Ten thousand maniacs

It's been a while since I've posted anything. I took some time off from posting any work online. Some internet bullying and some unfounded legal accusations from a bat-shit insane, off-his-meds, wanna-be writer.

So here we are some time later not really used to posting any work online anymore. I missed a milestone while I was gone, a few months back my deviantArt page went over 10,235 Pageviews. Woohoo!
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Here's a new banner I made for my Linked-in page...

Also, here is a sketch from part of a logo I'm working on, more to come soon...

Dork Knight

I've been working on a magazine illustration. I had an art director ask me to pitch him an idea for a spot illustration, for a single page article titled "Bipolar Batman."

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Dramatic hamster

Here are last weeks warm-up sketches. HammStarr's facial expressions ended up being way tougher than I thought. I didn't like any of the sketches that went too far from the worried look, but he can't be worried all they time or can he?  Click on the images for a closer look!

Fish eye lens

Today's warm-up sketch was Pleco the fish. The duck was tough. But not a lot to work with there either. I think the fish and the duck will be fun to draw in some situations, trying to figure out just the right way to convey certain emotions with fins and beaks, and very little human features to use other than their eyes. At least with the lead character, a Hamster there's a mouth in the equation.

Duck seasoning...

It was a pretty busy summer, and I'm just now getting back to a daily warm-up sketch, for the next while, the morning warm-ups will all be all characters and incidental elements from a comic strip I'm working on.

Today was some facial expressions for Quark the Space Duck...

coveralls

More warm-up sketches. Working out the look for an All-terrain Robot Scout Vehicle that gets converted into a prosthetic body for a fish. For tomorrow I'm thinkin' more Dinosaurs! Click on the images for a closer look! 

Rough sketch

Warm-up sketch. Starting limited myself to 20 minutes. 

Neo-galactic Raygun Association:

Sign me up!

Extraction guaranteed

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Dragon dentistry

These are some rough ideas for some dragon tooth extraction tools, keep in mind they would all be roughly the size of a standard shovel or garden rake. I'm developing a whole bunch of dragonslayer tools for a larger series of book illustrations. Click on the image for a closer look!

Now that's a knife

Today's warm-up sketch. Quark the space duck's boss, Hammstarr, also armed with Intergalactic Veterinarian Transport standard issue survival knife. Click on the image for a closer look! 

 

You wouldn't like me when I'm angry

In a weird mood today as I sat down to draw today's warm-up sketch. Quark the space duck in an homage to Howard the Duck, fas seen on Marvel Treasury Edition #12. Click on the images for a closer look!

Sketchosaurus

More warm-up sketches. Dinosaurs Click on the images for a closer look! 

Practice Pages

Just a few warm-up sketches. The theme was Betty Page. I was reading the Latest issue of the Rocketeer earlier, and thought I'd do some quick portraits sketches as a warm-up. Now to settle into work and listen to the election results.  Click on the images for a closer look!

Decomposed captaining

Happy Halloween! Today's warm-up sketch is a character design I'm doing for a horror anthology in the works. Click on the images for a closer look! 

Bat boy

Getting back to a regular studio routine, here is this mornings warm-up sketch. Starting off with some Halloween themes. Werewolves are cool were-bats are cooler. Click on the images for a closer look! 

More dragons...

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Tooth guard

Some more sketches from the dragon book, these are some early designs sketches for a guild medallion, it's a ceremonial shield adorned with Dragon's teeth, and the guild's motto. Click on the images for a closer look! 

Chair lift

I've been renovating my studio for the last couple of weeks, upgrading software and hardware, and some belated spring cleaning. It's been so hot I couldn't get any drawing done, even with the air conditioner. I even got a new chair. I originally set up my office so I could work standing up, but I've had some trouble finding a decent stool with back support, for when I do sit down. I found this one at Costco...

Mugging

That's right! Screw Puke Crywalker, the heck with Captain James T. Jerk. They're woosies! There's a new space hero in town, and/or space even! Show everybody you know better, without being too subtle, with a Hamm Starr mug!

Seriously, click here and buy this mug, proceeds go towards publishing the Hamm Starr comic!