Glob Hammercy!

I really liked the sketch when I initially did it and thought that it would be a shame for it not to have a proper background.  This way, I didn't have to do a fully realized background that probably wouldn't fit the rest of the drawing, and give it a more print/illustrative type feel...which I definitely love.  And if you're not familiar with Adventure Time....then shame on you.

Fionna, Cake, Gunter, B-Mo and some random Gumdrops

I decided to deviate a little from the color palette that I'm used to to give this a more bright and sugary sort of feel.  Gotta say that I sort of love this color combination.  I should do more bright (and possibly neon-y) colors in future pieces.

And as always, this 11" x 17" print is available for purchase.  Just head on over to my Prints and Commissions link and you can purchase this one or some of my past prints there.  And if you're not following me either on Facebook or Tumblr, then you probably should rectify that mistake.  Until next time!

Without Wax,

-Charles

Girl on a Vespa

Well looky looky here...I finally finished something!  As cool as it is to draw fanart of other comics, cartoons, movies and games...its nice once in a while to just draw something else.  It cleanses the palette I guess.

I always dread having to draw trees because I always tend to make them just look like broccoli really.  I've been trying and experimenting with different ways and techniques, but really, I just want to get to the point where I can render leaves and not have it just look like a glob.  I think that I'm slowly getting there.  I think that this was one of my favorite pieces to do in a while.  

If you're interested in purchasing this 11" x 17" print or any others that I've done in the past, you should hit up the Commissions and Prints link at the top (or just click the link I just posted).

I'm supposed to be doing a coloring tutorial to show my coloring process, but I'm totally slacking on that.  Don't worry, its going to get done, I just have so many other things on my plate right now.  But to make up for that deficiency, I made an animated gif of my process.  It's extremely dumbed down, but you get the gist of it.

On to the next one!

Without Wax,

-Charles

Glob Hammercy! (Fionna & Cake) sketch

Ughh, after countless redraws and throw aways, I finally came up with something that I finally like.  Granted, some things definitely need tweaking here and there, I do like the overall result.  I even flirted with the idea of putting a background in there....but who knows what I'll do to this when I try and finish it.

Without Wax,

-Charles

Girl On A Vespa (sketch)

I'll go out on a limb saying that about 80% of my art is re-imagined fanart of existing characters...which is cool I guess.  And since leaving AwesomeCon, I've been looking up other conventions (smaller ones...hey, you gotta crawl before you walk), and I stumbled across an anime convention that is pretty local that I'm going to go to.  But one of the requirements for being an artist in the artist's alley was that only 50% of the work that you display can be fanart, and the other has to be original.  If I was still working on my webcomic, I wouldn't have an issue with that, because that is what I would show, but currently I'm not.  And just about all of my recent stuff has been fanart.

So, I have to diversity.

And I have no problems with that at all.  I like drawing other random things that have nothing to do with comics or cartoons at all.

I hope that this turns out awesome when I finally get around to coloring/inking this so it can be a great print.

As far as my webcomic goes, I still love everything about Redux Deluxe, and I'm still going to do it, just in a completely different format with a slightly reworked story.  I mean, not everything I do has to be pinups and prints, right?

Without Wax,

-Charles

Atlantis & AwesomeCon DC

I seriously wish I had taken some photos of my trip to AwesomeCon this past weekend.  I mainly went there to get a feel for how conventions are and to see if I myself could possibly attend one as an artist...and I left feeling very positive about it.  I finally got an opportunity to put some real faces to the names I see online all of the time.  I learned a lot from my brief correspondences and talks with Penelope Gaylord (who is equally nice in person) and Chris Flick of the webcomic Capes and Babes.  It was an awesome experience, and I can't wait to attend the convention next year...but this time as an artist in the Artist's Alley.  The whole experience...just gave me a renewed focus as to what I need and should be doing.

Coming back from that, I couldn't wait to finish this Kida from Disney's Atlantis and start on the next thing.

And as always, if you're interested in purchasing this print or others of mine, you can do so right here.

I'm excited for the rest of this year's Con season, and I'm looking forward to some that I can attend this year as an actual artist!

Without Wax,

-Charles