'Tis the Season...

Happy Halloween!

Shadow Man

The black n' white and colored versions of a little thing from my sketchbook. It came out kinda cool so I inked her in.

Shadow Man was a character I thought up way back when I was in Jr. High. He could pass in and out of the shadows, literally.

Here he is, exactly like I imagined him back in the day (except now he gets to carry around an Uzi). Note the face mask and the eyes. Believe it or not I thought of this design idea wayyyyy before Todd McFarlanes Spawn ever came out.

Just sayin'...

The Watchmen

A little homage to Alan Moores The Watchmen. Good ol' Doc Manhattan is front and center and the other major players are in silhouette above him. I took a little liberty with the Nite Owls silhouette as I never really liked how he looked in the comic and his costume from the movie would have made his silhouette look like Batman...

Drawn on standard weight sketchbook paper, pencils and inks took about an hour to an hour and a half total. Digital finishes/colors took another 3 and a half to four...

And of course I "vintaged" it out like I do with most of my comic book covers/homages. Though I don't like how the cup ring looks on this one so I may take that out...

No-Bros

So this seems very BRO-ish but is done mostly in celebration of Halloween which is fastly approaching.

Also I was working on a concept I call "patience with a pen"; being smooth and fluid while traditionally inking geometric designs (something that is not as easy as the pros make it look).

Tell Me About The Rabbits, George...

This is an illustration I did for the blog Just Saying I Love You, run by my friend and fellow artist Erin Clark. It's a fun excursion into the various conditions and states of love. Sometimes serious, sometimes silly, love is exposed in it's many forms here and you're all welcome to come along for the ride!

This is (of course) based on Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. However the real idea for this came from one of the old Looney Tunes cartoons I watched as a kid. They parodied the characters with a notable scene where Lenny goes on and on (and onnnn) about how much he loves the rabbits and how he will "hug them, and kiss them, and love them, and hug them..." until oops! he's managed to smush one of them.

My apologies to Mr. Steinbeck that the scene and characterizations from a cartoon had a greater impact on me and my memories of his story then his actual book (which I quite enjoy, by the way).

Drawn relatively small at about 9 x 12 on standard weight sketch paper, pencils and inks took approximately 3 hours.

The Zombie Apocalypse

Inspired by my friend Erin Clark and her inclusion in a zombie themed group show going on in Los Angeles right now (I was originally going to call this one "Has Anyone Seen My Cat?" in honor of her piece I linked above).

Two versions of the same zombie piece. I originally intended it as it is presented in the first image but I did the second one because part of me felt like it needed a background. However I feel that the "busyness" of the buildings distracts from all the little expressions on the background zombies faces. But the city scape grounds the figures and gives them an appreciable environment.

So I can't decide which version I like better. Give me your feedback and let me know which one you prefer.

Drawn on 11 x 14 100 LB. Vellum Bristol Board, pencils and inks (on the original without the city scape) took about 5 and a half hours (give or take...).

Paradise

I believe I have more to add to this - a little background work I think.

Drawn on 11 x 14 100 LB. Vellum Bristol Board, pencils and inks took about 4 hours (give or take...).