Jungle Action!!

This is actually a lot less sexual than the title would lead you to believe.  A lot.

This is a commission I just got finished with, for the terrific Mr. Andrew Allen.  The commission is a cover recreation, based on the art of the legendary Gil Kane, of Black Panther #25.  Mr. Allen has several more such recreations on his page Andrew Allen @ Comic Art Fans.  He was kind enough to provide a little collection of work through shots, starting with how he laid out the titles, to my initial layout.  And then from Pencils to inks and inks to added titles for a preview of the finished work.

I had ton of fun doing this and it was a welcome break from all the animating and digital artwork.  Putting pen to paper is very challenging but far more rewarding when it comes out well.  When it doesn't, I am often left wishing I had command-z on my paper. Thankfully, this was smooth sailing.

I hope you enjoy taking a peak as much as I did doing the piece.

Punishernaut

As unimaginative as this is, I wish I could say had enough imagination to come up with the idea. Unfortunately, some drunk on Ten Ton Studios did. As part of their sketch challenge, each artist had to mix a character with the Stone of Cytorak(sp?), creating any number of strange and exciting combinations of Juggernaut! Mine? Imagine this... Frank Castle, the Punisher, gains the stone, turning him into the unstoppable force known as the JUGGERNAUT and uses these powers to more easily get at bad guys through big doors and shoot them! You may be asking why he still has guns. Well, venom has body armor and a rifle right now so I blame stupidity passed on to me by unimaginative writers at Marvel. ZING!

The Escape

Last Weekend, I got to escape my common bonds and travel with my sister to go see my brother for a family break of sorts. During my break I got to put pencil to paper, something I have been neglecting to do lately because of my job. All of my art is digital at Spill.com, so going commando with no undo button to rely on was a little weird. The transition was rocky at first. The art obviously got stronger as I drew and I realized how much I missed the tactile. So here is some art from the weekend, the good with the bad, with much more to come in the future.

Marvel Mash-Ups

So, a dude on digitalwebbing.com started an art thread doing mash-ups of Marvel and other characters. He started off with Dr. Doom and Skeletor. http://digitalwebbing.com/forums/showthread.php?t=159927

Anyway, it got me in the mood and since my wife is a fan of Thundercats and I'm a fan of drawing them...

More to come soon.
(Added a fixed version of the Jackal Man pic. The messed up version is left for posterity lol)

Juggernaut/Slithe
Vultureman/Nimrod
Apocolypse/Mum Ra
Jackal Man/Omega Red

Nerd Rods

I felt inspired this morning to do a take on my friend's new logo for his car shop. Formerly Hot Rod Jim's, Nerd Rods combines old classics with all the advances new cars have without compromising that classic feel you get from that old Muscle Car you have adored since you were 16(or dreamed about since you were sixteen, like me).

Hope you enjoy it!

Darkness II Challenge

Apparently, deviant art has decided most people aren't old enough to view the gore in this sequential. But I think its good for you. Ya know? It builds character.

And now, a new version, that is hopefully better than the original. The simply story behind this sequential is that after a god 20 hours of work into it, Adobe Flash Professional(the shittiest software on earth, go fuck yourself Adobe) decided that my work was worth destroying. I had a myriad of random lines added, and a ton of lines and shapes removed. My work was destroyed and I had a little over 6 hours to the deadline. So I started over and did the best I could with what wasn't destroyed. So now I have added a few things I had planned to from the beginning and fixed a few others. There is a line of obscenities hanging over Lake Austin that may simply never dissipate. It's worthy of its own dirty book, written by me. However, I am fairly happy with what came out, regardless of the insanity.

And now for something completely different...

This is older, but was really fun and quite a style departure from my heavy handed style. The Transformer is based on the beautiful artwork of Frank McIlhaney. The truck's front and back view are his artwork, while the Transformer is mine. It was part of an animation collaboration class. Someday, I will finish the animation, even if I have to do it all myself.

Hot Rod Jim's Auto Shop 1932 Roadster

Here's a new promo Piece for Hot Rod Jim's of Luling, TX.

Mas Video Game Art

... Aaaand a dirty viking from Skyrim. He's a Selsun man.

Video Game Art

A few BG's for Loading Bar Promos at Spill.com, some character designs for the same and the opening BG for the video reviews.