Red Hood

Lucille Ball

Lucille Ball I just did for the wife.

Panthro

Another piece done a couple months ago.

Luke Cage

Been a while since I've updated, so time to play a little catch up. Here's a piece I did in May of Luke Cage aka Power Man.

Ichigo Kurosaki

My man Ichigo w/ hollow mask.

John Wayne

Wanted to switch it up again.. Really not liking this one but hey, guess I need more practice with portraits...

Abarai; Renji

Been a while but here's a little something. One of my favorite redheads Renji from Bleach. (with Snake and Monkey)

John Stewart (Edris Elba)

Trying something different. With rumors of Edris Elba being a possible cast for John Stewart I figured I'd draw him in his Green Lantern garb... Think I kinda rushed it tho.

Bruce Lee

If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.
Bruce Lee

How do you overcome your self-doubt as an artist?

To my fellow artists, how do you as an individual deal with the doldrums? How do you get through those dark days when you question your worth and your value as a creative individual. You know, those days you hear a voice that tells you you'll never be good enough, that you'll never be a "professional" or as good as those artists who inspire you. Just figured it'd be nice to share ideas to those who might find it an almost impossible task at times.

"Price"-less

Something for my wife, Mr Vincent Price.

Shazam colors.

Working on some new things, playing with digital coloring using Manga Studio. 

Green Lantern (John Stewart)

Work in progress- John Stewart Green Lantern.

Martin Luther King Jr

Was inspired to do something a little different for once..

“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.”

Art Week of 1/17/14

Not a very productive week but still pushing forward. This week I worked on a little anatomy and started playing around a little with Manga Studio. I finalized the pencils and inked both the Shazam and Batman Beyond pieces. Now I'm working on digital coloring both a little at a time. The Shazam piece is flatted so hopefully it'll be finished soon. Right now I'm thinking I want to change it up and maybe do a portrait or something. I don't want to pigeonhole myself, I want to play around a little. Here's to digging deeper and a more productive week.

Shazam!

Art Week of 1/10/14

I've decided to start back at the basics. I know how to draw, how to fake my way through at least, and make things look "ok". But my goal isn't to doodle, play, or even be a better "comic book" artist. I want to be a better artist. A reoccurring critique/suggestion I'm seeing on the posts of many less experienced artists (myself included), is to study the fundamentals; "Get the fundamentals down".  There are so many things I know I need to work on, it's kind of hard to know where to start or in what order to practice what. So for the time being I've decided to focus on line, 2 and 3 dimensional shapes, and overall form. Namely I wanna gain a better understanding and confidence with basic shape and line.

This week I've started to focus on accuracy and confidence with line; building speed, endurance, and fluidity. I've been primarily doing this as a warm-up before working on larger sketches; this week being the rough sketches for 'Shazam' and a 'Batman Beyond' piece. I've done several sketches of each, making corrections to the best of my abilities, after receiving suggestions in several forums. Hopefully today I'll finish the final pencils/inks of at least one.

Art week of 1/3/14

So far I think I've started the year off fairly well. A long way to go and I know I can push a lot harder but this is a start none the less. This week in anatomy, I've mostly practiced eyes and a bit of heads. Right now I'm mostly working on building a steady practice. Two rough sketches down  and posted (Shazaam and Batman Beyond), and one I'm still working on (Naruto w/ the Nine tails). Here's to a productive year.

Keep moving forward.

Reflecting on Last Year

Last year, 2013, was a fairly big year for me. I've pushed myself and gotten just a little better artistically, though not nearly as far as I'd like to have gotten. I've had a few commissions, though most were spec for friends and family; even made a few changes in my life, the best of which was marrying my beautiful wife. With 2014 I only hope to increase that momentum, push myself harder, farther; to become a better artist, writer, husband, and just a better human being.

Here's to moving forward.