Daily Doodles

I've been making it a point to draw non-work stuff, even if it's a small drawing every morning. Which means a long overdue art dump:

Hold the Phone

Yes, I am alive and kicking.

I've also been drawing. Some of it I can't show - a lot probably. I'm currently working for Disney Consumer Products in Apparel design. It's a pretty neat gig - I get to draw what will hopefully turn into icons used on children's clothing. Then there's the usual layout/design stuff that became second nature when working at 49er Shops.

Funny enough, I haven't spent nearly as much time drawing outside of work. Partly from a lack of self motivation to the hand cramps acting up again and now much, much worse. It worries me, but no insurance means I can't get it looked at. Need to fix that.

But I have done some work I can show (I think) - it was a submission to Udon's Street Fighter fanart book that's coming out in time for Comic Con 08. I'll edit this post later once I get my hands on the link. Anyway the submission wasn't selected to I think its safe to post this one up.

Freakin' A'

Loooooooooooooooooooooooong time no talk folks!

So here's the skinny - I worked on a month-long freelance project, which I hope to put up soon as soon as I get the ok from my client. THEN I got a new fulltime job (YAY!) as a game tester (YAY?). So far it's been intense hours, so we'll see if I survive and create as I go, or go off and create to hopefully keep the bills in check.

Yes - bills. Blah. Rent. Pah! All of this needs to be covered and while it was working to a degree in freelance, I was dying to find a way make more than just my financial ends meet. Getting a car, insurance, food would all be nice things and for that I need some 9 to 5 employment.

In short - don't count me out. I draw on my breaks now and have been keeping my energy up and hopefully game testing sucks the gaming nerd out of me so I'll spend more time on the weekends drawing. And less playing Phoenix Wright >.>

Undercovers: panels 1 - 8

So, a big thanks goes to Kidnemo (of Washed Ashore and Comet 7 fame, to name a few) for this idea. I told him of a story I've been knocking around in my head and finding excuses to NOT do. He mentioned if I take it bit by bit, and make sure to do it every day, not only would I get it done, but it would help with my drawing skill. So here are the first two panels/pages of what I'll call "Undercovers" for the time being.

I'll keep updating with regular drawings as-is, but this needs to be a daily update.

Spider-ween!

Happy Halloween!

Heads Up - Art Challenges Ahead

My friend Will and his site, Clockwork Machina, are doing an illustration contest of sorts. It's 'oekaki lottery' or Oelotto for short. Each week a new theme will be drawn lottery-style and then people can work on the theme. Results will be posted, another theme chosen, etc etc.

Details can be found here.

Sketches

I've been looking at Sean "Cheeks" Galloway's stuff a lot lately, which got me into drawing some simpler versions of Wolverine and Spiderman than I'm accustomed to. I'm liking the results - especially those that try to portray personality within the body shape, gesture, etc. Spidey and Wolvie are so iconic that the only real way to make a rendition stand out is to tweak those sort of aspects.

My 2 cents.