Entry 542 (88): Alien thumbs

Just doing some thumbnailing for my alien project.

Entry 541 (87): Smithwicks Wallpaper

My favorite beer needed to be my favorite desktop.

Entry 540 (86): Viva El Imperio!

I found the Stormtrooper Che on a forum and spiced it up into a bitchin' wallpaper. Enjoy, and if you'd like a different resolution, just ask :)

Entry 539 (85): Final ALien Face Design

Final face design for my alien project

Entry 538 (84): Inked Head

Threw some ink on this from the other day. Pitt Brush tip pen over blue col-erase.

Entry 537 (83): Play Poster

This is for my wife's upcoming play. She wrote it with her students based on Shakespeare's As You Like It. If you're in the area and free that weekend, stop by and check it out.

Entry 536 (82): Dr. Love Wallpaper

For my own enjoyment, my Dr. Love symbol as a huge wallpaper :)

Entry 535 (81): More Alien Stuff

getting closer to what I want here.

Entry 534 (80): Alien development

More work on my alien, looks like a camel here, meh.

Entry 533 (79): Dr. Green etc,... edit

I decided I need to look a little cooler and more demented in this, lol.

Entry 532 (78): Alien Sketches

More development and roughing for my alien project.

Entry 531 (77): Dr. Green Spider-Love

My newest profile pic, Me, as Spider-Man, with three of earth's Green Lantern rings. I'm still hunting down that blasted Kyle Rayner, lol.

Entry 530 (76): Alien Project Sketch 1

In my drawing class we're working on this project that involves us drawing an alien of a classmate's design, based only on a written description. This is my first roughed out idea for mine.

Entry 529 (75): Cyclops and Phoenix

I've been trying to get a better mastery of drawing characters interacting with one another, two people getting all moon-eyed seemed like something I should have in my comics bag of tricks, hence you get cyclops and phoenix being all in lurv.

Entry 528 (74): Snikt Bub

very quick, very dirty Wolverine, I'm not sure I even like it, lol.

Entry 527 (73): Zatanna and Hawkgirl

Zatanna and Hawkgirl, just for fun.

Entry 526 (72): Exit Porfolio

So these are my entries for the poster and post card for the exit portfolio show for my class. I ended up not having time to complete the Portfoli-o's idea and this is what I came up with instead. Hope you likes it.

PS - If you're going to be in the area, stop in and see us, we have a good group this semester.

Entry 525 (71): Dr. Love

heh.

Entry 524 (70): Stormy Weather

Here's the finished piece from yesterday. One of my all time favorite costumes on one of my favorite characters.

Entry 523 (69): Storm W.I.P

For today's sketch, I thought you might be interested in how I build a drawing up in Photoshop. I start with reference material: photos, costume reference from comics (if it happens to be a comic character like Storm here), other artists renderings, etc. I then start to roughly scratch out the features, building them slightly more and more detailed in blue. The red layer is for clothing and sometimes hair, this helps me see how they will interact with the figure without just blending back into the rest of the drawing. Finally I either start digitally inking on a new black layer in Photoshop or print it out (all in light blue) and ink it by hand. then I digitally add the shading or color. Finished version tomorrow :)

Entry 522 (68): "Fostyr"

So one of my D&D buddies sends and e-mail asking:

"hey i need a simple sketch of that character i was telling you about that kinda looks like scott from the green dragon with thin muttonchops. this guy is 52 years old, should be wearing a cloak, thin athletic body, you drew a sketch of this guy a LONG time ago and it kinda looked like revolver ocelot way back in the day. that's fine but is not that shaggy. has pronounced cheekbones and a pointy nose, various small scars, looks like he shouldn't be smiling but has a small wry smirk, holding an over-used dagger with a symbol on it ... but it has been somewhat scratched out (but still noticeable). not sure what other details would be nice, this guy is an ex-paladin turned into a rogue bandit. possible poses i guess would be just leaning up against a wall. crouched behind a corner, some sort of hiding position poised to strike. name on the picture should be "Fostyr" (keep the quotes, that's not his real name). i owe you big time for this."

and upon receiving the above image replied:

"holy shit!

i actually said that out loud before i responded when i saw it, that is VERY impressive"

That is literally the reason I love to do illustrations for people, that reaction is always my goal.

Entry 521 (67): Beach Baby

Wendy's first trip to the beach, I cleaned the stains off of that bib as best as I could.

Entry 520 (66): Pine Cone (last)

and 3 of 3

Entry 519 (65): Pine Cone 3

Final 2 of 3

Entry 518 (64): Pine Cone 2

My first final pine cone image, sorry for the crappy photo.

Entry 517 (63): Cereal Mascot Thumbs 2

A couple more, I actually think I'll use the one on the right that looks like Lucky or Snap, Crackle and Pop, just for the quick recognition value. I guess I really can't use it for anything else though, its a pretty solid swipe, lol.

Entry 516 (62): Cereal Mascot thumbs

trying to doodle out a little cartoon me to be a cereal box mascot on that Exit Portfoli-o's poster from a few weeks back, this is waht I have so far.

Entry 515 (61): Love

damn right.

Entry 514 (60): Marino's Shirt Final

:)