Joker commission

2 pieces, 1 purpose—a commission for a fan (thanks Matt!). I did the pencils first, then lightboxed it for the color version which was finished in watercolor and colored pencil. I'm partial to the pencils because of its sketchy lines and loose appearance, but the color version seems to work ok too. New work will be up in a couple of weeks and it's shaping up to be a bit different from what I've done before. Stay tuned.

Dear Husband

Thanks for checking out my latest work. And thanks to Chris Wichtendahl for allowing me to take his short story and running with it. You can see more of Chris' work at hemispherestudios.com.

A little about this project. All pages were drawn in pencil, a medium I haven't used to fully render an illustration in a long time. I was inspired by some work I had seen, most notably "The Arrival" by Shaun Tan, so I decided to give it a go. Once the pages were drawn, I brought them into Photoshop to add effects to give it the cinematic/documentary style I wanted. My goal was to capture the main character's feelings of desperation, loneliness and longing. 

Not sure what's next on the horizon for me, but I'll keep exploring and hope to continue evolving artistically. 

Back in '12

Things get pretty busy this time of year, and while it hasn't been that long since my last post, I know that I won't have anything new up until early next year. My next project will not focus on an established comic character, but instead an adaptation of a short story into a webcomic. I came across one written by my friend Chris Wichtendahl and felt inspired to draw it. Designing new characters and a world for them to live in is a lot of work, but it's also a lot of fun. Hoping to have that up in a couple of weeks. I also have plans to sell original watercolors and prints from this blog next year. Keep an eye out for that too. See you in 2012!

Miss Martian

Thundercats

One of my favorite after-school cartoons growing up. More 80's cartoon ideas in the works, but they'll follow my next solo character piece.

Office Space

Every month or so TLM, the ad agency where I work, spotlights an employee's creative talents outside of work. I was recently given the opportunity to display my artwork in our common area. Here's the poster and some pics of my gallery that went up, all brought together by the talented people I work with every day.

Inside the window display are 3 of my black and white projects. 

1. Pangaea, a children's book I wrote and illustrated in college for my senior thesis.

2. The L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Anthology, Volume 22, which I have my first published illustration in. Also shown are 2 of my contest submissions.

3. One Night on Halloween Street, co-written by Chris Wichtendahl, and available at Hemispherestudios.com

Elektra

Experimented with a much looser style in all stages here and it turned out to be a lot of fun. I like to challenge myself with different ways of working from time to time. Keeps things fresh and helps spark new ideas.