“best view ever”

so another fanexpo has come and gone, and after years of thinking about getting a table at artist alley, i finally snag some space with the awesome rosemary, rey, craig, alexei, and jesse. the show itself was much like how it’s been over the years that i’ve attended as a fan, but there were new stuff too. namely the inclusion of a food court and the hosting of a gaming tournament… a tournament that included guitar hero. guitar hero! we really wanted to pay… ahem… all in all though, the con was as loud, busy, fascinating, and… um… distinctive as cons can be. but being an “exhibitor” in artist alley made this year’s con an adventure in learning. the only thing that sucked was that i didnt take many pictures. as in the two in this post are all i took. crud. oh well, i still got us at the table (although, sadly sans alexei and jesse) and the usual “stormtroopers at a con shot” – a shot that is not the source of this post’s title. that comes from a comment i made to rey about his audience. i’d say more but i think i’ll let him talk about it in his blog.

mike wieringo tribute

’nuff said

60 min high

well, technically it was more like 10 min of doodling with black ink, 20 min of filling the page with black ink, 5 min of drying time, 10 min of drawing with blue ballpoint, and the rest spent going over it with whiteout.

but at the end, it still made me high… stupid whiteout… woo i’m dizzy.

- hellboy property of mike mignola

the monster

its done. 14 weeks of work crammed into a little 60 page book.

this thing took a lot of my time.
i had to relearn how to use inDesign.
it was expensive to get printed.

but you know what? so totally worth it. its not perfect by any means, but having it in a nice little package all together and finished made all the effort worthwhile.

…

…now i just need to start cracking on volume 1! O_o

[doodled] & [illustrated]

i say screw the sketchbook page numberings! the whole system is getting kind of bland and doesn’t seem to have any life, so out with it.

so yeah, anyway, ive finally gotten off of my lazy ass and gone to the studio to do work instead of locking myself in my “cave.” but enough of that, semi-pretty images beyond the cut!

[illustrated] hunger sequence

[illustrated] hunger sequence,

brush inking!….. needs a lot more practice. a LOT more.

this is for my visual narrative class. ’tis a project depicting hunger.

… not even the pig wants ti eat that shit.

[illustrated] routine strip

routine strip

4 comic strips depicting a daily routine for my alter ego class