The other 3B

This isn't really related to the 3B show that I participated in earlier this month...
However, I was out drinking beer, eating a burger, and figured that if I drew a bear that it would be an awesome hat trick. All things that are indeed fun to draw...especially when you give the bear a snappy red cardigan.

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THUNDRA Thrashes the THING...

Brendan and I continue to march onward through Marvel characters in the month of May...
This time we have Thundra.. I was kinda eager to get into this particular character, because she often shows up in comics to thrash the Hulk or Ben Grim. Which obviously makes her a pretty badass warrior. Hell, She also she fights with a mace and a length of chain and sports a pretty stylized outfit...What's not to like?
Though, while I was trying to draw her I got to thinking about I how I'd draw a strongwoman type character and, its underlying challenge.
I think most female body builders from an aesthetic/artistic standpoint offer up some really interesting observation points and spark some downright challenging drawings. Personally I didn't want to draw Thundra like a supermodel, she's more of an AMAZON in my eye. While hunting for reference I saw lots of images where she was quite graceful. The Strong curves paired with accents of chiseled features, makes for really great drawings in my opinion. I'm happy with the color and composition on this image. But, I think I'll revisit this character sometime in the future.
Also, For more Butt-Kicking Thundra Art...Check out my friend Brendan's submission HERE.

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UPSET UTROM!

I kinda figured Krang would be super angry if I drew his little his little mobility tripod like a hibachi... He looks plenty miffed to me... I'm still sketching and brainstorming a bit for the actual piece right now. I've got a few solid image Ideas, but, am waiting a day or so to see if anything else creative pops into my noggin. Sometimes choosing content for a showpiece can be challenging.. Lots of ideas, and very little time don't always mix.. Stay tuned...more to come...

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Red Siren..

Sometimes things get lost...and you don't think they'll turn up again.
Then after you've accepted the fact that the thing you've lost is gone, and never to be found again.
It RETURNS...
My USB thumb drive has been FOUND!
I'm gonna Celebrate with a beer, and march off to bed here shortly.. Got a busy week ahead. But, before I go here's and Ruiz styled girly drawing. I've not seen Alberto in some time, but his work really is inspiring stuff.
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Saturday Afternoon POST!

I don't really feel like I've been hitting any kind of stride in my last few posts...though I've tried to remain true to regularly posting up new stuff...Lots of distractions.

Yesterday was spent shopping for a suit...I've not done this in some time.
I don't really do a lot of shopping, because its always kind of a minefield for me. First off, Its a taupe colored suit...(which is really a bit to light a color for my liking) but, I imagine it will work just for the event that I'll be attending. Furthermore it has pleated pants..(Not wild about those either) but, the very helpful store clerk assured me that pleats looked better on "Big people"..
UM, huh? I look down and my midsection and in the back of my mind i here a little voice say "oh yeah...that..sigh". I guess I'll have to do some serious work to get myself back in shape both as far as my physique and my drawing habits go..

In the end I just picked up the suit. Rather then continuing a long drawn out search for dressy attire. Its kinda funny how I find that even the little decisions quickly become all consuming points of debate and stress for me. My life could sure use a few more of these quick choices so that I might deal with some of the big important stuff...

For now though, its Sunday afternoon...I'm chilling with a beer and getting into some drawings and a blog post... Thundra is coming up for MAYVEL and I'm trying to nail down my image for a new show... Gotta flex my brain, muscles.

Have a solid day everyone...
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Wax Ghoul...

Here's a Rando sketch from one of my many stray clipboard packs.. I liked it and imagine that he is some kinda of creature that can melt and reform kinda like wax... tried some eerie lighting and color on him for effect...

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LUKE CAGE!!

Hey all, this addition of MAY-VEL showcases Luke Cage. I had to do some research on this one because I had limited knowledge of this character. The older costume is by far more interesting, then the new one... I mean...a belt made out of CHAIN has a serious bad-ass quotient.
I don't think I did the character justice, but the image is kinda fun. But for even more fun Pop over to by friend Brendan's site and see his Ass Kicking LUKE CAGE!
Next up, the Mighty THUNDRA!

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Steranko..

I happened over to the SOCIETY of ILLUSTRATORS here in Manhattan last evening with a few friends to listen to a discussion titled "Drawing the Line". It was a fantastic panel discussion with Joe Quesada, Walt Simonson, and Jim Steranko. The conversation was inspirational quite entertaining, I even felt compelled to sketch throughout the discussion. Steranko's hairdo was particularly interesting, and even though I wasn't sitting very close to the stage...I fiddled out this little drawing of him..

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Well dressed Corpse

When this fella croaked, he got dressed up in a pretty cool suit and had his hair styled out. Now in the afterlife... He's dressed to impress when he goes out to search for Brains...

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RHINO REDUX...

I had this other Rhino Drawing from yesterday...I fancied it and figured that you might like to have a look at it too here on the blog... SO here it is... I really need to incorporate more storytelling into these images, it is so much more satisfying then doing the spot art figure drawings. But, those can be fun too.

Hope you dig...LUKE CAGE is coming up next...
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OH NO IT'S THE RHINO!

Well. Brendan Tobin, and I are pushing forward with MAY-VEL challenge! We're taking turns picking marvel characters and then doing drawings that look at those characters through our varied Points of view. This time we, looked into the villainous RHINO..

I must have done about a dozen fiddly little drawings of his face and head alone. For the most I drew him as a heavy brutish kinda Tank. But, something about drawing his face lent lots of opportunity to muck about with fun design. During the research, I saw lots of renditions of Rhino, and I compiled some of what I liked best into these images. ALSO, Please be sure to check out Brendan's Version of the Rhino, HERE.
I think next up is Luke Cage (I'm gonna have to double check for sure) and the drawings should continue to be fun, SO CHECK BACK SOON.. Comments and feedback always welcome.

Oh, and I might have one more of these to post up later today.
But, for now just let me know what you think of the work.

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ZZarlack, Alien from Beyond

Just a Crazy alien head for today. and playing with some photoshop brush tech.
Thanks for checking in everyone and for leaving comments..I appreciate it.

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Misplaced posts and other things...

I'm sure we've all had instances where something of ours is lost..
It may be an object of great personal importance, or something of little relatively little value. However, what I'm thinking in the wake of yesterday's events is the fact that NOTHING is worse then the fact that "YOU don't KNOW where that thing (whatever it may be) has GONE".
It's a pretty overwhelming feeling. Yesterday morning's sheer panic at realizing the object I was looking for was "not where I'd left it" was followed by subsequent disappointment as I retraced my past few days and found, NOTHING. Nada, Zilch, Zip, Diddly Squat...Its gone. I suppose that is the outcome I should prepare myself for, rand simply move on. Even though there is a chance it will turn up in the coming days, right now I'm preparing for the worst....
Jeeze I don't like to loose my things...Its very frustrating...from a favorite pen, to a sketchbook, a personal keepsake, that twenty dollar bill in your pocket, a piece of artwork, or a flashdrive with some of your work on it. Loosing things can be a nerve bending, experience...
In closing, I'm not what you'd call an optimistic guy. This much is true. But I'll end this post by saying that MAYBE my lost item will turn up when I least expect it. And I'll sit there, breath a sigh of relief and curse myself anew for absentmindedly leaving my things about in strange places...

I think my weird cartoony Burt drawing agrees.
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Four Green Dudes in Masks...

Getting Warhol vibes lately, and "Yeah" I recycled a drawing. But, it seemed like innocent fun at the time, and I was liking the results... Regardless, I'm sure to be doing more drawings this weekend...so check back in soon.!..

Hope you all dig, and have a good weekend.
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Gallery 1988 and the 3B Show.

Well. Here they are, my 3B show Submissions.
I didn't get to go to the show last night. But, from what I've already seen the work is TIP TOP. Thanks again to the Autumn Society and Gallery 1988 for letting me get involved.

Thanks to the very talented Chris Vitola for lending his camera expertise and time to snap these quick picks of the artwork before I mailed them to the gallery.
Below are some scans I did of the work surfaces. So you can get a better look. I think the images actually look a bit better in person due to the use of some special mixed media, and the collage aspect of the backgrounds. But, all in all the images have been a learning experience for sure..

The Future Dudes: and The Forging of The BOOTH.

“Quietly Waiting for JUNO, His Caseworker...”


1:15 AM, Twin Pines Mall.


THE 3B SHOW will pay tribute to three 80's films starting with the letter B: BACK TO THE FUTURE, BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE, and BEETLEJUICE.
The show will be on display from, May 5th to the beginning of JUNE at Gallery1988 Venice. So if your on the west coast stop on by and see them in person.

Gallery 1988 Venice:
214 Pier Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90405

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GREAT THUNDERIN' THORSDAY!

So, the Thor feature opens up today (and I'm looking forward to seeing it eventually), and with that in mind I think I'll kick off a month of some fun drawings based on Marvel comics characters... A few years back I did some Marvel drawings May and they all seemed to go over really well, shortly thereafter I wanted to do a drawing challenge during the MONTH of May and call it MAYVEL. So, this year I'm gonna find the time to do the drawings and share them throughout the month of MAY. Even better yet I'm gonna be drawing with my good friend BRENDAN TOBIN. Who is a font of comic book knowledge as well as being my partner for March Modok Madness.

NOTE: It is well worth your time to go check out Brendan's work. He's done a whole THOR WEEK tribute full of Asgards FINEST..INCLUDING THOR!.

Brendan and I will be taking turns at picking marvel characters throughout the rest of MAY and submitting our interpretations of them to our respective blogs... Please check back in and let us know what you think of the work... Perhaps I'll also post up the uncolored sketches later so that you can have a look at them too.

Take it easy everybody, Hope yah dig.
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Fifth-0 De May-0 ...

I found a few free minutes to wrap up this quick paint from late last year- Early this year... So, I'll post it up with my stab at 400 posts in the year 2011.
Also, while I'm doing this I'll take a minute to wish everyone a Happy Cinco de Mayo!.. I'm not sure If I'll have time for a beer tonight, but I'll try.
Also, I wanna wish all my art friends out there a very HAPPY CARTOONIST DAY!

Furthermore, My artwork is debuting tonight at Gallery 1988 in Venice California. I hope my work is well received..Should be posting up the scans of the artwork tomorrow for all to see..

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More crazy Colors...

I'm still pretty slogged down at work right now. The current project I'm working on has lead to some very short time lines and some long nights... In all honesty the experience has me pondering my past relationship with the act of sleeping...

For many years I've kinda disliked the idea of sleeping, and wished that I could use the time for other things. However, when I do sleep I'm typically down for long periods of time in which I sleep very deeply. I personally wish I was one of those Super sleepers I've read about, who can be well rested on like four hours a night...
But sadly, this is not the case... After a few nights of limited rest I find myself really thinking about sleeping right now...I wanna get that rest so that I can get cracking on some of the new art projects that are coming down the line...

Please leave me a comment if you have time....I'd appreciate it...
and as always I hope you dig the work..

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Tuesday Chess Club Beauty

Here's a fun little scribble off of a recent pack of sketches. Lately I've just been sketching on blank copy paper loaded onto a clipboard. Something about not having a sketchbook is I kind of relaxing and it keeps my sketches looser.. I do miss not having the book to carry around and keep everything contained. I might get a new sketch book soon, but either way I'll keep cranking out the posts on a regular basis.

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Monday DoggityDoo

Lots of stuff going on here, working on a new show and trying to get through some other things I want to devote time to... Need more hours in my day.

Also, I wanted to post a heads up. I've got some pieces in a show OPENING later this
THE 3B SHOW will pay tribute to three 80's films starting with the letter B: BACK TO THE FUTURE, BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE, and BEETLEJUICE.

The show opens this Thursday, May 5th from 7-10pm at Gallery1988 Venice.
Gallery 1988 Venice:
214 Pier Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90405

If your lucky enough to be on the west coast I invite you to go check it out and snap some photos...I'll post up images of the work later this week.

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Pink Tweeting Bird...

Something for Sunday. I'm working out some posts for the next couple days right now. Wish me luck over the next few days...I'll need it...

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SATURDAY NIGHT SCRIBBLES!

Here are some more Dits and Dats from some brown paper bags I'd dismembered in the past few days I think probably the best revelation was finding out that someone with my name is screening the quality of the brown paper bags I love drawing on so much. Wacky indeed.

Have a great Saturday night everyone.
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Leaping Bear with Blue Pants

I'm about to get cracking on my tasks for this weekend... Have lots on my plate, and little time to get it all accomplished... Wish me luck, and drop me a comment if your happy with what you've been seeing on the blog lately.

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Beer, Bear, and BOURBON!!

So many awesome words begin with the letter B! Best wishes to you all for the coming weekend...

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BEAR AND BEER!

Together again, Beers & Bears, and my Blog... I'll have to remember to draw them more in the future. However, at the moment I'm getting into some very busy assignments at work... So I've got to work out the time management abilities. Please keep checking back for new posts though. I'll keep chipping away at it...because I didn't study to be a Doctor, I studied the visual arts..

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Bear searching for Beer..

Looking high and low for liquid refreshment... Tune in tomorrow for more.

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3B teaser...

I'm gonna have three pieces on display early next month out in Venice California at Gallery 1988. I stumbled into the show by way of my association to the ASOP

The show is titled 3B, and centers around the movies Beetlejuice, Back to the Future, and Bill and Ted's Excellent adventure. I used each movie as inspiration to make three total images for the show. I'll post up scans of the finished artwork and more info about them after the shows opened, because I kinda like to wait on sharing the work before its appeared in the gallery. For now though I'll post this teaser, and ask any of my west coast friends to go check out the gallery. Snap some photos and send them my way...since I don't think I'll be able to attend the show.

Please keep your eyes open...I'll be posting up the full images in the coming weeks.
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IttyBittyBrownBear...

He may be small but, he does speak his mind... I've not drawn bears in a while.
I'll need to work on that...and draw some beers while I'm at it...

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Buying apples....

I was particularly Ill today and almost didn't post...here's hoping I feel a bit better tomorrow...

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How I Roll...

Here's a Placemat from a month ago I think...
I actually altered nothing, here beyond adding color to point out my weird habit of turning the page while I'm drawing on it... I'd imagine that this action stems from my time spent using an animation disc, and though its fine for me while drawing. It does generate problems when presenting my work to you here at the blog...so I've posted up the art here in two formats so you can see all the doodles.

Happy Easter to you all, Hope you dig the work...
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Friday Night Fighter...

Yeah...
Its been a weird week for me here... So, I'll wrap up with some Weird Drawings, they're drawn on the bottoms of Brown paper bags which I'd recently gutted so that I could harvest some new drawing paper.. I'm hoping I can sit down with some of this brown paper and my prismacolors and have some drawing time...

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A Swing and A Miss...

Gobber's New Drinking Mate
Based on "How to Train Your Dragon".

The Noodle Dream
Based on "Kung Fu Panda".

Not the Gumdrop Buttons!
Based on "Shrek".

Back in late January/early February I was invited to submit artwork for a show with DreamWorks pictures. I was asked to do rough samples first. Using inspiration from three well known movies. I would then offer these samples up for judging, to see if I would do finished images for the actual show.

I comped out three images, which is really hard to do when you have such great source material, and you also wanna do right by the artists and actors that made the films.
Did the rough drawings, ported them to Photoshop and colored it to convey my ideas before sending them off for the screening. I was then busy for the following few weeks and didn't think too much about the outcome of the images.

Some time after sending the work I'd gotten word from the show organizers that only one of the three images I'd submitted met approval. So, I wasn't gonna participate in the show. I liked these images and I'm sorry they didn't meet approval, perhaps I'll revisit them on my own time...

I'm posting these now because they've seemed to haunt me little over the past few months. They've even kind of hampered my work in a new set of show images that I'd recently sent out. Thankfully, I feel like I'm starting to come back out of my shell now with my work. Frequently, I too closely identify my artwork as "ME" and when work doesn't go over well I take it a little too personally. I've got to constantly remember, to move forward in the future, dwell less on the past. There are many years of image making ahead of me and I'm sure to create some unsuccessful images in that time. But, would like to continue believing that the work will ultimately end up improving and gain positive recognition.

But for now I'm going to share them with you. I'd also like to further acknowledge that these characters are property of DreamWorks pictures, and thank them for letting me take a crack at submitting for the show. These are great movies, and i was honored to be involved..

I warmly invite you to check the stuff out and lemme know what you think... feedback/critique is appreciated...
And as always, I hope you dig...

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Dragon Whelp Wednesday...

I sketched some knights a few months back, and I posted them up. So, when stumbled onto the file today I realized there were some other sketches in there for me to spend some time with...
I'll see if I can't post them up in the coming weeks..for now though here is a dragon whelp.

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Luscious Bubblegum Pink flavored TUESDAY

Here are some scribbles for today.
I'm not normally a fan of bright bubblegum pink colors. But, I'm sometimes asked to use them in super sugary instances... Cosmetics and fashion work sometimes calls for it, and I used to work on a children's cartoon show where we'd regularly have to "Pink" the designs in order to make the appealing...
However a Co-worker clued me into this awesome little short film about the color PINK today. See Off Register: Luscious and I couldn't resist using some Pink to color with.
I like some of the sketches from today but plan to tackle my sketchpad on the train ride home tonight so that I have some really fun stuff for tomorrow. Kinda just wanna do drawings tonight and catch a show this evening. But, for now I'm gonna jet.

As always I hope you dig.
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P.S. Weird pink colored Thomas Jefferson in the lower right hand corner..

BELMONTS and CANDELIGHT....

It's a silly little image from late last week. Think I drew it on the Train ride to or from work (can't recall). If your a vintage 8bit gamer, or a Castlevania fan, you might recognize the gag, and the iconic color scheme. I'm posting it up in honor of my buddy (and fellow Belmont fan) Mr. Mister, who had a birthday last week..

Happy belated B-day Matt..
Also If you want to see some great work by Mister visit him at Boy,Girl,Rabbit, and prepare for cuteness overload.

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Sunday Post...

Easy like Sunday Morning... Well, Here's my warm up for Sunday...I'll hopefully be wrapping up and framing today... I've got at date with the parcel delivery service offices tomorrow I'd imagine...or Tuesday if something goes awry..

Hope to be bringing more images to your eyeballs in the coming week... In the meantime I've gotta start thinking about furnishing my apartment a bit... Too many multifunctional milk crates sitting about at this moment... and my dining table can only seat two because I've got a small workbench and my computer chair to sit on...yersh..

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Saturday Post...

Another Saturday... Working on stuff.. Here's a little warm up for today before I head over to the table to get working on some finalized images...

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FRYDAY PLAY....

My week seems to be ending on a slightly brighter note then it began... There have been a few times in the past week where I've certainly felt like the cosmos has tried to curb stomp me, and I've not dealt well with it. But, I suppose I need to just relax and keep doing the best I can with whats available. I thank everyone for visiting the blog and for the great comments I've gotten here and on the facebook in response to my work...Its very gratifying to know that people check this out and enjoy it...

Hope you dig todays selection of brightly colored, scribbles...Like the other sets they've been lightly cobbled from a few pages of stuff... Mostly I have to weed out the few AWFUL Drawings, and turn figures and stuff right side up because I tend to rotate a page while I'm drawing... Which leads to some weird pinwheel type sketches...

Thanks again for stopping by, comments are always appreciated....

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Thursday Schmursday Scribbles...

Yesterdays little exercise felt good, and received a little bit of praise from art people that I like, So I figured I'd beat a dead horse today and trot out some more VERY minimal sketches (just the way I like them) with just a splash of candy coated color..

I personally enjoyed the ladies, the astrodude, and the weird Original tron style knock off guy. ooooh and the little deep sea diving fellow in the big brass helm..
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Worn out on Wednesday...

Something about the last 20 hours has been particularly taxing on me...I'm stressed out, and seem to be suffering from some allergies due to the weather... It was a day where most everything seemed to be going WRONG... But, towards the end things seemed to be shaping up again.
I'll go home, find a hot meal and a shower, and try to get back on task...
Here are some skribbles I executed today whilst waiting and trying ease my nerves.. Its about a page and a half of stuff, I didn't edit out much at all, but slapped a very quick photoshop color on it...

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Migrating Sinus Blockage Scribbles...

Well, I'm still on the mend...
My sinuses seem to be taking turns right now, on which one will be more clogged up. From the left nostril to the right back and forth. Being under the weather sure does stink.. But, Heck...when I feel kinda crumby is usually when I slow down and do some scribbles. Nothing fancy, Just feeding the beast. Gonna head home now, so that I can get some soup, and get back to my other tasks.

Drop me a comment if you have the time and lemme know how your doing, and what you think of the blog thus far in 2011.

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Feeling Ill no2.

I'm still a little under the weather, So I'm posting later today... I've been resting and some little things around the apartment.
I'm gonna chalk this up to the pollen season, and my crappy sinuses...

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