Good News!

Kippy is finally complete!  I'm hoping to be able to snag a few copies for Philadelphia's Wizard World convention :) Regardless, I will be there with prints & my portfolio as usual. I'm just relaxing and doing "fan art" (something I haven't done since I was in high school nearly) to make prints for. I'm a big Xbox Dead or Alive fan and maybe I can throw some Halo in there too :) Gotta let the nerdy side come out sometime. Sketches/final art to come!

For now though, I thought I'd show a pet/portrait I cranked out pretty quickly last week. I unfortunately didn't have a chance to get a good scan of it. Here's how it came out...via Android.

Step by Step..

This is the first time in a LONG time that I decided to go back to wet media in my illustrations. Being I didn't quite know what I was going for or what I wanted it to look like, it freed my mind some more and let me just go with it. I blew the dust off of my watercolors and started experimenting. It did feel good to just let myself go and be loose. Although I can't say no to color pencils no matter what, I have to say I'm pretty happy with how this cover came out. It's different than what I usually come up with, but I don't mind it.

Final Cover

After some tweaking & editing.

Suppose I am Myself...

So this book is what I've been busy with during the past few months. It should be coming out by the summer :)

New Project.

I'm very proud and excited to say I've happily taken up a childrens book project with a fantastic client! Kippy, the cute, brave little girl who speaks out about being yourself will be able to come to you in a few short months! Author Robert Lunsk has the wonderful story written & ready to go! Just thought I'd share some drawings I've done.

COMING SOON! :)

After the Holidays.

I've been pretty busy lately and haven't had a chance to post. Here is something cool that I did.

Here & There...

It's been a little while since I've posted, but that doesn't necessarily mean that I quit! I've been pretty ADHD with my art lately, going all over the place. Here's the latest commission I've done.

 I was really excited when the client gave me this idea and was almost disappointed that I didn't think of something like this myself! It's definitely a challenge but a great exercise to work on someone else's vision, because it normally isn't something you would come up with on your own. I'm glad I got the opportunity to do something like this!

Also, for some reason, I've been busying myself with mechanical type drawings. It may be a new niche of mine. This is a little something I was working on the past day or so.

Apologies for the phone picture. This is compared to the actual image of my mother's 1972 Stingray. WOW what a fantastic car! The curves on it are unlike anything you really see now and it just made me want to draw it.