Concepts from Chaos

Hello again everyone! I've been going through my sketchbooks to see if I have any meager offerings for you and I've found a few.

A sketch of Alencia and Theolyn from a month ago. I've been slowly building their world and I've been looking at ideas for noble formal wear for Alencia's home town of 'Argate.' I'm trying to combine medieval costume with Indian Saris. I think the mixtures of fabrics, in both textures and patterns, will blend nicely with the cuts of the costumes. I'll post more of those as I go. (Pen on sketchbook paper.)

Some character concepts for a character from a comic project I'm working on with my partner in crime, Ryan Moody. (ballpoint and brush pens on sketchbook paper.)

Another concept from my Alencia stories, she tries to exorcise this demon from a family's home but it instead ends up following her around and terrorizing her. His appearance may change by the time he finally ends up in the comic but this is the closest to what's in my head I was able to draw so far. Research for him is fun as it includes watching the Paranormal Activity movies, and episodes of 'Paranormal State.' (Reference used here. Blue pencil and brush pen on sketchbook paper, colored in Photoshop CS5.5)

And here's a large poster I did as a Christmas commission. The client asked for their nephew as a super hero. We brainstormed on concepts and I created the costume for him. The poster is meant to look like the cover of a comic book. The font is "In a Flash" by Walter Velez.

I hope you all had a great holiday, and look forward to the new year! See you in 2012!

News!

Hi everyone! Sorry I've been gone for most of the month. I've been really busy with work and the holidays. It's been a bit rough but I'm glad for the most part it's over. I did get to take my first solo road trip up to Richmond to reconnect with some close friends. It was really great to see them all again.

In Art related news: I'm going to be teaching a comics class with my local adult learning center. All the info is here. I'll be making fliers tomorrow to drop off at my local comic book store this week. I'm pretty excited! I'll be sharing my love of comics, and what I learned about them in school, with others. They are also going to let high school kids ages 16 and up take the class too so hopefully I can inspire some of them to per-sue doing comics. 10th grade was when I first realized this was what I wanted to do; even if no one will pay me, so it'll be pretty rad to see other kids with the same passion and help nurture it.

I'm also gearing up to do some painting soon. My mom passed down all her acrylic paints and supplies to me so now I have a lot more to work with. I'm working on a little personal water color painting but I find myself in the state of 'I really want to work on something but I want to skip the layout work and just jump into it!' which never works out, so I've had to slow myself down. I've also been getting back into some jewelry/accessory making and just bought some supplies from JoAnn's fabrics today. Yay for sales! I'll be posting anything I come up with if its' nice enough. I haven't gotten a lot of overall comics or work done. I've been stretching myself out so much I'm feeling a bit flustered. But my time should be opening up soon so I'll have time to get grinding on some art works! I'll also be working on my Etsy store, so I'll post that here and around when it's finally running. I'm hoping to be selling comics, artwork, and hand made accessories.

Well I'm off to work for now. I'll be posting more work here soon. I hope you all had a fantastic holiday!

Megalocks

A warm up brush pen drawing from this morning. A friend of mine posted this video on FB today and I was instantly inspired to draw the lead singer of Megadeth, Dave Mustaine, and his amazing hair.

After I eventually finish my Blind Guardian tribute illustration I will have to do a Megadeth one. I first listened to them in high school after borrowing a copy of ‘Youthanasia’ from the base library and falling instantly for it. I’ve been collecting as many albums of theirs as I can since.