Death Dealer!

This is another illustration done for ImagineFX magazine. The recent issue was like a dedication issue to fantasy illustrator great, Frank Frazetta in honor of his 80th birthday. So they invited a bunch of artists to contribute a piece in homage to him. I've always loved his paintings of the Death Dealer so I decided to take a stab at my own version. I had a ton of fun with this!

ImagineFX!

I was asked by the good folks over at ImagineFX to do a workshop tutorial for their magazine a couple months back. I wasn't sure what I was going to paint up and ended up doing a tutorial for this Martian-like character. It wasn't a tutorial necessarily on concept design or anything, just a simple tutorial showing the readers one way I approach doing a painting of a character. I painted it not knowing what I was going to paint. I just started painting some shapes and forms and eventually came up with this character. If you get a chance check out the full tutorial in ImagaineFX magazine issue #27.

Jacked Rabbit!

Here's another quick creature sketch I did for fun. No big concept idea or anything. This is like the other creature sketches I did in my earlier blog posts- just playing with the brush and letting the design emerge as I push and pull the paint around. Fun stuff. The end result is this jacked up looking rabbit- thus the title, Jacked Rabbit!

Hulk!

I was inspired to do my version of the Hulk. I've never drawn him since I started drawing comics professionally over 10 years ago so I had to take a stab at this mountain of a character. I wanted to convey just his mass and weight. I also wanted to portray him more Kirby-esque, not all body builder and intelligent-like how he's portrayed these days. Tons of fun! Oh, and yes he's naked b/c pants can't stretch that much!

Iron Man!

I was a huge Iron Man fan back in the 90s (while I was in high school). I started drawing comic books professionally back in 1995 and after 10+ yrs of doing that I realized that the last time I drew Iron Man was before I became a professional. So I had to do this painting. I'm actually a big fan of when Tony Stark wore the red and silver version of the armor. So I did my take of that version. Gotta give props to Adi Granov for inspiration. I had tons of fun with this! I can't wait to see the movie!

NUCLEUS GALLERY- REVENGE OF THE NINJA!

I was fortunate enough to take part in the latest gallery show at Nucleus Gallery. It was the "Revenge of the Ninja" show. Over 50 artists showcased their work. I had a lot of fun. This is the piece I did. I wanted to do something different than the action you would expect in a ninja piece. It's titles "Aftermath." I hope you like...

Steeds of Fate!

I had a lot of fun working on the Steeds of Fate level in God of War 2. The idea is that there are these 4 massive horses made out of granite and rock out in the ocean. They are the size of mountains. You, as the player, will reach the horses by running across the chain that begins at a structure that is connected to an island. You will climb onto the horses and go through a whole level fighting enemies and such. Eventually, you will break open the blinders that are covering the eyes of the horses. Once that's done the horses will come alive and begin to move forward which in turn pulls the island forward to connect it to the structure. I don't know if any of that made sense, it's tough to explain. But it's a pretty cool moment in the game.

The black and white rough painting was the initial painting I did to get a feel for the whole thing. But I ended up doing a more static side shot of the horses mainly because it shows the most amount of information on what they actually look like. I had a lot of fun with these.