Binder Cover = Deadpool

Wanted to tribute this Dave Johnson (devilpig on DA) cover to deadpool

The pencil smudges and the ink smudges so beware if you try this

Halloween 11-01-10

While at the bookstore a week or 2 ago I got an idea for a sketch from the back of a horror magazine.  It was previewing some japanese horror flick and this was what came out of my brain to do last night.  The image in the hair window was actually taken from the front of the magazine.  I needed something scary to put in there and the cover had just the right amount of creepy imagery.  I'd love to darken the whole thing one day but what i really dig is that i just flipped open the sketchbook and poured this onto it relatively easily.  on the back inside cover which makes it more a part of the actual sketchbook and now everything that fills these pages has to be a bit more interesting.

UP Fair update II

ok so with some advice from the penciljack forum, i've added some things to the deadspaces here and some shadows and made it a little more interesting if not confusing

i'm always afraid of going too dark and with the Voltron (what?! a Voltron head?? yeah it came to me tonight at borders and i cannot quite remember what made me add it in, i think i saw an image of voltron in a GiG Poster book that i have been using for inspiration lately) in the other room it think it takes away from the rest of everything

there's still a watercolor wash to go over it all maybe that will even it all out a little? hopefully and maybe some better contrast tomorrow

this is very theraputic, drawing and helping me to deal with my problems that i dont want to attend to at the moment, but i've been up a few nights now at 2 am, like a real career artist, but i have to remember that this isnt my day job and i have to get some sleep

I have to commend real artists who make this their living, it's a lot of work but i recognize that i have gotten better at some things and while i look at this and it has very 'young artist' moments i am proud of some of the things here that i had never taken a stab at =)

so i'll keep drawing and i'll get better, still mad that i didnt take a bigger commitment in my youth to getting better, but i'm still dealing with my desire to committ and to allow myself to succeed and deal with failures

ahh life lessons, hopefully my art confidence grows and bleeds over into other aspects of living my life

GO TO UPFAIR

Update 10-02-10

Newish art, well maybe new scans of slightly old art:



First was the sketch, i guess it's a sketch that i've been working on for a little while, i finally managed to finish it, spreyed it with workable fixative. A can i've had since college, does anyone else use this stuff. Normally if i'm spraying it then i dont need to work it again so i need to get a permanent fixative or something. Anywayhere it is, some high contrast piece modeled off of an image from knitting magazine. I'm pleased with it but if anyone knows a way to do a heave black space and make it look smooth then i'm all ears. I managed to lay down a layer of charcoal then go over that with 6B pencil. I suppose i could have taken my time and used all 6B but maybe it was in a bit of a rush to finish.


Then a set of the 3 finished ATCs that i did for a Mythology swap at IllustratedATCs.com. Pandora in ink and Prismacolor markers, Sekhmet in pencil and a watercolor wash and Enchantress & Hela in pencils. Hopefully they have some happy new homes. I'm currently working on manga cards for another swap and eagerly looking forward to finishing and mailing them off. With any luck i'll send it on time and you will see it sooner than later.

Art update 6/26

A big Thank you~!! to anyone who took the time to talk with me at the Art Walk in downtown Bethlehem yesterday~! It was nice hearing all the kind words and supportive words. I will continue to pursue art as a creative and relaxative outlet =)

Here's an ink sketch:

Lance Armstrong was what i was going for, i think it comes across a little, in his machinedness

also here's the world cup piece i'm working on, the flags in the outline in watercolor pencils, slow process only because i keep pushing it aside, like now...to watch the Blind Side
updates soon =)