once, twice, three times a lady....

so im learning photoshop here....inbetween 2 jobs, commissions and three side projects...and a manic fabric addiction...

first: traditional stuff


and then i try to color it in PS2...i cant tell you how i got this, as im not quite sure myself...some sort of happy accident involving quick masks and layer styles...



and then me being obsessive and going back into something.....i don't know which i like better or if either is finished...

it tastes just like spam!

another much neglected post trying to bring some life right back into this blog. I don't seem to get very many readers, so i guess that's okay, but I wish those goddamn spammers wouldn't get my hopes up by making their spamicious comments trying to get me to buy German cameras and cd things...I see 'oh i got a comment! sweet' then check and it's a spam comment. just lame.

so here's something not so lame. a OKAMI piece I did for a DA contest to win a Wii. I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out and me and Photoshop had a nice romp through a smiley, poppy-laced field with this one, so it was all a pleasant experience. (and no, that's not drug reference there, I just mean I actually managed to use Photoshop on this and not want to shoot my computer up with ACME elephant bullets when I was finished...

BPRD

a commission i did for a hellboy fan that works at my comic shop...he owns my ultimate favorite hellboy piece i've done too...lucky punk! LOL

some marvel goodness

these two were commissions for two separate folks, one of David Mack's/ Daredevil's "ECHO" and the other is X-Men's "ROGUE".....cool stuff and worthy of getting my blog here back to life a bit. that damn deviantart site has made me neglect this puppy.....

WWLA this saturday!

hey anyone going???? i'll be walking around and signing at booth #2410 in artists alley.

i'll take nice smiley pics, with the cool dudes from ARCHAIC



and dukin' it out if anyone gives me any crap ( cower in fear from my she-muscles!) LOL



see you all this saturday!

cool shit and WWLA

hey everyone, i've been a bit absent of late...it's always a bit tough to have time to update all my pages and stuff when im working two jobs....but i get stuff done eventually...

So, I've been waiting and waiting to the 'near print date' of a certain comic I'm rather fond of...I've been teasing it a bit on my DA page, as well as this one too and of course my blog....and now I think I cant tell you all what's up and post the actual art on here in a few days.

and............

here.....................................

it.................................................................

is...........................................................................................



So, I managed to snag the back pin-up in the final issue of the first run of UMBRELLA ACADEMY. It's been done for months, but I wasn't allowed to say anything about it. I will say now though (as it hits shelves this wednesday, february 20th) that I am SO honored and humbled to join the ranks of UA pin-up artists, along with other AMAZING (and I must say MUCH more well known than I, like by a million times!) comic artists such as Becky Cloonan, Fabio Moon, and Vasilis. These people are seasoned pro's and I'm so fucking happy I have an opporunity to contribute to a book to chalked full of fucking talent. SERIOUSLY!!! I seriously still cannot believe I actually have work in a book that I am such a fan of, but somehow the fates have smiled my way and given me the opportunity to share the printed pages with the amazing talents of James Jean, Gabriel Ba and Gerard Way....it's only one page, but I have been so fucking stoked about it! so there...now it's out....I think I can gush now! I cant wait to see what it looks like in print, it's a fully rendered pencil drawing, kinda similar to the snake cover I did for issue 11 of ARCHAIC.

And speaking of ARCHAIC, the boys will be at Wizard World Los Angeles selling copies of the book, the trades and issues 10, 11, 12 (the 3 issue story arc I contributed on) in artists alley. I'll most likely be there on saturday signing, but I'll defiantly update here first to let everyone know exactly when and where I'll be. The con is march 14-16 I think...and if you want your copy of UA signed, I'd love to sign that as well...

And now I'm thinking towards SDCC of this year...I dont know if I'll be doing sketchbooks or not...what do you all think? Let me know if you'd be interested in getting one, and if there's enough interest, I'll put my 'sketchbook makin' gloves' on and get the whip crackin'

So that's that...I'm writing today, because I have a bunch of crap to finish this next week and I dont know if I'll get a chance to write again....

february 20th

No art today...although im working on a few things. just wanted to let everyone (if anyone) who reads this know that something rather neat comes out on comic book store shelves on feb. 20th...7 days from now. I suggest you pick it up, and flip through to the back. It's something I'm rather proud of....i'll let you know more in a few days...

*^_^*