Illustration Age

I'm thrilled to say my work is being featured on the front page of Illustration Age! A big thanks to them.

And here's a mighty warrior pig, standing ready for any challenge.

Quirky Cars

Some tiny cars.  I love tiny cars.

Dapper Gentleman

Saw this guy on line at the bank. I liked his suspenders.

Modern Life

The stresses of modern life symbolized by creepy monsters. Of course!  And you can say the title to the tune of David Bowie's "Modern Love." It makes it better, I promise.

'Modern Life'

Some of the initial sketches.  The big fat fish monster riding on the skinny guy is the focus and I did a bunch of thumbnails to figure out what was going on around them.

 I just liked this creepy monster face.  So creepy.

 

 Here was the layout I went with initially.

 

I got over excited and jumped right in.  Bad idea!! That layout just wasn't that great.  And I was in denial until I was pretty far along. But I had to face the truth - the composition just wasn't working. Bummer.

'blerrgh'

So I tossed it.  Well, first I drew over it and worked out a new composition. Ah, better. Then I threw it out.

'ahhh'

Almost used this dude in the back, but I went with the long flying bug.  I stand by that, but this guy is pretty funny.

The final drawing, done in red Prismacolor and good ol' mechanical pencil on cold press watercolor paper. The red pencil has been removed via Photoshop witchcraft.

And here's an early stage in the coloring process.  The yellow rectangle used to be much taller.

Are you guys digging these longer blog posts?  I figured the Tumblr is great for putting up images, and this blog can have more in depth, hopefully informative, posts.  And occasionally feature David Bowie references.  So there you go.

Cheers guys!

Work in Progress

This is a drawing for a piece I'm working on.  I'm coloring this bad boy now.  I'll have the finished piece and some process stuff up soon.

House of Cards

Some drawings of Kevin Spacey done while watching him in House of Cards.  Kevin Spacey is fun to watch in just about anything.

I couldn't decide which color scheme I liked better for this one, so here's both.

Villain of the Old West

He probably robbed a bank.  That's where they keep those sweet bags with money signs on them.

Blankoot

The rare Blankoot Goblius, known for stealing blankets from unwitting campers, leaving them cold and lonely.  Their long, luscious hair is prized by wig makers worldwide.

Octopi

Lady Outside

Cat Burglar

He could also be a gondolier.  Or a French mime.

Alien Martini

Famous last words.

Lawrence of Arabia

General Allenby - "I'm promoting you Major."
T. E. Lawrence - "I don't think that's a very good idea."

Breaking Bad

Love me some Breaking Bad.

Face Scribbles

Just some scribbly dudes.

Stumps

Some tree stumps, complete with an owl.

And some other drawings of trees.

Dragons and Updates

My website has been updated a bit.  Mostly a new header with a dragon, a few other tweaks and some new work.  Give it a look.
Here's the aforementioned dragon.  He has a fat head.

Shepherd House

A cottage for a shepherd.

Dwarf

Still got Lord of the Rings on the brain.  A dwarf this time.

Winter Monster

Hope everyone out there had a wonderful holiday!
I was going to do something wintery or holiday themed, but this came out instead.

So I dressed him up - Instant Christmas dragon!