Grade A Werkshop

Row, Row, Row Your Boat...etc.

2008-04-13T11:06:00.000-07:00

From my comic "Ovoyyamar" which was tentatively titled "bandits."

It Came From Outer Space!

2008-04-13T11:00:00.000-07:00

Images from a new comic I'm doing called "Maneater."

OH! The Horror!

2008-04-13T10:49:00.000-07:00

This is a compilation of images from a comic I'm working on called "CUCO."

Today on "This Weird House"

2007-05-15T15:13:00.000-07:00

This was fun to do. It gave me so many more ideas for my story too. I love when a sketch or a drawing becomes a breakthrough to a new idea.

2007-05-01T20:06:00.000-07:00

First "Bandits" painting. I have about twelve more of these to do.

The Boys Are Back in Town!

2007-04-12T23:14:00.000-07:00

I've come close to finishing my comic "The Birdwatcher," where these characters appear. They originated as a couple of paper mache' masks I made for an unrealized photo project. I came up with the concept for Birdwatcher and needed an antagonist or two and so created these two. They are actually the subject of my first blogger post i believe. Anyway, I've come up with another scenario for these guys to be used in another story in which they are the main characters. I was inspired by Ralph Mcquarrie who did a lot of design and concept work for the original Star Wars Trilogy. The man's amazing, if you don't know already check his stuff out at his website www.ralphmcquarrie.com

Portrait Night

2007-04-12T23:10:00.000-07:00

Bonaia and I painted one another across the kitchen table. Bonaia painted some really awesome cartoonish/grotesque pictures of me which she'll probably have on her sketchbook page. Check'm out!

"That's the Spirit!"

2007-03-21T22:04:00.000-07:00

I really like the movie "Bladerunner." I do.

More Human Than Human

2007-03-21T21:46:00.000-07:00

This is a quick painting i did of an android that seemed like it would make a pretty neat book cover. I think I'll write a sci-fi story based on it. I was looking at old pulp science fiction magazine covers and felt inspired.

Sketchjazz!

2007-03-11T12:33:00.000-07:00

Bonaia and I have been doing some pretty fun watercolor/ink sketches where she'll do a watercolor figure sketch and I'll fill in the details with ink or vice versa. These sets are ones I inked and Bonaia sketched. The bottom pair are inspired by "Blade Runner," and "Star Wars."

It's All Greek to Me

2007-01-10T22:43:00.000-08:00

I'm working on about a million and a half personal projects. These are characters from a story inspired by The Odyssey, and Little Red Riding Hood...if you can imagine that. -a.e.

Space Madness!!

2007-01-10T22:36:00.000-08:00

Astroknight and the Cosmic Revengers! That's right kids, our..well, my favorite adventurers of the cosmos are another project i've been developing ever so slowly. These three gentlemen are characters from said comic.

in

2006-10-06T21:09:00.000-07:00

these are a few pages from my story "in" the first story in the comic i'm working on now called "in on around up & down".

on

2006-10-06T21:03:00.000-07:00

these are a few pages from my comic "on" that i'm working on. the second story in "in on around up & down".

Sketch-O-Rama!!

2006-08-29T16:24:00.000-07:00

2006-08-29T16:14:00.000-07:00

These are some sketches I did last week. I like how some of them turned out because I was experimenting with some different ways of looking at what I was drawing.

Wreckin' Crew!

2006-08-10T21:19:00.000-07:00

These Bad-@$$ Mothers are the FPA, that's fair-play alliance to you and me. They're characters from my book "Destructoboy"...that's him out front bein cool as a cucumber. I'm so G.D. excited!

THINGS TO COME!!!

2006-08-03T16:26:00.000-07:00

Two lil' visions of the future, a couple of panels from the comic "Destructoboy" that i'm working on along with the preceding posts. I'm busy as a Bizarro on wash day!

Gone to the Birds

2006-08-03T15:53:00.000-07:00

Here's a few selected panels from my comic I'm workin' on called "The Birdwatcher." It's a love story!

Digital A

2006-08-03T15:39:00.000-07:00

These are some random pages from my short comics called "digital A" titled after one of the characters.

Busy, Busy Bizarro's!

2006-07-31T21:13:00.000-07:00

Bizarro and Batzarro from my sketchbook that I drew today at Border's after looking at a really cool book of comics called "Bizarro's World" that featured short comics from dozens of awesome artists and writers.

Sky-Rider of the Spaceways!

2006-07-26T22:18:00.000-07:00

Yeah, that's a lens flare. you should see the version i didn't post, it was like held together by lens flares. rock on Surfer!!

This is Destructoboy!

2006-07-21T19:49:00.000-07:00

Here's a page of sketches for my character Destructoboy. I'm currently working on the story for his self-titled comic.

Real Women Have Curves!

2006-07-21T16:17:00.000-07:00

This is a picture inspired by Jamar Nicholas' blog "Fat Wonder Woman." I guess she's in her excercise clothes here.

Marvel Character Drawing Binge!!

2006-06-20T15:21:00.000-07:00

After I saw X-men 3 I went on an all out X-men drawing binge which got so out of hand that even the Avengers got caught up in the ruckus. But when the dust cleared I had some pretty cool sketches, and here they are, in all their reimagined glory. I hope to sometime in the near future have colored versions of these to post.

The All New, All Different, X-Men!

2006-06-20T15:15:00.000-07:00

These are some sketches of my favortite X-men that became X-men after Giant Size X-men #1. I just remembered that Havok is one of my other top five all time favorite costumes. (just read my next post you'll understand)

The Mighty Avengers

2006-06-20T15:08:00.000-07:00

Assembled here are some sketches I did of my favorite avengers. I especially like Ant-Man, he's always had one of my favorite costumes. I think my alltime favorite costumes would be Black Bolt, Ant-Man...and I can't think of the others right now but whatever.

Grendel

2006-05-17T14:05:00.000-07:00

This drawing was inspired by John Gardner's book "Grendel" about the monster from the story "Beowolf."

A Mother's Day Miracle!

2006-05-13T21:09:00.000-07:00

I had this idea for a drawing of a wolf today, than i decided to have a cub hanging off of her, and than i decided that the text should say "thanks mom!" in Spanish. Well into the drawing process i realized that tomorrow was mother's day. i thought that was a funny coincidence.

Dust from the Tail of the Comet

2006-05-13T17:49:00.000-07:00

The Raccoon in the Lot Next to 707 Carson St.

2006-05-07T13:31:00.000-07:00

The Giant Grackles of St. John the Baptist Ukranian Catholic Church

2006-05-06T12:38:00.000-07:00

This actually happened. In my mind.

PROJECT!!

2006-04-30T10:26:00.000-07:00

This is drawing number one for a project I've given myself. I'm going to try to make a bunch of drawings of different cityscapes from around the area up here in Pittsburgh, this one is in my current backyard. Then I'm going to try to get them displayed in a gallery that's opening up down the street, they have a little flyer out at different places saying they're interested in looking at local artist's work. It dosen't seem like the ritziest place in town but it's something to try for. I'm also working on a couple of stories that I would like to illustrate and get published, I'm looking aroud online for publishers but would like to get a nice little chunk of the artwork done for the books before I reach out to anywhere. Is that a good idea? I don't know. Any advice is most welcome and much appreciated.

The Battle Rages On!!

2006-04-29T07:10:00.000-07:00

This picture I drew of what I imagined Luke Skywalker might look like ten years or so after "Return of the Jedi." I hear that the comics have continuity where Luke turns to the darkside and is killed, but F all that. Luke is one of the goodguys and in my opinion is out there somewhere right now "a long time ago" and kicking the ass of the remains of the empire and other scumbags throughout the galaxy, while at the same time rebuilding the Jedi order etc. and being awsome. Han's cool too. But Boba Fett stays dead even though he's awesome, he fell into the mighty sarlacc pit. kind of a crummy way to go for a cool character but it just wasn't his day.

ROCKIN ROBIN!! tweet tweet!

2006-04-29T07:07:00.000-07:00

I drew this picture sitting on my back porch, a bird peaked over the side of the neighbors house and it was cute how he did it so inquisitivly and than made a little song note and walked away. i got sick later from sitting in the sun and drawing this though.

His Face Is On The Case!

2006-04-29T06:59:00.000-07:00

I really like the way Jamar Nicholas draws and his character Detective Boogaloo is really fun, i liked drawing him a lot. If you see this Jamar i hope it's okay that i put this up without asking you permission first.

THE MAN WHO PLANTED TREES!!

2006-04-27T11:35:00.000-07:00

I saw this cartoon once a long time ago and loved it but I never got to see what it was called and than recently I found this image randomly somewhere online and well...that's the whole story but I was so excited to find it!

Look, I kinda like Hall & Oates...sue me.

2006-04-07T22:35:00.000-07:00

though not inspired from their seminal hit "Man Eater" the song is a total classic, I saw them down at the Meadowlands in '85 and they kicked ass!! No just kidding but perhaps you'll agree that my illustrated version of a maneating beast raises it's own sturdy item of footcovering and strikes out with a multitude of vigor toward at least the most minuscule of derriere!

Learn chinese from fortune cookies.

2006-04-07T22:27:00.000-07:00

I've had an affinity for winged lions and lamassu since I took art history in college. I guess I just think they're neato.

A wretched "hive" of scum and villiany...and latte's.

2006-04-07T22:16:00.000-07:00

My roomate Josh and I often hang out at a cafe called the beehive. We take full adavantage of their free wireless internet offer. So far it seems to be free whether you're a paying customer or not, i try to get at least a soda, which Pittsburghians call "pop" or a 25 cent chocolate fortune cookie. Usually we'll bring our sketchbooks. When the first nice day of spring had spranged we sat out on our front stoops (that's right...stoops, as in two stoops, that's how we roll) and drew one another.

Go Powerlords, GO!

2006-04-07T21:55:00.000-07:00

I vaguely remeber having this guy as an action figure when I was little. His name is Lord Adam Power, from a videogame and toyline called "Powerlords." The toy looked like your average joe in an orange spacesuit but when you press a button on the back his upper body would flip around as a sort of morhping effect and Adam Power was now...blue and shirtless with all kinds of red veins covering his chest and arms. So yea, he's cool. A cool 80's toy.

Science in Action!

2006-03-27T22:47:00.000-08:00

In the valley of the blind the one eyed man is king, or in this case scientist. And through science Doctor Polyphemus will explore the cosmos, shedding light on all the wonders that one man can illuminate in his lifetime, in the name of adventure, knowledge, and the beauty of life in the universe! I'm really excited about this character and the adventure in store for him. Huzzah! for Science!

Christopher, I hardly new ye.

2006-03-26T10:43:00.000-08:00

I made this picture at my grandmom's for my second cousin christopher, he's just a little guy. I drew with him one day, I actually only met him that once but ever since whenever I see my grandmom she always says that christopher was asking for me. I drew it to perhaps encourage him to draw more, he seemed to like to draw. When i first met him he asked me to draw him Captain America. He's a good kid.

Photoshop, you had me at hello.

2006-03-26T10:24:00.000-08:00

I can't afford you yet photoshop but someday you will be mine. Until then I'll use Bonaia's (who i love, i love you buttercup) p-shop whenever i get the chance, to make things like birdman up there, isn't he a remarkable fellow. Beautiful plummage this time of year. He's from a story I'm workin on which also involves (or maybe not, we'll see) the two gents below.

They didn't know, they're not from around here!

2006-03-26T10:07:00.000-08:00

This partially nude duo are based on a pair of masks i made a few years back. I needed a couple of characters for a story i'm workin on and they seemed to fit the bill. The masks are hanging on the wall in Bonaia's room. I wanted them to seem foreign and strange so i hopped on the sketchbook express and got off at nopantsville. I used to live there when I was a ittle kid.

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2006-02-15T19:03:00.000-08:00