More ink samples?

I decided to add another ink sample from this years con. This one was penciled by Joe Madureira and inked by yours truly. I had some aspirations to do a couple of original ink works for the blog, but it got pushed aside due to my current work load. The good news is that they are half finished.The bad news? I dunno when I will get back to them.
Anyway, I have to legally say that this image is included soley for the purpose of scholarly review.
Hopefully I will post again soon.....hopefully.

Post Con.

Well the Comic Con has come and gone, and I have to admit I am glad the stress is over. Had a tuff time working 40hrs, doing inks for a comic and trying to get some ink samples done as well. It's like working three jobs! But I think it went well.
My sample consisted of inks over a couple of pro's like J. Scott Campbell, Terry Dodson, Leinil Yu, Joe Mad!, and Cory Walker. Plus my inks over Matt Hebb, of course. The ink sample panel here is from Cory's work in a Spiderman story.
I talked to some people at the Con and got some reviews on my work. Some good and some bad. But it all balanced out in the end. Went to the top 2 (Marvel and DC) and did the drop off there. But got no word back, no worries. Went and met up with the team from Viper. Good things a coming that way. Met with Penny-Farthing. Seemed to go pretty well. Saw Top Cow. They didn't seem interested. But again, no worries. My friend Matt sent me to Darkhorse after he had a good review. Just to show my face and show my stuff. Seemed good enough. But you never know. And finally saw a group called Blind Wolf. They do kids style comics and needed an inker for a story. So I am looking forward to good things with them too. But all in all a pretty decent Con. Bought lots of books and stuff. So I am stocked up for almost a year and looking to get back into inking and sketching. After a little rest of corse.
Oh, and a few things added to the web site.

Saddle up!

Trying to keep up with the posts more often. But I know I have been a little behind. Been working two jobs, trying to get ink samples for SDCC, and sketching more is kinda a tough gig. But I think this subject matter slowed me down as well. Trying to get something going with this image was a struggle. But in the end, I think it can out alright.

Along for the ride

So as I have stated before, I have been drawing a lot of cars lately. Mostly because they are kind of a weakness in my abilities as an artist. Them and environments. I will start working on the environment issue in the up coming months. But as for the cars, I just feel that older cars have a little more character to them than newer ones. I guess because they are a part of history, they have a history of their own. And history does build character.
Well whatever the case... I hope you all enjoy!

Picture page...

I thought I would get back to the feel of this blog from when I started it. That being more illustrative and less cartoon oriented. Now that being said, I love the cartoon aspect of the drawings I have been doing. But I feel the need to stay devoted to the illustration/figure drawing that I spent years trying to learn. So hopefully you will see more of both sides of me from here on out. Well, one can only hope so...

Team work!

There is no real reason for this one other than I felt like drawing a hotdog cart one day at work. I know it's a wierd thing to have an impulse to draw, but that's exactly why I chose it. And then I added the ants to make some kinda story out of it. Besides... who really gets a chance to draw a hotdog cart?

Mista Direction

Lately I've been really into this whole urban toy craze. I find myself searching for hours on sites such as KidRobot.com, TheBananaLab.com, and MyPlasticHeart.com. I especially love the Munny and Dunny lines. A lot of my favorite artists have designed their own versions. So when the chance came along to do one of my own for a friend's birthday present I couldn't resist. I worked up a couple of designs and showed them to her, not telling her what they were for, and we agreed that doing this design on a glow in the dark one would turn out really well. For about the next month I secretly worked on it, and presented it to her on her birthday. She was thrilled. I really like how it came out, and guess what kids, it's a new medium! Acrylic on vinyl. I guess I'm not limited to pen and ink after all!

Working out the bugs.

Why a Giant African Beetle you ask? Well a few years ago I actually did this same image but in watercolor. It didn't have the punch I wanted it to and I was a little unhappy with it. So I decided to give it a go again. Much happier with the effect the markers and col-erase gave me. Don't get me wrong, I love watercolor, But the markers actually played well to the whole exoskeleton thing. Well, more to come...

sketchin a go-go

So I have been trying to get back to sketching a lot more. Been busy working on some small projects and working full time at the school. I have been dropping in on a life drawing class for about a month or so. But it's unlikely you'll see that stuff here as it is bad! I forgot how on-the-ball you have to be with life drawing! Good artistic workout though. So this one is just me sketching for fun. Now worries and just trying to get the old imagination going again. I have been working on a more cartoony style, as well as working on the illustrative side of things as well. Hopefully you'll see more of both in the up coming days...

poison pen (and ink!)

Here is a little something I did on lunch at work. I have been wanting to work in different mediums, but still end up using mostly ink and markers. And that's what this one is. Ink, prisma marker, colerase vermillion pencil, and a white-out pen. Perhaps I will get around to trying something else sooner or later. Hope you all enjoy.

Latest compulsion

For my latest set of sketches I have been kinda carried away with the idea of sketching cars. I can't say how it started, but when I started sketching cars I realized it's a little harder than I thought. I have spent so much time learning to draw people that I may have neglected my practice on sketching other things. So this is the first attempt at challenging myself to draw more than just people.

Missing the boat?

So I thought I would get your help. So I did this Borat piece after I heard about all the legal issues he was in after the movie came out. But as usual with things, I got consumed by life and soon forgot about it until the video was about to come out. And then I forgot about it (again). So my question to you all is...should I even finish it? Or count it among the dead and move on.
You make the call.

Zoo-rific

Here are a couple of drawings I did the other day from my zoo pictures. I tried on some of them to play with the proportion just a tad. I think I should try pushing them more towards the animated side and then bring it back in and see what happens. At least this way I can free myself of the tight laced drawing style I have been in lately.

Celebrations and Salutations

Hi everyone, sorry for the huge gap in posting. I have been all over the place creatively and apparently none of them landed on the blog. So I guess I will have to try and make good on this for everyone's sake. Soooo....to start off the new year I have decided to post a color ill. These take me a little while to do so you can see why its been a bit. My model for this one is my nephew. And I found that even taking pics of a toddler is not so easy. So I had to use that old art school talent and piece it together. I think it turned out alright. But I am sure you all will let me know. I hope you all are doing well out there and I will do my best to get back on track. I even started to drop in on some more figure drawing classes to get back up to speed. If any of those turn out, you know I will post them here. Well I wish you all the best in the new year!

Well Wishes!

Here is to wishing you and yours the happiest of holidays. I hope all of you have a great time over the holidays and a safe New Years.

History

Here are a couple more older sketches from when I was in school and stuff.
.....No more words today.....

Easy as 1,2,.....3?

Sorry I am so late with this ....Again. Blogger gave me a little trouble there for a little bit. But no excuses. So I have for your viewing pleasure, an example of a started piece in a studio and the finished next to it. The first is a 15 min. on 18x24 and the second was the redrawn image and finished on the same size paper to show my process. The color and lighting are horrible in these shots because I didn't realize that I am using an off white over head bulb. Next time I will know to use true sun light bulbs when taking shots in doors. Or better yet...I could go outside and shoot them....ehhh enjoy.

Open arms

So here is an little bit older drawing, but I figured not many of you have seen it. So it will be new to a lot of you. This is from a series of characters illustrations I have been working off and on for a while. I know some of you would like me to be more regular in posting. I will do my best to be a regular as life allows. I will try and post something at least once a week ( or with in seven days from each other). This being said, I do have to work a 40 hour a week job and all the rest of that stuff too. So please be understanding, this is for fun and not my job. (God, if it was I would be so much more on the ball! )
Well enjoy everyone!

Faux musketeer

I love the way the hair came out in this one. I seem to love the texture of hair lately. That and I think it adds to the air of his snobbish naturel. Short and sweet this week have some things to get done. Enjoy!

Nekked time!

Ok, so I am going to go with the one about me being an artist and this is just a study of the female form.....yeah..... But seriously, I feel I need to get back to anatomy studies a little more than I am used to. I love drawing from life but it seems I don't get as many chances now that I have graduated and all that. Well maybe I will make an attempt to get more connections with the Instuctors at the college I work at. You know... cause that would be just too convenient.