Do you ever stop and wonder how terrifying it would have been if there had been pokemon in Middle-earth?

I do.

Also, here's some digital sketches:

Even though I have no desire to color or paint professionally...I still feel the need to get better at coloring and painting digitally.... There's probably more on the way :)

Charizard and Nazgul both belong to people that aren't me, but the characters in the digital sketches do so please be cool and DON'T STEAL. You rock.

PS

Also (and this is very important) I have another book! It is probably waiting for you in a store nearby and if not there then it is most certainly available from the fantastically convenient Amazon!

It is called 'An Elegy for Amelia Johnson'

It is published by Archaia Press.

It was written by the brilliant Andrew Rostan and illustrated by fellow SCAD alum Dave Valeza and myself.

It's a beautiful story about life and death and you should all own your very own copy!

And, fun fact, the book and all three of its contributors were featured in a USAToday article which you can read here!

To whom it may concern,

My most sincere apologies, dear interwebs, for yet another prolonged absence. Please accept these sketches with my humble regards.

First, an appetizer of a few loose scene sketches from a story currently in production:

Next, an apertif of my gym leader character and her stalwart Wartortle:

Finally, a course of Sailor Moon fanart drawn under the delusion that I may someday have a chance to write and draw my own interpretation of a future series:

And finally, dearest webbernets, I would like to remind you that, although the characters in the first delicious sketch are my own and not for stealing, the wonderful worlds of pokemon and Sailor Moon do not belong to me in any capacity.

Sooo...

My New Year's resolution was to be a little more attentive to my internet presence... I feel like I'm drawing all the time, but never show it. So, here's to an even better year than the last and a stronger relationship with my virtual sketchbook!

On the left you'll see a tattoo design (that I sincerely hope the boyfriend will use) based on Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series--please disregard the fact that I drew a blue whale as opposed to a sperm whale--it will be fixed if a certain someone decides to permanently place this on their body. And on the right is a sketch for for an illustration I'd like to complete based on a goddess of the stars.

The ideas represented on the left are probably copyrighted to the Douglas Adams' estate... and they most certainly don't belong to me.

Back from the dead!

Whoa... it has been way to long, but you know what internet? I'm not sorry, and let me tell you why. I wasn't avoiding you on purpose--I promise--I was inking a graphic novel--that's right a real life book that's going to be published and put on sale in a store near you! The book is titled 'All Saints Day' and it was drawn by SCAD's own Dove McHargue. It's the sequel to the crime noir hit 'Past Lies' so go pick up a copy now to get ready for the ASD release on November 2. Now I know what you're thinking, dear internet, but rest assured, I'll remind you when the book comes out so that you can go get your very own copy on the day it hits shelves.

Finally, here's your consolation prize! Don't ask me where it comes from, but for some reason I just felt like drawing a ridiculously cute tiger and elephant diptych. Just run with it.

Some floorplans and concepts for my revision of StrangeHearted. Also, some dude from a coffeeshop... fun times. And look, my flight info!

More sketchbookishness! On the left are some characters from a rather-campy-but-still-a-fun-read entitled "The Fall of Atlantis" by Marion Zimmer Bradley and on the right is one of my greatest inventions ever--it's going to be the next legendary bird in Pokemon, I just know it.

Domaris, Deoris, Micon, Reio-ta, Rajasta, Demira, Riveda, Karahama, and Maleina (c) Marion Zimmer Bradley (namely someone else that is not me)

But Turkapus is totally mine--so don't steal. I'm looking at you Nintendo.

More characters... from another completely different story. One of these days... I'm actually going to write all these stories... Anyway, on the right you'll see the way I come up with poses generally involves lots of little silhouettes and then picking which one looks coolest. Also on that side you can see my to-do list, which is a little too long for my taste.

Sorry for the swing and a miss last week, but the interwebs haven't been working so well at the homestead. Anyway, here's more Sketchy McSketches! On the left you'll see some characters from yet another story that's been bouncing round my head and on the right, for no reason in particular, a rather cartoony geisha that I had a lot of fun with, as I usually do :)

I am determined to be better. I think Comics' Art Forum gave me a new perspective on just how much work I need to do--despite school, despite my crap job, and despite life in general. Here's to creative discipline! May it keep me forever focused!

Anywho, here are some characters from a story that's been puttering around in my head: