Pet Portrait - Sugar

Just finished my first pet portrait ever and I was extremely pleased to discover that it's not all that different from people portraits. I'm going to try to do a few more self promotional pieces like this one, and then I'll start posting ads around at pet shops to try to drum up some business.

UPCOMING ART SHOWS:

I will be selling work in Collingswood, NJ on September 11th from

6:00 pm to 9:00 pm as part of their Second Saturday activities.

If you're in the area, come out and see what I've got!

The Amazon's New Clothes, pt. 3

The first one is done. The next one is well on it's way.

But first, re-organizing my life. Again. UGH.

The Amazon's New Clothes, pt. 2

I recently posted some sketches of Wonder Woman with promises of future explanation. This year I will be taking part in the annual Wonder Woman Day charity event! The following information is from Andy Mangels, who runs the website Wonder Woman Museum:

"Wonder Woman Day V is a free all-ages event ... which includes a silent auction of original art contributed by the world's top artists. There will be comic creators and costumed heroes on-site, raffles and prizes, rare memorabilia, and more... The previous four Wonder Woman Day events have raised a grand total of more than $89,000 to benefit survivors of domestic violence and their children."

This event started in Portland, Oregon and has spawned a sister celebration in Flemington, NJ. There will be a Wonder Woman Day benefit on Sunday, October 24th at Comic Fusion. Same as in Portland, they will be auctioning off artwork from both local artists like myself and nationally renowned illustrators (I've seen David Mack's contribution and it's spectacular as usual). The proceeds go to SAFE in Hunterdon, a local shelter for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. I'm extremely excited to be able to contribute in my own way to such an important cause.

Although nothing says the sketches need to be of the lovely Amazon herself, I've decided to tackle her new costume. This has proved to be more complicated than I'd expected, but it looks pretty sweet so it's worth the trouble.

Here are some of my preliminary sketches from the reference shot I took at Rough Sketch Studios. The lovely Emily Suydam modeled for me and as did the ever-patient Steve Sistilli. He has such a wonderful snarly face, I just had to get him in there to be the bad guy. One of my sketches is ready for ink, so I'll post images of that as soon as it's finished.

The Amazon's New Clothes, pt. 1

Very quick preview of a new Wonder Woman image I'm working on.

More information on this project later.

Sketch Covers Complete!

I've just completed both covers and I'm extremely pleased with them!

The Scarlett Johansson portrait came out quite nicely. It doesn't look as much like her as I would have liked, but it's very close. I'm thinking about spraying her with some fixative, so the pencil won't smear, but I'm afraid of ruining the whole thing. Everybody cross your fingers!

In spite of all the trouble I had with it early on (i.e. spilling water on the first version and having to draw the web over again) The Widow's Web was a joy to work on. In fact, I enjoyed it so much, I've decided to make several versions of these in different colors.

Both of these covers will be available for sale at Stormwatch Comics and eventually on my Etsy store as well.

Stormwatch Comics

(856) 768-8186

449 Route 73 N

West Berlin, NJ 08091

Avengers Updates

A quick progress report on the sketch covers: Both images have been transferred to the actual comic covers and are in the process of being inked.

The red image below is actually the second version of that cover. The first came in contact with water and was completely ruined. After inking it twice, I've got that web in the background almost memorized by now.

I must admit, it's been extremely frustrating to have to work on these pieces so slowly. If circumstances were normal, both of them would be done by now, but my home life as of late has been messy and spilling over into my creative life.

The transition from school to freelance has been rough, however I finally have a studio space at home that is functional and I'm well on my way to being organized enough to juggle my artwork, social life, and family obligations.