It should come as no secret to you, that I'm not very experienced with digital painting. Here are some of my earlier experiments. Wonder Woman in a simplified 2-tone style, Makoto (from Street Fighter) actually painted with watercolor and using slight digital modifications, and an orc wizard from an old defunct story...incomplete, but fun to work on.

Chibi Leo!

Mohawk Storm!

Happy new year, everyone! Once I get the Wacom hooked up, I'll color this sketch, but I wanted to share it. I used to draw Storm a lot between high school and college. From a character design perspective, she's a very interesting specimen...Especially the Alcatraz punk version!

Throwback Thursday?!

I've been feeling nostalgic lately...Much more so than usual. Watching a lot of anime and thumbing through old comics, artbooks, and collectible cards. When I think about some of the things I came up with in my college days, I always laugh quietly to myself. I was such a try-hard!
These characters, Venus (a half-human dragon who transforms into...a sort of armored, winged, nakeder version of herself) and Miles Coltrane (a young martial arts jazz fan with a dark past), were the main characters in my magnum opus "Giant Steps".
This was drawn back in 2001. I had just gotten a new Rapidograph that was so fine, it practically cut through paper!

So I've been in kind of an artistic funk lately. HOWEVER, I've been seeing a new girl (who will be referred to as "GF"). Still not feeling the drawing, so I just sketched her out in my super-deformed style. Also it would take a week to fully capture the curliness of GF's hair...

Anyway, what I absolutelyhad to share with you guys is the cat thing. GF has a cat who's generally afraid of people. Yes...a "Fraidy-Cat". The cat usually hangs out in her closet, but sometimes, I feel something peering at me from across the room. Its the cat! Staring at me from the cracked closet door like a creep! At first she would hide behind the door, but now she comes all the way out, sitting perfectly still and staring at me. If i make a sudden move, she dives behind the closet door! ....creepy ninja-cat...

Sharing sketches with friends...

So, me and some of the guys have been sharing sketches with eachother by way of smartphone camera. I don't have a lot of time to sketch on an average weekday, but here are some of my personal favorites. The first two are characters from my graphic novel and the 3rd is WWE superstar Alberto Del Rio.

Life drawing at FTS Gallery...

So, apparently there's an open life drawing class in Stratford. Win! Didn't bring many supplies, figured I'd just check it out...get some work in. The model was pretty good. Did nice poses. Hardly moved. At one point I started drawing her in crayon just to mess with her a little. She smirked. It was fun. Also, I kind of failed at the one where she sat down, so i started drawing it in a super-deformed cartoon style...which was fun, of course.