The first double-sized, full color, "Sunday" edition strip. I really think Loren and I are catching out stride. We're discussing speeding the frequency of the strips up. Maybe two a week, we shall see.And, as always, you can see all the Mohagen strips HERE.
Sometime I whipped up for a buddy of mine's daughter's little league softball team.
So here are the final inks for the dragon image I finished up this week along with some superhero illustrations I have been doing for Solarwinds, a network management software company. Just some random stuff that pays the bills.
So now for something completely different (I see this a lot it seems).
Dragons and fantasy shit are what got me into this whole art thing in the first place and it's refreshing to actually get a gig where I get to draw actual DRAGONS.
This is the second round of pencil roughs for the "dragon" card for a card game now in development for Slugfest Games.
Fun stuff.
What a week huh? Besides all the drama and death, this week will also be marked by the launch of a personal project of mine and my good buddy, Loren Hoskins.
Long story short, it's a cartoon about a goldfish and you can check it out here. We'll be updating it every Monday for now with plans to increase the frequency of updates as we catch our stride. Check it out, tell us what you think, and if you like it, tell your friends. You can add Mohagen as a friend on Facebook here or follow him on Twitter here.
Mohagen (and Loren and myself) thank you very, very much for your support.
I found this file while cleaning up my hard drive and realized I had forgotten to post it after the show. I drew this at the Staple! after party/liveart jam. I had just drawn a warrior in the same armor and the same pose earlier that same week so I just cheated and re-drew it big. And with a woman. While drawing it Stan Sakai (!) came up and gave me props ("That's really good!") which made my night (year).Thanks again Mr. Sakai.
Handsome, ain't he?
Okay, here he is. The main character for a webstrip my buddy Loren and I have been cooking up. His name is Mohagen and he's a goldfish. More details will be revealed soon.
The launch date for the strip is July. Stay tuned!
One of the freelance jobs I have worked on recently was a set of palindromes (A word, phrase, verse, or sentence that reads the same backward or forward.). This was the first - QB BBQ. Fun stuff.
Here are three card-art character illustrations I completed recently for Slugfest Games. These are my three favorites. Bard, warrior, & merchant respectably.
So this is how most of my fish start off. As tiny thumbnails, almost just silhouettes just get a general outline and shape. Then I scan the page, blow them up individually, drop the opacity in photoshop, print them out and do the originals right on top of the print out.Like I said, I am making a concerted effort to start posting regularly here again. I thank those of you who are still with me.
A little known prehistoric fish.
One of the many negative experiences I had at a show Friday night inspired me.
(click for bigger view)
So I'm back to fish. We'll see how long it lasts.
For those few that I have left watching my blog I apologize for the slow and seldom posts here. I will rectify that. I have a couple of projects in the works right now and I'm stoked to get them started. A couple of teasers: one's a spooky tale of a traveling "salesman", one's a horror comic in the vein of Lovecraft, and one's the daily life of a goldfish.
Stay tuned.
Just something for fun. While I was watching 24 last night I was doing some sketching and this guy came out. I realized his head looked like a football (unintentionally) so I colored him accordingly.
I was playing with a different palette and used different brushes than I normally use. A little outside-of-the-box thinking.
Here's another TMNT pinup I did, due out this month I believe, in Tales of the TMNT #56. My first piece in 2009 although the date says 2008.
Some of the sketching I've been doing over the past few weeks.
This is where I shall be this Saturday, getting my sketch on and peddling my wares. For more info, click HERE.
And this is where I'll be Saturday night, getting my drink and draw on.
