Meat-Eatin' Bull

Carnotaurus: dinosaur or hellish nightmare?

Color Comps

Sea Nymph

 

Deep sea beauty with an old friend. Sketched this idea last year and didn't get around to finishing it until this week. Wanted to draw a female character with swirly hair underwater. Also had a sea turtle sketch that I thought would compliment the drawing very nicely.

 

Bonus line work and sea turtle sketch!

 

 

Fantasy Sword Designs

 

Here are some design ideas I did a few months ago for a personal project I'm working on. I wanted to show that these swords came from different kingdoms and races, so I used little visual cues to mirror their respective wielder.

There are three major regions in this world: the mountains, the forest, and the valley. Each region has a large, governing kingdom and an equally evil antagonist kingdom: a battle rages between the Griffin King and the Dragon Lord in the valley of men; the Elves of the forest use their magic against the evil onslaught of the Necromancer and his Hollow Knights; while the Dwarves of the mountains have a Goblin horde raiding their treasure vaults. Other smaller factions and characters will make an appearance as well.




Whatever kind of media this idea becomes, I feel its best qualified for a classic RPG video game.

For the pixel art I started with a basic sword from the game "Minecraft" and went off from there. The style is reminiscent of classic SNES fantasy role-playing games like "Legend of Zelda" and "Chrono Trigger." I have a lot more ideas for this fantasy kingdom, so stay tuned!

Some Bots

Bionicle Art and Update

Hey, long time no see! The funny thing about projects is that you can sometimes overload yourself with them. Just giving you guys the heads up that I'm about to dump a ton of stuff up on here again. Here's a rockin' pic of Tahu to keep you warm.

All My Friends Are Dead

... at least all my 65 million year old ones.

Ever since I can remember, I've always loved dinosaurs. There's just something amazing about these great creatures that once ruled our world; creatures we still know so little about. You can tell a child there are no monsters hiding in their closets and under beds, but you'd be lying if you said that they never existed. And that's what's so amazing:

Dinosaurs were REAL.

I mean, think about it: creatures as tall as a five story building, eight inch long teeth and a ferocious appetite, faster and stronger than most present day land animals! The world was a very different and wild place.

I spent last saturday in the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, sketching and studying bone structure for a solid five hours. Several people would come up and compliment or ask me about my work. I met a lot of people from all over the globe, and it was awesome to share my love of dinosaurs and art with them publicly.

The memories of my first visit to the museum when I was about six years old are still quite vivid. I couldn't quite read an entire book yet, but I could say "Pachycephalosaurus" without blinking an eye. Like every kid, I was absoluetly blown away by the size of these monsters I had only previously seen in illustrations.

Before my family and I left the museum that day I remember stopping at the gift shop. I was allowed to get one item, but somehow I ended up walking out with three things: a Carnegie Collection Allosaurus and Stegosaurus toy; and a giant, landscape-print Dinosaur Encylopedia. What attracted me to the book were the illustrations from the amazing paleoartists Gregory S. Paul, Doug Henderson, Eleanor M. Kish, and Brian Fraczak. I owe a lot to that book for giving me the inspiration to draw dinosaurs. To this day, Allosaurus and Stegosaurus are still my most favorite dinosaurs, and I still own the now tattered and coverless encylopedia.

Check back soon, more dinosaur sketches on the way!

Dark Knight and Amazing Spider-Man

This really has been a "Superhero Summer!" In the shadow of "The Avengers," we get two films featuring my top favorite comic book heroes: Batman and Spider-Man!

Bonk

... nuff said.

A Walk on the Beach

Styracosaurus

1 hour quickie for the day.

Toa of Air

Feeling a bit old school this week. Lewa has always been my favorite Bionicle Toa, both from a design standpoint and as a character. I got out my old friend, assembled him, photographed for reference, and within a few hours he came to life on my desktop. I decided to go with a design that was faithful to the toy but with a few liberties (more individual pieces and moving parts than the plastic version). Let me know what you guys think in the comments below!