Hello All

Okay, when I see art online, sometimes it gets me down. But it shouldn't, art should inspire you as an artist. It should help you find out certain ascetics that please you, and help you make those artistic choices. Like that old bastardized art adage "young artists borrow, old artists steal." or something like that, but if you see some element you like try it out. This is within reason, dont make a career out of ape-ing some other artist. It's okay to follow an old master's lead or be influenced by another's style but not to be creatively stunted. Anyhoo, I recently did some art for my friend's albums, I am pretty happy on how they came out.

In this first one, I am stoked on the colors and how the clouds came out. which I borrowed from some cartoon I saw awhile ago, unfortunately I dont remember which one. the second one came out okay too, I was going for an ol' timey rubberhouse look, which I hope is fairly obvious.

498- if only I had five hands...

...and 25 hours a day to draw. and the spirit to keep at it all day. Anyhoo, I have been kinda busy lately, doing flyers and poster images, but no comics. I am currently starting an animation project that I am pretty excited about, hand drawn! 

497- flyer work

doing some more flyer work, fun.

489- turtle piece in progress

as the title says, this is a TMNT drawing still in process. I am thinking about adding a proper cityscape background, maybe all in linework. but i like it so far, maybe black and white would be better. or just way darker with muted colors. stay tuned if you care to see its fate.

I also have been looking at a lot of other artists on the internet lately, there are such good artists out there. kinda intimidating. But all we can do is be the best we can be, and not worry about others. It took me awhile but i figured out that art is not a race against others, just against yourself. this can be applied to most things.

486- SPACE AWAITS

BEHOLD YOUR FUTURE IN THE STARS

MORE TO COME.

485- by special request of O!

Raph with his normal coloring.

484- Smooth Real Tobacco flavor!

I have been on the computer almost all day, formatting and getting comix ready for printing, as well as logo work, coloring, and so much more art related nonsense that my brain is fried. Somehow this image came to be in all this frazzling. I kinda makes me want to take up smoking...but only Pink Slim Brand!

483- Raph!

Raph in different colors, i am thinking about doing a print of this. eh?

post 481- TX-MAA cover...

...I think. something very similar to this. maybe with censor bars over their eyes. Anyhoo, this all will make sense soon, I hope.

471- Inspiration

I recently went to southern California to visit my friend Danny, and got really inspired to make more art. He has a room set aside for music, which I think is really fantastic. I thought about how I want a little room for my art. But then I realized that I already have a studio space and that I should use it more. So, its been a great summer so far, and I think that this will be the summer where I really start to utilize my studio. What this has to do with this "Minion" drawing I don't know. I just like how purple it is.

467- moleman

I wanted this image to look like it was accompanied by a stick of old hard chewing gum.

462- morning exercise

I made this quick image just so I wouldn't feel unproductive when I get to work. So as I am washing dishes, I can think, "at least I did a little art today." thats all. I will get back to the grindstone after work. Yokes!

461- POOOOOOONG!

The title of this post is meant to be yelled like Kirk yelling "Khan!" I am not a big fan of beer pong, I have played it before and it was fun. I did this flyer, I do like this flyer. I think it is missing something...but I don't have the luxury of time to figure it out.

457- exercise in futility

Sometimes things are over before they start, and when you try to pour some of your heart into them it seems wasted. but if you have a big heart there is always more to pour.

442- what a good number!

logo work I did recently, this one is my fav of the batch. good colors, probably too detailed for a logo, maybe a sticker.

440- page six

439- page five

                                                 page five, nothing left to do but wait for the end.

438- page four

                                                 page four, the plot thickens, well it couldn't thin.

437- page three

                                                          page three, complete with slip.

435- unnamed comic about fungus

                                                  unnamed comic, about crudmugeonry. enjoy!