AMAZING!!!!

Sorry it's been a while since my last post! I've had much "paying the bills" work to accomplish and thankfully today was kinda slow. I was able to crank out 3 new pieces BUT I'm not going to post them all now, I've got to spread them out. Not sure when the next time I'll get to post again will be. Well, in terms of this piece, obviously I love me some comics. I've always been a Marvel fanboy and Spider-man is one of those iconic superheroes that has stood the test of time. I used the upcoming Amazing Spider-man film as my inspiration. I wanted to try something different so I got my watercolors out and cranked this guy out. It's a mix of watercolor and digital. I tried two options. Which one do you prefer?

Thanks folks! Until next time (hopefully soon!)

Hardcorn Nerd!

Hey folks! So sorry it's been so long! Been busy with the work thing. I've posted some additional designs to Threadless, but so far, no bites. It looked like my Mini Vader was going to make it, but alas, it didn't. :(

Anyways, here's my latest design. If it doesn't make it, I'll be bummed because I want to badly to wear this guy. If you happen to like it, please do vote for it - http://www.threadless.com/submission/406211/Hardcorn_Nerd


Below is another one I recently posted, but didn't get the green light either. I really liked that one too. :(

Thanks folks!

The Empire Swipes Back!!!

I was going to call it Empire Strikes Back, but I feel like I've heard that elsewhere. Anywho, here's my 3rd submission to Threadless - http://threadless.com/sharedesign/397412/Empire_Swipes_Back

If it makes you giggle, I'd appreciate a nice vote ;).

Thanks folks!!

Keeping it Fresh!!

Hey folks! I am thankful for the many secrets and tips people have shared with me, so I try to give back whenever possible. And I feel I give back plenty with the art I create. But it's more than just art, it's memories. No, I kid. I stumbled across some great resource sites. Check them out. If you're able to support them financially, please do so, they deserve it! As always, I keep stash of resource links below my super talented friends (or friend wish list) links.

http://mediamilitia.com/ - Freebies, Inspiration, Tutorials, Etc
http://www.bashcorpo.dk/ - Textures, brushes, visual awesomeness
http://losttype.com/ - Among the best collection of fonts I've seen
http://www.fontsquirrel.com/ - Some more great fonts

All were found via - http://designfestival.com/

Hang a Whale!

On your wall!! I almost forgot to mention, my Shave the Whales design is available on Society 6! Go ahead an purchase one for your loved one here - http://society6.com/product/Shave-the-Whales_Print!

I Pity the Herbivore!

This is another submission I did for a Threadless. I didn't like it as much as the whale, but I thought it was pretty good. Unfortunately, the voting public didn't. :( Wait until the next one! I'll probably post it sometime this week or next.

Behold, the power of the Darth Star!!!!

This one popped into my head as I was working on the balloon sword version. Enjoy!!

The Fierce Weapon of the Dark Lord of the Sith

Hey you need to start somewhere. You're not just going to grant someone a lightsaber just because they win a pod race. You need to EARN IT!!

Shave the Whales

So my wife and I left our corporate jobs (that we loved) to move back home and start our own design studio (more on that later). One of the ways we're hoping to eat is by submitting designs to Threadless since apparel design is something we did for half of our careers. Here is my FIRST design posted. It's doing ok. I'd love to see it get printed so I can wear a fuzzy whale.


You can vote for it here: http://www.threadless.com/submission/393031/Shave_the_Whales

I always hated (not really. They're awesome people) the people at work who would get the design right on their first try. Not me, I have at least 10 versions of each design. Here's where I started off with this design. It was a little too cartoony on, much like my Circo days, and I wanted to challenge myself and get a bit more typographic. All of the lettering on the final piece was hand done.
My wife also submitted a design. It should win based on the name alone. A Light Snack?! That's GOLD!!

You can vote for it here: http://www.threadless.com/submission/393029/A_Light_Snack

Enjoy folks!!

Pur-r-r-rfection!

Hey folks! Happy 2012!! Now that I have a little more down time and super comfy fuzzy slippers, I'm looking to post some more personal stuff. I just remembered I was also going to do a how-to since some have asked about how I do my textures and process. That's next on the to do list. Maybe after a Captain America piece I have waiting in the queue.

Anyways, a while back I did some stylized superhero pieces for Chicago Comic Con. I was recently contacted with a request to do Catwoman. Since she has a jumpsuit, it didn't really fit the model established, so I had to tweak the formula a little but I am still really happy with the outcome, despite not being comfortable drawing semi-realistic people. Enjoy folks!