Wicked Typography Design

Just for fun, I decided to play around and illustrate one of my favorite quotes from the musical Wicked.
Enjoy!

San Diego Comic Con 2013 - Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc Panel: "Tarzan, Carson of Venus, and the Next 100 Years of Adventure"!

I'm very excited to announce that I will be on a panel at SDCC for Edgar Rice Burrroughs Inc.™ this July 2013!!!

I will be announcing the debut of the digital comic strip THE CAVE GIRL, illustrated by myself and written by Martin Powell, which is celebrating it's centennial this July!!!

Here is some concept art I created. It's an in-progress exploration of THE CAVE GIRL style and character.

The panel is "Tarzan, Carson of Venus, and the Next 100 Years of Adventure"! SAVE THE DATE! July 19th (from 10:00 – 11:00) Room 28DE.


Join  Jim Sullos (President, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Incorporated), Scott Tracy Griffin (Tarzan: The Centennial Celebration), Andy Briggs (Tarzan: The Savage Lands), Martin Powell (Carson of Venus), Steven E. Gordon (The Eternal Savage), and myself (The Cave Girl) as they discuss the future of the Burroughs universe online, on the page, and in theaters. Panel attendees can enter a drawing to win signed original art at the panel’s conclusion.

Blast off with CARSON OF VENUS today! June 1st, 2013

I'm very excited to announce my involvement in CARSON OF VENUS ™ ERB, Inc., an all-new full color online weekly comic strip, debuting today!! 

Join myself, illustrator Thomas Floyd, and writer Martin Powell for an interplanetary romantic adventure brought to you by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Incorporated! 

Only $1.99 per month! The all-new TARZAN™ comic strip by Roy Thomas and Tom Grindberg is included -- with more fantastic ERB comic strips on the way -- at no additional cost! Plus, fun free collectible premiums! Don't miss out! SUBSCRIBE TODAY!!

 http://www.edgarriceburroughs.com/comics/

Love Forbidden. Adventure Unending. Terror Eternal.

CARSON OF VENUS ™ ERB, Inc.

20 Minute Sketches- Coffee Music Girl Concept

Here's some concept art of a Coffee/Music girl that I'm adding to my 20-minute sketch category.
I like the concept of notes playing above her head in the subway.  I may evolve the sketch into something more final. :)
Hope you all enjoy!

Star Trek Vs. Star Wars, Sci-Fi Lady Style!

There's been a lot of Star Trek and Star Wars talk lately, especially with the new Star Trek movie out (which is fantastic!).

One day after a in-depth conversation of the Star Trek and watching Carrie Fischer's video where she announced her possible involvement in the new Star Wars movie, I started doodling and came up with this fun cartoon. Thought I would finish up the line work and color and put it up today. Both  Lieutenant Uhura and Princess Leia are such power house independent women. It only seems right that if two characters where to settle the "What's better - Star Trek or Star Wars?" debate, it would be these two ladies.

Jungle- Safari Girl Exploration

My last post had a few quick concept sketches that got a really nice reaction (thanks all!). The Jungle/Safari Girl was in particularly favorited among the bunch so I thought I would continue to work on her. Looking at Frank Frazetta's artwork and some old Tarzan comics while listening to John Carter in the background, I gave my Jungle Girl a little more time and exploration with inked line work and color.
I think I will continue to further this study but for now please enjoy viewing my process!

10 minute pin-up sketches and typography exploration

In between some very important and fun projects. I wanted to take a few minutes and sketch out some possible future concepts. 

Had a few fun conversations with my brother and his girlfriend about She-Ra and thought I would quickly sketch my own fun cartoon pin-up version of her. 

I've been doing a lot of jungle illustration exploration lately and thought I would do a quick pin-up sketch of an adventure safari girl I had in my head.

And last but not least, I did a little typography exploration with one of my most popular themes- Coffee! I had fun playing around with this one and really enjoy the concept... Perhaps one day I will do a more completed version that fine tunes the typography. 

Doodlin' round...

Just doodling around and came up with this plant girl illustration. :)

15-30 Minute sketches- John Cusack in HighFidelity

Following up on my 15-30 minute warm-up sketches of Django Unchained, is John Cusack from High Fidelity.

One of my favorite movies of all time- I dare say, it may make my top 5. :)

15-30 Minute sketches- Django Unchained and Seven Psychopaths

Recently I started doing 15-30 minute sketches to warm me up for a day of good illustrating!
I decided that I would focus on great performances from movies I enjoy.

Here are the sketches from Week One.
Did some roughs of the characters from the movie Django Unchained.
Here's Sam Jackson as Stephen:

Christoph Waltz as Dr. King Schultz

and Leonardo DiCaprio as Calvin Candie

I also recently watched Seven Psychopaths, and did a quick sketch Sam Rockwell as Billy.