Sunday, December 27, 2015

Santa on the 26th!


Santa deserves a break too! I imagine him on a beach somewhere, frollicking with all kinds of critters! Most of the characters were drawn in Procreate on my iPad Air, with a Pencil By 53. Then the whole thing was composited in Photoshop. Doing my best to put together a series of holiday illustrations--with an odd twist, of course.

Friday, December 18, 2015

Ancient Frodlodyte

I drew this little guy directly in Procreate with a Pencil By 53. The background is a picture I took on the Big Island of Hawaii, in the rain forest near the volcano. Everything's composited in Photoshop.

Saturday, December 12, 2015

Late Halloween




I did this piece way back for Halloween--but neglected to include it here. Next year, I'll get this one ready for Halloween cards or some kinda decorative display.

This started as a doodle in my sketchbook, then took a photograph of the sketch with my trusty iPad Air 2. Production past that point was done with a combination of Nomad brush and Adonit JotDot Pro in Savage Interactive's most excellent Procreate app. I realized what a cool Halloween greeting it might be, but it needed a cooler backdrop. I made an interesting fractal background in Frax, then dropped it into Tiny Planets to swirl it up a bit. Then it was on to Percolator to get those groovy stars in the fractal pattern. Back to Photoshop for final production--some overlay effects for drama. The haunted house was a hodgepodge of references from different haunted houses I found on the interwebs, and did the linework in Illustrator.

Then I realized the piece needed a floating pig...

Happy late Halloween! Maybe I'll get to X-mas before February!

Sunday, August 9, 2015

Paleo Kara, cover version


This will likely be the last of this series for awhile.  I have a ton of projects that have been patiently waiting for my attention.  Worry not--more to come as soon as I clear my plate a bit!

Saturday, August 8, 2015

Paleo Babs!


I'm having so much fun with these pieces!  The figure is hand-drawn in my trusty Moleskine, scanned and colored in Procreate for iPad, composited with a photo I took on the Big Island of Hawaii in Photoshop!  What an excuse to visit the nostalgia of old comic books with new illustrations!

Friday, July 31, 2015

Master of the Mystic Arts


The Doctor, The Duck, and The Dread Dormammu! Illustrating my love affair with the Bronze Age of comics!

Friday, July 24, 2015

Devil Dinosaur meets Tigra!

Another love letter to the comics of my youth! They just don't make 'em like they used to.

Tuesday, July 14, 2015

1,000,000 DC Diana

So, who's seen the classic Raquel Welch film 1,000,000 BC?  It shaped my 8-year old mind into the strange and wonderful place it is today.  I love dinosaurs, ape men, iguanas with cardboard fins stuck to their backs, and of course, beautiful and powerful paleolithic cavewomen!  I'm on a roll, combining all that with some of my favorite DC comics layouts from the 70s.  Keep an eye out--more to come!

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Saber-Tooth Froggie

Just when you thought you'd seen everything, along comes something new...  Done in Procreate with both an Adonit JotDot and a Nomad brush.

Monkeys will be monkeys

This is the piece that started my fascination with the critters that live beneath!

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Age of Ultron

I drew this long-legged Natasha a couple years back.  Included to accompany a word about the new Avengers film--Age of Ultron.  I'm not big on reviews, but I do like to talk about comic-book geekdom.  The first 15 minutes made me downright giddy--this is the kind of hyper-choreographed superhero violence I've been waiting for since I was 8.

Then the pacing began to irritate me.  Superdoubleplusgoodfastcrazyridiculous beginning that came to a screeeeeeching halt for our heroes spend a stupid amount of time hiding out at a farmhouse.  This was time wasted on character development previously established in earlier films.  Why not take more time building Ultron's motivations?  I think, therefore I am, therefore I take out the human race?  All within about 8 seconds of "birth".  What about the Vision?  There was absolutely NO time taken to develop his character.

On the subject of powers--what were movie Vision's?  Controlling his molecular density?  Did he pass his arm through a robot then solidify, or just reach through with this super-strength?  And Scarlet Witch?  She seemed to have some reality-bending powers, some telekinetics, some mind control.  I know these characters from comics, but they don't do much more than resemble the characters I'm familiar with.

The film looked awesome.  It sounded great.  The dialog was snappy and entertaining.  It had bits of everything I love about a superhero movie, but was ultimately less than satisfying.

Sunday, March 22, 2015

Easter Bunny's Coming to Town!


Just in time for Easter, y'all!  T-shirts, hoodies, travel mugs, pillows, totes!  All at my Redbubble shop!  Order soon for Easter!

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Hippity Hop Hop!


Yes, boys and girls, it's almost Easter!  Time for monkeys and dinosaurs and giraffes and, ummm,  bunnies?  Work in progress--needs a little clean-up, and I still have a couple critters to add!

Sunday, March 8, 2015

Easter Bunnies WIP

I'm setting a personal goal for myself--get a fun holiday piece done in time for Easter!  Here's the original art, directly from my latest sketchbook, and I'll be cleaning it, coloring it, and adding characters over the next couple weeks.  Keep an eye out--I'm going to have prints and stickers ready to rock and roll by April...


Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Inner Worlds

Sorry it's been so long since my last post!  To make up for it, I'll bring more fun this week!  This one is part hand-drawn, part photoshop, part Procreate, part Frax, part Percolator, and part daydream...