cover samples

Here are 2 cover samples - the Spidey / Ms Marvel would be a cover tying into the interior pages (see previous post) and the Avengers cover is just practice of a "group" shot of heroes.

spiderman sequential pages

captain america sequential pages

Pen and ink (brush pen and technical pens)

Drawings for my son

These are the drawings from a little story book I made for Jack. It's about a squirrel playing with his toys. Inked with a combination of technical pens and a Pentel pocket brush then water colors were applied. All done traditionally which was a lot of fun.

Kid Friendly

I'm working on more of a "Kid Friendly", cleaner lines, cartoony style.
This is a drawing I did at lunch Monday with a pencil and the ever present ball point pen. I went home and colored it "old school" with colored pencils, then scanned it and did a second version to look like an old, folded photo.

Now that I'm a dad I find myself drawing characters and scenes that my son will recognize and
that we can use for "story time" to help him understand his world. This one in particular is just a practice piece to work on style but I'm sure I'll use it as a fun learning tool for some type of lesson. Maybe something like..."See the daddy holding the baby and the diaper bag? See the girl standing beside the daddy? See their shoes? They put their shoes on before they walk to see the ducks."

I'm learning that kids LOVE to hear stories and they become great moments to teach and reinforce things they need to learn. Heck, I love to hear stories. Narrative is so important and we cannot lose it.

Life is all about always learning, huh?

line art to coloring

The "monster" character is a mix of carnage and Venom (Spiderman bad guys) with a few changes thrown in to make it it's own entity.

The logo with the red and yellow hero is for a product that my company is promoting. The product manager wanted something more than the everyday logo so I created the logo and the character and tied them together. It was a very interesting project and I'm thankful for the opportunity to do projects like this. I've included the pencil and ink stages as well as a screen shot of it up on a web site.

Superman and Wonder Woman finally colored

Pen and Ink drawing on artboard and digitally colored.