PSA from the Muppets and Peter Sellers.

This is an unusual post from me, since it's not my own work, but this video and song have been a great way to start the new year. Thank you Peter Sellers and the Jim Henson workshop. And Jim Croche, I guess.

The Muppet Show -- Cigarettes and Whiskey and Wild Wild Women

Happy New Year.

I really need to get better about posting on here. Those of you nice enough to come check out my work and re-post it, thank you kindly. You really brighten my day. I'll have some new material very soon. Lately I've been doing odd jobs like being a ranch hand in Texas, a production assistant for a commercial shoot, and a little carpentry, so I haven't been able to get much work done. Anyhow, here's the direction I'll be heading for a little while -- storyboarding and animation.

Here's an exercise I've been working on. It's nearly halfway done. Can anybody find the Steve McQueen reference? Here's a hint: Miles Davis.

Also, the book by P.A. Moed that I did the cover for went to print. I'm extremely excited about this. If you have any interest in historical fiction, I highly recommend that you check it out. Patti has garnered some excellent reviews for her work and from what I've seen it's a great read. And it's not too shabby to look at, either.

Find it here for either paperback or e-book copies. Thank you for your support, everybody. It's going to be a great year.

I Have Returned.

Another long hiatus, but I just finished my first job as a freelance painter today. It's good to be painting again. I wish I'd had this enthusiasm for the craft in school, but better is late than never. Now I'm painting every day.

      So, here is the book cover I just did for Patricia Moed, from the first draft to the last, in order. Big changes from start to finish, but I'm happy with it. The book is historical fiction and about the family of a child who was hit by Mussolini in a hit-and-run. The cover is the mother of the child and the car in question. At first, I started with Mt. Vesuvius in the background, but it didn't read correctly.

      Thanks to my employer, and to my good friend Brandon Moore (http://www.artofbrandonmoore.com/blog) for helping me re-learn to paint.

Long Time, No See.

Got a little update here for some sketches I did for a restaurant starting out in Atlanta. They wanted a burrito with a southwestern flair, something to do with surfers, and stereotypical-but-not-stereotypical Mexican features, plus a little bit of a fine-yet-not-stuffy dining feel.

That, and I heard they liked Fat Albert. It's probably plain to see I've been watching a bit of Adventure Time...

Minimalist Hellblazer cover

I'm not quite set on this one, so any design suggestions you all have would be great. Since it's for a cover, the size of the image isn't really negotiable. I really like posters like this, so I decided to make a quick one with Hellblazer as the theme.  Silk Cuts are the brand Constantine smokes in the series.

Constantine Cover (part one)

 

Recently, I've been increasingly aware of just how woefully ignorant I am of the comic book world. So, I decided to get proactive and read a wiki entry on a couple of characters a day. "Hellblazer" caught my eye immediately.
Because John Constantine is the man.

Not to mention he's based off of Sting. Hilarious. I'm going to do a couple covers for "Hellblazer" for fun -- here's part of the first one.

Breakdowns: Scary Scary.

Some breakdowns for a class, based on an Oni horror script. They aren't quite so hot and have been blown up a million times. I may play with them outside of class, since horror is fun to draw. 

There be gargoyles attackin' (I'm not sure why they're inside the cathedral). Also, some guy is losing his mind in a psych-ward elsewhere.