For those two or three people who look at this blog and don't know, I will be at Staple! this weekend. It's a small one day independent comic com here in Austin. I'll have prints, sketchbooks, and the remaining t-shirts I have for sale (which I think are all large lady shirts so if you a large lady look me up). I'm really looking forward to it. If for nothing else to hang out with all the other cool ass artists. So if you're in the area come on by and say howdy. I'll try and remember to take my camera and take some pics to post here. I usually suck at this task but we shall see. Word.
A sketch for a new game concept.
I was torn between snout fish or beergut fish. Also looks like I got a greenlight for my first solo show at Amy's Ice Cream on 6th Street here in Austin in May. It's going to be (get ready for some serious originality) "The Fish Show". Fish sculpture and drawings galore. Yee haw.
A werewolf I did for the weekly sketch blog. I picked the topic this week because I've been wanting to do a werewolf for awhile. I wasn't too pleased with this guy but I make it a rule to try and do the weekly sketch blog stuff fast and fresh. I'lll do some more werewolf sketches when we meet this week methinks...
My sketch for the weekly sketch group, the topic was "Childhood Fears". Yeah that's me at the bottom.
Here's an eel for ya Paul.
This guy is amazing. The capacity of mankind to perform acts of astounding ability never ceases to amaze me.
I noticed that most (almost all) of my fish have underbites. I guess I have a propensity for this with everything I draw (fish, dragons, etc...) so I decided to do a fish with just the opposite. I'm trying to not get into a certain pattern with these guys so if anyone has a suggestion for a new fish, lemme have it.
When I first sketched this guy's profile (see inset) I wasn't too thrilled with it, but I used it anyway and as it turned out he's now one of my favorites.
After sitting next to Thomas (aka Goatboy) at Starbucks watching him work I had the irresistible urge to draw a bionic girl with a big, square-bladed sword and tentacles.
A quick sketch I did while hanging with the sketch group Thursday night at Starbucks.
Well I haven't posted in a few days because I've been busy with this and I am very glad to see it to fruition. When I started doing work for Slugfest Games a little over a year and a half ago I had never done any work digitally and I feel like this piece shows how I have progressed. I'm excited to do some more stuff along these lines.
My favorite part of this piece is the pipe-smoking, little, elf/hobbit guy on the left, he came out pretty well.
Okay I've decided I'm going to try and name these guys, we'll see how original I can be.
Suberbowl today, whoo hoo!
The final layout for the cover illustration for the cover of The Red Dragon Inn card game. The logo will cover the upper third so I avoided adding a lot of extraneous detail. Unfortunately the cool dragon skull on the mantle will be covered up as well but I had to draw one.
I sketched this armored maiden during commercial breaks while watching 24 last night. 3H pencil on copy paper.
A relatively unknown member of King Arthur's round table. When most of the questing knights failed to return from the quest for the grail, Arthur's faithful cat took up sword and shield and struck out into the wild for king and country!
I've had a couple of fish sculptures that I never got around to finishing so I figured I'd dig them out and finish them. I put the fin spines on this guy tonight and will put the fins on him tomorrow. He's not nearly as big as my Red Snouted Spinyfish (see my website, under sculpture) so scaling him won't be such a huge undertaking either. No football to watch this weekend so he should be complete by next week.
Well I've decided I'm going to try and do a fish a day for a full year, we'll see how long that lasts. I'm already a few behind. I did this fellow while sketching with the Houston-based Sketch Klubb (parental discretion is advised) Saturday morning. It was good meeting the guys.
The topic is "Moustaches" for the weekly sketch group I'm part of so logically I had to do a fish with a big moustache.
Okay maybe he should have been the Monday fish from the look on his face or maybe the I-need-more-coffee fish.
I'm currently working on a setting map for Captain Bogg & Salty's new album entitled "Frogg Island". It is a lot of fun working on it. I plan on posting in-progress sketches and layouts as I go along. The temple is one of the most prominent features and where the island takes it's name so I figured I'd tackle it first. The Fort Tree is just another cool feature of the map.
My first sketch of 2007.
