It's Groundhog Day! And in (coincidental) honor of the Bill Murray film, here are the samples that I did trying to get a job on the 88 MPH Ghostbusters series a few years ago. It's the part of the movie where they get their first call. I spent a lot of time freeze-framing the DVD for reference. I was also trying real hard to emulate the look they were going for, to no avail really. I felt like I was making a lot of compromises to how I would have naturally drawn it. Plus, I did the whole thing over a weekend, which didn't help the sparse backgrounds or stiff figure work, especially on that last page, where I was loosing a lot of steam. I spent a lot of time just trying to keep the linework clean and tight, which is not something I usually do in the pencil stage when I'm going to ink myself. The whole thing was a pretty frustrating experience for a job I knew I had no chance in getting, but since it was Ghostbusters, I had to try. I'm still pretty happy with some of it. That's a sweet Ecto-1, probably the best car I've ever drawn, and I feel that's a pretty good Janine resemblence.

-Jacob

I tried out for drawing that Ghostbusters comic that came out last year from 88mph Studios. Obviously I didn't get it. The book itself was okay. It had its moments where it rang true to the movie, but the art was a little sloppy and super heroey extreme for my taste. In the world where I am king and rule with an iron fist, this would be closer to the style of Ghostbusters book I would like to see (except with more accurate likenesses).

In all seriousness, Ghostbusters IS my favorite movie of all time, so when the company putting out that new Ghostbusters comic needed an artist, I had to whip up some samples for it. I knew I would never get the gig, as my style is more cartoony than the typical comic book “extreme” style they were looking for, but I had to try. I probably post them sometime if I ever get a portfolio section up. Anyway, this sketch was based on what I could remember of the cartoony caricatures that I worked up for the pitch.