Spidey and Some Baddies

I've always been a bigger fan of the more classic Spider-Man villains. Ironically it's the more contemporary look (ala the 90's) for the character of Spider-Man that I prefer.

Anyway this was a bit of a small thing - 9 x 12 on 100 LB. Vellum Bristol Board. Pencils and inks took about 4 to 4 and a half hours.

Dirty Harry Callahan

A poster I've been fiddling with for a looooooooong time now. It's based on the Dirty Harry franchise of movies starring Clint Eastwood.

The story revolves around Harry Callahans very first case after becoming an inspector, circa 1965-6. As the copy suggests, it is where he gets his reputation for being the one who handles all the dirty crap no one else will touch.

Gears of War

Comprised of elements from the old sketchbook. Based on a video game and a song for that game by the band Megadeth.
It's really not a very good drawing, but I really wanted to color it. So I did.

You Can't Have One...

... Without the Other.
Done for the fabulous Ms. Clark and her blog Just Saying I Love You. This particular piece is about love and hate as they relate to one another. Basically it goes back to the idea that you can't have good without bad, hot without cold, reeses without pieces... You get the idea.

Certified Deadly

A pen-sketch from the sketchbook. I liked it, so I colored and textured it. I threw on some "vintage" lines as an afterthought cuz it sorta reminded me of an old trading card...

Another "Another Day"

Another in the series.

The Sketchy

...The Strange Fantasy Life.
Another little sketchbook offering. I thought it was suitably bizarre enough to color it.

The EDIT of Alter Egos

This is an edit of the image found at this link [LINK-E-POO]. This edit more accurately reflects my original intentions with the drawing.

HellBoy - From the Sketchbook

Somethin' from my sketchbook that I though was kinda fun, so I inked it in.

I gotta be honest, I really don't like drawing in my sketchbook. The pages are small (9 x 12) and the paper is not as conducive to accepting clean ink over the lines the way 100 LB. Bristol Board is, so when I do something I think is kinda cool it ends up not looking it's best when I'm done with it.

It's great for getting out ideas, but I hate doing anything more complex then stick figures it it; I'll end up wanting to ink it and then ultimately not be satisfied because it's not on 14 x 17...

Pepes Fruit Stand

Done for a friends band. Unfortunately they are no longer active as a band. But I said I'd do the image and I wanted to follow through (even if it is a day late and a dollar short), so here it is.

For Pepes Fruit Stand... The fishbowl spaceman.

The Sign of Four

In progress.
I've been reading a lot of Sir Arthur Conan Doyles Sherlock Holmes novels lately. I'm currently on The Hound of the Baskervilles but I had just finished The Sign of Four and I really wanted to work up a poster for it.
I'm setting it up with a little art nouveau styling with the border. It'll come through a little more (hopefully) when the colors are added. The space at the bottom is for copy.
I have two small illustrated elements to add to it so when I do I'll post the update., and again when I update the colors...

Iron Man and Tony Stark

I haven't really drawn anything in quite some time. It's been about a month and a half, so I did this and a few other things in my trusty sketchbook to get myself back into an artistic mode.

It's still in the work in progress stage as I'm gonna add color and copy.

An Honor of Sorts

The blog "International House of Geek" has included/used my image for the Marvel Comics villain The Wendigo in their ongoing feature A Crash Course in Villainy.
Dig it. And check out the hyperlink above (for the International House of Geek). If you dig comics and all related media based on the comics, I'm sure you'll like their blog...

The Fantastical - Version Deuce

So after examining the image I decided I wanted to play with it a little. I changed it from landscape to portrait and removed the standing figure (of whom I was not particularly fond). Additionally I decided to make it more comic cover-ish by adding in the copy box at the top. I'll think of a clever name/title, but in the meantime I'd like to know which people like more. The first landscape version, or this second portrait/comic cover style version.

Lemme know!

The Fantastical

Aaaaaaaand, the finished piece.
I'll be honest - I don't like the standing figure. I may try and digitally remove him.

So the deal is I've been working on some fantasy/horror/macabre pieces lately to include in my portfolio. This be one of 'em.

Fantastical Fanciful Fantasy (W.I.P)

More work in progress. I tried uploading this yesterday, but blogger was having issues...

Harvey Two Face

That dastardly villain from the Batman comics.
Another ball-point pen sketchy that I thought was kinda cool so I threw down with some digital color and finishes.

It's Alive

And the completed inks for the W.I.P. I posted on last night.
11x14 100 LB. Vellum Bristol Board. Pencils and inks took about 5 and a half to 6 hours or so. That was with a little dawdling and distraction though. Had I just focused a little better the inking time (about 3 and a half to 4 hours) would have been a little less...
I've been working on some fantasy/horror/macabre type art lately for my portfolio as I'm gonna try and submit to some video game companies that specialize in those kinks of games...

More of the W.I.P.

After about an hour and a half of inking...
Its off screen right leg is also fully inked...

W.I.P. The Post-Modern Prometheus

A work in progress - rougher pencils then I would normally do, but since I'm inking this myself (as usual) I'm comfortable with the sketchier nature.
Pictured is a smaller chunk of a larger drawing.
11x 14 100 LB. Vellum Bristol Board. Pencils took about two hours; let's see how long the inks take...
Results to be posted.