Artwork Round-Up

Gathering all the work that's been scattered around the interwebs in the last month or so:

These last two were from the last update of my Shield and Sword project which is continuing along nicely.

And these two are from the next Shield and Sword mission: "Broken Chord". Especially happy with how that second one turned out.

A Halo pin-up I did for fun, trying to channel 70's / 80's space opera covers.

 So there's this game called Skyrim...

An arm study for the playable character of Venerance, a mod I'm helping out with.

Another Venerance concept - working on the MJOLNIR Mk. IV arms.

"Vagrant Fire" - not sure where this came from, but it definitely led to the dragon piece above.

"Horizons Do Not Go Up"

My First Artist Alley Booth: Planet Comicon.

Some photo highlights:

Ahh, the night before - printing and going crazy trying to get the portfolio in the best order for the coming portfolio review with a Marvel editor the next day.

The booth!

And the booth babe!

People? People looking at my stuff and paying for my art?? This is... strange...

Working on my first commission!

Awesome Doctor Who cosplay. I couldn't help but shout out "K-9!" as they walked by.

Marvel Girl commission...

Ghostbuster commission (part of a larger project by the commissioner to gain as many Ghostbuster doodles as possible: https://drawmeaghostbuster.wordpress.com/ ).

Willy Wonka commission.

Writer Dennis Hopeless.

A phonebox in the corner teasing me the whole time...

Captain Adama...

... and Lando!

Even some family made it out, sporting some interesting shirts...

Well, I think these did a better job than what my rambling could have conveyed. I was definitely nervous beforehand, but I ended up having a blast meeting people and drawing them stuff. I even made enough to pay for the table!

Next up: St. Louis's Project Comic Con.

Latest Work Round-Up

I thought I'd be more active with my blog than lately, and try to do posts of recent, random artwork that doesn't fall into a category of big news, or will be a long time coming before it's added to the portfolio website.

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I was commissioned to paint a local church for a charity auction.

And this is something I doodled after a surprise zoo-visit... Yep. :)

Here are some shots of a 3D model I'm working on for the game "The Seeker".

 Aft view.

From above.

Portrait of a character from said game.

A piece from my Shield and Sword project.

And more from same project: "The Infinite Hallway".

"Zero G"

"Inspector" design for hypothetical Halo 4 ideas.

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A Year In Review, Another To Come

This image pretty much sums up the highlights of what I've accomplished in the 1.5 years since graduating college. I think I'm most proud of finishing Halo: A Fistful of Arrows, the largest project I've ever embarked on. Anything that could spawn such rabid support, petitions, soundtracks, etc, is something to be satisfied with, I think.

Of course those jobs that actually paid weren't too shabby either. :)

Anubis can now be added to that list... well, at least for my part. The art is all complete, the actual comic won't be released till the spring, though.

We'll be starting up a Kickstarter project soon to help fund the initial print run.

Next, I've got to work on...

-Re-doing my (this) website
-Various jobs and commissions I need to do
-Halo: Shield and Sword
-The Mayflower Project

Too many ideas, too many things to work on, not enough time... :)

Anubis, the Comic Book....

I'm in the throes of illustrating the first issue of the comic book "Anubis" from creator and writer Sage Howerton.  (The final cover is shown on above.)

"As the sun sets on the Bronze Age a dark shadow hangs over the gods of ancient Egypt. The mysterious and inexplicable death of the goddess Bast has disquieted her immortal brethren. Lurking in the shadows is a force not of this world that even most gods could not stand against. Only Anubis, god of death, can hope to balance the scales in the millennia to come..."

Every interior page has been thumbnailed and laid out and now I'm diving into fully rendering each page.

You can see from these images the process of jumping from those initial rough marks to the final interior art, full of texture, color, and life.  I hope, at least. :)

And here's some more promotional art that features the title character, Anubis.  His costume and staff has evolved a little since this pic.

Check out the latest updates on the project at Facebook.com/Anubis.Comic

Halo: A Fistful of Arrows now has a permanent home...

...at Leviathan.Bungie.Org!

Where you can read the entirety of completed pages for my fan-created graphic novel that details critical moments before and after the events of Bungie's Halo: Reach.

Huge thanks to Halo.Bungie.Org for hosting it!

Timelapse Video

A much better version of the type of video I was trying to do last time. Watch in HD to really see the change in details.



Here's the art that the video shows the making-of.