Phildadelphia Wizard World

Well, Wizard World is currently winding down and I had a blast as an artist at the Rough Sketch Studio table! I met some fantastic artists, sold prints, and fulfilled my dreams in meeting Sean Patrick Flanery & Norman Reedus of the Boondock Saints! It was definitely the best Philadelphia Comic Con I've been to in terms of crowd, friendly support & memories :) Thanks to everyone who came by and showed love!

Phillustration 2011

This past weekend my good friend Stephen Sistilli of Rough Sketch Studio and I ventured around Philly and ended up at the Sketch Club to see a show that he had entered in. We were pleased to see that he had received 1st place for a sequential piece he had done for Koni vs. Avengelyne! We also hung out with one of my favorite college instructors Rich Harrington and dabbled in drawing. It was definitely an awesome experience!

Speaking of the Sketch Club, their annual Phillustration show is coming back around and Steve & I just entered some pieces in hopes of making the cut since it seems to get more and more competitive as the years pass. It is amazing and wonderful to see all the fantastic artists locally here in the Philadelphia area! The show is from June 25th - July 17th. For more details, check out the show's blog !

Also, from June 17th - 19th is Philadelphia's Wizard World at the convention center! Please come by and check out me and my favorite guys at Rough Sketch Studio & our new "Art of Rough Sketch" book!

For Fun..

Thought I'd post this Xenomorph that I had lots of fun with! (Lots of fun doing the piece I mean; you wouldn't usually catch me out having fun with a Xenomorph) Enjoy!

Cranked this one out...

so fast that I didn't even get a chance to mention it to anyone! It's my version of Rob Liefeld's Avengelyne since I'm all excited that a friend of mine is participating in Image Comic's new story. This piece will only appear in an "Art of" Rough Sketch Studios book for sale at the Philadelphia Comic Con this year. Hope to see you there!

Kid's Promo Piece

This is just a fun piece I thought I would try out to promote my children's art. Got it from a common Aesop's Fable. I hope to get this one cranked out ASAP!
Here's the progress so far:

From Dr. Jekyll to Mr. Hyde...

I've been such a spaz with my art lately and I hardly get to scan anything! I've been finishing up the Dust Bunnies book this weekend and since I've been doing all this cute stuff I decided to throw a curve. I actually dedicated a whole day to my beloved world of Halo (watching Legends, playing Reach, etc.) so here's a study of my favorite Halo character: the Elite! This was so much fun so I hope to get more into it when I get the chance. I want to put the helmet on and eventually get it on toned paper for some color pencil. This will probably be an on and off again project.

A Dusty Adventure!

Just thought I'd check in with some dusty stuff I've been doing. The book is almost done so be sure to be on the look out :) Here are 2 spreads, one with just the pencil and the other with the color laid on digitally. I can only take responsibility for the pencil work; Dexter (illustrator of A Cat Named Haiku) is doing the colors and is giving this story a really nice feel. Enjoy!

Also a little glimpse of.... DUSTY BRIE! Had a lot of fun with this.