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Friday, May 31, 2013

Walking dead The Comic Book Sketch Card for the trading card set - Michonne



Can you tell, I did a bunch of Michonne's for the set. I'd have to say, Michonne, Rick, Tyreese, and abraham were my favorite characters & the most fun to draw...so you'll see a bunch of those cards! This one is of Michonne swiping off a walkers head with her sword! 2.5 x3.5 inch - copic markers.

Thursday, May 30, 2013

"Penny" The walking dead the Comic Book Sketch Card



I'll be posting these suckers all week, since the set is due out soon, so Here's another Walking Dead the comic book sketch card. Created for the official trading card set by cryptozoic and skybound industries. This one is of Penny,the Governors Daughter. Copic Markers.

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Walking Dead The Comic book 2 Trading card set sketch card.



Another one of my "Walking dead the Comic Book" sketch cards for the trading card set on sale june 6th. I decided to draw rick running away from a bunch of walkers....buuuuut it kind of looks like he's getting ready to take off flying, like he's a super hero...LOL. Copic Markers.

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Walking Dead 109 Sketch Cover Commission



Here's one of the walking dead #109 comic covers that I drew. The client wanted me to zombify his daughter ( but not too much..LOL) who is the main character, and to put sophia and Penny on either side of her. really had a rough time finding a decent picture of the governors daughter ( penny). So you make due with what you got, but again, I would have gone with a better pic if I could find one.

( In case you don't know what a sketch cover is, They are actual comic books that are printed on a limited run, with blank untreated covers which are called "Blank Variant Covers. This allows an artists to do what they do, and that way you have a comic book, with original artwork on it. Kind of cool. Of course, directly behind the blank cover, you have the artwork that was used in the comic.)

This cover is going to be signed at comicon by the young ladies who play the roles of sophia and penny on the AMC hit show.

I have to comment on the quality of the stock on these covers, as it was EXCELLENT. Nice blends, very little bleed, fun to work with.

Did this one with copic markers & some spot treatments with color pencils. also used some acrylic inks for the splatters on the front and back of the cover.

Saturday, May 25, 2013

The Walking Dead The Comic Book 2- Sketch Card for the trading card set - Michonne



Another one of My walking Dead sketch cards for the official trading card set. This one is for the comic book, rather than the show, but hopefully I can contribute to the next season of the trading card set for the show. We were not allowed to reference the show in anyway, so i had to read all of the comics....I was not disappointed. Some parts are identical to the show, and some parts totally different....now I'm an addict...lol.

Anyway, here's Michonne running through some zombies, kind of looks like she's doing the Heisman, LOL.

Copic markers

Friday, May 24, 2013

The Incredible Hulk Comic Sketch cover Commission



Here is my first sketch cover that I have been requested to do. The little dude in the front is the clients son who also wanted to be a hulk! This one is going to be signed by Lou Ferrigno at comicon.

( In case you don't know what a sketch cover is, They are actual comic books that are printed on a limited run, with blank untreated covers which are called "Blank Variant Covers. This allows an artists to do what they do, and that way you have a comic book, with original artwork on it. Kind of cool. Of course, directly behind the blank cover, you have the artwork that was used in the comic.)

Well the first lesson in sketch covers that I learned is "not all sketch covers were created equal" The stock on this particular cover was garbage, very waxy. You can see in the 2nd progress pic that the copic markers I was using started to pool up and not absorb into the paper, thus making it impossible to blend the colors together. In the third progress pic you'll see that I had to go over the entire thing with colored pencils in order to add shading & to try to even out the blotchiness of the markers ( which to be quite honest, wasn't too much better, its like drawing on wax paper). So next time I get one of these, I'll have to try acrylic paint. I did want to try that rather than the colored pencils, however time constraints didn't allow. I had to finish three covers that night, and it took me until 5 am to get them done.

on the final pic I tackled the background. Now normally I'm against flat backgrounds, but I knew that a black background was going to make the highlights pop. I decided to encompass the main figures in black and to transition out with splatters using some black & white acrylic inks, instead of trying to shade out the transitions because of the fact that the copics weren't going to give me even gradations.

Anyway...lesson learned. The other two covers that I did were walking dead 109 covers, i'll post those later.

Thursday, May 23, 2013

The Walking Dead The Comic Book Audition Sketch Cards, Rick & Tyreese



Its almost Time, "The walking Dead Comic Book 2" trading card set is coming out in a few weeks....so its time to start showing them off! I'm going to start off by posting a few of my audition sketch cards. Yes....every artist had to submit 4 audition sketch cards in order to be qualified to work on the set.The cards were then approved by the art directors at which point you were sent the rest of the cards.

Here are two of mine, Rick & Tyreese I think the Tyreese card is one of my favorites from the set. For that card I chose to do the seen where he had been locked in the gym of the prison and everyone had given him up for dead, but when they returned he was standing around in a pile of bodies because he had killed every single walker in there. That was the moment in the comic when I realized tyreese was truly a badass thus becoming one of my favorite characters.

I had a ton of fun working on the set, by far one of the best to work on. I did a total of 80+ cards. These two were done with the usual copic markers also added some splattering with acrylic. In my opinion, the audition cards weren't that great, the cards definitely got better as I went a long & loosened up.....But I do love the Tyreese one....wish I could get that one back! I'll be receiving 9 Artist proof blanks for commissions, two of which are spoken for.

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Contemporary Pin-Ups Puzzle Jam!!!!



Hmmm.....Look what I'm Working on!...

I will be doing puzzle jam cards with Steve "Sly"Lydic. What is a puzzle jam you ask? well basically we are sent two cards uncut, I draw one part, and then they are sent to the other artist to finish of the other part, then the cards are rounded up, sent back to the company and cut, and when you pull a sketch, you will also be receiving the counterpart of that sketch... neat idea, A LOT of work for the artists & the sketch card company. I'll post some samples once available!

The Walking Dead The Comic Book Trading card set Audition Sketch Cards



Its almost Time, "The walking Dead Comic Book 2" trading card set is coming out in a few weeks....so its time to start showing them off! I'm going to start off by posting a few of my audition sketch cards. Yes....every artist had to submit 4 audition sketch cards in order to be qualified to work on the set.The cards were then approved by the art directors at which point you were sent the rest of the cards. Here are two of mine, Michonne & Maggie. I had a ton of fun working on the set, by far one of the best to work on. I did a total of 80+ cards. These two were done with the usual copic markers. In my opinion, the audition cards weren't that great, the cards definitely got better as I went a long & loosened up..... I'll be receiving 9 Artist proof blanks for commissions, two of which are spoken for.

Happy Hump Day!

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Dawn Sketch card for Breygent Marketing & Joseph Michael Linsner



Another DAWN:New Horizons Sketch card for joseph Michael Linsners Official trading card set. This is the only card where I did two figures dawn & Death. I usually dont like to add more than one figure because it will often times reduce the detail & quality of both figures, Unless you just put another character in the background, like I did here. Anyhoo....this was done with copic markers on a 2.5 x3.5 official card. Progress pics included.

Monday, May 20, 2013

War of the Worlds sketch Card for Cult Stuff



People seem to like the war of the worlds cards that I have done that were more scenic and atmospheric, so here's another one of those. Done with copic markers for the official trading cards set by Cult stuff.

Friday, May 17, 2013

"The Smell of Burning Flesh" War of the Worlds Sketch card



Another one of my additions to the war of the worlds trading card set for cult stuff. This set is based off of the novel & not any of the movies. Had to do a closeup of someone burning alive....duh. Included some progress pics for ya. 2.5x3.5 inches, copic markers.

Thursday, May 16, 2013

DAWN : New Horizons Sketch Card



Another Sexy DAWN sketch card for Joseph Michael Linsners Trading card set! This is a 2.5 x3.5 inch piece of art done with copic markers, color pencils & some acrylic. and the progress pics for kicks.

Thursday, May 9, 2013

"The Black Smoke Canon" War of The Worlds Sketch Card for Cult Stuff.



Another War of the worlds Sketch card for Cult Stuff's Upcoming trading card set. This one is featuring another variation on a tripod holding a large canon like instrument used for shooting the black poisonous smoke projectiles. In the book it described the weapons that were used by the martian tripods as boxes and in this case tubes. Seeing as the tripods were built on the spot in a relatively short timeframe it would be understandable that the machinery would all be fairly rudimentary & simple, yet functional. It would also be conceivable that since these machines were all large lumbering megaliths, that to the observer who was fleeing for their lives all the details of the objects would be lost & hard to decipher at greater distances. Sooooo I wanted to make it all a little more fun & add all the things that may have been lost in translation....after all, you know what they say about the devil & details.

2.5x3.5 inch - copic markers.

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Dawn : New Horizons Sketch card.



Another one of My Dawn, New Horizons sketch card, for the upcoming set being released for Joseph Michael Linsner's new book. Copic Markers.