Monday, April 07, 2008

Killer Klowns Project





Just started teaching my Character Design class for the Spring term over at Gnomon http://www.gnomon3d.com/
The class project I'm having them do is redesigning characters from a classic 80's flick done by the Chiodo Bros.......Killer Klowns from Outer Space.
I had the kids watch the movie and after that talk to them a bit in what I would like for them to do......the sketches above are examples of Killer Klowns. Let me know what you all think?

Saturday, April 05, 2008

Creature Sketches




Here's some samples of sketches outta my tone sketchbook.....let me know what you all think? I like how they came out.....I actually did more designs but just posted these three. I'll catch you all later.

Wednesday, April 02, 2008

A START FOR FIGHTING GAS PRICES

THIS IS NOT THE 'DON'T BUY' GAS FOR ONE DAY, BUT IT WILL SHOW YOU HOW WE CAN GET GAS BACK DOWN TO $1.30 PER GALLON.



This was sent by a retired Coca Cola executive. It came from one of his engineer buddies who retired from Halliburton. If you are tired of the gas prices going up AND they will continue to rise this summer, take time to read this please.

Phillip Hollsworth offered this good idea.
This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the 'don't buy gas on a certain day' campaign that was going around last April or May!
It's worth your consideration. Join the resistance!!!!

I hear we are going to hit close to $ 4.00 a gallon by next summer, and it might go higher!! Want gasoline prices to come down?

We need to take some intelligent, united action. The oil companies just laughed at that because they knew we wouldn't continue to 'hurt' ourselves by refusing to buy gas.

It was more of an inconvenience to us than it was a problem for them.

BUT, whoever thought of this idea has come up with a plan that can really work. Please read on and join with us!

By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about $2.00 is super cheap. Me too! It is currently $3.19 for regular unleaded in my town.

Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to think that the cost of a gallon of gas is CHEAP at $1.50 - $1.75, we need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the marketplace..not sellers.

With the price of gasoline going up more each day, we consumers need to take action.

The only way we are going to see the price of gas come down is if we hit someone in the pocketbook by not purchasing their gas! And, we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves.

How? Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying gas.

But we CAN have an impact on gas prices if we all act together to force a price war.

Here's the idea: For the rest of this year, DON'T purchase ANY gasoline from the two biggest companies (which now are one), EXXON and MOBIL.

If they are not selling any gas, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit.

But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of Exxon and Mobil gas buyers. It's really simple to do! Now, don't wimp out on me at this point...keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions of people!!

I am sending this note to 30 people. If each of us send it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300) ... and those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x10 = 3,000)...and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth group of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers.
If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends each, then 30 million people will have been contacted!

If it goes one level further, you guessed it..... THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE!!!

Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. That's all!

If you don't understand how we can reach 300 million and all you have to do is send this to 10 people.... Well, let's face it, you just aren't a mathematician. But I am . so trust me on this one.
Hey everyone.....just wanted to post up a message from an email that I received this morning ....wanted to pass it along and share it with all of you.
Late,
axel#13


How long would all that take? If each of us sends this e-mail out to ten more people within one day of receipt, all 300 MILLION people could conceivably be contacted within the next 8 days !!!

I'll bet you didn't think you and I had that much potential, did you!

Acting together we can make a difference.

If this makes sense to you, please pass this message on. I suggest that we not buy from EXXON/MOBIL UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $2.00 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK.

Keep it going!!!

Monday, March 31, 2008




BooBooKittyFuck
-colors: done Photoshop
-inks: done traditionally using these brushpens
-pencils: red Col-erase

I did this pieces for my sweet friend Ella...aka...BooBooKittyFuck. I thank her for inspiring me. I like how this piece came out.....let me know what you think?

Friday, March 28, 2008



Here's some character sketches done in pencils then later colored in Photoshop of Adrian Childe for a project for White Wolf Publishings. Let me know what you think? My sweetie BooBooKitty posed for me.....she's awesome!

Wednesday, March 19, 2008



Here's two pics that I took of my table in Artist Alley at Wizard World L.A. 08......I have to thank my good friend Eric Canete in helping me get this table.

Monday, March 10, 2008



Zombie Girl!!!
This is a piece that I did for the good folks of Jade Publishings......I really had fun doing this piece! I used my series 7 brush anf my tech pens to ink the line. I used Photoshop to do straight color onto this piece.
Also to let you all know that I'll be at Wizard World L.A. this coming weekend....I'll be at Artist Alley nest to Eric Canete.......feel free to stop by and say "Hi" I'll catch you all later.

Thursday, March 06, 2008


Here's a pen and ink drawing of Mickey....(cough)....Mouse! Let me know what you think?

Tuesday, February 26, 2008


Here's a color demo I did for my students this past Sunday for my Character Design class. The piece was colored in Photoshop. Pretty straight forward coloring job.....I like how it came out. Let me know what you all think? Catch you later! :)

Saturday, February 23, 2008

Here's Wolverine Zombie inked for all to check out! I digitally inked this piece using Sketchbook Pro 2....using the pencil tool. I dropped the blacks in using Photoshop. Let me know what you think? Let's see when I'll be able to color this puppy.


Friday, February 22, 2008

Here's samples of concept art that I have included in the back of the Krash Bastards book.








here's some more pages!





Just got word from Image that my book is for sure coming out next week! I wasn't sure if it was really going to be coming out on the 27th, but it is! Make sure to go out to your local comic book store and check out the 144 pages of goodness! I'll also be doing a book signing at my local comic book shop at the Comic Bug over in Manhattan Beach, California here a link to their site
http://thecomicbug.com/
My buddy Eric Canete will be there with me to hang out, plus he'll be signing his latest issues of Iron Man Enter:the Mandarin...you kids gotta check it out if you haven't! Here's a link to Eric's blog if you'll like to check out his work, http://kahnehteh.blogspot.com/
Well, I have posted samples of my pages for Krash Bastards for all to check out! I'll catch you kids later!

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Batgirl Zombie! All done in pencils.....don't know if I'll ink this piece...though. I'll need to ink and color Wolverine Zombie once I get a chance. Well, let me know what you all think of this piece. I'll catch you all later.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008




Here's another round of demos drawings for my character design class, inking and markers. I inked over the pencils using a light box for the top two.
For the top image I used Copic Multiliner SP to ink it. I really like how these pens feel.
The next one down I inked using a Winsor Newton Series 7 watercolor brush......it's been a while since I inked with a brush.
The last piece I did a line drawing quick sketch.....and I used my TRIA cool gray markers and the high lights were done using a white Prismacolor pencil......well that's it....let me know what you think?

Monday, February 04, 2008




Here's three drawings I did for a demo....for my Character Design class. I was showing my students how to speed up the drawing/design process by using a light box. The same idea can be used in Photoshop in layers.....Let me know what you think of these drawings?

Thursday, January 31, 2008


Superman Zombie! Here's another drawing of my Zombie and Freaks
project.....Let me know what you all think?

Monday, January 28, 2008






Here's some character concepts for the Nitro Bike game.....They have been inserted in the special features of the game....

Here's an image I did for the pitch for the Nitro Bike game due out early this year. Let me know me know what you all think? Ubisoft will be publishing this game as a Wii title. My concept art for this game was inserted in the extra features.....