This piece was originally done for a cover contest for a magazine with an issue focused on the video game Destiny. I actually misread the deadline so I wasn't able to submit, but the point really was to focus on art again, and to celebrate a game I've spent quite a lot of time enjoying. Destiny is a great mix of FPS and MMO, without the big time commitments that other MMOs can have. It's also a game that's built up a fantastic community, who some members of which raised over half a million dollars for charity by streaming the game recently.

I was particularly proud of this piece; a good chunk of what I wanted to accomplish appeared on the page which is not always the case. I sometimes find myself just hoping for 'happy accidents' and not sticking to the script. That can sometimes result in great pieces, but not always push you to do more interesting things or to stick to your guns when it comes to the vision you had for something. As always, feedback is welcome.

Labels: Destiny, Illustrator, Lord Saladin, Photoshop, Rise of Iron, Siva

The new web site design is finally up! I've been plugging away at this one here and there for a while, so it's nice to finally get it going. I'm hoping this is more accessible, with a bit more leeway to make changes in the future. I've added links to my deviantART, and Twitter accounts. For some reason, I've never thought to link to these here before. I've got some more things I want to get up on the site, as well as revamp how I handle mobile traffic, but for now this should do. If you're reading this on the RSS feed, please stop by and poke around.

In other news, it looks like my involvement in "Don't Get Sucked Under the Escalator!" has come to a close. No need to get into the specifics, but it does look like the project will be completed with an entirely new artist. As for what my next project is, I have a few ideas, but I'll post more when I have more to say. In the mean time, I thought I'd post some of the finer moments from my work on Escalator. These are just snippets of pages, character designs and ideas I was rather proud of. Enjoy!

Labels: comics, Escalator, Illustrator, Photoshop, Web Site Design

I ran into some technical snafu's in the past month or so that made getting art completed and posted a bit of a challenge. Hopefully that's behind me now, so I'm posting some things that were completed recently. I'm also brainstorming on ways to add more content to this blog with or without new art to show, but I'll have to iron that out a bit more first.

First up is this week's Drawer Geeks, "Frankenstein":

I wanted to show a bit more of the messy business of stitching someone together of disparate parts. My Frankenstein is falling apart at the seams, literally.

Next up is another Drawer Geeks from the previous round, in honour of the film and book "Where The Wild Things Are".

Played with a whole new palette for me, as well as colouring directly on the pencils and skipping inks all together. Relatively happy with how this turned out, even if it wasn't anything like I pictured initially.

Finally, this is a pencil drawing of a duo that figure into a larger story brewing in my head at the moment. Not ready to talk about it yet, but I like the design enough to show it around.

Labels: Drawer Geeks, Frankenstein, Illustrator, pencils, Photoshop, Tree Spirit, Where The WIld Things Are

The topic this week at Drawer Geeks was "Classic Video Games", or anything that came out before 1985. I actually did 3 pictures for this one (one isn't scanned, and I'm not too happy with it). There was a big break over the holidays so I sort of chipped away at it here and there. I have always been a big video game fan, ever since I first played Super Mario Bros. on display at a K-Mart when it first came out.

First up is a re-design for Mario from Super Mario Bros. Sort of a grounded in reality, practical design. Not 100% sold on this one, but a good learning experience.

Next is just sort of an homage to the NES in general. I wanted to put a positive spin on the act of blowing dust out of the NES cartridges every kid who had one is probably more than familiar with.

Labels: Drawer Geeks, Excitebike, Illustrator, Metroid, Photoshop, Super Mario Bros., video games, Zelda

I've just recently seen proofs for the letters of a short story I wrote and drew, coming out in an anthology from a publisher I totally geeked out to as a teenager. I've also recently finished colors on a two page spread I think is the best work I've done up to this point, for a graphic novel I'm working on, with a writer whose work I admired long before getting the opportunity to work with him.

I love comics.

Labels: comics, Esclator, Illustrator, Photoshop

Yeti. Drawer Geeks. Check it!

Labels: colour, Drawer Geeks, Illustrator, Photoshop, Yeti

This week at Drawer Geeks... Zombies! Anybody that knows me knows that's a topic I couldn't pass up!

Labels: Drawer Geeks, grayscale, Illustrator, Photoshop, Zombies

Here are some of the things I've been working on. Character designs for a short story:





And a very quick color test for that same short story:


The last two Drawer Geeks, "Lone Ranger" and "Dinosaurs":

Labels: character design, colour, comics, Dinosaurs, Drawer Geeks, goat, Illustrator, Lone Ranger, pen and ink, Photoshop

I've been very busy in my spare time (still got that day job), so I haven't had a chance to post much. I've got a few different things on the go right now, but the biggest one is a book called "Don't Get Sucked Under the Escalator" with Mark Smith (Amazing Joy Buzzards, Aqua Leung). Pretty exciting, and a great story. Here are some promo pieces I put together recently to sort of introduce the story.





Here is my entry for this week over at Drawer Geeks. The topic was "Triplets".

Labels: comics, Escalator, Illustrator, pen and ink, Photoshop, Triplets

"Samurai" was this week's topic at Drawer Geeks. I haven't had any real time to draw anything just for myself (which is actually an awesome thing... more on that later), but I couldn't pass up Samurai! That being said, I tried quite a few new things in this one, some successes and some not so much. Interesting experiment none the less. Enjoy!

Labels: Drawer Geeks, Illustrator, Photoshop, Samurai

"Tarzan" was the theme this week at Drawer Geeks. I really tried to push myself this week. I took my time, and really tried to get down exactly what I had in mind. I'm happy to say this is relatively close to what I had in mind, a few happy accidents aside. I know as an artist I still struggle with putting down on paper what I had in my head.

Labels: colour, Drawer Geeks, Illustrator, Photoshop, Tarzan

This week at Drawer Geeks the topic was "Monsters Under the Bed". I kind of just flew through this one, not a lot of time this week.

Labels: bed, colour, Drawer Geeks, Illustrator, Monsters, Photoshop

"Galactus" was this week's Drawer Geeks topic. The focus on this one was getting a straight up cel shaded effect that I was happy with, and cutting down on my coloring time. I was pretty pleased I was able to get this one out quickly. I realized after finishing this that Galactus' pose is a bit like he's getting ready to scratch some records. Maybe he's a DJ on his off time?

Labels: colour, Drawer Geeks, Galactus, Illustrator, Photoshop

This week at Drawer Geeks the theme was "Lord of the RIngs". I wanted to take some time and try out a few new techniques to try and speed up the way I do things. I also wanted to focus on value over hue, hence the grayscale. I think I'm going to use the Drawer Geeks topics from now on to try and push new ideas and new ways of doing things, at least for me.

Labels: colour, Drawer Geeks, Illustrator, Lord of the Rings, Nazgul, Photoshop

This week at Drawer Geeks the topic was "Rednecks". For some reason, this was the first thing that popped into my head. More of a "red necks". I know, I know... Rednecks are obvious. I think I have too much giant monster on the brain or something.

Labels: colour, Drawer Geeks, Illustrator, Photoshop, Red Knecks

I did a pinup for the book "Aqua Leung", coming out later this year by Mark Andrew Smith and Paul Maybury. The short story in Popgun Vol. 1 was awesome, so I had to take a crack at drawing the character. Inked in Illustrator, coloured in Photoshop. Enjoy!

Labels: Aqua Leung, comics, Illustrator, Photoshop, pinup