New Work

Here's a new soon-to-be published piece I finished over the weekend. I'm rather happy with it. In the final printed version, the flag is different, because the weird skull flag didn't fit the story but I like it better with the skull.

Sass!

Consider yourself sassed.

Jonny Quest

I have always been intrigued by Jonny Quest, though I must admit I don't know that I've ever watched a full episode. Not because I was avoiding it or anything, it's just something that I almost never managed to catch. I have to say that I love the look of the show, especially the opening. The music, the visuals... the whole thing comes together so well. It's a classic. I almost can't believe that I never sat down to watch it as a kid. I think I may need to invest in the dvd collection.

These characters are really fun to draw too. I think I'm going to have to take a whack at Race Bannon and Dr. Quest some time in the future.

Weird Spider-Man

I haven't been drawing enough over the last week and a half or so, so I busted this out the other day whilst eating lunch. I don't know why I drew this weird Spidey. Chalk it up to me just needing to goof off, I guess. There are more problems in this drawing than there are lines, so I'm not posting this to show off any great skill. I just realized that I usually wait to post finnished art on this hear blog and I figured I should post some more sketch book-type work.

Some work-related work I did at work.

Actually I did 90% of it at home, but I really had a need to fit the word "work" in the title three times.

In our loverly Rocktober issue we have a Best of Northeast Ohio feature, and I was asked to do this illustration as the "cover" to the section. I think the fact that I see dogs driving around on scooters everywhere that I go is actually the very best thing about Northeast Ohio. And also black squirrels. I love those little guys.

I have been neglecting the blog again a little bit, but I wanna get more stuff up here, so feel free to check back soon. Maybe even tomorrow.

P.S. I did not design the cool Best of NEO logo, that was our creative director Ricki Urban, who is a wicked designer and a really great boss.

Illustration Friday: Momentum

Whew, I didn't think I was ever going to get this done!

I figure the Hulk has quite a bit of momentum as he's coming down from one of his giant leaps, ready to smash. Why won't puny men leave Hulk alone?

My posting has been more sporadic than usuaI because I've had a lot on my plate lately. Hopefully I can post some new stuff again soon.

In the meantime, I did redesign my website. Check it out here!

Excelsior!

Illustration Friday: Captain

Captain Nebuchadnezzar Crunch, 1631 - 1695. Captain N. Crunch was a brilliant seaman and military strategist, as well as a cullinary mastermind. He combined all of these skills in what is perhaps his best known strategy, attacking the enemy at dawn, before they have had the opportunity to eat a breakfast rich in 10 essential vitamins and minerals. In the eyes of the Captain, "The malnourished shall find a quick death upon the end of my rapier, and those who have tasted the bounty of the earth at the wee hours of the morning shall win the day." So as to avoid this stragey being used upon his crew, the Captain developed a cold cereal which consisted of small bundles of corn, oats, wheat grass and roofing nails along with some crunchy, dried berries which was served 3 times daily on his ship. Though some of the crew sustained minor injuries to the roof of their mouths, they were generally a hearty, healthy lot. Captain N. Crunch served in the royal navy of King Vitamin for two score and five until his untimely, and rather shocking, death by mauling at the hands of the usually docile Sugar Bear of the Netherlands.

Do over!

I think there's something to this whole watercolor thing, though I don't think this one was quite as successful ass the last couple. No colored pencil this time, plus the pallette was pretty muted, which is rare for me. I think I need to keep working like this though.

I do like this version better than the old one.

Return of Spelling Bee

Three posts in one day, holy smokes!

So I finally got around to revisiting this character, initially blogged about here.

This is the composition I was going to put him in way back when I first drew him, so I'm happy to have it all together now.

I tried a more mixed-media type approach on this one (as well as the Illustration Friday piece below) by doing a watercolor/colored pencil illustration and then photoshopping the heck out of it to get it where I want it. I think it works pretty well, mixing the handmade look with the digital trickery.

I also started another blog.

I hope you love it.

Illustration Friday: Emergency!

I would consider that an emergency.