It's Almost Time...

Hi everyone. It's been a whirlwind time for me lately, both personally and professionally. I haven't been able to post in a long time due to all of the action going on over here. I'm all set to get married this weekend and then we are off on an amazing European honeymoon for 16 days. I can't wait! All of our families are starting to arrive in town and so the pressure is really on now. So far everything has gone off perfectly. Gonna try my best to follow everyone's advice and just chill out and enjoy it...

On the comics front, there are some interesting developments happening as of late. Wrapping up one project right now and have a few more on the table that sound very enticing. Have been approached by and met several really great people in the comics community recently. Trying to find my spot within the industry is hard work and a lot of sacrifice, but it has been a pure joy.

ok, I gotta go! Thanks to everyone and I'll see you all real soon. I already can't wait to start working again.
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Tarzan

Produced for the PUMMEL Competition on PencilJack. The topic was Tarzan.

The Flashes!

This is my Flash piece for the PencilJack Grand Championships for May. It took me all day to do, but I finally knocked it out.

P.U.M.M.E.L. Tournament Round 1

This was done for PencilJacks's P.U.M.M.E.L. Tournament. In the first round my opponent got to pick the topic. He chose "Mounted Cobat." This is my submission. Didn't really have enough time to work on it, due to other obligations, but I thought it turned out pretty good for what I had to work with. Hope it goes well! :)

Zombie Self-Portrait Final!

Done.

Zombie Linework

I won the Grand Champion Contest for last month, so it was up to me to pick the new topic for this month. I chose Zombie Self-Portrait. Here is the preliminary line work.

Something a little different...

Just a little experimentation in the form of a fun scribble. Besides, I had to get that Magneto sketch off of the top!;)
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Magneto Sketch

Here's a sketch I did last night for another Pencil Jack thingy. The deadline was yesterday, so I only had about an hour to work on it. Bumped it out fast cuz I wanted to participate. Could have been a lot better, but I actually really enjoy the whimsy and looseness of the colors. I like the vibrancy and intensity of the color against the stark background. Wish I would have put something up on the ceiling so that you could tell we are looking at him floating. Should have put a shadow down below too.
I still have no idea what's happening in this photo. There's supposed to be a flower in his hand, but for some reason, on the web version, it's really hard to see. Oh well!

ETSY STORE BACK UP!

Good news: The Etsy store is back up and running. I am hoping to have some new prints coming down the pipe soon so stay tuned. Gonna be adding some origianl art as well, from small watercolor sketches all the way to big ole', fully rendered paintings! Right now all that is available is the Yeti vs. Robot print (Only 6 remaining!) but be sure to check back for more later.

Up next: I am probably gonna make some prints of the "50 Years" painting! The print process is great so I am really excited to see how this one turns out! It's a favorite of mine.

Click below to be directed to the store!!

Giant Robot Action!

This is my submission for a PencilJack competition. I didn't have the time to refine the pencils more so I decided to color it and throw a lot of photoshop trickery in there.
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Weird Wolverine Pose...

...that morphed into something else entirely. In my mind, this pose looked way cooler.
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Ultimate Fantastic Four Submissions

Here are my Ultimate Fantastic Four pages that I submitted in New York. The sequence was taken from Ultimate Fantastic Four #21 by Mark Millar. The cover image was drawn digitally and the rest are pencil. Looking back on them I see tons of mistakes. I think I was in too much of a rush.
Enjoy.
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PS_As always, comments and critiques are welcome.






Continued in next post...

The Rest of My Submissions

...cont'd.







If you want to see some more of my submissions, the Guy Garner pages are two posts down. They were all presented in a nice package that I made up. I should take a pic of the one leftover, just so you guys can see my presentation.
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50 Years

This is a promo piece I made for work. I don't think they are gonna go with it... All digital. The full size version looks pretty good, but it's too big. It's kind of a shame when something gets shrunk down so much it loses a lot of detail.

Guy Gardner Submissions

Here is the first set of pencil submissions I put out there. It is an action sequence for a story called "Collateral Damage" by Chuck Dixon. I believe is was Guy Gardner #15. After looking back on them, these pages have their problems, but, they say all artists have 1000 bad pages in them before they get good, so I need to start cracking.

Hope you like them
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Draw Night

Had a great draw night last night. Did some Dare Devil sketches. We decided that a lot of artists like drawing Dare Devil because he is basically a naked guy with horns. Easy costume. Fun though.
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Ouch. It hurts.

Hi All,
Got back from the New York Comic Con late last night. Had a great time there, but unfortunately, things didn't quite work out the way that I had wanted them to.
That's okay though. Still gonna keep trying, still gonna keep honing the skills and making them sharp... sharp like Wolverine's nose!

Here's a sketch of Wolverine's nose.
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I will be posting the pages I brought to NYCC in the following days and then starting on new ones! Stay tuned!

2009!

Happy New Year everyone! I know I have been away for a while, but I have been super busy. I have some major plans in the works and I can't wait to share them with all of you. Let's just say I have been very busy with my pencils!



God bless and stay tuned!

Guy

Election Day!

I know who I'm voting for:

It's a 3D World

So I haven't been able to post anything in a while.  Work has been flipped upside down.  The studio is trying to find work in new realms, so they are forcing us to learn 3D. It's pretty cool but they want samples fast and it is a ton of pressure to learn this stuff and actually make something cool. Especially with all of the wedding obligations, personal obligations, freelance, etc.  It is definitely a bit hectic for me right now. It has certainly cut out a HUGE chunk of my drawing time.  I haven't drawn anything lately which makes me extremely sad.... Hell, Colossus Club is even hurting right now. Everyone is being worked to death!!!!  Gaahhhh!  

Oh well.  Here are a couple images from a model I rendered out. Trying to just figure out how to do this stuff. Pretty fast and cool results. Not going for anything photographic... just trying to sell a mood or style. I think the one at night down below is my fave of the two shown.