Commissions from San Diego Comic-Con

Okay, I know this post is LATE... but I've been busy.  Anyway, above is a bunch (but not all) of the artwork I did from my Artists Alley table at San Diego Comic-Con 2015!  It was so awesome to have a table there, I look forward to doing it again, if the Comic-Con Gods see fit to bring me back!

Sadly, I did not taking any pictures of the commissions I did from So Cal Comic Con in October.  I don't know why.  But if any of you reading this, got artwork from me from that show, or from San Diego Comic-Con and you don't see it above... shoot me an email, and I'll include it in a future post!

Batmax 2.0, now wearable!

Just got back from the Comic-Con... I'll be posting an update about my experience, and some pics of some of the artwork made while there in a later post (have to go through all the pics!).

Right now, however, I'm posting to announce that the most successful print from the Comic-Con is now WEARABLE as a t-shirt, tank, hoodie, or crewneck.  From my TeePublic store!  This is also the first design I've made available as a print that you can order from the TeePublic store as well.  It can be ordered anywhere from a 9"x9" paper print, to a 30"x30" print on CANVAS!   I have no idea why all the sizes are square... but, it'll do until I open my own online store... COMING SOON!

I'M GOING TO COMIC-CON!!!

Okay, so it's not "news" that I'm attending San Diego Comic-Con International...  However, it is NEW that I'm going... AS AN EXHIBITOR!  On May 12th, I received an email informing me how to access the Comic-Con exhibitor website, and related things.  I got really confused, because in January they sent a letter informing me that I was put on a "Wait List" (which in previous years, I've come to realize is the same thing as a 'polite no').  But sure enough, I clicked on the various links in the email and found myself staring at my name... ON THE LIST OF ARTIST ALLEY EXHIBITORS!

Comic-Con is a couple days away, and in the span of less than 2 months, I compiled some art (mostly some of my older stuff, cuz time was limited on being able to make new stuff, though I did make some new stuff), found a printer, got some prints made.  I even managed to assemble a mini-comic with a writer I partnered with at Comic-Con last year.  It's insane how far I've come in just the span of a year.

#inktober - Days 25-28

So these were all drawn on the 28th... but... they were posted the 29th... So I'm still down by one.  And have til Friday to finish the last 3.  I think it'll be done.  Again, mostly done with PITT... didn't get to experiment too much.  Though the Maleficent uses the White Sharpie Paint Marker, and regular Sharpie for the eyes.   The Freddy Krueger is a bit of a disappointment.

The animals turned out pretty cool though.  More to come!

#inktober - Days 22-24

3 more drawings, still down by 3.  Tomorrow (Tuesday) is my last/only day off before the end of October, so hopefully I can get caught up/ahead with this challenge... maybe.  Actually, it should be more than do-able.

This round again done with the PITT brush markers.  I love them.  Tomorrow I'll experiment some more with some of the other options at my disposal.  And maybe buy more things (unlikely).

#inktober - Days 12 and 13

Today is the 19th, and I'm on #inktober drawing 13....   That's no bueno.   What's with the lagging?  Actually most of it comes with me trying to bust out a fairly impressive commission.  Which I just finished... I'll probably post it here.  But the point is, I now have a little more "free time" (what's that?) to DRAW!  So hopefully I can catch up before Ol' Hallow's Eve.

The drawings above of Hagrid and Joker are mixed-media ink.  A combination of a pen, and brush work.  I'm beginning to enjoy some of the spontaneity of the brush.  A lot of my "normal work" has become a bit too smooth with the computer ironing out some of my idiosyncrasies, and polishing them.  So it's kinda fun to dip the brush and deal with whatever it gives me once it touches the drawing surface.  I really seem to like it for hair.  *shrug*

#inktober - Days 3-7... kinda... (aka, 'Fun with Brushes')

Okay, so... I fell behind a bit on the challenge.  Part of this was "Artist's Block".  The other part was I really wanted to try this challenge with a brush...  And I had to go out and buy some ink and brushes.  I felt like I was kinda cheating using a pen... though there are no actual rules per se, other than "draw in ink".  But I wanted to go old school, with brushes and ink.  The above 5 (which put me back on track with the challenge) are done with brushes.  It was fun... there were some hurdles, and I could have been using better paper... but all and all, I live, I learn.

Free Comic-Book Day Drawings...

 

 

 

 Free Comic Book Day was back on May 3rd.  And here's a bunch of artwork I did that day (or... week...).  I had wanted to do SOMETHING for FCBD, but I couldn't figure out what.  My local comic shops already booked their resident artists, and I'm not popular enough to be "requested" by an out-of-town shop, so... I was like "What should I do?"

I decided I'd open myself up to some free comissions from my Facebook friends.  I posted a status, that said if they LIKED or COMMENTED on the status, I'd do them up a drawing.  Originally I was planning on keeping it quick and simple like a Con sketch, or if I had landed a comic-book store post for the day.  But, as i started doing them, I decided to fall more and more on my traditional style of coloring and what-not in Photoshop.  I still tried to keep the actual drawings themselves quick and free flowing... but... yeah, didn't quite happen on all of them.

Some of them turned out really well, others... not so much.  My idea was to do it as a "test run" for if I got an Artist Alley table at SDCC this year (Update: I did NOT get a table).  TO see how quickly I could draw "on demand".  I learned a ton going through the process... and even surprised myself a couple times.  So despite some major flaws on some of them, the things I learned will be of great help!