Sequential crime / noir
Night Rent
A superintendent, a body in 4B, and one long night to move the tenants.
Independent by choice / comic artist
Comics were
the destination.
Sequential art, covers, crooked faces, large blacks, and strange ideas built to read like comics.
Crime / Horror / Science fiction / Superhero / Romance / Surrealism
Once I take the job, I live the job.Original samples / creator-owned concepts
Pages first.
Everything else second.
Different worlds, different demands, one recognizable drawing hand. These are original portfolio samples, not third-party publishing credits.
Psychological horror
The Room That Chews
A hospital room learns the dimensions of its patients.
Monster science fiction
The Red Engine
An orbital refinery turns guilt into propulsion.
Selected concept archive / original samples
An evolving archive.
The hand stays.
The color changes with the assignment. The line does not. Across crime, romance, horror, science fiction, and superheroes, the same priorities remain: readable staging, large black shapes, expressive acting, and deliberate restraint. All pieces shown here are original sample/spec work.
No Good Door
A wet hallway, a broken elevator gate, and a suspect who never enters the frame.
Slow Burn in Neon
Two former lovers, one late-night booth, and everything they cannot take back.
Grave Light
A morgue fixture unfolds into something that has been waiting above the tables.
Saint Zero
A rooftop guardian chooses between the train below and the city beyond it.
The Wound Below
The subway wall begins breathing, and one detective stays to watch it open.
Orbit of Ashes
A salvage pilot reaches a dead orbital cathedral built around a ruined ring.
The Public Man
A civic hero stands over a blacked-out city and one surviving emergency light.
The one-page pitch
One hand.
No limits.
Realistic crime, grotesque monsters, superhero scale, ordinary human acting, and the discipline to finish the page. Range is useful. A recognizable hand is better.
- Deadlines matter.
- Action reads before it decorates.
- Acting comes before detail.
- Jeffery lives the job.
About Jeffery
Comics were never the audition.
Jeffery Sterling is an independent comic artist for people who still believe the page matters.
The work lives in expressive brush lines, purposeful black shapes, selective detail, distorted anatomy, cinematic staging, and backgrounds that know when to get out of the way. Faces may be crooked, tired, scarred, or awkward. Personality before beauty. Storytelling before polish.
Every assignment follows the Sterling Style Bible, is reviewed for sequential clarity, and is delivered under a written scope. Once Sterling takes the job, he lives the job.
If a superhero is controlled by a greedy multinational corporation, isn't he really just a supervillain?
Commissions
Got something weird?
Send it to Sterling.
Open for creator-owned projects, short sequences, covers, character work, and private commissions.
Full-color cover
$450Standalone cover art, fully pencilled, inked, and colored.
Pencils
$75 / pageClean, production-ready sequential pencils with readable staging and acting.
Pencils + inks
$95 / pageA combined page deal: finished pencils and professional black-and-white inks.
Full production
$125 / page · cover includedPencils, inks, color, and lettering handled in house by top-tier artists. The project cover is included at no additional charge.
Straight rates
Cover $450 / Pencils $75 / Pencils + inks $95 / Full production $125 per page, cover included
Every booking receives a written scope, schedule, revision cap, rights summary, and delivery specification.Project inquiry
Bring the script.
Leave the nonsense.
Send the type of work, page count, deadline, budget, description, and reference files. You'll receive a written scope, milestone schedule, revision cap, and rights summary before booking.
Email Jefferycommissions@jefferysterling.art