Sketch_Dailies: Sergeant Bananas...

Love the Sketch_Dailies themes going on right now! TMNT characters! I was a huge TMNT nut when I was a kid. I had almost all the figures. I am always amazed when someone mentions some obscure figure that I completely didn't remember I had...like Sergeant Bananas.

Sketch_Dailies: Tigger...

Another quick doodle for Sketch_Dailies. Today's topic was Tigger. I always thought the Winnie the Pooh characters were stuffed animals so I added some extra stitches.

Sketch_Dailies: Batman...

There's a great Twitter group called "Sketch_Dailies". They have a daily topic and incredible artists from all over post to it. It's really fun to see all the different styles, ideas and interpretations. A few days ago the topic was "Batman" and I did this doodle.

Steven...

Just playing around and wanted to doodle Steven from the amazing Cartoon Network show "Steven Universe".

Update Finally...

Hello anyone who still follows my blog. From moving into a new house to some very interesting physical therapy to ridiculous demands from my "pay the bills" job, it's been quite a wild year so far. What have I been up too?
First off I'm participating in the upcoming "Dream Arcade" show for Light Gray Art Lab.

I'm very excited about my piece for the show, and it has probably been the MOST I have ever worked on a gallery piece before! Here are a few early concept sketches of the main character. I'll be posting more progress and concept stuff soon.

The main character started out as a bully type character. I wanted him to be scruffy, maybe a little gross, and definitely a brute.

These were the three heads I ended up liking the most. I cleaned up and refined the sketches. However I think the one on the top left was the direction I wanted to go from the very beginning.

This is the one and only drawing of the body I did. It really clicked and call me lazy, but I didn't do any other designs after I drew this one.

I've been working on a Wacom tablet and Cintiq a lot more recently. It's opened up a new "style" for me which is always exciting. More to come on that later. Secondly I've been working crazy hard on several board/card games that will hopefully become successful Kickstarter campaigns soonish! Here is a sneek peek at some of the progress...

Main character from a tile based strategy board game about color.

A screen shot of a few cards from the fire army for an element based strategy game .

Lastly...and maybe the most fun, is on a recent trip back home I found all my old sketchbooks from around age 11(ish)-18. I'll be posting plenty of those along with "how they would look now" drawings. That's all for now. Back to work.

Strongar Furystone: The Pale Wielder!...

The ROLEMODELS exhibit is open and live now at Light Gray Art Lab. There is some killer art in the show and I was lucky enough to be allowed to participate.

My mighty warrior is Strongar Furystone; The Pale Wielder!
"Battle scared, bandaged, betrayed but never beaten; Stongar grips his battle worn blades, tightens the belts of the remains of his frayed, sweat soaked armor, and trudges ever onward toward the next great battle. Every conflict a game, every victory a lesson, every defeat becomes fuel; pausing occasionally to share a rousing tale, Strongar is too soon thrown back into the fight for survival. He also likes cats."



A little side note; the image I posted here varies a bit from the piece in the show. I waited a little too late to get my piece done and also had some extremely painful skin treatment done right at the end of the deadline that really hindered my speed. I had to send in what I was able to get done without putting on the final tweaks. The piece for the show is still awesome, it's just less bloody, slobbery and weapony than this image.

Head on over th Light Gray Art Lab to purchase the amazing game/card deck and prints here.

Light Grey Art Lab: "Role Models"...

Hello all! I'm in an amazing show coming in a few weeks at Light Grey Art Lab. There are some crazy talented people in it. Check out the write up here.

Here's a glimpse of my mighty hero Strongar Furystone tearing up some fools!

If you're in the neighborhood on October 25th I'll see you there.