Look What I Drew! 08/02/2014

Art Jam, Day 2: Usagi Yojimbo. I had the action figure of him when I was a kid and the Ninja Turtle toys were all the rage.

I have a commission due, more art jam subjects, and Queen's Quartz, so my schedule is full this week. Feels pretty good to be an artist right now!

Look What I Drew! 07/28/2014

Another Queen's Quartz update! This time, it's the main character Serafina. Isn't she cute?

So, comic's coming along nicely and all that. I've got a good few days to work on it this week, so with any luck I can be about halfway through with the chapter by next week. Other than that, I have the Art Jam and that's about it!

Comic Con ended and there was some juicy tidbits going on. Mad Max: Fury Road was probably the biggest thing for me, especially since I couldn't care less about Batman V. Superman and I know Avengers is gonna be awesome. Anyway, Mad Max looks incredible! It's gonna be intense. and I'm glad there was no obvious CG or wires or anything like that: just straight up action and stunts...I'm so excited.

I'm waiting for the new Interstellar trailer; I heard it blew everyone away.

Look What I Drew! 07/11/2014

That new Batgirl costume is so cool, I just had to draw it.

Queen's Quartz is coming along, everyone! I've got 5 pages already drawn and about 4 thumbnail sketches ready to go. It's gotta be the best my art has ever been, you guys...I'm pretty proud right now.

I'm thinking of uploading the first five pages, but I might just wait until I have ten so there's more to read. We'll see what happens, but for now I'll keep posting previews of pages and continue working.

Speaking of work, I have to get up really early tomorrow and I'm not excited about that. I really gotta find a way to make money by drawing.

Look What I Drew! 07/01/2014

The first page of Queen's Quartz is up!

Okay, this was actually done a couple of days ago but I was having issues uploading on my phone so it took me a bit to get it on here. I have 3 pages set up and the second one is almost finished (tones are a pain in the ass), but it's all coming together very nicely! I need to get some more thumbnails done and I can definitely do 2 rough pages a day if I keep this pace going.

In other news, I saw Transformers: Age of Extinction. It was...craziness. I knew going into it that the story would be terrible - it is a Michael Bay film, after all - but damned if it didn't keep me entertained. Mark Wahlberg was actually pretty decent in this: funny, held his own in the action scenes but they didn't make him to be this super badass or anything. The only area that took me out of the movie was that he was way too jacked for an inventor, otherwise I was all in.

If you loved the first 3, you'll love this one. If not...it's a movie about giant robots: quit taking it seriously.

I'm going to end this post with a rant: The other day a fellow artist complained that getting comments/feedback such as "Your art looks like (insert another artist here)!" wasn't good because it made them feel that their art wasn't original.

I'm sorry, but here's where I take slight offense: nobody's art is original. Unique, sure, but every artist borrows from another so you'll never be truly original. To think that you are seems arrogant, personally. I understand that an artist has to feel that they're doing something no one's ever seen, and that can happen in how you approach the subject. You can tell the same story from a different perspective, you know?

In any case. it irked me to read this, then have people agree with the notion. I know that I've borrowed from others and made something that makes my style unique, and I feel that should be encouraged more than telling others they're special snowflakes.

Your guys's thoughts? Leave comments!

Look What I Drew! 05/03/2014

Day 3 of the Art Jam:dragons! Mine was inspired by Akira Toriyama and the Dragon Quest series.

So I got a new tablet today: the Dell Venue 8 Pro. I love it. I have to buy a stylus for it and once I do I can get to drawing digitally again. It's not that I can't on my desktop, but it lags way too much and it's such a hassle to get work done. It'll be much more convenient on the tablet.

I can also get back to my comic. It's been way too long.

Look What I Drew! 05/02/2014

So here's day 2 of the Art Jam. I'm caught up in my pieces now so I'll be drawing tomorrow's today, more than likely.

So it's crazy how late I am to Curb Your Enthusiasm! I'm usually late to the party, so it's nothing new, but dammit this show is hilarious. Larry David is an amazing person who has quite possibly the worst luck ever. I love it.