Commissionary

Recently I was asked to design a cover for the upcoming book "Knights in Shining Spandex" by Emily Bentz.  After reading through a brief synopsis of the plot and characters it sounded like an interesting endeavor and, since I've never made any money off of my art before, a chance to become acquainted with the world of commission pieces.  It's a cool idea for a story and if any of you are interested in the superhero genre, I recommend keeping your eyes open for it in the future.  Anyway, here is the cover I came up with for the book.  It may differ slightly from the final design but the core is solid.

One Thousand

I realize compared to most other blogs, 1000 views is barely an accomplishment, but given that this started out with no intention of anyone but my collage professors seeing it, I think 1000 views is pretty damn impressive.  So in the spirit of my initial posts, I'll give you a preview of some work I'm doing as part of a class. These are the initial stages of design for a character I will eventually be modeling and animation in 3D using Autodesk Maya.

Blarchives

So, it's been a while without a post, so I decided to go rooting through my old pieces and I picked out some of my favorites.  I'll be explaining these as I go so I'll get right to the pictures.  More after the jump.

Return Fire

Yes, much like the swords, I just can't stop at just one batch.  So here we go, firing off another round of guns, and yes, I am aware that that was an awful pun.  I sincerely apologize.  But anyway, enjoy this collection after the jump.  There is absolutely more to come later.

Fire Power

Here it is, finally drawings that aren't swords.  This time it's guns.  I know it's still weapons but weapon design is just something that comes naturally to me.  Also, slightly different from the Off-the-Cuff sword collections, these drawings are coming to you in full color, which is always fun.  I will continue working on these as well as more swords and posting the results so stay tuned.  More after the jump.

Halloween Funtimes

So, me and my friends are all huge nerds.  One of our more recent obsessions has been the film "Pacific Rim" and so a bunch of us decided that this year we were going to dress up as characters from the movie, however we added a twist.  Given my friend Ethan's and my visually creative disposition, instead of simply copying an existing character group, we invented our own.  For those not familiar with the movie, one of the primary elements of the universe is the existence of these giant fighting robots called Jaegers which are piloted by 2 people who share a unique ability to link minds and think as a singular unit.  Ethan and I played the parts of the pilots while my girlfriend, Jill, took on the role of our jaeger, which we named Archimedes Tangent.  Anyway, just for fun, here are our final costumes as well as the sketches of Archimedes Tangent as we imagined it after the jump.

From left to right, Ethan, Jill, and myself.

Off the Cuff: Swords Vol. IV

I really hope you're not tired of swords by now.  If not, great news, I have a new batch to put on display and several more ideas in the works for future designs.  However, those of you who cant bear to see another sword, great news, I've been working on a new set of drawings that will hopefully be making their appearance on here in the not too distant future.  Something fun I noticed while I was leafing through my sketches is to see how the designs of the swords I draw have evolved over time.  Check out volume 1 of swords and this volume and you'll see what I'm talking about.  And as always, feel free to leave a comment about any of my work.  Any feedback is good feedback.  So, here's the sample sword of this group, more after the jump.