Wolverine sketchcard

Copic markers on bristol sketch card, 2.5x3.5", 2009.

Well, I decided to go ahead and finish that Wolverine sketch card I started at the con.

Hickory Con

Copic markers on bristol sketch cards. 2.5x3.5", 2009.

I had a great time at the Hickory Con this past Saturday. Met some cool artist and got to hang out with ones that I knew from previous cons. I tried my hand at doing some of these sketch card commissions for folks this con. I've never done them before and was curious to see if people would like them. I was working on a Wolverine to show as an example and before I could finish it people were already asking me to do them one. I posted three that I got pictures of before I gave them out (sorry for the blurriness). They are pretty tiny to draw detail stuff so I might keep them to just close ups and busts. But this is something that I will defiantly try out again.

More Commissions...

Hela, Blue pencil on bristol, 9x12", 2009.

Here is a new commission I am working on. This is the death goddess Hela from the Marvel comics Thor series. Just finished up the pencils now on to inks and color.

The day after...

Batman, Copic markers on bristol, 8x10", 2009.

Well the Boone Comicon turned out to be a fun little con. For being such a small town convention, a lot of people came through. Saw people I knew from work and met some cool new artist that were local to the surrounding areas. I also found out from the guys running the con, that the next one will be in October, so hopefully they will keep it going for years to come. The only thing that bumed me out was that no one wanted any commissions. But I did draw up this Batman sketch while I sat there, thought it turned out pretty nice. I drew it on that semi-smooth bristol from Strathmore and I made a very cool discovery with it. No matter how much I saturated the paper with the markers, it did not bleed through to the other side at all. Very amazing stuff.

Little blue demon

Nightcrawler sketch, blue pencil on Stonehenge.

Thought I'd share the rough sketch for my Nightcrawler piece. The smoke from the bamf did not show up that well on here, but the final drawing will be clearer. Should have that up by tomorrow or Tuesday.

Thor

Thor sketch, Blue pencil on Stonehenge.

This is just the rough sketch for my new Thor piece. I've transferred it to a new piece of paper to tighten up the line work. The cleaner line work will make it easier to color digitally later on. I'll post the finished drawing later this weekend or Monday.

Meta who?

blue pencil and acrylic ink on Stonehenge.

Just a quick sketch to test out some colors before I started on the final image. Turned out kind of cool so I thought I'd share.

Poof

Copic markers on bristol board.

A friend from college recently gave me one of those blank trading cards from Strathmore and asked if I could draw her something. So this is what I came up with. Hope she likes it.

what's on the drawing board...

Copic markers on moleskine, 2009.


Blue pencil on Sennelier coldpress watercolor paper, 7 1/2 x 7 1/2", 2009.

Here is something new that I have been playing around with. He has gone through a few changes since I first sketched him out. The horns were bugging me from the start. They were looking a little to ram like, so I pointed them out a little more to keep them from being so chunky. I have been wanting to try out some watercolors for a while now and I thought this guy would be perfect to practice with. I'll post the finished image when I'm through. Hope ya like.

I bent my wookie

Chewbacca, Blue pencil, ink, and Copics on toned Stonehenge, 11x17", 2008.

This was a surprise Christmas present for a fellow artist, Chris Uminga. His girlfriend contacted me to see if I could do him a full color Chewbacca, which I have to say is the best request to date since I started doing commissions. I had a lot fun coming up with this one. Hope you all like it as much as Chris and Laura did.

Aquaman

Aquaman, Blue pencil on Stonehenge, 9x12", 2008.


Copic and Chartpak markers on Moleskine.

I finally finished up this Aquaman commission. Had a tough time finding a good underwater pose for him. The bottom image is from my moleskine. I went through quite a few drawings to get his face the way I wanted. I finally stuck with this one. Thought it showed his arrogance and distrust of humans.

Pink

Pink Monster, Pink pencil and Copic multiliner on Moleskine, 2008.

This is an idea I had for my next painting. I've never really done a predominately pink image before so I thought I'd try it out on this guy.

doodles

Just playing around with some new Copic pens that I got. Not sure what these guys will end up being... maybe a family of sorts.

Poison Ivy

Poison Ivy, blue pencil on Stonehenge, 8 1/2x11.


Poison Ivy, CS3 600 dpi, 8 1/2x11, 2008

Just finished up this image of Poison Ivy for a website called Concept Art. They do a bunch of weekly contest like character of the week and creature of the week. It's open to anyone that is registered to the site and there are a ton of talented people on there. The theme for this weeks character of the week was Dark Knight Villians, I included a link so that you can see the final idea I had for her. After seeing Dark Knight I couldn't pass up this opportunity to see what I could come up with. I think this is my favorite image that I have done recently. If anyone is interested in a print of this, just email me and I'll see what I can do.

Commissions

Death, blue pencil, ink, and Copic markers on Stonehenge,
8 1/2x11", 2008.

Captain America, blue pencil on Stonehenge, 9x12, 2008.

It's been a while since I've posted anything so I thought I'd share some commissions that I have been working on. These were commissioned from some nice folks at the Heroes Con. Hope they like them.

HEROES!!!

Sorry, Heroes Con has been over for almost a week and I haven't posted anything yet. I've been busy working on some new stuff since I got back (more to follow). I will defiantly post it as soon as I'm finished.

Anyway, Heroes was so much fun this year. Everyone I met was super nice. I was so pleased to see that my art got such a good response this time around too. I'm slowly getting used to producing more and more work and it is paying off. I actually got a couple of offers to do some real deal published work. Maybe even one through IDW? I'm keeping my fingers crossed on that one.

The coolest thing this year was that I got a lot of request for commissions. I've posted a few that I was able to finish, but I still have a bunch to do. So thank you again to the people that are waiting patently for their commissions. I had so much fun talking to everyone I met. Two artist that I have to mention, Chris Uminga and Matt Fletcher ,they had some really awesome stuff. Check them out, I think you will like.
Another down to earth guy that I met was Scott Sava. He is the creator of a book called The Dreamland Chronicles, it is an all ages read graphic novel. I haven't got a chance to read some it yet but he has most of it online for free. Looks pretty cool though from what I saw. Scott stopped by the table and really enjoyed my art. He invited me over to his booth to check out some of the stuff that he has been working on. He even said that maybe I could do a cover for one of his Dreamland books thats being published through IDW. I think my jaw was hanging open when he said that. He also does children's books, which is something that I've always wanted to do as well. Just talking to him gave me so much hope that I can make it in this business. He knows what its like to be the little guy just starting out and he said that he could help to get my foot in the door. That was so inspiring for me to hear that. Thanks again Scott.

As far as the exhibitor booths, I bought my share in weight of trades and hard covers. Those $5 trade booths were a real down fall for me this time. On Sunday, this one guy ended up selling his Marvel titles for 75% off cover price. Let's just say a great deal of money was deducted from my credit card.

I also got to spend some time with my friends from college, which is always a crazy experience. I'm like the only one that still lives in the mountains of NC, so these cons are like the only time we get to see each other. I'm trying to see if we can do some more cons next year like Baltimore, but we have to save up some money to do that. Charlotte is the closest place that we can all meet without costing us an arm or leg, so we will have to wait and see. Make sure you check out their websites too. Adam Goudelock and Kim Feigenbaum.

All in all I had a really great time. It was inspiring and really got me excited to work on some new things for next year. Heroes Con 2008 was the best I've been to in a really long time. Can't wait till next year to do it again.

~later






~Thanks again to everyone that showed their support through the commissions. I had a blast drawing them.

Medusa

Blue pencil and graphite on Rives BFK, 11x17".

I just finished this Medusa drawing last night. I'm still working on the color version, but I'm pretty sure I will have it done in time for Heroes Con. I'm actually going to have these printed off at the original size. It will be the first time having some prints that are larger than 8 1/2x11". I'm hoping that they will sell well.

More Heroes Con Stuff

Ad for Cheap Joe's Art Stuff,
blue pencil and white pastel on Rives BFK, 11x14", 2008.

Here is a flyer cover image for Cheap Joe's Art Stuff. I just finished the pencils and now I just have to put some color to it. It is actually their ad for Heroes Con, they ended up purchasing a booth this year to sell some of their art products. Since I work for them, I will be spending a little bit of time at their booth along with the small press table that me and a couple of friends purchased. I have links to their websites along the side of the blog. They are Kim Feigenbaum and Adam Goudelock. So be sure to stop by both tables to get some cool stuff.

Post Cards

Thought I'd share a couple of new things I've been working on this past weekend. This is a piece that I'm working on for my first solo art show. It will be on display at The Nth Degree Gallery in Boone, NC for the month of October. I'm debating on transferring it to a wood panel to paint it since the digital version came out so well.



I liked it so much that I used it for my self promotional post cards. I just sent off the color and type version to get printed. Hopefully they will make it in time for Heroes Con so I can give them out to folks. Make sure you come by for one and many other new prints.

Sasquatch Commission

Here is a commission that I did for a guy at the Hickory Con a couple of weekends ago. It is the second Sasquatch that he has asked for, hope he likes this one. This is the first time I worked on some toned paper with white pastel pencil for highlights. I really like how it turned out and will have to try it again sometime.