Nightmares

photoshop over a loose pencil drawing. for a contest at sketchaholics.com

the theme was Nightmares. the idea is sort of from Monsters Inc. i love the idea of a couple of bullies going after a gentle monster. poor guy. so anyways, the kids are the monster's nightmare.

Anxiety

Experiments with Imagery

Monkey King

Wrastlers

Cat's B-Day

Ode to the Metabarons

This was a lot of fun to do. I learned a lot in the process, must keep going! I looked at Frank Frazetta and my Metabaron comics by Alejandro Jodorowsky and Juan Gimenez for inspiration.

Old Timey

This was inspired by my friend http://www.tychocafe.com/ Jean Fhillipe. Always inspiring, his stuff blows my mind. Looking forward to seeing his work everywhere in the near future!

Yay! Reading!

Growing Up

Bloody Glow

My buddy Jean Francois Beaulieu collaborated with me to color up this sketchy ink drawing I did a few weeks ago. He did an awesome job. Love to see how other artists approach a problem.

Deep Sea

Experimenting with brushes and process.

This is around 18x12" and I only had some sketchy lines down, no details or anything when I started inking it. I didn't have a plan when I started, just some guy slashing at something. It's pretty messy, but I had fun doing the texture.

Ink and white acrylic.

Hulk SMASH!

Oh joy. So, for some reason I'm very inspired to do these quick ink drawings and then see where they go in photoshop. With the inks, I started off way too careful at first, but loosened up by the end of it, maybe next time I'll have to do some warm-up inking beforehand to make me a little more bold.

I'm not sure who will be next, but I have a few characters in mind.

Punisher: Miami Vice

So I have to say I'm really rusty at drawing the superheroes that I grew up with. It's unfortunate, but I have to say drawing comics for two years left a pretty bad taste in my mouth (due to the stressful deadlines and general burnout). I've learned a lot from the experience, most importantly, I need to speed up.

I've been looking at this fellow's http://evanbryce.blogspot.com/ work for inspiration, very awesome color choices and energy in his characters... I'm not all about swiping, but this is just for a learning experience and it's one step closer to how I want my sequential work to look.

Snake Eyes

Chairs

Swearing can be fun.

Quarter Century

This is a bit of a departure from what I normally do, but I think it's also reflective of my life and my mind in general at this point. I just turned 25 and life has been pretty interesting so far. I feel very fortunate to be alive and experiencing life. And more importantly, trying to learn from my experiences so far. I like to think that everyone goes through growth their whole lives, it's what makes life worth living in my understanding.

This is colored pencil, Tombow markers, ink wash, gouache, and india ink.

Insomnia

Two Giants

It's strange how some things don't turn out like you want them to. Here are two examples of trying to get an idea out of my head, but having totally unpredictable results. Sometimes things just have to be finished before you can learn and move on.

The first one is my failed attempt to get what I somewhat managed to get in the second.

Daredevil Robot

This is for the Better-than-your-mom blog http://better-than-your-mom.blogspot.com/.

Fun times...

Sketch was done in gouache w/ lil bits of colored pencil over Colerase pencil and ballpoint pen.... yay for mixing shit together.