MCC Weekly 18: Dick Tracy

The MCC Weekly Sketches resume, this time with comic strip detective Dick Tracy!
I drew strip's logo is my own style, while still holding to the character's iconic look.

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!

MCC Weekly 16: You can be my wingman anytime!

MCC Weekly #16: Iceman from Top Gun

I considered drawing Val Kilmer and tiny Tom Cruise as Batman and Robin, but with their faces covered I didn't know if the joke would carry through.

Instead I opted to try another crack at caricature since that kind of exaggeration has been difficult for me. Fortunately I was able to learn something from my past attempts.

Sketch you later!

Terminator Thursday

Just looking to experiment with my markers and produce a card without drawing any outlines.

While I love these sketch events and enjoy drawing Disney and Marvel characters, I'm always hoping to get broader geek culture requests like the T-1000 here. 

Tomorrow: Top Gun!

MCC Weekly 15: Ryo of the Wildfire

MCC Weekly #15: Ronin Warriors

I choose to illustrate the protagonist of this anime series, Ryo Sanada, or Ryo of the Wildfire. I drew the star field in the background because I originally thought these guys operated in outer space, but it looked cool, so why not keep it?

Sketch you later!

MCC Anniversary Event!

Today marks the one year anniversary of the Michigan Comics Collective. Put together a sketch party to celebrate at Coy's Comics, complete with cake!

Some of the guys really got into it!

Age of Ultron Captain America

Australian Techno Pop Band
"Empire of the Sun"

Thor Woman

Jareth from Jim Henson's "Labyrinth"

Spongebob Squarepants

Tracer from "Overwatch"

Sketch ya' later!

MCC Weekly 12: Flycatcher

MCC Weekly Sketch #12: Fables

Following on the heels of Death last week, we have an another Vertigo series as a subject. 

I choose Flycatcher aka The Frog Prince aka King Ambrose.

Saturday, I will be at Coy's Comics doing free sketches starting at noon. See you there!

Magic The Gathering...Gathering (Day 2 of 2)

I returned to Collector's Corner for the second day of the Magic tournament and a whole new batch of sketch cards.

Caesar handing a crayon to Rocket Raccoon

The Polar Express

Squirrel Girl, FINALLY!!!

Tyler and Marla from Fight Club

We've got another sketch event happening at Coy's Comics next weekend, so see you then!

MCC Weekly 11: Death's End

MCC Weekly #11: Death from Neil Gaiman's Sandman

I thought it'd be funny given how death is the end, to have this Coppertone gag about Death's personification and her own end. All the more appropriate since she doesn't tan. 

Stay tuned later today for the cards from the Collector's Corner sketch event.

MCC Weekly 10: Gizmoduck

Gizmoduck from Duck Tales. Getting some mileage out of that Eggshell color I bought for Elsa's hair on that dust cloud!

Tomorrow, I'll be doing free sketches at Collector's Corner in Midland, so stay tuned!

MCC Weekly 9: Timon and Pumbaa

Hakuna Matata... It means no worries.

Sketch you later!

MCC Weekly 7: Ash Splash

Who's Laughing Now?

Originally I was going to go for a more humorous set up involving Ash's possessed hand teaming up with Thing from The Addams Family, but instead I opted for a more rubbery representation of Bruce Campbell's face so that I could experiment with my new red paint pen and blend it with some grayscale markers to create a more realistic shade of blood.

In retrospect, if I was going to distort the face as much as did, a bright red poster paint blood probably would have worked better and come off as funnier.

Sketch ya' later! 

MCC Weekly 6: Sun Maid Parade

The Michigan Comics Collective Weekly Sketch is back! This week's theme was The California Raisins. 

To shake things up I added the Sun Maid Raisin Girl into the mix, inspired by by the covers of Frank Cho's Liberty Meadows. Another shake up was the the raisins, which let me work with colors I rarely get to use like Mulberry and Rhodamine.

Sketch ya' later!

MCC Weekly 5: T-Rex Triple Threat!

I got to pick this week's theme and wanted something that could cast a wide net so we wouldn't all wouldn't have to draw the same character. Plus I wanted something that I was passionate enough about to be able to finish what with all the Christmas crunch.

Here we have the three T-Rex themed Red Rangers from Mighty Morphin', the new Dino Charge and Dino Thunder. Inspired by the dinosaur sentai team up from Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters.

For more on these suits check out my commentary on the costumes in Power Rangers!

Sketch ya'... tomorrow!

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!

Secret Santa Sketches

One of the local elementary schools asked me to make some sketch cards for the kids as part of a Secret Santa exchange.

Hiro and Baymax

Groot and Rocket

Groot and Rocket

All those who chose to oppose his shield must YEILD!

First time I've drawn Anna.
Seriously I've gotten more requests for Sven than her!

Dave... or maybe Steve

Olaf

Rapunzel, another Disney first for me.

Wolverine as Michael Keaton's Batman!

Starfox and Wonder Man as Harold and Kumar.
This sketch is actually for the Michigan Comics Collective Secret Santa Exchange.

Now I want to hear from you! Which card is your favorite and who would you request for a secret Santa sketch?

Sketch ya' later!

MCC Weekly 3: Dr. Strange

I thought it would be funny to show a character struggling with the added alliterative appeal that crops up all over the place in the Marvel Universe. Hence we have Doctor Strange spitting all over himself trying to handle this tongue twister of a spell.

Sketch ya' later!

MCC Weekly 2: Caitlin Fairchild

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MCC Sketch Week #2 Caitlin Fairchild from Gen 13

Another character I don't know anything about beyond "wears a leotard". Hence her reaction mirrors my own. I suppose I could have done another pose, but I thought it would be fun to do something tongue in cheek. (No Pun Intended!)

Sketch ya' later!

Cammy Challenge

The Michigan Comics Collective has started a weekly sketch challenge to help keep us on our toes in between sketch events.

Week #1's subject is Cammy from Street Fighter. I don't know squat about Street Fighter, but I can tell that Cammy certainly does a lot of squats! (Probably why her torso ended up being so small)

Hope you enjoy this challenge folks! Be sure and follow the links and leave a comment on your way out.

Meanwhile its officially Christmastime which means things are about to get BUSY!!!

Happy Halloween: Monster-Sized Post with Podcasts!

Do I have some special treats for you!

It's a double dose on podcasts this week!

Geek Fallout: The Comic Book Episodes - Super Fight Dome 
Chris Lockhart, Chris Giada and myself match up fights including a supernatural showdown with Blade battling John Constantine and the Big Bra Brawl between Power Girl and She-Hulk!



Geek Fallout: Top 5 Movie Monsters
Jason Roberts, Derek Ash and myself gab about our favorite ghouls!



Many of the monsters we talked about are ones that I got to draw for the Halloween Party at Barnes & Noble with the Michigan Comics Collective.

Flyboy from "Dawn of the Dead"

Maria from "Metropolis"

Michael Myers from "Halloween"

Olaf is a homunculi given life through supernatural powers.
He probably chills with Frankenstein's Monsters on the convention circuit.

Tarman from "Return of the Living Dead"

Trash from "Return of the Living Dead"

Were-Wolverine!

Captain America takes the cake as my most frequent request

Norris Head from "John Carpenter's The Thing"

Rough sketches including the two biggest "Michaels" in horror

Reinterpretations of scenes from classic horror movies

Hope you have a safe and Happy Halloween! 

Leave a comment letting me know what you liked and what you'd like to see me draw.

Now its time to start working on designing my Christmas cards. Sketch ya' later!