Art Dump

Some stuff I've drawn.

Sorry For Lack...

...of posts.  Senior year at art school will slow you down.  Prob not gonna do very many of the fanarts, but I'll still put up stuff every now and then  of what I'm working on.

Sorry Y'all.

FFC: Hellboy Interrupts a Birthday Party...and Cars

Sorry for always putting these up late guys.  I need to really put something up substantial for all of you who choose to visit the blog every now and then.  With school starting I have other priorities that tend to take precedence.

I need to tell you guys that I'm a happy little bugger.  It's been a while since I have been this happy.  I'm in classes that I love, I have a good job that let's me do my art and make money, I have people who care about me and that I care about as well, and I got hit by a car...

...wait that one shouldn't be in there.

On Friday, when I was supposed to be updating this little blog, my roommates and I were on our way home from the gym.  We were driving along as content as can be when I noticed  a car just making it's way towards us on the right.  I didn't think much of it,  just someone coming to the stop sign, when I noticed she wasn't stopping at the stop sign.

I, in my infinite wisdom, say to my roommates as calmly as I can, "OH SHIII..!!!!" as this little old lady in a Hyundai SUV plows into my door throwing our car into the next lane.  Luckily my roommate Nick is apparently a championship rally car racer and gets that Taurus back on the straight and narrow before we could plow into one of the many historic homes of Savannah.

Both of the vehicles come to a stop.

We begin to get out of our vehicle. I say "we" but what I mean is Nick and Noah get out of the vehicle while I try to figure out how to crawl out of the car because my door had been crushed in the accident.  As my roommates are exiting the car the little old lady is having a moral dilemma inside her SUV.  Looking at us, looking away, looking at us, looking away.  Finally she thinks, "Screw it! I'll take my chances."  and drives off before we could question if she truly was senile enough to drive into oncoming traffic.

Luckily there were some very nice people on the side of the road who saw the whole thing and helped us out.  This is the second hit and run I have been involved in. This is also the second car accident I have ever been in (first time was with a semi.) 

So, coming to a sound and logical conclusion, anyone who hits me with a car is going to drive off and leave me to die.

P.S. Didn't get hurt (surprisingly) always where your seat belt suckahs!

Late Fanart Friday: Some Toriyama

A nice little warm up before some homework.

The biggest news for those who haven't heard, my new webcomic has been launched!
www.gallantadventurescomic.com

Swing on by sit a spell!

Fanart Friday! On Wednesday.

Sorry for the super late post but class just started and I'm a mook who can't get it together.

BUFFEH!

So I started watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer, I'm still on season 2 so no spoilers, to do this and found out I love this show!  I'm always late to the party.  Always.

In case you're wondering, Giles...Giles is my favorite character.  But Angel McBrickface is more fun to draw.

Oh look some sketches have appeared randomly.

 

Guess who one of my favorite characters in fiction is.

WHERE?!?

 

I don't know.  They closed the scanners to us here at SCAD til the next quarter.  I'll have a nice big art dump (snicker) when the quarter starts.

Until then!

Getting Settled

Sorry for no update yesterday.  Still getting settled in here in Savannah and I'm trying to get this webcomic ready.

I'll update soon!

Webcomic Anouncement

No Fanart Friday this week kids.  I've been super busy this week packing and getting ready to go back to Savannah.  Sunday's gonna be fun!  So to make up for it I thought I'd get you up to date with my upcoming webcomic.

Here's some exciting news...

After working all summer to get the site designed and my comics buffer ready for the upcoming quarter, I have a launch date for the comic!

It will launch on Friday, September 16th and will be updated one page every Friday.  Throughout the week I may add some fun blog posts as well as keep the blog you're reading right now going.  Right now the website is very bare-bones, but it gets the job done.  So expect every Friday to get both a new Gallant Adventures page as well as a Fanart Friday to start your weekend.

This comic is going to be very silly and a lot of fun.  When I came up with the idea of the comic I just asked myself, "What did I love as a kid?"  And I put it in the comic.  Adventure, mischief, some princess rescuing, along with silly humor and a simple fun style.

I'm having a lot of fun working on it and I hope you guys have even half the enjoyment I get out of it.

Fanart Friday: Mega Man

MEGA MAN LEGENDS!

This game had a lot of influence on me as a kid.  Most people know it as Mega Man Legends, Mega Man 64 if you were a Nintendo fanboy like me, and it was a beautiful game.

"HUH-DERRR"

Well, the art and design was beautiful anyway.  The character design is what really captured my imagination as a kid.  Like I am with almost any form of entertainment, I don't pick it up unless I really like the art.  Even if the game, movie, or whatever is total crap.

Just for a minute I want to talk about something that has had a little controversy a while back.

 

There it is.  I think people got a little too upset about this being scrapped.  Don't get me wrong the idea of a new Legends game would have been cool, but the set up for the story is what had me worried.

I'mma let you finish, but first I'm gonna spoil some things.  The end of Mega Man Legends 2 is very odd, because Mega Man,"Trigger," is stranded on another planet, or the moon it's been a while since I've played, while Roll and Tron work together to build an extra-terrestrial craft to bring him back.  Kind of a bitter-sweet ending where two girls fighting over the same Mega Man, the generic anime cliche I used to love as an adolescent, have to work together to find him.  It was a funny little ending that gave wiggle room for a sequel.

"Shut-Up Data! Everyone liked you better when you couldn't talk!"

Back to Mega Man Legends 3 I don't think it would have been that interesting of a game for me.  Tron and Roll are busy being a two-woman space program and our title character is lost in space; who's going to be our protagonists?

These two.

That's my main concern, my favorite characters don't seem to have a active "roll" (*snicker) in the game.  Tron and Roll will most likely just be in the game to tell you where to go next to find the next maguffin for their rocket. These two will run all over God's green earth "digging" for parts to help the girls build the White Base so they can go save our main character.  They're cool designs and everything but I feel like my favorite characters are just going to be put on the side lines.

"Oh Paul, you cantankerous conservative, don't you want to meet and fall in love with new interesting characters?"  No, this generation is so keen to be wallowing in their own nostalgia. Why should I be any different?  Plus it would be on the 3DS and that just sounds awful.

Also, when working on this week's entry I noticed something interesting.

'til next time.

Fanart Friday: David Tennant

The 10th Doctor from BBC's Dr. Who.

I like Dr. Who, it's the cheesiest sci-fi I've ever seen.  I really enjoy David Tennant and I also enjoy Matt Smith.  I'm not going to get involved in that whole war though, Who fans are rather...insane.  There was a part of me that didn't even want to watch the show because the fans were absolutely pants-on-head retarded about it, but for this piece I decided to watch some and I enjoyed it.

The show is ridiculous to say the least though.  Space traveling spitfires with laser beams attached to their heads, space whales, renaissance vampires, and silly...silly, silly, Daleks.  I'm sorry I can't take them seriously with that testicle wrenching shriek.

EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!

 And now, here's something we hope you'll really like.

And here's a painting I did before I even knew what Dr. Who was.  Suck it Who fans!  

This is from 2008 when I was learning photoshop.  I had tried out a workshop in ImagineFx magazine and ended up making this. 
 

Fanart Friday: Flight of the Conchords

"I love that photograph"

Gotta go! NO TIME TO EXPLAIN!

TEAM ROCKET'S BLASTING OFF AGAAAAIiiiiiinnnn.....              

*ting.

Fanart Friday: Harry Potter

 

Neville Longbottom is a badass!  Not in the movie.  In the movie he's accidentally a badass, in the book he's a full on Snake Plisskin badass! Based this one on the late, great Frazetta if you couldn't tell.

So I've been in my studio for three days straight working in WordPress.  Getting ready for this webcomic!  I'm excited, WordPress is pretty cool once you start to get the hang of it.

Here's a peek at the banner.

And here's some concept work.

TTFN!

Fanart Friday: Batman Villains

I LOVE the Joker! 

He's the best villain ever created in my opinion.  Twisted, demented, and just fun to read about how he's going to mess up Gotham's day.

 

I feel bad for not doing a real full illustration.  To make up for just the portrait I made it a full on painting.  Later this weekend I'm going to do some Harley Quinn art or some other villain for repentance.

Here's some sketches to help cope.

Late Night Painting

 

Got bored late at night and decided to paint.

Here's some paint.

Fanart Friday: Sexy Dracula

 

So... Yeah...Bela Legosi is a sexy beast.  

Dracula is probably my favorite novel ever.  When I first read it when I was younger, I was like any other teenager.  Vampires are cool, real life is lame, etc. etc. Let's go draw some Hellsing fan art.

I apologize for the poor quality of the photos.  I have to take them on my phone because I am still absent a scanner.  It'll be better when I get back to Savannah.

Sheila and I were talking via Skype and I asked her if my friend and I looked alike and she described us as the following.

So I drew it.

"You're rowing us in circles you twit!"

Orson just wants to run a tight ship, but this bear is being such a pill. (wah-wah-wah)

Fanart Friday: Star Wars

Hey Kids!  I’ve got plans with some people tomorrow so I’m putting this up a little early.  Also I’ve been rather busy so I didn’t have time to put up a completed piece so here’s multiple pieces!

Anytime I draw semi-serious it always looks a little, manga-rific.

"Hope the old man got the tractor beam shut down or we're in for a real short trip."

I've never been able to draw Vader's helmet...EVER!

STAR WARS SON!

That’s right it’s everyone’s favorite trilogy before that bearded neck decided to go rebuild his legos. I would talk to you about how Star Wars is the biggest influence in my life and how it helped me find the friends I have today, but why would I tell you about your life.

 I’ve constantly been afraid that I would become George Lucas.  I kind of think it’s every artist’s personal nightmare to become a hack.  I see a lot of myself in the little weirdo; I’m ambitious, I want to control the stories I tell, and I love cheesy dialogue…mmmm…cheese.  I think the fear comes from having this sense of “it just isn’t what I imagined.” I’ve been told that every work an artist does is “80% perfection.”  A good chunk of artists would disagree with me and claim it to be lower.

Which is a little voice in every artists head, “it’s not good enough!  You should do it again!  Keep adding enough proverbial flab that would clog the arteries of even your most hardened characters!

If you want to be a good artist you have to set these fears aside and just push through with what you have then move on to the next piece.  Just strive to make the next work better than the last and you’ll find yourself improving vastly.  Don’t worry if it’s good enough for other people; worry if it’s good for you.  It’s a balancing act though, think too much about what you want and not enough of your audience at all and you will end up just failing.

Going back to George Lucas though, he get’s far too much credit for “creating” Star Wars.  Great movies like that are only created through a collaborative effort between many, many talented people.  The idea that all of Star Wars was just his will is a little preposterous.  The only reason he’s done some less than reputable work as of late is because he’s George Lucas and no one dares question him.   Boy’s got too many of dem Yes Men. (cue Jim Carrey joke.)

It is an interesting thought that he might have had an entirely different movie in his head and what came out was something he despised but everyone loved.  That seems to be a trend with quite a few artists I’ve talked to.  The project they poured their heart and soul into ends up being dwarfed by the shadow of something they took maybe five minutes to work on with little thought behind it. 

I’m a big believer that the world is fueled by dramatic irony and I try to plan my life around it if possible.  

Also, here's a couple I drew when I was watching a movie with some friends.  

GUESS THE MOVIE! 

"That rug really tied the room together."

Some Brush Stuff

I need an actual scanner.

I've been practicing with brushes on some old comics.  Here was a little story about the main character of my upcoming webcomic meeting a scientific wizard who makes...odd things. 

I'm trying to find out which I prefer; traditional or digital.

I usually do digital inks, which I like, but always tends to look a little stiff.  Traditional has life but lacks the cleanliness I like, but that will come with practice.  Both are still fun though.

Fanart Friday: Silent Hill 3

 

SILENT HILL!!

That movie sucked.  

So Silent Hill 3 is wonderful.  I've always enjoyed that game.  Good stuff.  

Going back to my last post.  That was just an exercise in futility.  I write those sometimes when my head gets a little to crowded.  Sometimes I share them sometimes I don't.

Gotta work on more stuff, I'll give you an update later this weekend

Stream of Consciousness

I do poems like these sometimes.

Well, here goes...

This is the moment that presents itself onto the world.  The time for the greatest of our minds to hinder the generations that have come before us.  To stop the forwardness and the evident cosmos that encapsulates their dreams.  things that have no value, now the most priceless in our collection.  Their brilliance shining like a diamond in the night showing the true side of our own frivolity.  Instant gratification unbroken to the power of the toiling geriatrics in the field.  Lost.  Lost is the word that holds the world.  Just as it's been and just as it always will be.  The illusion of control always seen, spoken of, conceptualized, but always in the air.  The words on the paper float off and set the earth in motion.the paper stacks and the body withers.  Nubile are the forms who enter the fray, surrounded by the schematics of ash and decay.  Tears help to lubricate the soul, to break down the potential into the kinetic and give rise to that which could never be imagined.  The paper melts, the aspirations and illuminations of the old blossom through baptism of the soul of the fresh.  Crescendo is the sight, the life of plan rejoices to it's apex causing a cacophony that envelopes the heart.

Pain.  Agony breaks from the rapturous form.  Sweltering boils and soars pop fizzles from the open wound of progress.  The unrelenting pain slows the mind.  Hinders the progress.  Brings kinetic to potential, but the fear frees potential.  Aches the soul.  Drives the mass forward.  Broken is the mind as it swirls and falls as the tempest in the night.  The squall that cannot be stopped and will never be.  The emotions at the keep forcing the logic back.  Corralling the unstoppable leviathan onto it's intended path.

Sights, sounds, smells, feelings, and thoughts.

Ideas.

Horizontally potential until spring-boarded into the kinetic.  Corralled by idea.  Moving forward so you don't stop.  Backwards is the other way to move.  Not preferred, but movement non-the-less.  Too slow, the rhythm is erratic and lacking of any syncopation.  Quality is only the truth of the masses and cannot quench the thirst that drives you to victory.

Sadly it's lost to the bard.  Only to return at it's own mercy.























I want it back.

Fanart Friday: Scooby-Doo

Alright sports fans another new Fanart Friday submission, this week it's Scooby-Dooby-Doo!  I just did that.  Scooby is SO hard to draw!  There is something about that dog's head that is just unfathomably difficult for me. Derpy-derpy-doo! is more like it...sheesh.  

I love the new Scooby-Doo: Mystery Incorporated.

It's so nice to actually have some Character development from our favorite super sleuths.  It is actually pretty surprising that these characters have survived throughout the decades without any real development, strike that, any interesting development.

I watched the formulaic original Scooby-Doo all the time as a kid and loved every second of it.  I saw the formula when I was little but it didn't bother me any because I was young and that kind of thing hadn't begun to shatter be suspension of disbelief.  That and I had a huge crush on Velma.  I'm not afraid of it either; ask any guy out there who likes girls with glasses what the most likely catalyst for the obsession, nine times out of ten it's Velma.

The New Scooby-Doo Movies was the best thing on television!  Every time I watched the opening credits I hoped and prayed that it would be one of the episodes where the gang met up with Batman!  It was usually the Harlem Globetrotters though, they weren't as funny to me.  I used to watch the old 60's Batman on TVLand also, so when Batman and Robin teamed up with Scooby and Shaggy, I was in heaven!  I always loved asking my dad who each of the guest stars were each episode.   I really enjoy learning about pop culture and it's history.  There were always some great ones: Johnathan Winters, Mama Cass, Three stooges, Don Friggin' Knotts!

NIP IT IN THE BUD!

 Then I got older and the shows got weirder with scrappy-doo...oof; and don't even get me started on that whole Thirteen Ghosts of Scooby-Doo nonsence.  Flim Flam is a human Scrappy-Doo, who is already in the show!  Two of the same characters, why!? He was stupid, small, and annoying, just like Scrappy.  "Ho boy guys I'm fulla piss n' vinegar!  Let's go on an adventure!"  I think he had an annoying catchphrase like every other cartoon character and I'm sure that every time it was uttered it chipped another piece of my innocence away revealing the cynic within.  I'd like to find the executive who thought this character was so perfect for this show that they had to get rid of Velma and punch him in the eye.  Vincent Price was awesome though.

Con artist! More like yawn artist. Amirite?

What's New Scooby-Doo should've been put down out the gate.  That was just awful.  The characters were just boring rehashes of the original cast.  Nothing new was attempted.  It was just a cash grab.  I didn't think the show could get anymore pedestrian than the original show. The mysteries weren't even interesting.  Yeah, it's a show for kids and they should be easy, but not less interesting than what's going on in the dryer.

HU-DUUUUURRRRR

They have a lot of great call backs to these old shows in Mystery Incorporated as well as treat them as canonical (even the awful live-action movies).  Vincent Price (Maurice LaMaurche) is Scooby and Shaggy's favorite horror movie actor.  There're tons of movie references, caricatures of 70's icons, and the voice actors have a lot of fun carrying on the Hannah-Barbara tradition of their characters being parodies of other comedians and character actors. Speaking of voice acting, did you know the guy who played Shaggy in the live-action movie plays Shaggy in the show?  Hand to God!  Casey Kasem plays his dad though which I find hilarious. Oh, and Lewis Black's in it too!

Anyway, I'm rambling.

More Webcomic Stuff

Alright ladies, gents, guys, dolls, and what-have-you; I've got some new things to share!  First of all, finished my coloring (yay me).  Turned out pretty good if I say so myself.  God I love drawing explosions, it's so much fun!

I thought I'd also show you guys an example of my thumbnails.  This is a little chase scene from chapter one, where Gallant (our frog hero) sword fights with a pirate on the back of a scooter.  If you have a hard time reading it, join the club.  My hand writing becomes illegible when I get excited about what I'm writing. 

I'm getting pumped to start drawing all of this.  These thumbnails have really made me explore fun angles and compositions to give the best reading experience.  I hope it turns out at least 80% as good as it is in my head.  If not I just keep trudging on through.

Getting used to this working style has been endlessly confounding.  Trying to make sure I accomplish something each day as well as making sure what I'm accomplishing is substantial has been really difficult.  I believe i'm doing well, but at the end of the day I always feel like I could be doing a whole lot more.  I shouldn't worry too much though.  This will probably be my last summer without a job for the rest of my life, so I'm going to be productive as well enjoy myself as best I can.


Also, warm-up expressions for you and your kin.

I'll see you guys again for Fanart Friday!  What will it be this week?  Subscribe so you don't miss it!