sketch o' the day 3/31

sketch o' the day 5/26

Dinosaur! Aww. He's so cute.

sketch o' the day 5/22

Snapshot of a super-ultra-secret upcoming project! Shhh!

bam.

color sampling

Work in progress. As I've been coloring, I've been working on lighting/shading as well as getting rid of a lot of the ink lines. It really transforms the picture. (Get it? Transforms!?) The top arm is just done with solid block colors and ink lines, and has more of a cartoony feel, while the bottom arm is starting to take on a bit more of an animated/3d feel. I may do away with even more of the black, it's neat to experiment with it and see how the ink lines can really just work as place holders for where the color should go, as opposed to being an essential aspect of the whole picture. Transformers always had more of a shiny/reflective look with very minimal ink work, but since I made this transformer up, I'm going to color it how I see fit. So there.

channeling my inner 5 year old

Bam. Just wait 'til I color this bad boy.

sketch o' the day 5/19

sketch o' the day 4/18

Just a silly warmup sketch today. I really need to study some anatomy as opposed to making it up as I go. Notice the sketch trails away as I get lower on the body, as I'm not quite sure how all the muscles actually fit together...but is probably mostly because I just get bored with it before I'm finished.

i miss alt-rock.

Now all we're left with is hipster dance trash. Sigh. I'm getting old.

more shreddin'

Sweet mercy, coloring with a mouse takes forever.

This is also the first, and last, time you'll ever see anyone wearing Yankees paraphernalia on this site. Apologies, all around.

progress!

That's a sweet lookin' axe.

waaaay too much mountain dew

Whew. Drew this on 8.5x11" bristol, which is smaller than I usually work, and it still took a while. It also took a while to dredge up the names and logos of every silly pop-punk/alt-rock band I used to listen to in the '90s - though I must admit it was a lot of fun. When I paint the background posters, I'll wipe out the ink and give it a bit more depth.

sketch o' the day 5/14

Don't smoke, kids. That's a tip.

sketch o' the day 5/13

Little snapshot of a project I'm doing for a friend.

warm-up sketch 5/11

As it turns out, playing piano is a bit trickier when you only have four fingers.

another silly lil' sketch

That looks an awful lot like how my paintings turn out.

silly lil' sketch

sketch o' the week

And they say dogs are dumb.

Happy Mother's Day!

'Bout time we had some color on this site!

"Happy Meal"

This one was a monster. Kinda got away from me, as it spanned two and a half full size bristol boards, but I think I'm pretty happy with it over all. Now I just have to ink it.