Sibling Squabble

An illuminated panel from The Last of the Polar Bears pg 60.

Best of Times

An illuminated panel from The Last of the Polar Bears pg 59.

Frozen Frolic

An illuminated panel from The Last of the Polar Bears pg 58.

Caught Being Nice

An illuminated panel from The Last of the Polar Bears pg 57.

Cozy Ride

An illuminated panel from The Last of the Polar Bears pg 56.

Snowscape

An illuminated panel from The Last of the Polar Bears pg 55.

Polar Puffs

Stella and Nanook, reinterpreted in a MLP style.

Rough sketch.

Polar Den

Nanook and Stella snuggle in the den.

This illustration was done as an experiment to see if I could reproduce the look of traditional pencil lines of my comic, The Last of the Polar Bears, with digital tools. I created it from start to finish on the Cintiq Companion with Clip Studio Paint (and some final touches in Photoshop).

Being able to go completely digital on the comic would save me a lot of time (no more scanning and cleanup). :) What do you think, can you tell the difference?

First Sunrise

 Nanook and Stella's first sunrise! An illuminated panel from The Last of the Polar Bears pg 52. 

Wild Ride

Ursula grabs her cubs and dashes down the mountain as the slush avalanche surges behind them. An illuminated panel from The Last of the Polar Bears pg 49.

Star Tapestry

Nanook looks on in awe as life flows together in the starry sky. An illuminated panel from The Last of the Polar Bears pg 43.

Nanook

Crestfallen cub. An illuminated panel from The Last of the Polar Bears pg 42.

Close Call

Nanook stirs at the touch of his mother's warm nose. An illuminated panel from The Last of the Polar Bears pg 40.

Stella's Fears

In a daze, Stella imagines the worst as she looks upon the still form of her brother. An illuminated panel from The Last of the Polar Bears pg 37.

Stella used Headbutt

Slam! An illuminated panel from The Last of the Polar Bears pg 36.

Big Sister

When it comes to protecting Nanook, Stella has the ferocity of a firecracker. An illuminated panel from The Last of the Polar Bears pg 35.

Just Laugh

Laughter, the universal language of friendship. An illuminated panel from The Last of the Polar Bears pg 33.

Little Polar Bear

 

Nanook ventures alone into the cold dark arctic. An illuminated panel from The Last of the Polar Bears pg 32.

Animal Crossing

Paw prints converge into crisscrossing paths.  An illuminated panel from The Last of the Polar Bears pg 26. See the full page here.

Uncertainty

Nanook glances back at the den one more time before joining his sister. A scene from The Last of the Polar Bears. Read the comic here.