HEAD LOPPER!11!!

Some fan art for Andrew Ross Maclean's amazing book, I couldn't help myself. Love, Love this book.

Sketches and Scans

HellBizzle copyright Mike Mignola

Hello, long time, No Post. Been busy, scanner broke, changed jobs, went through some things, but all that matters is the ART. Been sketching my little heart out lately with my new Kuretake brush pens and having a blast using traditional media again. 

My plan was to do a bunch of these character portraits on chipboard and try to sell them at the Vermont Comic Con, or failing that, the DOPE ASS comic store that I work at.

I like the look well enough, but by far the biggest problem for me is figuring out what to charge. This one came out surprisingly fast, so charging by the hour seems weird, and I know chip-board is a terrible, garbage-grade acidic surface so they'll probably disintegrate if you look at them funny so they shouldn't be too expensive. But I did use up a ton of ink and for all I know, the next ones might take forever to draw.

 Anyway, here's some more sketches that I did when I was supposed to be working:

Rogue Pooper copyright some Stiff Upper Lip folks at 2000AD

Who those 2 guys up above are is pretty obvious, but this next guy is kind of obscure. I doodled him up on some cheap scrap paper when I was waiting for lunch with my girlfriend after reading Zander Cannon's awesome graphic novel, "HECK"

Elliot the Mummy who like sammiches copyright Zander Cannonfodder

So for both of those sketches (they are probably 3x4 inches, max) I just tried to draw really really fast with the brush pen, no pencil and no reference. I think the drills are paying off, even if I fuck up here and there with some things like Rogue Trooper's arm muscles and back pack straps, the text, etc.. Especially since they are essentially throw away drawings made simply to practice and build up my mad drawing skills.

Character Commish

 

 

 

Drake for Matt! Thanks Matt!

Fighter Dude

So in the interest of keeping my skills sharp, I found some more pencils on my hard drive by the one and only Inkthinker to practice on. I took some liberties, and so I'll include his original pencils with the inks for comparison.

Click on the images to see them much bigger, then right click and hit "view image." Some details are lost in the thumbnails, and the line work is much more apparent when you look at them that way.

Original pencils by Inkthinker:

Inks by me:

and some simple colors:

Argus.

 

Trying something new. This is a rough sketch of a strange, alien-like race that I'm in the process of designing. They have some psychic ability, 4 arms and are very good with technology. This guy's name is Argus, and he's not very representative of his people. He's an outcast and loner, cut off from the hive mind the other Shepards enjoy. 

Edit:

Had a chance to throw some quick colors down!

Cthulhu + Cherubs?

So yeah, that was the idea behind this. Wanted to merge cutesy depictions of Cherubs with the hellfire and soul suck that is the Mighty Cthulhu. This isn't rocket science, folks.

 Drew this years ag when I was in college, but the coloring job was rushed and super, mega, uber shitty. SO I SAID FUCKIT and redid them yesterday when I had a minute. I think they are much simpler and effective now, and guess what? If you dig this design you can buy it (and many others) at my redbubble.com site, just hit the link.

Belkar BitterLeaf.

Decided to practice my inking skills and drop something down on this here blog at the same time.

The guy up above is called Belkar Bitterleaf,  and he is my favorite homicidal hobbit from the great webcomic The Order of the Stick.
The pencils were drawn a long long time ago in a Tampa Bay Florida far far away by a fantastic illustrator that I am proud to have had occasional correspondence with, Ben Mcsweeney, more popularly known as Inkthinker.

The guy is definitely very good, and everyone needs to check out his stuff.

Gonna try to update more often, draw more often, excel more often. Wish me luck :)

Weblo Sausage?

Hey, don't ask me, some of these commissions are just plain weird as hell.

a friend of mine commissioned me to create this image for a friend of hers. it is based off of a likeness of her friend, Zoe.

i was given 4 parameters for this assignment :

1. Had to look like Zoe
2. Had to reference Stephen King's Dark Tower series in some way
3. Zoe wanted to be a zomebie (ok...)
4. Need to include a spider somehow, Zoe loves spiders.

Grr.

I was inspired by this awesome artist who calls herself Miss Monster. She makes these really cool monster face medallion things (and many, many other very fun things as well) and I wanted to give it a try. I can see myself doing a lot more of these in the future, they are crazy fun to make.

Happy ValenBrain's Day Everybody!

I made this! Who wants to mope around on V-Day when you could make sweet Heart/Brain art? BAM.

He's a trooper.

Zombie soldiers stepping on Halfling mages? Yes please.  This was done in response to reading an upcoming RPG sourcebook which mixes fantasy tropes with post-apocalyptic ones so you get weird stuff like smart zombies with guns. Seemed like a fun thing to draw.

SPOOOOON!!!

This time I have some more fan art for you. I haven't actually read a Tick comic that I can recall, but my good friend Steven loves em. I wanted to do something cool for his birthday because, frankly, I've been a bit of a dick lately. I'm horrible at returning phonecalls, and because I've been so busy lately I keep forgetting to hit this guy back. So Steve, if you read this, I love you man. And Happy Birfday.

More Creepy Stuff!

Ok, so maybe not so creepy as the others, but still. This guy is the last of the 3 commissions that I had to finish up last week. I've been crazy busy, participating in all sorts of MANLY MAN STUFF like building ramps, painting houses and helping my Father with some plumbing so it took me a lot longer to get to the end point on this one. There are lots of things that I wish that I had done differently with these pieces, that of course only come to me now that they are over. Live and learn though, I'll be sure to incorporate those things in my next works.

Creepy Stuff!

Hey guys, I'm happy to say that I've got something new to show. I was recently commissioned to help a friend develop some Character Illustrations for his upcoming RPG offering. I'm having a lot of fun doing this kind of stuff, so I hope that I get more of this in the future. Please check it out, and lemme know what you think!

This guy is supposed to be about the size of a large dog. Really, really creepy, but I had an absolute blast drawing him.

This guy is supposed to be an enforcer of sorts, usually found with one or two of the Abstractions (hand guys) running around with him. He's got multiple faces, and arms, but no legs. It was awesome designing his costume, and I had a lot of fun with the jacket and hat.

Colors!

So colors have never been my strong suit, but I thought that I'd throw some down on this with some fasty-mcfastness.

Mesmo Delivery...

..is a great book. I had such a good time reading it, that I just had to do some fan art. I'm not aiming to ape Grampa's style, it just so happens that we draw, eh, somewhat alike already! If you guys haven't read this book, go pick it up right now. It's cheap, well drawn and a blast to read.

Shroom Samurai!

A very good friend of mine, Stephen Struharik, owner of the totally awesome Clifton Comics and Games, reminded me that I should post these guys!



I had a blast drawing them, even if he thinks that they look like fat penises.

Is it "penises" or "peni" ? I think I like the sound of Peni better. 

At any rate, I can't take credit for the cool scroll texture in the background, that was made by a lady on deviantart.com who calls herself ~Isthar-art.

I think it's mighty cool that she lets folks use her textures, so please swing by and take a look at her stuff too.

Toasty Ninjas Redux

TOOOOOOOOAST!

Behold, teh colors!

NIIIIIIIIINJA!!

So this is a dog, but not just any dog. Deep in silence, he waits for your toast. He clings to the ceiling, quiet, intense, longing for the sweet buttery goodness that YOU deny him. But it shall be his, Oh, yes, it shall be his..

I wish I could take credit for this awesome fat ninja design, but it was Heavily Heavily influenced by a post made by the Bountiful Brandon Graham on his LJ that depicted a pig ninja. It was so awesome, that I just had to redraw it.