Christmas Pet Commissions

Hello all! Hope everyone enjoyed the holidays with friends & fam! Thought I would post some pet pieces I have done that hopefully brightened up some's holidays :)

 This is the finished product of the one in my prior post, and below is a picture taken of my latest after it was matted.

German Shepherds sure have been a common motif! They are beautiful dogs and I hope to soon have the pleasure of doing many more!

Commission

This is about the halfway mark on this pet portrait commission I've been working on. Just light & shadow. Next step: color.

My apologies for the lousy flash photo! I'm def going to get a good scan when it's finished :)

Dust Bunnies project

Thought I'd share some concept sketches for the dust bunny book I'm currently working on.

The above image is our promo piece, so the contrast was played with digitally before color. Below are some sketches for the actual story.

Enjoyyy :)

Collingswood Book Fair

The other weekend my good friends at Rough Sketch Studios & Bob from Stormwatch Comics had a table at the Collingswood book fair and it was a blast! Dexter's "A Cat Named Haiku" is out and is selling like crazy! On that note I'm excited to say that him and I are putting our heads together to come up with a new kid's book about dust bunnies. I'm completely honored to be asked to be a part of this team!

I'll do my best to keep ya updated on the adventures of the dust bunnies but regardless keep an eye out for this book in the spring!!

See ya soon! :)

Checkin' in...!

Wow! The summer had passed already and I'm not going back to school! I promise I did not fall off of the face of the earth, rather these past few months I had went through some tough adjustments. However I'm constantly having ideas brewing. I've been working on some odds and ends drawing just out of enjoyment before I soon kick things into gear! This is an old drawing that I decided to throw some skin tone on.

That'll probably be as far as that goes for recently I had the pleasure of attending the Baltimore Comic Con with my good friends at Rough Sketch Studios and I am just truly inspired!! The spirit and the passion felt in that place was phenomenal and I can't wait to get back on board with my kid's book dreams. I have big big plans for the upcoming year!

The Con was definitely the trip that I needed .. excited to get everything going! I'll be sure to keep ya posted on what I'm up to!

Until then!

:)

Outta School!

While getting used to the hustle & bustle of "real" life, post-school that is, I'm trying to waste no time making something new and starting the journey to get exposure as a freelance artist. Good friends of mine at Rough Sketch studios offered a wonderful opportunity to contribute to Arcana's third "Art of Koni Waves" book expected to be available in a few weeks starting at the Philadelphia Wizard World! Here's my hero Koni, keep an eye out for the book coming soon! Hope to see you at Wizard World :)

Paint Paint Paint.

Thought I'd share what I've just been working on over the weekend! I'll have to get better with remembering to take pics between the underpainting and finished product. Better luck next time :)