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Heroes on a half shell

2010-08-13T16:11:00.000-07:00

Another nostalgia bomb. Here are my renditions of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, my favorite super-heroes ever (though Hellboy is a close second.)

Plug

2010-07-28T21:38:00.000-07:00

To stay sharp, I like to develop characters. This is a character from a D&D game that I fleshed out a bit, and gave a phoneme library.

Commander Krulos

2010-06-18T15:20:00.001-07:00

I had to do my take on Krulos, the commander of the bad guys in the 80's toy commercial, er, cartoon, "Dino Riders."

Dino-Riders!

2010-06-15T01:50:00.001-07:00

Nothing like a bit of 80's Saturday morning nostalgia.

ICONS: ION Guard

2010-06-02T10:31:00.000-07:00

I did some illustrations for a supplemental book for the brand new ICONS RPG. The book will be available August 1st.

The Cover Art

Infinitus and his Thralls.

The 3 iconic guardsmen.

Simple coloring tutorial

2010-04-04T10:11:00.000-07:00

I'm always interested in seeing the process other artists go through when they create a picture, so, I decided to try my hand at it, and show you my coloring process. The other day, I was asked to draw this muscly, red monster man, and I realized the layers of his picture could make a nifty process walk through.

I start by scanning an inked drawing into Photoshop. On a layer on top of the linework, I color the internal lines dark red, I then set that layer to "screen," coloring the lines under it.

After I do that, I select the area inside the character, and make a layer that is a gray silhouette. I put this there so I can easily select the area of the entire character.

I select that gray silhouette, make a new layer, and fill that selection with a simple gradient. This is a cheap and easy way to add a bit of light and volume to simple cartoon characters like this.

Next, I put in shading. On a layer set to "multiply" I go in with a low value brick red, and punch in shadows.

The final step is super easy. On another layer, above the shadow layer, I just flat color the character, hit multiply, and BOOM! The shading and tone shows through.

There you have is, super fast, super easy coloring.

Gotta' catch 'em all

2010-04-03T15:41:00.000-07:00

I've always like the first set of starters from the original Pokemon games, its a bunch of reptiles and amphibians that just get bigger and meaner, so, I had to do my take on them.

Almost Musical

2010-03-04T10:45:00.000-08:00

This is a trailer for an indy film some friends of mine made. They asked me to animate a production company logo, check it out at 0:28. There's a bit of profanity in this trailer, so, if you're at work, don't crank up the volume.

Sea Chameleon

2010-02-18T21:44:00.001-08:00

Revisiting my pirate chameleon character I drew the other day. He certainly is no scourge of the sea, but, he definitely is a scalawag of the sea.

Cool guys don't look at explosions

2010-02-03T23:16:00.000-08:00

Mr. Powder, the demolition pirate.

Lookin' for booty

2010-02-02T11:35:00.001-08:00

Pirates are extremely fun to draw.

Big Game Hunter

2010-02-01T09:18:00.001-08:00

This is one of those drawings I start drawing waaaay to late at night, and then can't stop working on. Sometimes stuff like that is the most fun.

Happy Holidays

2009-12-18T01:21:00.000-08:00

I thought it would be fun to do a bit of winter inspired art for the season. It turned into a drawing of Mr. Tumnus. Either way, happy holidays!

Old School Style

2009-12-04T19:07:00.000-08:00

After drawing some of the monsters, I had to draw the main characters from the Mario Bros. franchise.

Mario and Luigi

Bowser

Turtle Power

2009-12-02T20:49:00.001-08:00

Today, I couldn't stop drawing monsters from the Mario franchise. Hope you dig 'em.

A Hammer Bro

Lakitu

Ironside

2009-10-13T09:22:00.000-07:00

This started as an experiment with lighting and rain, but than I got carried away.

Coraline Apple Trees

2009-08-19T09:18:00.001-07:00

I worked on a movie called "Coraline." Because there were so many plants in the movie, the studio had an entire team making them. One of the many things I worked on in this department was the apple trees.

These trees were used in many scenes and in many different ways in the movie, but, we only had about 35 of them, so, we had to keep re-dressing them for different scenes. That meant either removing, or putting on new leaves, apples and blossoms, not to mention constantly repairing branches, and modifying the trees to make them larger or smaller.

Here they are in the "Other World," all leafy and covered in apples.

And here's a shot of them in them blossoming in the spring time. The blossoms were made out of popcorn.

The Woods

2009-08-18T20:10:00.000-07:00

Sometimes I just feel like drawing trees.

Robots in disguise

2009-08-17T20:40:00.001-07:00

A while ago I got a little obsessed with designing my own transformers, these are the results.

From left to right: Amelia, a Geebee Sportster. Grave Robber, a Cadillac Hearse, and Crash, an ankylosaurus.

They're more than meets the eyes.

Monster Dump

2009-08-11T22:21:00.001-07:00

Today, I was riding the MAX, drawing monsters.
From top to bottom, a skulk, dark creeper and hobgoblin.

Seeing Red

2009-07-31T01:09:00.000-07:00

Sometimes I just feel like drawing with a red marker.

Gotta' catch 'em both!

2009-07-09T11:05:00.000-07:00

I love the 4th of July, so I thought it would be fun to design evolving battle monsters based on explosives.

Lip Synch Test

2009-06-18T18:27:00.000-07:00

A quick test with a Flash character's head setup.

V.O. stolen from a Jack Black movie.

28 Seconds Later

2009-06-18T13:46:00.000-07:00

Here's a little promo I worked on a few years ago. I made all the libraries, and animated everything except the mom and cake.

Oodles of Character Designs

2009-06-18T13:07:00.000-07:00

Generic fantasy guys.

Some underground monsters.

Action poses of Ace.

Most Wanted: Character Dump

2009-06-18T12:53:00.001-07:00

Bad guys and monsters of the American Frontier.

Ace

2009-06-18T12:49:00.000-07:00

King of the wild west.

The Cliffs of Hollow Earth

2009-06-18T12:45:00.000-07:00

Another Hollow Earth drawing. I guess trees can grow underground.

Hollow Earth Samurai

2009-06-18T12:41:00.000-07:00

Just some lizardmen Samurai... FROM THE CENTER OF THE EARTH!

Junkyard Wars

2009-06-18T12:26:00.000-07:00

Might as well start this blog off with a drawing I did the other day of some robots about to fight more robots.