snikt

i'm actually surprised it took me this long to have a picture of wolverine up here. surprised, and a little ashamed. he's one of the most fun guys to draw, and this is just one of way too many that i've had in sketchbooks since i was a kid. anyway, here's some more of that mignola/sale-esque big shadows/smaller lines style i've been playing around with. good stuff, bro, good stuff.

tobey maguire in a fat suit

so another late night sketch, followed up by a late night, lazy attempt at coloring. here's the thing about that: i have no idea how to color. but you know what you do when that's the case? just use them fancy photoshop watercolor brushes, they make it look all spiffy no matter what. these types of quick exercises are fun/good for me because they show--relatively quickly--what areas i need improving on, be it new (coloring) or old/fundamentals (anatomy, poses, everything, etc). egad. anyway, practice makes perfect 'n shit, and it was still fun. ttfn, kids.

remember when we were all nerds?

so basically the comic guys i'm copying...ahem, "being inspired by" these days are mike mignola (of course), chris bachalo, stuart immomen, gabriel ba, and (to a way, way less extent than in the past) jim lee. each of these guys is badass in their own way, and has something particular about their style that's really rubbed off on me over the years. so with all that said, i'm a huge comics nerd and you guys can look forward to seeing some damn nerdy stuff on here in the future. this one was fun for a few reasons: A: it's goddamn venom, B: i used ink washes instead of your regular ol' sharpie marker, and i think it leaves a really cool, dynamic effect, and C: it's goddamn venom. so after it was all scanned in, i just slapped a few photoshop brush tricks in there, and before you know it you got yourself your very own venom pic a nerd would be proud to hang on the wall of his mom's basement. thank you, and good night.

jell-o fish

cool stuff's comin', guys. here are the layout sketches for a few pages of something i'm working on with a friend of mine (just one of a couple projects i'm working on with folks. EXCITEMENT.). who are those handsome men? who is that beautiful woman? what about those sexy jellyfish? STAY TUNED.

where spiders and knives and bourbon meet

for those of you wondering where you're gonna put those throwin' knives of yours, well, look no further, friend. this is the throwin shed, this little fallen-down mini-building in mike's backyard that's a home for the spiders and target practice for the rest of us knife-throwin', taxes-payin' humans.

ernest hemingway and steve buscemi's cousin

meet my friends kyle and mike. they enjoy bourbon, throwing knives, a nice cup of warm milk at night, and drinking Awesomes in mike's backyard while i draw them. for those not in the know, an Awesome is: honey + bourbon + soda (i prefer ginger ale). they're ok/awesome. TRY ONE YOURSELF, KIDS.

because this one time, i totally got coffee

i was at crossroads one dark and stormy night, and, eventually, this is what came out. i think a couple of the people realized i was sketching them, which is always a bit awkward. i'll be honest, i'm not looking forward to the day when i'll be sketching somebody, and then i realize that they're also sketching me. that shit? gonna be real weird.