More Sketches...

Hey all, just wanted to upload my latest sketches that I have done for my class, for the Galaxy Quest project and also sketches of Batman.
I do have to say that I am really happy with what the students in my class are producing so far. I have a talented group of kids. Just need to make sure to crack the whip on them to make sure they don't go off course. I'm really looking forward with what they'll be bringing in next week!

Batman and sketches

Here's a page of quick sketches with Batman in the bottom.

Tuna Carpaccio P.I.

Hey all, just wanted to make sure that you guys and gals out there check out Tuna Carpaccio P.I. a awesome web comic brought to you by my good buddies Tony "I'm gonna kick your teeth in" Chavira and Josh "I got something in my pants for ya" Dunlap. Here's the link, http://www.tunacarpacciopi.com/
Please, when you get a chance give them two some love and check out their comic and let them know them know it too. Please let me know what you all think of Tuna? Good? Bad? What? I'll check you all later!

-axel#13

A Galaxy Quest

Hey all just got back from New York about a week ago to attend my cousin's wedding, which was very cool. My sweetie BooBooKitty went with me as well to run around Soho, Brooklyn and Time Square. Stayed with my cousin Danny over in Staten Island. I do have to say that I saw some cool art hanging by artists trying to sell their work there on the streets. Of course I took a bunch of pictures. I do have to say that New York drivers are NUTS! I had my life flash before my eyes on two occasions.
This past Thursday I started my new term teaching the Character Design class at the Gnomon School of Visual Effects. I have 7 kids that signed up for my class this time around. I am having them redesign the characters to the movie "Galaxy Quest" I'm so looking forward in seeing what they come up with....it should be a lot of fun. I know it's not a great movie but I do like that flick a lot it's one of those guilty pleasures. I have attached my sketches that I did a demo for the class. i wanted to show the students that I wanted them to keep their drawings very loose...all I care about is getting some interesting shapes for this first round of character sketches. I'll post more in the future as the term moves along.

Spidey and friends!

Here's a few piece I did in the past week...let me know what you all think?

San Diego Comic-Con 2008

Well, here are some pics from my time over at Comic-Con this year. I really enjoyed my time there at the Image booth pushing copies of Krash Bastards and Backspace. I ended up doing quite a few sketches for $20, which was really cool. I also enjoyed talking with people that stopped by my table to check out my stuff.
I do have to say that the floor was crowded all four and half days, it was insane! Mothers pushing strollers and folks on wheel chairs were stuck between walls of geekdom, which was pretty scary and sad at the same time. Something has to be done about that. We're there to enjoy ourselves not to hurt others. Let's see how it goes next year and how the folks that run the Comic Con handle the crowds.


Mike Mignola and myself.

for $24,ooo all this can be yours.

Trip 2 JAPAN!

Here's a few pics out of 1,000 plus that I took while over in Japan. BooBoo and I mainly stayed around Tokyo, taking the train to get around. There's so much to see and do. Didn't have one bad meal while we were there. It was a blast, that's all I have to say. I'm hoping to go back sometime in the future.






BooBoo with a local.

San Diego Comic Con Badges

Hey all, just wanted to post up my old SDCC badge from....1992! That was the year I went to Comic Con for the first time. A bunch of 19 year olds cramped up in a hotel room outside downtown...good times! I also wanted to compare that badge to the one I used this year. I had a pro badge....but don't know where it went. It's been very busy in my end...working on three projects at the moment plus teaching over at Gnomon as well. I'll try to get those pics up of Japan and Comic Con as soon as I get some free time.

Back from Comic Con...now time to work!!!

Hey all I'm back from Comic Con! Damn, it was crowded in Preview night...hell it was crowed every single day, including Sunday! It was really cool to be at the Image booth this year. I must thank Joe Keatinge over at Image for setting me up with a table, it was really cool of him to do that! My buddy Eric was suppose to share that table with me...but he just did the signings for the Tori Amos' COMIC BOOK TATTOO and after that went off to do his commissions. Eric is such a busy and talented friend, folks just love his work.
I ended up displaying my blue spider and sketchbooks on the table. I was selling copies of Pecks, Backspace and of course Krash Bastards from Image. I had Howard Shum sitting to my right...really cool dude we known each other for sometime now. Really dig on his art. On my left was Ryan Ottley the talent artist on Invincible. Well, a little later I'll post up some images and write some more about the Con.

The image above is a sketch I did up really quickly last night...just playing around. Let me know what you all think of it?

Back from Japan and now to San Diego Comic Con!

Tokyo was awesome! BooBooKittyFuck and I got around taking the subways and walking. There was so much to see...my mind couldn't take it all in. I bought a little sketchbook and some pen and pencils. I started to sketch some doodles...here's two pages from that sketchbook. Let me know what you all think?
Now I'm getting ready for Comic Con over in San Diego. I'll be at the Image booth if anyone wants to stop by and say "hi". I'll be promoting Krash Bastards there plus Backspace! Well, time for me to go now.

Heading to Japan!

Hey, I also wanted to add that I will be flying out to Japan in a couple of days! I'm really excited in going to Tokyo and explore that awesome city...I'll be traveling with my wonderful girlfriend Ella a.k.a. BooBooKittyFuck. Luckly, she's been there before and knows a some Japanese phrases that can be very helpful. My ass...needs to learn more that just "hello" and Thank You" in Japanese. We'll be be staying with an old friend of mine that went to school with me over at Art Center http://www.artcenter.edu/ I can't thank Betty and her husband enough for opening their home to Ella and I.
We will be there for there for about a week and half. When I get back I'll post up some pics. But I know I'll be getting ready for Comic Con so that may take sometime for me to to do that. I'll catch you all later!

Character Designs

Hey all....here's a piece I did last year for a animated show pitch. The guys over Booty Gravey Productions were happy with how the designs came out for this project. Plus they were cool to work with...which is a nice thing. Hopefully this project will get a chance to get developed. Let me know what you all think?

The Ones......some more designs

Here's some more designs for The One project.