Jinkies!!

Okay, lets go ahead and put it out there...I LOVE nerds. Kinda helps that I am one too. One of my favorite characters from my childhood who always gets overlooked is Velma from Scooby Doo. Ranking cartoons from my childhood from most favorite to least, Scooby Doo (the originial) ranks very high up there...behing Transformers, Voltron, Thundercats and He-Man though...but besting G.I. Joe. Velma was that one you can always count on. Sure Daphne was supposed to be the eye candy, but she was all beauty, barely any substance. She was smart, witty, and always figured out the case. And out of the whole bunch, she was the least likely to be scared, because she knew that there was a scientific reason behind everything. And you know, underneath those seemingly big glasses and that oversized turtleneck sweater, there was a vixen somewhere. That's right, Velma is my cartoon crush. Scooby snacks?? Please...Velma's the real treat of the show.

Making Strides

Lately, I've been making illustrations for art competitions over on a drawing message board. While it was cool at first, it doesn't seem like something that I want to continue with or appears to be productive to me. Actually, its counterproductive. So I think this may be my last entry for those.

While its unfortunate, the basic premise allowed me to keep drawing and pushing further. And even without that, I'm going to continue to do so without the restrictions and boundaries of a set drawing competition. This will let me be able to draw whatever it is that I want, and plus I'll be able to draw more in the long run. And without the scheduling problems the drawoff makes as a side effect, I'm able to devote more time to my webcomic, which surely needs all the time it can get. With that said, I'm posting here the last two entries that I've done for the drawing competition.

First, is the Transformers piece that I posted not too long ago with some changes. Its not perfect, and while I do wish I could add more to it, I'm just going to let it fly just the way it is.


Secondly, is my favorite one of the last few that I've done. The topic was 'under the sea', and this is what I came up with:


As always, clicking on the pictures will enable you to see them bigger with more clarity.

On the drawing boards, both of these were losing efforts, for whatever reason. I've received comments that my pictures are 'too dark', my shadows are too dark (I thought thats what shadows meant...who knew?), my colors are 'muddy', my pictures are 'gimmicky', and that it doesn't represent 'comic art' (whatever that means). Well, whatever. I draw for me, and only me. None of them pay me to draw, so I really don't need to cater to them and draw what they like. Its my art...and if they don't like it then fine.

You can't please everyone all the time, so when it comes to art, I'm only pleasing two people from now on, myself, and the person that the artwork is for.

A Storm is Coming

I had this face in my sketchbook for like months, but never did anything with it...so I decided to draw in a body and turn her into Storm of the X-Men. Nothing really too exciting here, just practicing coloring in Photoshop. I'm trying to draw more often, and hopefully I'll get better and better...well, thats the plan anyway. Hope you enjoy.

Redux Deluxe Pages Preview

So, keeping up with my webcomic (I have to...can't give it up now), I decided to redraw all of the pages that I previously had but never uploaded them. And just for your viewing pleasure, here are the preview of them...sans text however. Hopefully its easy to understand without the text, but with it, it will make it that much better. And, if you would love to see more of my webcomic Redux Deluxe, check out my site at ReduxDeluxe.co.cc. This year its gonna be mandatory to get a more legitimate domain, but doing a comic pro-bono means that I gotta use pro-bono servers...at least for now. Enjoy the preview pages!!

Back With the Pencil and Pad...

Seems like I've been gone forever. Well, technically, I kinda have. I guess in the grand scheme of things, thats both good and bad. The bad part is that I haven't been able to update my blog as much as I would want and need to. But the good is that the time I spent away from it wasn't all for naught. I was actually drawing while I was away from my blog (I was!!! I promise) and trying to get better and get my inspiration back. Some art projects that I've started on my own haven't seen any fruition, mostly because of me putting them aside, but that's going to all change.

I'm not big on resolutions, mainly because I never stick to them. But I'm making this a focus to get much better at what I do artistically, and that means drawing on a more consistent basis...whatever it is that may be. First thing is to get rid of that horrendous blog banner at the top. I put all of my energy in creating banners for others, that mine just looks like garbage. Real thought and time will have to be put into mine, because its a damn shame that the ones I create for others make mine look like trash.

Secondly, Redux Deluxe. I was all hype about creating it, and I did, got off to a bumpy start, and never really went back to it. I have been drawing pages for it, but I wasn't too fond of where it was going both art wise and story, so I scrapped it. But the webcomic is still on, and this week will see me starting new pages for it. I even created a new image for a visual redesign of one of the main characters:



With the new pages, art is going to be a major focus as well as telling a good and entertaining story. When thats up and running, I'll be sure to spread the word.

And here is some other random stuff that I've been working on lately...








This next one is a Work In Progress for a drawoff on an art board. The topic is Transformers, and instead of doing the typical Optimus Prime v. Megatron pic, I decided to use my favorite Transformer, Soundwave and Starscream. I never understood how Soundwave, who was a boombox, was the same size as all the other Transformers that were jets, cars, tanks, trucks and all of that. But he was definitely the best cause he had cassettes who were also Transformers. You can't beat that. Alot of this is subject to change, and I'll post the final one shortly.