Happy New Year!

Squeezing one last 2009 post in before midnight. It has been one heck of a year. I'm still getting used to juggle the art career with a regular day job, and I have to say that I wish I could work full time on the art. Here's hoping that 2010 will be the year I can finally achieve that.
Onto the actual post now...

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

U-Go-Girl, Blue pencil on bristol, 9x12", 2009.

Black Knight, Blue pencil on bristol, 9x12", 2009.

Gamorrean Guard, Copics on bristol, 14x17", 2009.

I've included some things that I have been working on as of late. Which is mostly commissions and one very special side project (that will hopefully get me out of said day job). To anyone who I have commissions from out there, sorry things are taking so long. I'm slowly getting them done and thank you for being so patient with me. I will try to post prelims of all the ones that I have started, so you know I'm working on them. As you can see above, I'm still in the planning stages on a couple pieces, (Black Knight you still need a lot work) but I thought I'd share anyway. I also posted up a finished piece of another Star Wars character, a Gamorrean Guard. I'm really starting to get into those and I'm sure there will be more to come.

Well, that's it for 2009. It was a great year, learned lots about this business of comics and hopefully will learn more in 2010. Hope everyone has a Happy and safe New Year. Later.

Baltimore Con wrap up

These are some of the commissions that I did at the Baltimore Con last month. Sorry if some of them are a little blurry, I was only able to get photos from my crappy camera.

Death, Copic markers on bristol, 8.5x11", 2009.

Chun Li, Copic markers on bristol, 8.5x11", 2009.


Mary Jane, Copic markers on bristol, 8.5x11", 2009.

Captain Nemo, Copic markers on bound sketchbook, 11x14", 2009.


Poison Ivy, Copic markers on bristol, 9x12", 2009.

Captain America, Copic markers on bristol, 9x12", 2009.

Fearless Dawn, Copic markers on bristol, 9x12", 2009.

I know it's a month late but I thought I'd share my experience of the Baltimore Con. All I can say is wow, the show was pretty incredible. Marc Nathan and crew put together one heck of a convention.
Some of the highlights for me were that I finally got to meet one of my favorite artist there, J Scott Campbell. Only had to stand in line for like 30 or 40 minutes, but it was worth it. I also got to hang out with Chris Uminga and Matt Fletcher, always nice to see those guys. Chris was even kind enough to suggest to Scott Adsit of 30 Rock to come over to the table and check out my art. That was a pretty exciting experience to be able to chat with him about his work in film and our love of comics. But the best thing was that he commissioned me to do a piece in his League of Extraordinary Gentlemen themed sketch book. I was dumb founded at this because he had a ton of other cool artist renditions in these books (such as Adam Hughes, Eric Canete, Darwin Cooke, Tim Sale, the list goes on). Lets just say that I did not feel worthy enough to be included. I sweated that pic the whole night on Saturday, but I finally came up with a Captain Nemo for him (sorry about the pic above, it was the only one that came out).
The con only being two days went by so quick, but I'm thankful that I was able to stay busy throughout the weekend. Thanks again to all those that came by and said hello. I had so much fun meeting everyone and I will definitely be attending next years show.

Well, that's it for the conventions for me this year. I'm still trying to decide which ones to go to for next year and if anyone has any suggestions, please feel free to make a comment. I have a ton of new work to post up so keep checking back as well. Later.

Happy Halloween!

Frankenstein, Copic markers on bristol, 9x12", 2009.

Dracula, Copic markers on bristol, 9x12", 2009.

I did these for my friend Chris Uminga. (Make sure to check out his art.)
I will try to update next with some of the art I did at the Baltimore Con, so keep checking back.

Hickory Con Fall '09

Rhino, Copic markers on bristol, 9x12", 2009.

Batman, Copic marker on cardboard, 7x8", 2009

Here are couple of commission that I did yesterday at the Hickory Con. The pictures I took of these two are really not that good, but you get the idea. I tried out the card board thing again with the Batman bust and I love the tonal effect I got with it. Thanks again to everyone that stopped by to say hello.
Next up on the convention schedule is the Baltimore Con in October. Keep checking back for updates.

Hickory Con tomorrow

Tomorrow marks another fall edition for the Hickory Con. I will be there all day if anyone is interested in stopping by for a commission or print. Check the link to the right of the blog for info.

And again I'm sorry for the lack of updates on here, I have been super busy working on a new project. I promise that I will post something on it soon. Keep checking back for more info.

World's Finest

Superman and Batman, Copic markers on bristol, 9x12", 2009.

Just a quick post of a new commission I finished up. I went with the New Frontier style Supes and Bats for this one.

Update... finally

Nightcrawler, Copic markers on bristol, 9x12", 2009.

Poison Ivy, Copic markers on bristol, 9x12", 2009.



Firestar, Rhino, X-23, Flash, Copic marks on sketch cards, 2.5x3.5", 2009.

Supergirl, Orange pencil on back of my sketchbook, 5.5x8.5", 2009.

Darkseid, Copic markers on bound sketch book, 8.5x11", 2009.

Sorry folks... I know it's been a whole month since I posted anything new on here. I've been busy trying to finish up a ton of commissions. Here are the ones that I've completed so far. Thanks again to everyone that requested work. I had fun doing a lot of these. I will try to start updating again more frequently than I have been.
As for other news I received conformation the Baltimore Con table, so that is all set up for October. This will be the first convention that I do outside of North Carolina and I'm super excited for it. I want to try and do more finished pieces to sell as prints, so any suggestions for new work would be cool. Hope everyone is doing well and keep checking back for new stuff. Later.