Cuddles the Cat

My kids just love animals to death!

Snail

We went for a walk the other day at a pond near our house. There were snails, frogs, and snakes. My 4 and 6 year old had fun trying to catch these little creatures. I had a blast too. We didn't keep any. Just catch and release.

Suck!

Sorry! I haven't posted anything for so long. I have been extremely busy with school, work, and family. I have new work to post but I'm not aloud to put it up yet. I will put it up as soon as I can. This little sketch was quickly done in Photoshop.

MegaCon

I know its a little late to be posting about MegaCon. I have my excuses, none of which are very good considering it only takes about 5 minutes to post something on a blog. So I'm sorry this is late. MegaCon was really great I had the chance to meet a lot of awesome people, and hang out with some awesome people that I have already met in the past. I want to say thanks to the many of you that bought my books and drawings. I hope you will enjoy them.

This year I would have to say was a better experience than last year, mostly because I paid extra to stay in a nicer place. I didn't have to deal with spiders, smoking heaters, fire alarms, or people trying to come in my room in the middle of the night.

This Venom sketch was done at the convention and nobody bought it. Venom is one of my favorite characters to draw, because you get to be very loose and messy.

Bucket Boy Monster King

I decided that I needed to explain why Bucket Boy has the bucket on his head. So, this comic will explain that. It will be available at MegaCon. I only colored a few of the pages. The full colored version will be available later.

Monster Sketch Blog

I have a new blog. I Don't post a lot sketches here, But on my new blog thats all you will see. I will post a new sketch every day. I draw a lot of monsters and weird creatures, so that is what you will mostly see. Just click on the Monster Sketch link on the right to check it out. http://monstersketch.blogspot.com/Don't worry I will still post new work on this blog.

Sledding

Sledding is a blast! I haven't been for a long time. We are going home for Christmas this year. Thats right back to Idaho. Sledding is on my list of things to do. I just hope they have snow, or that will put a real damper on my sledding.

Bunny

Bunnies are so cute. But they poop a lot.
Most of this is drawn in Adobe Illustrator. For some of the finishing touches I took it into Photoshop. This style of Illustration is different for me. I'm so used to drawing on paper then scanning ,and coloring. It was fun to create this only using the computer.

Flying Hippo

We've started to listen to Christmas music at our house. My kids love the song "I want a hippopotamus for Christmas" That is where this idea came from.
When I was a kid I didn't want a hippopotamus for Christmas, but a flying one might have changed my mind.

Dancing Panda

This was done for a challenge over at sugarfrostedgoodness

BucketBoy Poster

El Toro Rojo short story

Crocasmile

I did this sketch in photoshop a couple of months ago. I hope it makes you smile.

El Toro Rojo character design

Tarot cards

Sketches

These are some sketches from a tarot card project that I'm working on.

El Toro Rojo Colored

This was a lot of fun to color. The mural in the background was a challenge. I liked el Toro Rojo so much that now I'm using him in a short story for a anthology. When I was in Mexico I saw a live Luchador match. It was hardcore! A ring was set up in the middle of a street and it was free to watch. These luchadors were jumping off houses and slamming heads into garage doors. They were really getting hurt, one guy split open his head diving off the top rope on to the concrete. He then started wiping blood on people in the crowd. It was awesome, and shocking. I think this experience is why I like luchadors. Well keep on luching.

El Toro Rojo

This is a cover that I am working on for a digital design issues class. The assignment is to find a old comic book character and revamp him. Then to make a comic cover using that character. I chose an old marvel character El Toro Rojo. I'm sure you remember him! He was a wrestler that fought Thor and got his trash kicked and was banished into a Inca totem. I love drawing luchadors. I'll post the colors soon.

Childrens Book

These are the first 7 pages of the children's book that I've been working on. This will not be published. Its for a children's book illustration class. I was a little skeptical about this class before it started but its been a blast. I've been able to add in two things that I love football and monsters. The dialogue is not on the pages but hopefully the visual story telling is strong enough that you can fallow the story. I will post more pages later.

Hellboy colored

A little color for that sketch. I enjoyed this, it was a good break from my children's book coloring project. I will post some of that up later.

Hellboy

A fun Hellboy sketch. I'll probably throw some color on this later. so stay tuned.

Character Designs

I'm working on a children's book right now. These are some of the character designs. The story is about three monster boys who love to play football. A new kid moves in next door and they are so exited. They really want another kid on there team, but the new kid is a girl. We all know girls can't play football! Or can they? The book is all penciled but I have to ink and color it. I'll post some pages later.

Bit of Color and CBS

I thought I should add some color to this. I gave my self an hour to do it. I came pretty close to that. Hope ya like it.
I have been very busy lately with school and family. Maybe some of you saw my brief appearance on the CBS early show? Me and some other SCAD students were asked to do some illustrations for CBS's visit to Savannah last Thursday. Our segment had some technical difficulties, so I was only on for about 10 seconds. Sad! It was a good learning experience. The Illustration I made was of Harry Smith skiing in Aspen.

Old pages

I was looking at my blog and I don't have a good preview of my book. Here are some finished pages. Pick up a copy! You can order it by going to my links and click on Buy my book here. I will put up some pages from the new book soon.

Little Dragon Color

I threw some quick color on this sketch. Enjoy!

Little Dragon

Pancho A.K.A The Little Dragon is so exited that I gave him some dragon wings. I love drawing him. And he loves to kick butt!!

Its right behind you!

Ahhhh! look out Bucket
Boy its right behind you. Start swinging that hoe!
This is a pin up that doesn't have anything to do with current Bucket Boy story that I'm working on. It was just for fun.

Colored Pinup

I put some quick colors on that pinup. Hope ya dig it!

Chicken Man

Skull & Crosshairs

This is something that I have been working on with writer Sean Taylor. I can't talk about it much right now. The story does have to do with a sexy pirate wench, as you can see and its called Skull and Crosshairs. I will keep you posted as things develop. ARRG!

Armored Villian

I have loved drawing these single character designs lately. It's a great way to get away from my school projects, and other work. This guy is wearing some type of armor that enhances his strength.

Mrs. Hickory

This is Mrs. Hickory. I love to draw fat and old people and she fits in both of those categories. She's a cutie!

Lumber Jack and Jim

Jack and Jim don't get along very well. Its a shame, they would cut down a lot more trees if they would work as a team.

Super Girl

I don't draw a lot of women but when I do, I like to make 'em hot!

Griffin Tea Room

Spiderman and Venom in the Griffin Tea Room. This was a school project I did last quarter.

Batman

So, I was reading the Robert Kirkman's graphic novel The Walking Dead. I had this assignment for school come up where I had to put at least 10 figures in a specific location. I put Batman in Gotham city surrounded by zombies, but I didn't like how it turned out. I did like the batman though, so that's all I inked. I photoshoped out the rest. -sorry no zombies vs Batman.

Mike Mignola fan art

I posted these a while back on the fmlb blog. I thought I should show them here also. I will get some new stuff up soon.

DirtClaude

I am sooo busy with school! I haven't had time to work on the projects I want to work on. I did take an hour and do another character design. Hope ya dig it! I have so much more fun designing villains. You will see more of this character later. I named him dirt claude. Again this is brush pen, marker, and a little toothbrush splatter.

Twins

Here are some character designs. They're twins. I know it's hard to tell them apart. Versions of these characters may show up in the upcoming Bucket Boy issue.

MegaCon

MegaCon was great! I had a ton of fun. Thanks to everyone that stopped by the table. The Issue #0 of BucketBoy sold really well. If you want a copy you can pick one up at www.indyplanet.com I sold some sketches. These two didn't sell, but they were fun to draw. The best part about the convention was meeting all the people. Some great artists and fans were there. The worst part was the motel we stayed in. It was cold in our room so I turned the heater on and 5 minutes later the smoke alarm went off. So I called the office and told her the problem. The first thing she asked was if I had turned the heater on. If they know that the heater smokes you would think that they would fix it. So we turned the heater off, opened the window and took the battery out of the smoke alarm. The next morning after my cold shower, I was drying off and a huge spider crawled down the wall. I hate spiders so I screemed like a girl then smashed it with a roll of TP. I got dressed and went out to get my buddy Josh to show him the size of this spider I had just slaughtered. We went back in to the bathroom and it was gone. Ahhh! I was hoping that it wouldn't seek revenge when I went to sleep that night. I guess it was a bad idea to stay in a one star hotel.

Brush Pen Sketch

I ordered a new brush pen and I started sketching with it. Then it took on a mind of its own. I added white ink, gray marker, a little splatter, and voula! Sometimes I just have more fun than an armadillo crossing the street. Speaking of fun, I will be in Orlando this weekend at MegaCon. So if you're there, I will be in artist alley. Stop by and say howdy.

Sketches

A few fun sketches from my sketch book. Oink!

No Swimming

This Idea came from a Norman Rockwell painting.

BucketBoy & Pancho colored

I liked the sketch I posted earlier, so I made it into the cover for this issue of BucketBoy. If anybody is interested in buying a copy it will be on sale at indyplanet.com hopefully sometime this month. You can definitely pick up a copy at MegaCon in Orlando in Feb. Hope ya like it.

BucketBoy & Pancho

The gordito behind BucketBoy is his faithful side kick Pancho.

Yes he is a luchador.

Wolverine and elves

Another studio challenge sketch. Elves are mean. Happy Holidays.

BucketBoy and Raccoons

I did this for the fmlb challenge last week. I will color it later. The Idea comes from a Mike Mignola HellBoy cover. This image may appear in the first issue of BucketBoy. I am just finishing the issue up and it will be for sale at Megacon.

Snarf

This is a sketch that I did for the fatman littleboy comics challenge for this week. Click the link on the right to see the submissions from the other guys in the studio. A Snarf a day keeps the doctor away.

Home Again Halloween

I did this comic strip last October. Its based on real life.

burp

buuuurrrrrrrrrrrrp!