Wow, where did the time go? Sorry for the lack of updates, I can't believe it's been nearly a full year since my last update here. Let's kick it off with a bang Star Fox style!

Sean's Troopers and Big Apple Comic Con

I had the honor of drawing this piece for Sean, a brave young man battling cancer. Please head over to his FB page Sean's Troopers and show him some love. Good Luck Sean!

This is it! Tomorrow kicks off the 2015 Convention season for me. I'll be at the Big Apple Comic Con in Artist Alley! I hope to see you all there!

Hawkgirl and Storm WiP

Here's a preview of two new posters that I will be debuting at Big Apple Con in March!
   Hawkgirl, still in the rough pencils stage.

   Ororo is inked and ready for shading/coloring.

The texture is from the opposite side of the paper as I recycle old pages and office print-outs.

2014 in sketch form!

2014 has been a CRAZY year!
 Full of Highs and Lows, ups and Downs (and a few Lefts and Rights that caught me by surprise)! I did more Cons this year than I ever had before and I felt that was a major milestone for me professionally.

 I feel the best way to Illustrate that is by showcasing the various convention sketches I did through out the year. 

Most done with a #4  mechanical pencil, some were done in as little as 30 minutes. Sorry for the quality on some of the images, they were taken by my phone under a variety of lighting conditions.

    30 minute Kakashi came out better than I'd hoped.

 I'm missing a couple I did at EmCon, so if you have any photos of them, please reach out to me.
                   New years resolution #1 Keep better records!

  New years Resolution #2 Start carrying pens to Cons so I can ink these things!

  Thank you all for your support, and thank you for your patience. This is the quiet time between convention seasons so I'm using the time to catch up on several much delayed commissions on top of some RPG work (more on that soon) and four(!) comics projects so I've never been busier, and it feels awesome! It's been a great year!

Urban Action Showcase

Join me this Saturday at the Urban Action Showcase at The NY Hilton Midtown 1335 6th Avenue! I'm really looking forward to this show as I'll get to meet a lot my childhood heroes. Stop by this Saturday, I'll be there vending!

Weapon X Showdown Finished!

Happy Saturday everyone! Here's the finished Wolverine vs Deadpool piece. This was a lot of fun, and I'm quite happy with how it turned out.

NYCC 2014 Wrap-up!

Wow, this year's Comic Con was even better than last year's! It was totally worth all the sleep I lost. Thank you to everyone who stopped by table; I made lots of new friends!  You guys inspire me to step my game up even more!
My Store Envy should be up by the end of the week, and the Buraiden site a week or two after that so stay tuned! Thanks again to all my friends both old and new!
My next show should be Urban Action Showcase  so stop by if you can, and to tide you over until my next update, check out my latest Boba Fett piece that debuted Sunday!

New York Comic Con!

Come Two days until NYCC! The updates have been slow because I'm in crunch mode trying to get a few new poster-sized prints ready for the show. If your going to be at the con stop by Artist Alley and say hi! I'll be at Table T11!

Wolverine Deadpool Update

Hey guys, sorry for the lack of updates, I've been in fighting deadlines for the past month. Now to kick off the post summer run-up to NYCC here's the final inked version of the Weapon X Showdown roughs I posted a month or so back. I made quite a few changes from the original sketch to make what I feel is an overall stronger composition.
Overall, it's still not what I'd call a "great" composition. We get Wolvie's back and Deadpool's arm covers up a large amount of his torso, but hopefully the overall energy of the scene will make up for that. Or maybe I'm just being way to critical......  Oh well, let me know what you guys think.

Today!

Today is Mineola Mini-Con Day! Stop by the Mineola Memorial Library at 195 Marcellus Road, Mineola NY 11501 and help support their first convention! There'll be lots of special guests and fun activities!
I'll be in Artist Alley hope to see you all there!
http://www.mineolalibrary.info/mincon

Mineola Mini-Con!

This Saturday I will be attending the Mineola Mini-Con being held at

Hide Map Mineola Memorial Library 195 Marcellus Rd, Mineola, New York 11501

Hope to see you all there!

Woverine vs Deadpool WiP

I often get requests for more Marvel characters so I figured I'd tackle two fan-favorites. This is taking me a little longer than usual as I'm working around 90% digitally as opposed to my usual 60-40 hybrid method. If I can get it set up I may stream or record the coloring stage. When it's finished it'll be available as a full color 11x17 print at #2Biggs Studio.

Saturday at 2BiGGS Studio

Hey guys, this Saturday I'll be at 2BiGGS Art Studio doing commissions and signing prints.

I'll also have some copies of Indie Comics Magazine #8 on hand if you haven't gotten your already.

The studio is located at 17 Essex Street, right next to the F Train Essex and Delancey Street station. 

Super Sleuths and #2BiGGS Studio

Hey guys, here's a WiP of a promo poster for The Super Sleuths story I did with Devastating Roulette studios featured in Indie Comics Magazine #8 If you haven't already run don't walk and grab a copy!

And if you get a chance, stop by #2BiGGS Art Studio on 17 Essex Street and Canal in lower Manhattan. You'll find prints of my work for sale there as well as original art, and meet the proprietor and fellow Artist Julia Yong! It's an awesome place and Julia is super friendly so stop on by!
 You can pick up this poster version of my Han And Chewie pic available ONLY at #2BiGGS Studio!

                                                        

Buraiden Character Preview

Here's an "inked sketch" of Anabeth Almeida or Annan, or Aurelia...still tossing the surname around. (May just drop the "A.A." convention altogether to avoid the inevitable jokes) Without giving too much away I can say that Anabeth is one of the principal characters of the story as Buraiden is very much her "Hero's Journey". She's a teenager and sort of a fish out of water, so I wanted her outfit to be more fashion magazine, less fantasy novel. Still have a few detailes to iron out with her. Stay tuned for more Character previews and more detailed bios over the next week.

#2BiggsStudio

Hey everyone, be sure to drop by and check my good friend and fellow illustrator Julia Yong at #2BiggsStudio and #BiggieAndMe. She's awesomely talented and you can find her in the studio working hard everyday! She has a variety of works on display there including some of my own. It's located at 17 Essex Street @Canal

Buraiden pages!

Hey guys, thought I'd share my rough pencils for a page from the upcoming chapter. I recently switched to non-reproducing blue pencils as an experiment, and pre-ruled 11x17 boards as it saves time because I don't have to futz with re-sizing and templates as much. . I'm fairly satisfied with the results. Main problems are difficulty scanning ( luckily I have a friend with a large bed scanner), and it's hard to find non-repro blue leads for mechanical pencils. Getting the level of precision I like means I'm stopping every minute or so to sharpen the pencil, it's driving me crazy!

Power of the Nova Force!

Here's the finished Nova pic I teased about a month or so ago! This was a blast to work on as he's one of my all-time favorites. I've actually read the new Nova series and I dig it, just sad to see R.R.

missing in action.

I'm on Teev..er..Youtube!

Shazam!

I can't talk enough about my positive experiences at EternalCon and the awesome people I met there. Thank you so much guys. Here's a commission I did Saturday of Captain Marv...I mean Shazam! (that's going to take some getting used to) It didn't quite come out the way I wanted because the client was pressed for time, and my own lack of sleep. I like the pose though, I may do something more with it.