The Raven, Poe

So here's my other piece to go in tandem with my Man In the Iron Mask.  The Raven, by Edgar Allen Poe.  I hope you all like it!

Sci-Fi

I have always wanted to do a fun adventure story in a space setting.  here are some silhouettes I did of some character designs I may flush out eventually.  they still need some work but I hope you enjoy them anyway.  haha.  enjoy!

The Man In the Iron Mask

Here's the piece I did for my brother's (Mike Collins) collaborative art book.  (creativeaces.blogpsot.com and/or tikimachine.blogspot.com)

My piece was The Man In the Iron Mask.  Here's my picture!  you can see I decided to go with something different than the initial layout.  I hope it worked.

Going counter-clockwise, starting with the man in the iron mask (Philippe);  D'artagnan, Porthos, Aramis, Athos, then to the otherside, Athos' son Raoul, his fiance La Valliere, then a sword fight by D'artagnan, and the King Louis XIV.

Hope y'all enjoy!

ME!

self-portrait.  Enjoy!

Bebop and Rocksteady! Re-designs

here are some really rough re-designs i was working trough for a little sequence i've been trying to board for some time of Bebop and Rocksteady from TMNT.  Hope y'all enjoy!

Kim Possible! (and other sketches)

just some sketches I did this past week.  I had to touch some up in photoshop because I didn't realize they were off until i scanned them in.  Hope you all enjoy.

More Zombies!

This is a design I did for a friend of mine's nephew.  She wanted to make a shirt for him, and since he loves zombies, she asked me to do this.  Her nephew loves zombies so much to where he frequently asks for "More zombies!"  Hence why the design has the text. 
All in all, I'm pretty happy with it.  it took me about three passes to make it work.  In fact I even posted the preliminary sketch below.  Yes, you saw it, I swapped it.  mainly to draw it right.  i.e.  put the finish lines on top of the mirrored image in order to insure I was drawing it right. Haha.  Well I hope you all enjoy it.  Especially to whom it is for.
I had a lot of fun drawing it, although it took me a while to find a good altogether design, nevertheless, it was a fun experience.

Memory Sketch!

So just yesterday while I was on a date, we were headed to the Cold Stone in the Burbank Town Center and there was this guy, just singing away, bobbing his head up and down, and just performing with his microphone.  The girl I was with and I just got the biggest kick out of it.  He was just in to it!  Haha.
Later as we were leaving, he had switched spots (by like 20 feet, and then to our surprise now he was not only still singing at the top of his lungs, but straight up had a Guitar Hero guitar and was pretending to play it as he held the mike and sang!!  HAHAHAHA.  It was sooo funny.
It was hilarious.  So, needless to say it was an absolute must to memory sketch him.  I feel I caught the energy of him, although I don't think it exactly looks like him in the face.  but eh, that's why I'm doing these things to get better.  Hope you guys enjoy this story as much as I did to experience it.

Sketchbook Pages!

so, because I have no finished picture and I do not want to pay my friend a dollar I have decided to post some sketches from my sketchbook, it is sad to say that out of my whole sketchbook, i only like three pages thus far...  haha! well anyway here are some sketches.  you all should feel lucky.  to make up for not having a finished picture I am posting  count 'em THREE pics!  Most of them are cafe sketches, most however are me just trying to push myself beyond my comfort zone with poses and such. 
so needless to say, my sketchbook is a place of learning for me, so forgive me if the drawings are pretty bad. haha.

Smurfette

Here's one I did a couple weeks ago for one of my sisters-in law  because she told me I couldn't and I would butcher it.  looks like she was right hahahahaha!

FF7 Cait Sith_

Now I don't owe Chris a dollar for this week!  haha.   Here's Cait Sith!  enjoy!

#007_Squirtle!

Here's Squirtle.  I'm trying to go in order, but I have this foresight that all the third evolutions, at least to start, are gonna give me problems to draw...  and i busted out a sweet sketch last night of Squirtle and thought I'd finish it up.

Enjoy!

Chrono Trigger - Lucca!

probably one of my favorite characters in chrono trigger.  hop y'all enjoy.  just having fun (although I didn't really push myself on this one...  oh well.

Skeletor!!

Just keeping up the bust drawings.  here's skeletor.  will mumm-ra be next???  it's possible.  hope you all enjoy this edition

He-Man_and_Lion-o!!!

Here are He-man and Lion'o.  I'm working on two more from the 80's we'll see if they ever make it. haha.  hope you all enjoy.  and yes Justin.  the He-man is for you.  Happy Birthday bro!  (and yes.  Lion-o is on top for a reason.  I put them inbest from top to bottom. Hahahahaha.)

#002_Ivysaur!

Here is Ivysaur!  the second in this evolution and second overall.  Gave him a glass eye, and antoher hidden token.  can you find it?

#001_Bulbasaur!

So,  before I do charizard, I decided to go back and fit in the three before, then i can continue sequentially.  So here is Bulbasaur.

In these pictures I am gonna try and 'customize' or make each pokemon unique.  i.e. the bandana on the previous two, and if you notice teh skull shape patch right above his forearm. haha :) Hope you all enjoy this one too!

p.s.  if anyone wants prints of ones I've drawn or if you would like to commission me for the same pokemon in a different pose or what not contact me by my email, and ill send you the details. (and you don't have t wait for me to drawn it already once.)

Charmander and Charmeleon!

I've taken it upon myself to start drawing all 150 pokemon, although I didn't start with the first three, here are my first 2, Charmander and Charmeleon!  I've personalized them a little, the main reason is Charmeleon is one of my favorite pokemon.  I have my 'Elite 6"  and he is one of them, and since all my pokemon are named after my favorite cartoon characters and such, he is 'Ridley' after Samus' foe in the Metroid series.

  And since naturally my Charmeleon is one bad mojo, not only does his tail burn blue almost always, but has some sick battle scars and a sweet checkered bandana.  (The reason his tail burns blue is because of a pokedex entry that says when he basically feels the thrill and excitement of battle his tail burns blue.)

Hope you all enjoy