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Saturday, December 23, 2017

Santa Senses Jingling!

Friday, March 27, 2015

MCC Weekly 17: Witchblade

MCC Weekly Sketch #17 Top Cow

This week's challenge was Top Cow comics characters. Witchblade, The Darkness, Cyber Force, Aphrodite IX, etc. My only exposure to any of those characters was Witchblade, specifically the Japanese anime adaptation, which I'm sure is 100% accurate to the source material and made no deviations whatsoever!

As a bonus, here's my original sketch for the project!

Sketch You Later!

Monday, January 19, 2015

Geek Fallout 112: Five Favorite Futures

RIP Rod Taylor

Join Derek Ash, Chris Giada, Richard Rehder, Brian Farrell and myself as we reminisce about our favorite futures in pop culture!

And remember my friends, future events such as these will effect you in the future!

Monday, January 12, 2015

Creating a Character (featuring Inspirational Illustrations)

Its a few weeks late to be talking about New Year's resolutions, but I'm going to give it a
shot.

For 2015 I'd like to create a reoccurring character to help develop consistency in my illustrations rather than continuing to create entirely new and unrelated ideas from scratch. I figure this could help to better define my own brand of work.

I've brought a few examples to demonstrate what I'm after.

Norman Rockwell's Willie Gillis appeared throughout the war.

Des Taylor's secret agent Scarlett Couture started as the star of several stand alone illustrations before she eventually scored her own comic book series.

Brandy and company are practically the mascots for comic artist Frank Cho.

The Spirit is immediately identifiable with Will Eisner.

This woman in white appears frequently in Chris Reccardi's work before finally manifesting as Agent Xero in his short film "The Modifyers".

As for myself, I'm working to identify some common denominators in what I like to draw, sifting through various genres and archetypes.

Now I want to hear from you. What kinds of elements in my work would you like to see more of? Also, is there a reoccurring character you admire in the arts?

Friday, January 2, 2015

Geek Fallout: 2014 Wrap-Up!

RIP Bob Hastings

It's our year in review episode of Geek Fallout. Join Chris Lockhart, Miss M, Chris Giada and myself as we discuss the best movies, comics, TV and toys of 2014!

Also, listen to me describe "Amazing Spider-Man 2" as "like chugging Satan's septic tank."

See you next year!

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

MCC Weekly 4: Master Splinter

Holiday hubbub kept me from contributing to last week's annual sketch of Master Splinter, so I wanted to make up for it this week with a more dynamic composition.

During this drawing I was able to get my hand on a white gel pen that let me draw white lines over top of my blacks. I can't wait to put that to further use!

I also can't tell you how many time I caught myself saying "And four baby turtles..." while drawing this.

Sketch ya' ... Friday!

Friday, September 19, 2014

Collector's Corner Publication Party

Much like Coy's Comics over the weekend, Collector's Corner had their own Michigan Comics Collective Anthology Publication Party. The sketch requests I got at this event were rather few, but very unique.

Wonder Woman

Rocket Raccoon

Rocket Raccoon in Color!

Baby Zelda, Epona and Link

Sandman vs. Black Cat

Sandman vs. Black Cat in Color!

Joker on Bane Venom Steroids

Request for a "Cool" Batman

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Fantastic Four Collaborative Cover
with Sean Seal and Joe Freyre

In the meantime, I'm tinkering with some commissions while I brainstorm ideas for Halloween. If you have any suggestions, I'm all ears!

Sketch ya' later!