Creeper

i think i'll give him a costume next.

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.

War Sketches

Anxiety

Monster Suit

Gouacheness

because it's just too hot for computers!

Bear Sketch

this was an experiment with rendering and textures. i'm going to keep exploring these techniques.

Keepin' at it.

This was fun. I worked with my friend Chris Grim at a cafe on this sketch. We traded this back and forth over the course of two hours, spending ten minutes at a time on it. It was a great exercise in working with shapes and details. He was much more concerned about details and textures, while I was a lot more focused on the overall shapes. Together we created a pretty interesting character.

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.

WIPs. WIPs, and more WIPs!!

So I'm going to try and get these finished in about a month, plus... maybe a few others if I can! Crazy times.

BatShark w/ polish

And I'm officially done...

Personal Demons

It's nice to see all that experimentation pay off a bit. This is a pencil drawing, with ink wash, and gouache. Plus, I cheated a bit in Photoshop with some levels adjustments and some really loose dodging and burning.

Sketches from a nomadic life.

I haven't updated my sketchbook in a long time, so here goes. These sketches are from the past 8 months, from the time I moved from Chicago to LA, back home to "near Seattle", and finally to Boston for my new job. Life is crazy.

Just when you think you are achieving your goals, you find out that what you want to do and what you are made to do are two different things. Thankfully, I have the artist part right, but as for what kind of artist.... that is to be decided.

We're all just spinning solar systems slowly forming as time wears on.

Monsters go "RAWR!"

Here is my first attempt at a fully painted made up illustration, without line art. It took me longer than I normally would take, but it was more of a learning tool than anything. Things will speed up as I get used to working in color, with rendering.

Application!

This is an illustration I'm working on. I designed a monster and a character to do battle in an erie jungle cave setting at night under a full moon. It's probably going to be the most rendered thing I've ever worked on but I'm learning a lot about value and just taking my time creating accurate lighting and color with make believe characters.

It's still in progress, so I imagine the final will be quite different when all is said and done.

Giant Walking Stick, etc.

This is a giant walking stick, it has a little village on its back.

The other images are for a concept art test.

The last one was drawn by Tim Seeley, colored by me for a movie.

Cartoons! Cartoons!

Just messing around with a different style... me likes.

Finally, an Update

It's been awhile, but I finally made something that wasn't work related and was really just a quick, just for fun, piece of art. It's been awhile since I made anything for fun, so this was a pleasant experience. I may go back in and touch things up with colored pencil, but for now it's just good ol' watercolor over a loose pencil sketch.

I'm not sure exactly what the picture is about, but I'm sure my subconscious knows.