Sketch Dailies theme the other night was Kermit the Frog. Sometimes ideas come to me and sometimes they don’t in this case once I came across the theme and knew what I wanted to do almost immediately.
Star Wars Illustration 11-30-2014
So the official trailer for Star Wars Episode VII showed up on iTunes this morning in all it’s 1080p glory. I am not a huge Star Wars fan but I definitely am a JJ Abrams fan.
One of my favorite scenes was a character named Daisy on a jet bike coasting along the desert. Figured I would throw my hat in the Star Wars fanart game.
Process Post 11-28-2014
After seeing Disney’s Big Hero 6 recently I began looking into the concept art for that film. In particular the loose brush work that some concept artists use for their concept work.
I wanted to try learning this technique it has a really cool look. For those familiar with current Marvel, Gwen Stacey is alive and she is Spider Woman on another earth.
This painting technique is just blocking out basic colors and afterwards just dark value lines to accent shapes that would otherwise get lost. I am still tweaking and trying to figure it out.
Sketch Dailies 11-23-14
Sketch Dailies posted Snow White as the theme the other night. For this concept illustration I imagined what if the tale of Snow White was told from an African perspective.
Sketch Dailies Illustration 11-19-2014
This year I realized I developed a bit of an addiction to Sketch Dailies. Usually on the way home I think about the character design if it’s really good I start right away.
It was fun just using rough 5-10pt brushes not very complex and it has a simple fun look to it.
Process Post 11-16-2014
Cartoon Network recently premiered a mini series called Over the Garden Wall. It was surprisingly dark and very well done. I came across the Tumblr community’s take on the two main characters Wirt and Greg and decided to do my own take on fanart for the show.
Quick Illustration 11-15-2014
Did a quick sketch while drawing some other stuff. I wanted to see how quickly I could render her if I took a couple of shortcuts compared to my usual rendering process. I came up with a couple of tricks I need to try on something with more environment in it.
Inktober Halfway Mark 10-16-2014
It’s been a tough Inktober, in retrospect forcing myself to do this during New York Comic Con weekend was a bad idea. I took two days off and drew a couple Sunday night to make up for the days I took off.
The great part is I am really getting comfortable with brush pens this time around.
Sketch Dailies Front Page 10-01-2014
Yesterday was the first day of Inktober, my goal is to actually make it through the entire month.
The exciting news is Sketch Dailies actually posted my Dredd sketch on their page. This might not seem like a big deal but to me it is. A number of my favorite professional illustrators routinely get posted on their site.
Late Night Illustration 09-30-14
Couldn’t sleep started doodling this and ended up just coloring it way to late into the night. My fav part is once the base colors are blocked in the layer building process begins.
Scrapped Ideas 09-12-2014
Sometimes after spending way too long on a project you realize at the end stage it never started right from the beginning.
You live you learn as simple as that.
Process Post 08-23-2014
This year I came across a great thought process site called Sketch Dailies. The basic premise is everyday the admin post a theme and artist from all over the world submit their own take on the daily theme.
The other day Baobhan Sith was the daily theme. After doing some research on the theme fyi: it’s a Scottish fairy with feet of a goat that entices young men, I came up with the following concept.
