• Real Name: dermy paul best
• Gender: Male
• Age: 25
• Location: Belfast, Antrim (Northern Ireland)

• Joined: Feb 8th, 2007
• Last Visit: Dec 16th, 2008

User Tags: amateur artist, for hire, inker, penciler, thinker but not writer!

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bitta practice

just a few penciled test pages im working on, il put up a few inked pages soon too, just trying to work on my stuff, practice practice

pin ups and random artwork

got my portfolio back from the jk school and did my best to scan the pieces in, but as you can see im still crap at it. some of the work is really bad so any criticisms, fell free to hit me with them because i need all the help i can get, cheers

first day on the job

book was my first go at sequential work, i made a hell of alot of mistakes but learned alot too. so i know the stuff is crap but bear with me, im still learning.

[ Posted by pjholden on Nov 10th, 2007 7:34 PM ]...

Hey Dermy, I never check comicspace anymore - all the cool kids have moved to facebook (I'm not a cool kid, but I'm there too). FPI signing is the 18th of Nov, so still plenty of time :)

- pj

[ Posted by Shojinstudios on Oct 9th, 2007 12:56 AM ]...

Hi Dermy sorry for the insanely late add, I'm just getting back in the swing of things, Glad to be 1 of your amigos. Great set of galleries!! I'll be checking in soon.

[ Posted by Irish24hourcomics on Jul 22nd, 2007 8:32 AM ]...

24 hour comics day 2007 will take place in Dublin on October 20/21st....more info at the Irish 24 comics comicspace homepage

[ Posted by sdowney on May 30th, 2007 9:18 AM ]...

Yo Derm, what kind of ink/brush pen/marker things of yours was I using over in britol? and where can I get some. Was looking about, but I couldn't find any with a felixible tip. Did I imagine that yours had them?

[ Posted by sdowney on May 10th, 2007 11:01 AM ]...

Not long til bristol, the time are up on comicexpo.net for the portfolio reviews. I've only managed to get a half page done since last time :( A stupid 2000 word essay and 5000 word lab report got in my way. Lets see if i can do the 2 and a half pages left in one and half days...
Hows your ultimate comics stuff coming along?

[ Posted by sharkeyes on Apr 27th, 2007 1:22 PM ]...

indeed i am off to bristol. im excited to my shame. not for the con but for the piss up. Are you goin?

[ Posted by armandoB on Apr 25th, 2007 11:43 AM ]...

thanks for the friendship.
cool art you have there

[ Posted by sdowney on Apr 22nd, 2007 3:10 PM ]...

Well you enjoy the rest of the Derry festival? Did you make it Saturday night? I arrived a bit late and didn't see you there.

[ Posted by AlRioArt on Apr 12th, 2007 2:57 PM ]...

Sorry for the late Add! I didn't know these were backing up in here!

Thanks for being an Al Rio fan!
Check out the newest art here!
http://alrioart.com/search.php?search_new_images=1

Terry - AL RIO ART
http://alrioart.com/

[ Posted by sharkeyes on Apr 12th, 2007 8:38 AM ]...

Cheers for the comment fella. I really have no idea why you are worried about your art. It’s good. Really dynamic and have a brilliant grasp of page layout and inking. After three years of training with the best you are going to rock hard cock. I didn’t mean that to sound as gay as it did. Ah well. I’m so jealous that you actually got off your arse and got into Kuberts School (well deserved though). Not only are you gunna get a job in comics after, you get to spend 3 years in America with ladies who love the Irish accent. Man you are gunna have to be spectacular with your time management. Hope you keep us updated on how the course is going, what assignments they give you and how the ladies taste. Up the Celts.

[ Posted by darkoceanstudios on Apr 11th, 2007 8:04 PM ]...

Thank you! I like your work as well. Very talented!

[ Posted by quigonjim on Apr 10th, 2007 7:22 AM ]...

Thanks for the befriendification! Your work reminds me of the old Ron Smith Judge Dredd strips. Which is a good thing by the way: )

[ Posted by Mr_Hades on Apr 5th, 2007 9:11 AM ]...

Great work man, thanks for the add!

[ Posted by Dublin_Mike on Mar 25th, 2007 9:51 PM ]...

Have fun @ T.K.S. (even though it is in Jersey)

[ Posted by AlexCruz on Mar 22nd, 2007 2:00 AM ]...

Love your pencils, good luck at Kubert. I'm sure you'll knock'em dead.If you ever need scripts to draw from drop me a line, that way when your a pro in a few years I'll have someone I can turn to when I need stuff done.

[ Posted by BitterMause on Mar 15th, 2007 4:06 PM ]...

Why thank you! I have to say, your work is awesome as well. Your 3 point perspective shots are especially incredible.

[ Posted by Joe_StPierre on Mar 15th, 2007 12:06 PM ]...

hey derm--thanks for becoming my friend--like your pinups a lot--pinups are fun, but its time to jump in and do some COMICS, my brother--that means panel to panel, tell a story visually in sequence, designing for type, if not learning the lettering process outright--i encourage you to come up with your own story, but if you dont want to, there's this great place, full of text stories, featuring some great characters that you can adapt to comics form--it's called a LIBRARY--seriously, get a jump on this before you make it to kubert school, and keep me posted when you get some new stuff up--best--joe

[ Posted by james_cordeiro on Mar 13th, 2007 12:10 PM ]...

thanx bro!!!

[ Posted by KrisCarter on Mar 10th, 2007 10:26 AM ]...

Thanks, man.

[ Posted by cpw3art on Mar 5th, 2007 4:48 AM ]...

kubert school, eh?
have fun there (your three years there should be some of the best years of your life!)
you have a good grasp on your drawing already, so try to be as helpful to your classmates as possible with stuff you're familiar with while breaking your back learning new stuff and refining what you know.
don't let anything get too easy, don't be afraid to make contact with editors while you're in school (no matter what anyone says you're ready for) and don't worry about preparing stuff for your portfolio until summertime each year (this isn't to say you shouldn't show your schoolwork around, but don't concentrate only on what your familiar with in each assignment - experiment and try new things regardless of how bad it might turn out, figure out what you like and integrate it into your work!)

1 Reply [ Latest posted on March 8th, 2007 7:24 PM ]

[ Posted by dermybest on Mar 8th, 2007 7:24 PM ]... cheers man, and thanks aswell for the advice, really appreciate it. still cant believe im actually going, never thought id actually be accepted. il defenitely go out of my way to help my classmates out man, i know what its like struggling with your art and a small bit of help can really help when you close to breaking. iv done about 5 years worth of learning in the past year alone and my art has totally changed(not without me losing the plot a few times, and the whole fight with the guy in the supermarket because apparrentle he was nasty to me...and not because i was having trouble with one of my pages...), and even after all the work iv done im still far from content with what im doing so, il def take advantage of all the info im given. what was it like when you started? is it weird that im still a bit freaked out and awed that im actually going to the jk school, i mean its the KUBERT school?