"Horror" Book Cover Commission

Forgive me it's been too long since my last post. A lot has happened in the past months, including some personal things & experimenting with new digital illustration techniques (some of which are posted on my tumblr).

Here's one of my more recent commissions, a book cover for a private client. It was no easy feat working on it, including coloring the whole thing in grey tones. But for the most part, it turned out much better than expected. It was a great learning experience for me for experimental inking & a different method of coloring.

Materials used: Bristol board, Faber-Castel markers, Holbein Ink, & Photoshop

Monster Fest part 1

Been a few months since I last updated and was very busy with my personal projects, including this one. It's part of my Monster Fest 2013 sketch challenge in which I wanted to draw one of my chosen monsters for the month of Halloween. Unfortunately, I was able to draw roughly 20 (with a few I haven't inked). Now it will be finished, with my goal being the end of next month. But in the meantime, here's part one of my Monster Fest challenge.

From top to bottom: Slenderman and Slendermane, Chimera, Naga, Hellhound, Kasa-okabe, Sphinx, and Mermaid

Recent Inked Drawings

Just thought I show off some of my original inked artwork. All of them have been colored, and the first two were for digital ink practice in Manga Studio, which I've gotten the hang of by now.

Journey (PS3)

Mudkip and Swampert (Pokemon)

The Great and Powerful Trixie (MLP: FIM)

On a side note, this drawing was inked by traditional means, but fixed in Photoshop.

Journeying On - Journey Fanart

Finally, some fan art from my favorite game of 2012--Journey (PS3). Admittedly, it took way longer than expected to finish, mostly due to the character's intricate scarf and my original file being corrupted. I plan on doing more artwork based on my second playthrough, but here's a small version I did for Manga Studio and coloring practice.

Monster Sketch Dump

Sorry it's been a while since I last posted some art. As finals draw near and my last SCAD quarter is coming to a close, I've been concentrating all my freetime and energy towards getting my Animation minor finished. But don't worry, after finals are over, I'll be posting my artwork and animations for all to see. But until then, here's some monsters because I've been on a monster drawing kick as of late.

Creature concepts plus my version of the Slenderman.

A extremely wellfed zombie cat-goat thing.

And harpies!

Taking Flight - A Mini Comic

One of my two major projects I've been working on for the past ten weeks, both are 8 page comics. Needless to say it was a challenge for me and taking I managed to pull through.

These pages are part of a minicomic project for Getting Published and Self Publishing, staring my long time character Rayne (renamed "Rain" in the comic) and her friends, also long time characters of mine. It's been fun drawing them again since I decided to change their species. I'm also enjoyed making this project and plan on doing more minis in the near future.

Here's the front cover of my minicomic as well as its eight pages.

Monster Sibling Inks

Thought I should post this as it's been a while since my last update. It was part of my final project for Visual Storytelling I class, and as far as I'm concerned may be one of my best works. The comic itself features my characters Voku and Vexa in their humanoid (and under different names for the purposes of the assignment). Here are my original cleaned-up inks. I will be posting the colored version during Spring Break as I'm fixing it up for my portfolio.

Advanced Inking - "Conquering the Dragon"

Since Fall Quarter is over, time to show some of my better work from Advanced Inking. First up is my four-page comic entitled "Conquering the Dragon." I feel I've come a long way since I've decided to heed my teacher's advice and step back to not overrender. And safe to say, I like the results and hope to get better, especially when inking my own stuff and potentially other works.

Advanced Inking - Pinups part 1

It's almost halfway through the quarter and I thought I would go ahead and show off some artwork I've been working on for Advanced Inking. Mostly the pin-up illustrations using different inking techniques.

 

Devilman Pinup. Using PITT pens and Micron .05 and .02.

He-Man pinup. Using G-nibs and school nibs. Probably my best one so far (which isn't saying much for now), even though I still need a lot of practice as far as nibs go.

 

Adventure Time pinup! My favorite subject since I'm a fan of the show and I tend to be simplistic in terms of line marking in my own work. I used my trusty #3 round brush, which is my favorite along side markers. But like with the nibs, I need further practice. Still think I have my share of hits and misses.