May 20, 2013

SUPER-CON 2013 / THE VIEW FROM MY TABLE...

Just a few of the interesting folks that wandered in front of my camera over the weekend...


March 22, 2013

Space Soldier...

Done with pen and watercolors.


March 19, 2013

SPACEPIRATE FINAL...

For those who are interested, it's airbrushed acrylic over the greyscale painting.


March 2, 2013

SATURDAY AT THE ZOO...

(compression for video on the web sucks but at least watch it in 1080, she's such a pretty gorilla)

January 30, 2013

SPACE RAIDER...WIP...


Greyscale painting, I'll airbrush color on it later.



January 17, 2013

November 6, 2012

SO IT BEGINS...

The fruit of my loins does her Pa proud and totally dominates
in winning her first coloring contest, 31/2 years old and already 
a pro (she won a gift card and spent it all on stickers)

October 30, 2012

IN OTHER NEWS...


Wow, I didn't see this coming. New Star Wars movies in 3 three years, and who knows what else.









September 28, 2012

MESSING AROUND...

My studio is really a mess lately...

August 21, 2012

EVERYTHING IS A REMIX...

This is an interesting series of video essays concerning issues like intellectual property and copyright, and explores the idea of "what is original?"
 I'm sure if the creator of the series, Kirby Ferguson, had turned his focus to comics, we would all be surprised (or maybe not surprised at all) at just how much of what we read/see in comics is actually just a remix of something else.
(make sure to check out all 4 parts and my apologies if you've already seen this, I've just stumbled on the series recently and found it fascinating)

August 16, 2012

A DAY AT THE ZOO...

I went to the zoo today with my daughter and although I normally 
wouldn't put stuff like this up here I thought these animals all had 
such interesting faces, and the texture on the Rhino is amazing.


August 14, 2012

August 7, 2012

July 22, 2012

May 24, 2012

THE VIEW FROM MY TABLE...

I was able to take a few pictures on Sunday during the
BigWowComicfest, see if you can identify a couple of 
my fellow artists in the following pics.









May 22, 2012

BIG WOW STUFF...


Conan was painted with gouache, the Captain America with acrylics.



May 9, 2012

BIG WOW COMICFEST 2012...

Every year at Big Wow (Supercon) they do an auction where one artist provides
the pencils, and several other artists try their hand at inking it, usually over blue lines.
This year, Big Wow attendee, Jim Lee, whipped up a fantastic Batman pin-up and I
inked it, something I almost never do. (ink other artists that is) This piece will be
available for auction during the show, check the show site for more info and I hope to 
see lots of you there.  
(ps. the auction goes to helping Big Wow with it's expenses, I don't make a dime)

April 25, 2012

SPIDER-MEN #5 COVER...


Here's the inked version, having not seen the logo beforehand I
think I misjudged how much space to leave on top, I knew the car
would get covered but I figured his feet and the webs could sit on
top of the lettering, sorry, won't do it again.



March 28, 2012

I LOVE THIS THING...

No, I'm not getting paid for some sort of endorsement, I'm a horrible photographer, but I love taking pictures, and I love taking pictures with this camera. I figure as an "artist" I'm allowed to deviate here every once in a while and share something a little different.
Fujifilm X100


Studio pic


My daughter's dollhouse

Like I said, I'm not a very good photographer, but sometimes when I need to get away from the table for a little while but I still want to "make pictures" I just grab that little camera and
go for a walk or just poke around the house if it's raining.
(btw, this camera was crazy expensive so it took a long time saving up for it)
(Just in case anyone thinks I'm loaded or anything, I'm an artist, that means poor in english)


(a nifty studio panorama)

March 10, 2012

March 6, 2012

R.I.P. Ralph McQuarrie

I think it's pretty obvious that he was a massive influence on my work, not to mention at least half the comic book artists, special effects artists and film directors working today.

February 4, 2012

20 YEARS LATER...

Not like you'd know it by looking at my "expansive" bibliography but I've now
been exclusively employed as an artist for 20 years, this is the first "paid" page I ever drew.



January 27, 2012

STUDIO

As studios go, it's not very glamorous but I like it.


January 16, 2012

CADET ZETA X3



I'll probably re-color this one, not exactly the look I'm trying for. 


January 10, 2012

CADET OMICRON X 2


I went straight to paint from pencils this time so no inks to display.