The Drawing Road So Far...
Pre 2003
- Drawing And Filling Sketchbooks - Throughout my schooling, and even as I pursued a career in graphic design, I was drawing every chance I had and filling sketchbooks. I've been drawing since I could hold a crayon to construction paper as a kid you could say. I recall starting to take it a bit more seriously and try to really improve at it in 3rd grade. I filled about one sketchbook a year after that.
2003+
- Commission Character Art - Began doing the occasional character art commission through eBay auctions and via DeviantArt for extra beer and pizza money during college.
- Worked mostly traditional, and even shipped art to customers. Drew everything with traditional pencils and ink pens. Colored pieces in Photoshop.
2006-2009
- Graphic designer at advertising firm - Primarily worked on graphic design for print posters, ads, books, brochures and branding.
- Taking the occasional commission
2009
- December 11th 2009 - Launched Eryck Webb Graphics. A commission based business focusing on character art and graphic design.
- 'Bump On A Log' - Inhouse webcomic Strip. My first webcomic. Discontinued 2012
- Continuing to take commissions
2010
- 'Possessed' - Written/ Created by Bryan Burke first paid webcomic job.
I credit this gig as the push to go 100% digital in my work. I was never 100% happy with my traditional inking ability, so I started inking digital, and began sketching digitally too. Ironically years later, improving at inking digitally helped me revisit inking traditionally and get much better/ confident at it.
- 'Rising Stars Vol. 1', "Accusations Among Theives" - Art for the short story in an anthology published by Deadstar Publishing (UK). My first officially published comic work.
- Continuing to take commissions, now 100% digital. No more shipping art.
2011
- 'Possessed, Collected Vol. 1 - Designed the collection of my run on the series.
- Continuing to take commissions
2012
- Livestreaming - First ever livestreams, on Livestream.com and then Picarto.tv. Eventually started doing evening live sketch commissions drawn live on Picarto one or two evenings a week.
- 'Lake Michigan Blues' - Script by Ryu Miyaki. First graphic novel job.
- 'Jumping Boy' - Inhouse Webcomic Series. Discontinued 2014.
- 'Continuous Audio Transmission, (C.A.T.)' - First music/ album job.
- 'Horseshoes and Handgrenades Tee - First Tshirt design job.
- 'The Good The Bad and The Geeky Live' - First promotional poster design.
- Continuing to take commissions
2013
- 'Ungrounded' - Kickstarter and 56pg full color graphic novel. Script by Patrick Gerard. Interior page art and character designs.
- '80sTees.com' - Illustrations and designs for their apparel products, including Hasbro licensed properties like Transformers, HeMan and My Little Pony.
- 'TnC' (Tia And Cory) - Webcomic written by Cory Matthews. Character design and comic illustration.Discontinued 2017.
- Continuing to take commissions
2014
- Transformers Collectors Club - Written by Jesse Wittenrich and Pete Sinclair. with Evan Gauntt on colors and Jesse Wittenrich on letters. I did thebComic page black n white art. Letters/ colors by other artist. Published in Transformers Collectors Club Magazine by Fun Publications via Hasbro.
- Ultimate Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - A fan comic/ web comic created/written by Nick Arganbright. I did the sequential page illustration of the first issue.
- Continuing to take commissions
2015
- 'TnC' (Tia And Cory) - I designed the TNC Webcomic year 1 collected book.
- Holiday Card Commission - A moderately successful seasonal item I offered.
- Continuing to take commissions
2016
- 'Drawing Request Show' - Launch of a live stream centered around drawing requests, a variation of commissions, on Twitch.tv. These sketches in turn could also be upgraded to finished inked and colored commissions finished off stream. .
- Continuing off stream commissions.
2017
- Twitch Affiliate - My Twitch channel became Twitch Affiliate status, allowing subscriptions, bit cheers ( Twitch currency ), subscriber badges and more.
- Best Of Request Volume One - Released 2017. Print and digital. My first 100% self published inhouse book! Summarizes the 2016 streaming and drawing request experience and features the best drawings from the year.
- Drawing Request Show streams several times a week on Twitch.
- Closed taking off stream commissions to focus on stream orders.
2018.
- StreamLabs Merch Store - Designing and selling on-brand original merchandise products for the first time.
- Best Of Request Volume 2 - Released 2018. Print and digital. Summarizes the 2017 streaming and drawing request experience and features the best drawings from the year.
- Drawing Request Show streams several times a week on Twitch.
2019
- Off stream commissions remain closed.
- Best Of Request Volume 3 - Released 2019. Print and digital. Summarizes the 2018 streaming and drawing request experience and features the best drawings from the year.
- EWG 10 Year Anniversary - December 11, 2019, Eryck Webb has been self employed business owner and proprietor for over a decade! The occasion was marked with a special 10th Anniversary logo, and an official announcement of the 4th original book from EWG, 'Ten: A True Story'.
- StreamLabs Discontinued - StreamLabs service and rates changed suddenly in undesirable ways. Shop was discontinued.
- Drawing Request Show streams several times a week on Twitch.
2020
- Off stream commissions remain closed.
- Ten: A True Story - Released 2020. Print and digital. Summarizes the first 10 years of Eryck Webb Graphics. Also featured full color photos and artwork from each year.
- Best Of Request Volume 4 Digital Edition - Released Spring 2020. Covid19 just hit and printers were shut down and shipping services were maxed out. It seemed smarter to only release digitally at the time. Summarizes the 2019 streaming and drawing request experience and features the best drawings from the year.
- Best Of Request Volume 4 Print Edition - Released October 2020. Included an exclusive 48 page ashcan called 'Draw Fu'. This booklet contained 48 traditional sketchbook artworks not found anywhere else.
- Drawing Request Show streams several times a week on Twitch.
2021
- Off stream commissions remain closed.
- EWG Shop - Launched a new shop directly on the EWG website. Collects the various vendors I use for my stickers, tees, books and digital downloads, all in one place.
- Gaomon PD156 15'' Display tablet joins the drawing arsenal. Very generously gifted by MagicLunchBox, a member of the community on Twitch.
- Best Of Request Volume 5 - Released 2021. Print and digital. Summarizes the 2020 streaming and drawing request experience and features the best drawings from the year.
- Sub-Only Art-Drop - Created a directory on the EWG Discord server only Twitch subscribers can get into. Offers exclusive art and custom digital downloads to supporters.
- EWG Shop - Launched a new shop directly on the EWG website. Collects the various vendors I use for my stickers, tees, books and digital downloads, all in one place
Contest Entry - Megadeth Christmas Card Art Contest - Placed 6th
- Drawing Request Show streams several times a week on Twitch.
Commission Quote Request Form - Began taking off stream commissions again. Launched a Commission Quote Request Form to provide an easy way to provide quotes to potential commission customers.
2022
- Robot 010822 - YouTube time-lapse drawing process video. First I've ever made that went moderately viral and got over 1000 views in the first 24 hours. Finally topping off at 4000 views in one week.
- Best Of Request Volume 6 - Released 2022. Print and digital. Summarizes the 2021 streaming and drawing request experience and features the best drawings from the year.
- Original Digital Downloads - Launched spring emote packs in my shop. Successfuly made a few sales.
- 'Toaster Head' - 5x7 pen and ink artwork sold. First traditional art sale in years.
- 4000 Followers on Twitch - My Twitch channel hit 4000 followers in August 2022. The community voted for how we celebrate. We had a 4000k celebration stream where we drew a 4000 illustration featuring chibis of everyone hanging out during that day. It remains black and white.
- Drawing Request Show streams several times a week on Twitch.
Continuing off stream commissions.
2023
- KoFi - started a page on this Patreon alternative to support my drawing journey
- Etsy Shop - Made first sale in in Spring 2023 with St Pattys and Easter emote packs
- Traditional Artwork - Embracing digital pen and ink drawings and putting them in the shop to sell
- 'Cute Octo Hat - 5x7 pen and ink artwork from 2021 sold.
- 'Sleepy Cat - 5x7 pen and ink artwork sold.
Best Of Request Volume 7 Print Edition - Released Summer 2023. Summarizes the 2022 streaming and drawing request experience and features the best drawings from the year.
Best of Request Volume 7 Digital Edition - Released Fall 2023. Summarizes the 2022 streaming and drawing request experience and features the best drawings from the year.
DrawFu 2020 Ashcan Digital Edition - Released Fall 2023. A digital edition of the 2020 ashcan packaged with Best of Request Volume 4 preorders.
- Drawing Request Show streams Tuesdays and Thursdays times a week on Twitch.
- Offstream Commissions & Upgrades - Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays
2024
- Twitch Emotes Acknowledgement - Twitch's year end recap placed EWG emotes in the top 10% accredited and used on Twitch across many different channels.
- Crewpiece 2023: Bucket Hat Pirates - an original artwork featuring all my 2023 subscribers as of December 6th 2023 on Twitch. Inspired by Onepiece. Available in the shop as shirt, print and digital download during the first quarter of 2024
- Best Of Request Volume 8 Print Edition - Released Fall 2024. Summarizes the 2023 streaming and drawing request experience and features the best drawings from the year both on stream and off.
- Split Schedule - Tuesdays and Thursdays are Twitch stream days, while Monday, Wednesday and Friday are dedicated off stream commissions days.
- Quick Buy Commissions - Launched 'Quick Buy' commission buttons for those who know exactly what they want. One click takes you to appropriate item in the integrated Ko-Fi shop. For those ho are unsure, the Commission Quote Form is available.
- Ko-Fi Commission - Approached by Ko-Fi staff to create an original Halloween artwork for posting on their social media sites.
- Monthly Ko-Fi Rewards - Starting in October 2024, I am doing monthly original art as a digital print and wallpaper, and several emotes/ clip art for monthly subscribers to the EWG Ko-Fi page.
- The journey continues...
