new sketches. robots, soldiers, pan, etc...

Big change to my blogging

i'm changing the way i post my blogs. i've setup a new blog at http://fab-ri-cate.blogspot.com that will be for completed, clean projects i'm working on as a portfolio blog. this one will remain as a process blog and much more informal. i'll probably continue posting on here regularly for the couple of you that still visit (and i appreciate your visits & comments...)

2 new baseball cards - robots

baseball playing robots

robot on 10 km trail

a couple more new sketches...

new sketches. it's been too long.

i want to try and post more often soon. hopefully time will let me.

2 new baseball cards - knuckles johnson & smiley duncan

more baseball paintings

father forgive me. it's been 8 years since my last post...
here are some more baseball cards i'm working on. i don't feel like these have the same cartoony quality i want like in the slim cunningham card but whatever.

"i voted". and you should to.

the dude; a butcher; a couple of boxers

just some recent sketches:

quick halloween image #3: Hitchhiking Ghosts! ©Disney

watercolor & ink.
(hitchhiking ghosts ©Disney)

halloween 2008 image #2

from an idea i've had for awhile that the creepiest sound ever would be an ice cream truck at 3 am. still working on it.. there's some of my development work as well and a larger detail of the colored truck.

first halloween image for 2008

something old i've revisited. i kind of like it

Some tilt-shift photos - recycling center & california adventures

My Steampunk pens. Available on ETSY.com

I finally opened up my etsy shop. follow the link to the right or click here I will have prints, original art & uncommon things.

Native Americans, a scientist & assistant + a hiker

Pirates! sketch & initial color

vincent price sketch, spongebob sculpt, brass skeleton...

Sketches of Banditos!

so, i am scrapping my personal challenge to post vector art. But, it's for really good reasons that i can't yet talk about due to NDA. so here are some unrelated sketches of banditos that i did recently.
by the way, comic con was completely and utterly nuts. but i had a great time and met some really amazing artists and folks. maybe i can get in on someone's table next year.

Progress on my next vector character

more vector character art

i know i shouldn't say this (but i can always delete it later and pretend i never said anything) but i'm going to try and post a new vector piece every day for the next 30 days except for a couple of days next week during the comic con (woo-hoo!)
(UPDATE {7-21-2008}: i figured i wouldn't be able to keep up. i'm going to try and post one whenever i have a chance....)
No. 1:

Gosh, it's been over a month.. here's some sketches:

and hey visitors, feel free to leave me a comment. it would be awesome.

My Head is Glowing...

it's freakin' me out man...

drawings of hands & more color stuff

from now on i'm only going to inhale...

...just doing my part to reduce carbon emissions. and here's some sketches:

character design - digital color

The California Corpses Team Final in Full Color!!!

here's the probably final color version of the California Corpses Team photo...

The California Corpses Team photo:Zombie League baseball

The California Corpses Team photo:

the Zombie League Baseball

Most of you are probably too young to remember zombie league baseball. Way back after the great war in 2044 when all the fallout and space dust raised the dead, the zombies formed their own baseball league to counter the discrimination that was widespread throughout the earth. Great teams like the cadavers, the dead guys & the former senators were some of the best. here are some sketches from that era.
i'll be loading some baseball cards later in the week and will have a contest so stay tuned...

first broken thumb drawings: robots & zombies

these are the first drawings i've done with my broken thumb. i'm satisfied with them. i'm getting the feeling for the difference in he way drawing feels.
i'm working on some color next. (typing has actually been harder than drawing...)

hi friends & bloggers-check out my x-ray

so i went snowboarding and destroyed my thumb. my drawing thumb at that. so for the next several weeks i will be drawing in squiggle vision. i have to go see a hand specialist tomorrow who will get it back on the right track. i'll post my first drawing after tomorrow... (the snowboarding was super awesome though.)

01001011... (robots in watercolor)....

this one is actually titled "...but he had such a nice face."

more random sketches that will make your eyes happy (i hope)

now i'm drawing some hockey players...

yep.

Finished a baseball card -Slim Cunningham

i think i like it. still needs a little something different for the next background.

more 70's baseball...

still on this kick.

another good reason snowmen shouldn't smoke

happy holidays!

fist-a-cuffs roll call

so since our match is over i can post my fist-a-cuffs art.
i drew the manager murray and the smak talk (which i should have done a much better job than i did...) my good pals brian & sick drew the other fellows in the team. great fun. hopefully we'll do it again in the next one. we got our butts whooped in the first round this time. boo hoo.. the blue bloodz had some seriously ass kicking great drawings to go along with their team so i didn't feel too badly.

red bikini enhanced by tips from pros

i got some critique on this from a couple pro's over at the drawing board i like the way she's coming along.

modified norman rockwell studies & more girls

i think i'm going to take one of these to a full painting. (if i can find the time)

draw more

i just made my first post over at the draw more blog
go check it out... there's some good stuff to see from some very talented artists. and me...

girl in red bikini with gun (beginning color)

i started working with painter x. i'm totally new to it so i'm not sure about all the features. bear with me. i refined one of the girls that i had sketched out and started adding color. i would appreciate any thoughts. thanks!!

i'm practicing drawing girls

i still have a long way to go, but here's some sketches:

creepy creatures of the deep (in ink this time...)

went ahead and inked these fellers up.

creepy creatures of the deep sea

i love the deep sea. so mysterious.
also i like the sand tiger shark. it is the only shark that adjusts it's buoyancy by burping.

two more color versions of mr. small

new character design: mr. small

this is a new character design for a project that will be rolling out in the next week or two when i will give the website and details. very exciting stuff coming up... my clear favorite is in color. perhaps you can leave a comment and let me know if you like any of them, won't you?

updated art & new pieces

some touched up color & ink on previous post... and another series of small art titled "oh crap..."

new series of tiny paintings

watercolor & ink. 1" x 1 3/4"

hello again. some more "art"

i haven't had enough time to work on anything in awhile because of a few pretty awesome to the max projects that are going on. one of which i can share just a tidbit before the whole thing launches in a few weeks. granted this isn't a very good tidbit, but it had to start somewhere. this particular piece is a limited edition of 1" portraits of dudes with mullets. more later. oh yeah. my scanner died last night. (cue the bugle player...) so i had to snap the pic with my camera. i'll get a new scanner this weekend. anyone know where to get a decent a3 scanner for not a ton of dough?

waiting for the parade

eh.. a couple more

another sketch

i've colored this one already but it was total crap so i have to try again...

some new stuff

i'm not finished coloring this one. i've just gotten to my first pass of color.

a revised drawing and another thing

bummer news

comic artist and all around super nice fellow mike wieringo died this weekend of a heart attack. he was only 44. there's a thread of comments over at the drawing board if you would like to check it out. drawing board

odds & ends

some initial color

just some real quick color roughs that i'm not very happy with yet + a new character i'm working on.

more sketches

artist trading cards

these are my artist series trading cards that i have available for trade. if you have an original piece of art 2.5" x 3.5" let me know which one you would like to trade. i will try to list when one gets taken. these are moded old maid cards using photoshop and ink.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artist_trading_cards

bicycling in color

something a little different

sum summertime fun

another

the beginning of a color version.

Good News

darn. it's almost been a month since i posted.

ooooo!

hey guess what. there's more.

a little something new

i haven't put in the robot's face yet.

more robots, et al

more characters

book cover mock-ups

a very short film

some character designs

Some nonsense

i couldn't help myself

it's been awhile.

jazz

not much (edit: added color)

something

more

a post

more monkeys & a couple fish

poster design

and some color:

clover

more stuff

more moleskine paintings

some stuff i tossed together

hello. i think i'll post some more

flaming lips in color

Flaming Lips & stuff

more robuts and red rock sketches

new robut image

here's another.

updated older project

a couple more of the robut, squirrel and bird

oh, hi.

panthers

no way. sketches

cool video game paper dolls

http://wayoftherodent.com/gd101/bs_paperarcade.htm

sketch posts coming soon...

here's something else.

sketches