WIP Captain Spaulding Commission - Inks

First pass at the inks the Captain Spaulding commission.

WIP Captain Spaulding Commission

I have a new commission for Captain Spaulding from "The Devils Rejects".  I will be posting the progress of the piece.

4-Card Nolan Ryan Commission

4 card commission for Nolan Ryan in has various uniforms.  I really enjoyed doing these.  The Astros is my favorite but everyone really likes the bloody Rangers one.  :)

WIP - Fireman

This is a work-in-progress, I was inspired by one of my good friends Jamie, who is a firefighter in Las Vegas.  She is such a great person, a firefighter, mother to twins and braver than I could ever be.  I wanted to do something for all firefighters.  This is this first round of inks, I imagine it will change but it seems to be coming along for now.

Finally Finished - Vader and his Two Masters

I started this a long time ago  See pencils here and here. Well I finally finished it.  I wanted to get it done for the Long Beach Comic Con and while I did.  It wasn't a piece that anybody saw much less commented on.  I am still glad I finished it.

I call it Vader and His Two Masters, Qui-Gonn and Emperor Palpitine.  All done with pen and ink on heavy bristol paper, measures about 6"x10"

Sketch Card trading - Oran Parker

I got a note from another sketchcard artist named Oran Parker, (Check out his site http://www.oranparker.com/ ) who wanted to know if I would trade cards with him.  After checking out his stuff, I said Yes right away.  He requested Beta-Ray Bill, Abe Lincoln and Hawkman.  None of which I had any experience with, but I thought this would be a great deal.  I had a bunch of things going on travel-wise (see Korea blog-post) so I wasn't able to get to them finished right away.  I saw the cards he did (see his blog post about the trade) and I knew I was going to need to up my game.  Anyway.  I did one of Abe Lincoln "Vampire Slayer", A raging Bill, and Golden Age Hawkman and Hawkgirl.  I did the Lincoln on tan card stock to give it a vintage feel.  I wanted the Hawkman to still feel Golden-Agey so I tried to do it in that style.  I just wanted Bill to look as pissed off as I could.  I did an earlier one, that I will post later, but in the pencils stage, I creased it doing some erasing and so I had to start over again.  I actually did another Abe, but I didn't like the feeling, so I redid it and I think this one is much much better.  I hope he likes them!

Comicsforcures.com Cards Finished

Got my sketch cards finished for the comicsforcures.com benefit auction and I did 4 cards, a couple Star Wars, Tusken Raider and a pair of Stormtroopers, a Venom and a Hellboy.

3rd Annual
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FOR AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
May 22nd, 2010

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Puffin - Final

This is the finished Puffin.  I ended up leaving the background alone and just inking the bird and the rocks.  I used a thinner pen than I usually do and I think it improved the look.  I is a bit more...subtle.  I like it. 

Puffin commission

Working on a commission.  I did the initial sketch in pencil and I was ready to start inking it up and it was suggested that maybe a watercolor version would be better.  Sort of like my previous Cad Bane watercolor that was inspired but David Petersen's (mouseguard) watercolor work.  So I painted it up and I will be inking it up later today.  Argh I am nervous.

Ink Work - Schoolhouse

This is a picture of a piece I am working on for a commission.  Heavy black inks and thin inkwork for the shading of the wood panels.

Doctor Doom Ink Sketch

Made a mistake and scanned it as a GIF instead of JPG and the scan makes it look all pixelated.  But this is a sketch I did last night.  I have been so impressed but the TWART guys and Chris Samnee in particular that I wanted to practice some of that style.  I am developing a real fondness for ink work.  I have an ink brush that is refillable and the brush is really good quality that I really enjoying doing brush work now.  Anyway, I thought Doctor Doom would be a good subject...

The Finished piece...really this time

I guess I forgot to upload the image last time I posted this.  LOL  Anyway.  This is the finished piece.  Besides getting his likeness, it was really important to me to include the window in the background.  He designed and made that stained glass window.  I was also worried about the tone of the skin, but when I started on the sweater, the skin was secondary.  I was really worried that the sweater was going to turn out crappy, but I think it came around rather nicely.

New Vader Piece Started - Pencils

Started a new Darth Vader Piece last night.  I should have been working on other projects, but something inspired me and I just "needed" to do this piece.  (I love that feeling.)  Anyway.  Thought I would share the process here so here are the pencils I did last night.  I am thinking of monochrome, maybe black, white and one or two greys.  I may add a couple of figures to the top of the image, we will see.

Redesign of Crime Noir piece

Redesign of the Crime Noir piece I did last week.  I had a buddy help me with some better photo-reference and that helped a lot.  I mean a lot!  adding the gun helped but I think the body position is 101% improved.  First pic up is the pencils, then the line-art and finally the scan. 

Inked - Crime Noir Piece

I am kind of on the fence with how I feel this one came out.  It says "victim" to me and not "danger".  Any way the crime noir piece is finished and I am waiting to hear what the client says.  I did another version of this that I will post later.  It says "danger" the guy has a gun and looked a lot tougher.

Crime-Noir

 

I am doing a job for a guy who is doing a script for a crime-noir webseries.  This is one of my sketches.  All of the black is surprisingly intimidating.  Although the man is supposed to be a detective, he seems more like a zombie.  So I am changing the guy.  Took some reference photos yesterday, hopefully I can make him a bit more...tough?  Yeah tough.

Darth Vader Sketchcard

Sketchcard - Jawa

Sketchcard -  Jawa

I love these lil guys!  This is one of my first full color sketchcards.  Interesting way to draw...you know, with color.  LOL  (My friends will know why)  I used Copic and faber markers, but I think in the future I will be sticking to the Copics.  There is a real difference in the them.  The Copics are a lot smoother and have a much richer color.  Anyway, let me know what you think!

Back from Comic-Con and getting my feet under me

Okay, so I drew my first actual sketchcard. I bought a pack of card stock and I am going to start working on them. I put this one of Leia as Boushh on eBay and we will see if any one thinks it is worth anything. LOL

Leia sketch card on eBay

Wonder Woman Commission

This was a commission for a friend.