amazing as these amazing cool dudes!!

Bless you my child,
Please turn power OFF

Next Episode: Bodies.

Also,Yeah I done one of this things…

I surrender, I made an influence map and made sure I was the latest to the party because I’m the coolest.

Influence isn’t really the correct word. None of these artists really influenced me, inspired me perhaps. In short, these are artists whose consistent art work I admire and look at and think “That’s really good”. I want to strive to attain that same personal level of aptitude like all these dudes, In my own style.

PS: There was no comic last week. I’m sorry about that, please assume the reason was damn good.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you, page 2.  (standing applause/screams/fainting)

Next Episode: Reflection.

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Happy Birthday Hayao Miyazaki!

Also, here’s a quick Nausicaä sketch I did as a Birthday Tribute to Hayao Miyazaki, who turned 70 on January 5th. I cannot express the extent of how the works of Miyazaki-san and Studio Ghibli have profoundly effected and influenced me, so this will have to do.

Happy Birthday!