Random Recent Sketches 2

Here are some more recent sketches (a few of many) from the old sketchbook and scrap paper. Click to see them bigger.

inspiration from Janet Leigh in "Bye Bye Birdie"





The Invisible Woman! sorta.



inspired by a fashion photo taken by Jamie Beck



Thanks for lookin' gang! God Bless and Good Weekend!

P:R Spider-man Redesign

Have you ever visited Project: Rooftop? It is a great site where artists and comic book fans alike can take a stab at redesigning superhero costumes.  They just recently had a fun contest in which participants attempted to redesign Spider-man's suite. Since the contest is now over and the honorable mentions, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd prize winners have been already announced (no I didn't get it this time,) I figured I would share my design with you wonderful people. You may click the images to enlarge. I hope you all dig it :)

Here is the description that I sent with the submission:
"When I first started brainstorming designs, I went really "out there" and had to reel it in a bit to keep him recognizable.
I wanted to design something that a teen hero could actually make for himself and then tweak and improve over the years. I decided that a big part of what is iconic about Spidey's look is the eyes, the colors, and the webbing. You know, all the good classic bits. So, I just kept all of that. Why throw out what works so well?  I made the red web area on his chest cover the rest of his front torso and not run down the side of his arms. The sleeves end with some web down by the hands. I thought I would go for a simpler shirt-type garment made of "under armor"/athletic material.
His gloves are based off of actual army gloves and would have the web-shooter built into them.  The little sensor pad in the palm is connected to the external shooter in the strap.  This way, there is no worrying about getting his web to go through Spidey's cloth gloves as with the old suit. The fingers of the glove are cut to reveal a thinner blue material that allows his "sticky fingers" to do their thing better. His mask is straight up Lucha style, laces and all.  The traditional spider on his back is now a pouch/case that can blend into the costume or carry things like extra web cartridges or his cell phone so he can call anyone and tell them he "is running late because something came up." I figured that a "built in" storage would be better than Spider swinging around with Peter Parker's back pack all of the time.  I gave him a belt because, well, gotta keep those pants up."



original inked drawing







original inked drawing



Batman Ink

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I draw ol' Bats quite a bit, but because I'm a pretty tough self-critic when it comes to the vigilante, I haven't really posted many of those drawings on here.  That changes now! I drew this yesterday as a long warm-up sketch. It's ink on bristol, about 8x11.5? Hope you kids dig it, God bless!

G is for Garbage

Sorry it's a little later than usual, but here is the illustration I did for August's AMPLIFIER:

See what I did there? Cool huh? :) God bless, gang.

Don't Forget SPACE BAT!

I forgot to post SPACE BAT. Just an absurd lil sketch I did :)

I hope you guys are having a great week so far! God bless!

Super Sketch!

 
Today's warm up sketch is of Superman! I am often in an ongoing struggle to get that perfect look down for Supes, and today I thought I'd give it another go.  I used some sketches by the outstanding Alex Ross as reference for the pose and physique. I may come back to it and add colors sometime later. (Click image to enlarge.) Its ink on bristol board by the way.
Hope you cool cats dig it. God Bless!

Random Recent Sketches

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Here are two sketches of fellows from the Sartorialist.

A little while back it was my wonderful girlfriend's birthday and I was getting some dvds as part of her present. The problem was, it didn't look like they would arrive in the mail in time.  Solution: I gave her ink and color pencil drawings of the movies until they arrived.  Little did I know the movies would make in time too. Double the Fun! haha

 These Post-it sketches are from a lil project I've been working on off and on for a while now.

Spider-man spotted in New York!

Click to Embiggen and see the ACTION!!!!

I've learned a new computer trick. Making gifs!!!!! :)

Daft Punk music video starring The Bug Man

Here I can finally share it! This is a music video I made for a video production class a year or more ago, back in college. My awesome friends helped me out alot. The great music is Harder Better Faster Stronger by Daft Punk. It took about 7 days in between classes to make. (I think it cost $50- a mask and snacks etc. haha)
Its the story a lab scientist who tries to use science to make himself handsome and such to get a girl, but something goes horribly wrong!! Gasp!


(you can watch it here, without the edge cut off.)

F is for Food

July's issue of the Amplifier is obviously already out (its been July for a while, I'm told. haha) And here is the illustration I did to contribute.  Problems the homeless often face, like hunger, are addressed in the Amp. It also discusses ways we can all help our brothers and sisters who are goin' through tough times and how people can make a difference even with the little things. Pretty cool.

You may or may not have noticed that when I needed a model for the gentleman with the tray, I used myself this time. :)

I hope you guys dig it. Until next post, God bless!