The Wendigo

The Wendigo is an Algonquin Indian myth based on the idea of the spirit of this beast taking over peoples bodies. Those who engaged in cannibalism were believed to be especially at risk.
Marvel comics has appropriated the idea and this is their concept of the way the flesh eater would look.
He's a classic character in the Marvel line up and I wish they would use him more often. I have been thinking for a while now he would make for a great lead character in his own more adult oriented horror comic.
This is another splash page (dual page layout) I am including in my comic portfolio.

The Divide

These are a series of mixed media pieces where I incorporated mono type printmaking with silkscreen.
The work itself is intended as a representation of the gap between nature and urban life with man caught conspicuously in the middle.
I made 7 or 8 of these in total. I find the third of these to be the weakest of the three I have chosen to post here. The mono type element is a ghost print (a secondary print pulled off the plexi after the primary had already been printed) and as such the washed out look of the element of urban life becomes an interpretable commentary I didn't intend. What I do like about it is the heavier outline of the buildings that was created after I removed the stencil that masked out the sky and pulled the second print.
These are elements and ideas I intend to work with further as I begin considering graduate school.

Dain Bramage

I was sitting around thinking about people who dont think for themselves. I happened to have my little 5x8 sketchbook on me and this is what came out.
Again I had no intention of how I wanted it to look - this was just the free-flowing result.
I want to do a larger piece mixing painting and drawing elements in together with this same theme. I think this one is cool - but it could be a lot better...

Spiderman and The Hobgoblin

The Hobgoblin is a classic Spidey foe - this is a large splash page I did for my comic book portfolio.
I think I want to add just a touch more detail tho...

As Stan Lee would say...
"...'nuff said..."

No Brakes

This is a bit of a mixed media piece incorporating a digital scan of an old experimental print of mine and some drawing elements. It's meaning isn't too difficult to understand. I like the textural nature of the background and the visceral response I get from it.
It screams tragedy and with the drawing elements added implies impending danger.

The Pod

So much of the work I have been doing lately has been rather strange.
While the colors are indicative of a logical aquatic environment the construction of it lends to differing interpretations.
The original version of this one had the whales swimming in outer space out in front of the moon [CLICK HERE] but There was something about the execution of that one I didn't like. This one strikes me as more enjoyable while still retaining the idea of the sperm whales being out of their normal environment.
Displaced animal parts are becoming displaced animals...

Cough Please

I've taken to digitally manipulating some of my abstract work and using the textures for different applications.
The background for this one is one such manipulation. It came off very organic - very much like a microscopically enlarged cross section of flesh. I liked the way that reflected the nature of the displaced lungs and eyes in this image.
The drawing of the lungs themselves was actually inspired by some of the work of Rosalie Lopez - a fellow student and printmaker (as well as a graphic designer) at Long Beach State University. Her work is pretty nice and if you ever have a chance to check it out I say go ahead - it's worth the time...