Saturday, April 9, 2011
Warm-Up Sketches
been a while since I've updated ANYTHING, or even drawn if you can believe that. So I hopped on a cyntiq and knocked out a few sketches to get me back in the groove. So I present to you, nekkid women and a dinosaurs
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Mythology Comic
Hey, so this is a short comic I did for my final presentation for Mythology Class pretty much going over the Greek tale of Zeus freeing his brothers and sisters from Cronus' captivity (Cronus swallowed them in his belly), then inciting a war against the Titans, and finally acquiring the lightning bolts for the first time. This comic is far from perfect and has a host of problems, but I think it turned out alright in the short amount of time I had to create the thing. Because of everything I had to do, I only got to work on this for a few days so it was very rushed. That and also I colored and lettered the entire thing in one night (got no sleep at all). I want to use this in the future, so when I get the chance I'll fix it up and probably throw in another page between 2 and 3 just to flesh out the story more.
And let this be a lesson to you guys, if you're ever doing a comic project that requires a narrative make sure you write the script out first, or it will be difficult trying to come up with words to fit your images.
PS - Also I realize now that I mispelled the word "Throne" as thrown. I apologize to the artistic, linguistic, and grammar community.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Birthday to Remember
Yesterday I turned 22, and it was a momentous occasion but not at all in the way I had hoped. Being stung by a bee for the first time in the neck wasn't much fun, and having to spend an all-nighter working in a dark window-less animation department was even less so. But all of that I could handle, what I couldn't handle was learning that one of my all-time heroes and inspirations Dwayne McDuffie had passed away.
Dwayne McDuffie was co-creator of Milestone comics, creator of characters like Static and Icon, and overall a very gifted writer who worked in comics and animation. As a little kid I read comics every now and then but I wasn't at all big into them, more into cartoons, but then I was given a ton of Milestone comics and something sparked inside me. It was really the first time I personally had ever seen comic titles featuring black heroes as main characters leading the story. They weren't tokens, they weren't sidekicks, they weren't back-up but actual title characters.
People may think my character the Bolt is taken from Black Lightening but it really was inspired by Static. I'm one of those fans that hates it when people call him Static-Shock because thats the name of the show, and there was a character that existed long before that. I had a ton of comics, I had first issues, I loved watching the cartoon, and it definitely influenced the creation of my character when I was around 10 or 11.
This was extremely depressing and even had me tearing up. I have always really wanted to meet this man and tell him thank you and just shake his hand, and I knew it was in the realm of possibility because I'm closer into the world of comics and animation now. Unfortunately I won't ever get that chance. So it was the lowest point of my birthday to find out this trailblazer passed away, but now every birthday I have will remind me of how great this guy was to the industry and how he helped inspire me do what I'm doing today. I hope one day in the future I can be half as cool as Dwayne was and inspire somebody else like he did me.
I hope you all will take a look at this: [link]
its a tribute thats going to happen for his creation and one of my all-time favorite comic book characters Static. I know I'm super swamped with tons of work but I'm still taking part in this. Thank you McDuffie, I'm sorry I never got to meet you in person, but I won't ever forget you man. R.I.P.
Dwayne McDuffie was co-creator of Milestone comics, creator of characters like Static and Icon, and overall a very gifted writer who worked in comics and animation. As a little kid I read comics every now and then but I wasn't at all big into them, more into cartoons, but then I was given a ton of Milestone comics and something sparked inside me. It was really the first time I personally had ever seen comic titles featuring black heroes as main characters leading the story. They weren't tokens, they weren't sidekicks, they weren't back-up but actual title characters.
People may think my character the Bolt is taken from Black Lightening but it really was inspired by Static. I'm one of those fans that hates it when people call him Static-Shock because thats the name of the show, and there was a character that existed long before that. I had a ton of comics, I had first issues, I loved watching the cartoon, and it definitely influenced the creation of my character when I was around 10 or 11.
This was extremely depressing and even had me tearing up. I have always really wanted to meet this man and tell him thank you and just shake his hand, and I knew it was in the realm of possibility because I'm closer into the world of comics and animation now. Unfortunately I won't ever get that chance. So it was the lowest point of my birthday to find out this trailblazer passed away, but now every birthday I have will remind me of how great this guy was to the industry and how he helped inspire me do what I'm doing today. I hope one day in the future I can be half as cool as Dwayne was and inspire somebody else like he did me.
I hope you all will take a look at this: [link]
its a tribute thats going to happen for his creation and one of my all-time favorite comic book characters Static. I know I'm super swamped with tons of work but I'm still taking part in this. Thank you McDuffie, I'm sorry I never got to meet you in person, but I won't ever forget you man. R.I.P.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Secret Stash - R.O.D.
Character designs for my robot in my animation R.O.D. from 2-D Production last year.
See the animation here: http://www.vimeo.com/15343128
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Secret Stash - "10" Pitch
Last Spring I had a comicbook scripting class and our final project was putting together a pitch packet for a possible comic. This was mine, it was titled "10" and was at its base a rip off of Smoking Aces and influenced by the game Assassin my friends played in high school. As corny as it kinda was it was still fun to throw together and create characters for, it would've been an over the top action/explosion/blood/gun fest.
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