it’s a significant step in the relationship when you go on your first overnight trip together. whether it be in the next town or to another continent, the fact is being with someone continuously is a big deal. it’s easy to be yourself for 3 hours in front of your significant other on a date but it’s a different situation entirely to be yourself for 24 hours straight. to see how that person goes to bed and what that person’s nature is when he/she wakes allows you to learn a lot. i guess what i’m saying is you can’t hide your true nature for that long and that’s why a trip is the perfect situation to discover that.
this week we have a dragon. was the dragon the best way to metaphorically depict the strip’s punchline? prob not. but it’s a dragon! i have to admit, not entirely happy with the way i colored it and perhaps i needed more background detail. in any case, it was fun to draw and allow the art to do all of the talking this week. hope you enjoy!
January 9th, 2010
couple weeks ago i posted the pencils of a splash i worked. well, here’s the inked version of it. stay tuned some more and the colored and shaded versions will pop up as well! enjoy!
December 31st, 2009
ever take a picture and one of your friends or maybe a stranger gets in it and makes a funny face? that’s me. 
camera shot
December 24th, 2009
did this awhile back and finally getting around to posting it. this is the first step i do, which is just pencils. the next couple steps, inking, scanning, coloring, touch-ups, and maybe lettering are all challenging in their own ways, but as an artist, this is still my favorite step!
as i was drawing this, i knew i wanted to draw real-life finn sitting in the center, flanked by elle and ivy. i always have a hard time creating backdrops, so i just stole this one from where i was sitting, at a starbucks coffee shop. the lighting apparatus was a google image find and the ottoman was actually from my house. (love ottomans!) now, the painting in the background was something spontaneous. i knew the backdrop needed something, but obviously not to dramatic as to overwhelm the foreground. so, to drive home the point of elle, finn, and ivy, i just drew their comic strip version. i loved the way it turned out, and hope you do too!
November 25th, 2009
elle sitting on a bed
finally cracked open a book i got as a gift awhile back called Creative Photoshop by Derek Lea, and learned some new tricks with photoshop. i’m sure i didn’t apply the lesson to the best extent, but hey, it’s a learning process right? hope you enjoy!
November 16th, 2009
as promised and WAY overdue, some sketching and coloring!
July 26th, 2009
here are some really quick sketches. they’re drawn from jim lee’s batman run with the hush storyline. i figure i better practice with some of the best and hopefully i’ll come into my own style soon enough.
July 12th, 2009
was watching the movie Push (which ain’t all that), and there was this asian girl with these crazy bangs. and then i turned her hair blue.
May 31st, 2009
doodling the other day. hope it’s not too racy. it’s supposed to be secret agent finn and the “real” version of elle.
March 29th, 2009
here are some of the new art tools i got. at the advice of steve mcniven, i got a 0.3mm uni shift mechanical pencil that works awesome. and i’m still getting used to the brush pen. my right handed-ness shows through too much. both ordered from jetpens.com.
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