Famine's Shadow

This winter I was contacted by horror writer Rachel Deering (Anathema) to do work on a graphic novel. That is still in the works, but in the meantime, I did a short story for a future anthology called Monstrology. Rachel wrote a great 12 page script for me, and being the fan of short stories that I am, I gladly tried my hand at it...


MOAR at my blog!

New Postings...

New art and process posts at the blog. Stop on by :)

Lizard Queen

Process post at me blog...

Lanterns

Last week was a light week for me as I waited on approvals and scripts to come in, so I decided to work on a little something that's been sitting in my sketchbook for a while now...
READ MORE AT MY BLOG!!!

GIF Process...

Digital painting process from ink wash to finish.

See the final art at my blog

Orc at Night

click to enlarge
Original ink and longer post @ my BLOG

Power Puff Go! Page Process

I have a long post about how I colored this piece at my blog. Didn't want to clutter things up here.

You can read Power Puff Go! at drunkduck.com.

INSIDE LOOK: FRIGHT RAGS

T-shirts have constantly been a form of visual media and a way to represent ourselves or even to showcase our own art. Take for example this amazing Zombie vs Shark shirt design by Fright Rags.

Fright Rags is a t-shirt company that tribute the Horror Film genre. But how do you get this awesome design onto a T-shirt, you ask?

Well on their blog, Fright Rags has featured some amazing in depth STEP-BY-STEP processes that I think will inspire any artist or entrepreneur that wants to get into designing & printing t-shirts.

It all starts with the EARLY SKETCHES STAGE, followed by the COMPLETED ILLUSTRATON STAGE.

But the best part of all these step-by-step features are the videos! Check them out!

COLOR SEPARATION

PRINTING PROCESS

For more, visit WWW.FRIGHT-RAGS.COM

The Mothman

This is a piece I created for a Halloween themed show called Artmares that's taking place in my hometown of Charleston, WV. The Mothman is a folklore creature native to West Virginia, and I've wanted to do a piece based on him for quite a while. I had a lot of fun creating this and I'm really happy with how it turned out!


Also, all week long on my blog I've been using this piece to create lengthy posts detailing my process as a digital artist. People ask me about this subject from time to time, so I especially wanted to do it for those who are curious and for anybody who might not have any idea about what goes into creating a piece of digital art. The posts were a lot of work but also a lot of fun, so I highly recommend you check them out if they sound like something that may interest you!

Part 1 here.
Part 2 here.
Part 3 here.
Part 4 here.
Part 5 here.

The Pit

A little step by step of my piece for the Autumn Society/PCS Hallowed Halloween Show...


Final Thumbnail


Pencil


Ink


Color

Show Info:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
This October 1st - 31st the Autumn Society of Illustration, the Philadelphia Cartoonist Society and Proximity Gallery present:
HALLOWED
HALLOWEEN
Opening Reception - October 1st, 2010
October 1st - October 31st
PROXIMITY Gallery
2434 East Dauphin Street
Philadelphia, PA 19125
267.825.2949

Participating Artists:

Melissa Lomax
James Heimer
Paul Palcko
Tim Durning
Timmy Smith
Christine Larsen
Alex Eckman-Lawn
Concetta Barbera
Jen Gin
Eric Braddock
Yis Goodwin
Ray Chase
Anthony Pedro
Sam Heimer
Ryan Studley
Peter Wonsowski
Jeffro Kilpatrick
Amy Houser
Marc Damicis
Andrew Hart
Matt Cavanaugh
Joseph Game
Kyle Margiotta
Matt Stewart
Gina Stewart
Justin Gray
Andrew Hoffman
Christian Patchell
Jay Bevenour
Eamon Dougherty
Jane Hay
Tim Grimmer
Ralph Giguere
Stephanie Struse
April McPhatter

Culture Illustration and Process

Click Here  or the picture above to check out a new illustration and process.

J.Arnold

Creeture

Took a little time to do something for me. A fun little something that came out of a practice session...

See 'em big at the DA account

La Morté Marathon

A day of ink and color...

Courtesan

Recently I was asked to do a pin-up illustration for Courtesan Clothing which included revised hand lettering on their original logo. The following is the sketch-ink-finish process for that...

The approved sketch


A couple of the color studies

The final color study
The final colored art

Initial logo pencil sketches based off of their existing logo. I put a variety of "c"s in there so I could get a feel for the look they wanted to achieve.

Revised logo sketches based on comments.

Final logo ink

Comic Page Process: La Morté

From Sketch to pencil to ink to finished color...

CLICK HERE to read the La Morté Sisters on Zuda Comics

Watch that last step..

11.75x12", graphite/digital

Hey guys. Just wanted to share a cover image I did for the Indypendent. It's been a while since I've done a piece for them, but it's hard to turn down the chance for a cover. The main focus in this issue is disillusionment with Obama's first year in office. They approached me looking for a Messianic portrayal of Obama, but a faulty one. I gave them a few options, but they went with Sketch 3 and asked me to make it a bit more dynamic. In any case, looking forward to seeing the piece in print. Enjoy!

Sketches

"Wild" Music - Get Inspired

Get inspired by the Motion Picture of Soundtrack of Where the Wild things Are. Here's a quick video in the making of the soundtrack with Spike Jonze and Karen O.



Listen to the entire soundtrack below:

Where the Wild Things Are Soundtrack

Friday Night Urkel Painting

So I could have explored the city in effort to get drunk and take five minutes to open an open door afterward or I could have stayed home and paint Urkel for the show. Check out my process by hitting play. listen to some disrespectful Rae and Ghostface as well.

Wizard King Final

Wizard King 24"x36" oil on panel

Hey everyone, this has been a couple months in the making and I can finally say to you (and to myself) that it's done! This piece will be mounted above the front door in my parents' house in honor of my dad who posed for it. I've had to set this piece off to the side one too many times to work on other projects but it feels amazing to have it finally done! I'd like to thank everyone who took the time to stop by the blog and leave their comments and encouragement. It really means a lot to have that kind of support. This is the largest painting I've done to date and it was a whole lot of fun to work on along with being a huge learning experience.

Anyway, I hope you guys dig it!

Progression of the process from sketch to final

sidenote: I'll be updating this photo in a day or so after I get a chance to varnish it, but I was just too excited after finishing it tonight and had to post it up :]

Philly Herpetoculture

This a logo I colored for a local philly snake breeder. I was told a his tattoo artist did the original artwork. I thought it was pretty cool drawing that needed a little digital-punch.

Here's the drawings.



And here's my renditions.