Archive for the ‘Artwork’ Category

I just launched my new art site! Go check it out! It has my entire portfolio in digital format, with a new slick layout. Let me know what you think!

So I heard about this through my friend SpikeSpgl101. Image this. Batman animated…in the style very similar to the Animatrix. Those are two big winning combinations if you ask me!! I can’t wait to see this when it comes out. The best comic animated movie I’d seen so far was Superman Doomsday. I think this is going to completely blow that out of the water. Make way for The Bat.

Now everyone knows who the coolest villian for Spiderman really is. I mean seriously. Come on. Admit it, you know its none other than our man Venom. Doc Ock is pretty cool, the Lizard is pretty dangerous, and the Sandman is…beachy…but when Venom just rules. Plain and simple. Thus, in homage to the coolest Spiderman villian (that didn’t get justice in Spiderman 3), I present the best of the best of Venom art that I could find in my incessant wanderings on deviantart.com. Enjoy.

Read more »

I’ve never learned how to use Adobe Illustrator before. I’ve never done any vector work before – which stinks because the vector stuff is really trendy these days. Nice vectors that are free are few and far between online – especially vectors of people. Imagine my glee when I stumbled upon Vector People Illustrations. A veritable treasure-trove of voluptuous vector visages of such voracious value it’s villaneous! 

Read more »

Anyone who was a child of the 80’s can tell you who the Heroes in a Halfshell were. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles baby! On the surface its such a strange concept. I mean really. Mutant turtles? That can fight? That are ninjas? But sometimes the weirdest things can be the coolest things (though that is not a rule of thumb). What really made the turtles popular though was the Animated Series. Thus emblazoned for eternity into the fertile young American minds, TMNT would start raking in the money on all sorts of movies, cartoons, and ridiculous toys. 

Do you remember the toys? I sure do. I have a turtle that transformed from a regular-looking turtle into a full-fledged mutant dynamo. I also had power jump Raph – you could bend him all the way down, and springs in his legs would make him jump a few inches. I also think I had a turtle that swam in the bath tub. I’m sure they made a turtle for every occasion. Bar Mitvah Mikey sounds like a hit to me.

Anywho, the reason I bring this up is because it is hiiiiigh time for another art feature. Turtle Time! In my wanderings about the site called Deviant Art, I have stumbled across many homages to our half-shelled friends. So I took it upon myself to gather together the best of the best. The most awesome kick-butt turtle art I could find. And I have done just that. For your viewing pleasure, here they are:

1. Leonardo

Leo was always my favorite. The leader of the team, he knew what was goin on. Plus he had two monstrous blades. What kid doesn’t like that? 

2. Donatello

Read more »

Once again, in my incessant wanderings around the site of Deviant Art, I have come upon the treasure-trove of ultimate comic goodness. Searching from one side of the site to the other, I have laboriously gathered together some of the sweetest and purest DC Comic goodness from the data banks of DA. And I present it all here, for your viewing pleasure. Sit back, relax, grab a bag of popcorn and enjoy these might y morsels of geeky delight…

Read more »

THE top 10 recent angel & demon and fantasy art on deviantArt – courtesy of yours truly. All of these pieces absolutely rock. That is fact. So these are my picks for the most awesome angel and fantasy picks that I found while browsing around deviantArt. You’ll find all of these picks in my deviantart favorites list. Each pick is by a different artist. Most of the artists here are not the “famous” ones you’ll see around deviant art. No, these are fresh, new and creative pieces whose brilliance some have recognized and some which have been passed over. Since that would be a travesty, I hereby take it upon myself to make THE ONE LIST TO RULE THEM ALL. So it is written. So let it be done. Drum roll please! Here they are in no particular order: Read more »

How can you create artwork digitally that mimics how a photo might look if the subject is set in an environment with objects in the foreground and background? That is indeed the question! I wrote this tutorial to hopefully give you some answers. For this tutorial I’ll start with a custom character I did for a friend. I like to call her Rakko.

Read more »