Character Design - Knockout Mouse

So basically, I was reading an article about a "knockout mouse" (which is totally a real thing, thank you wikipedia) and thought, "That would be a cool name for a cartoon." So I came up with this guy. I was trying to create a character that was definitely not cute and did not resemble a certain famous cartoon mouse in any way. I guess I succeeded. I wouldn't want to meet this mouse in a dark alley.

Vintage Women

Taking a break from monsters and superheroes for a moment to try my hand at some old-fashioned ladies.

New Pencil-to-Ink Comparisons

New Stuff

The Process - Drawing Swamp Thing

Hey guys. I started working on a new picture today, and I thought it would be cool to take pictures of it in each stage so you can see how I work. Here goes. . .









I've been reading some old 70's Swamp Thing comics lately, and I thought it would be cool to try my hand at drawing this poor, misunderstood monster. So I start with a simple sketch, like the one shown above (the arrow indicates the direction of my imaginary light source).














Next, I refine the initial sketch and start adding detail and shading.













After I've finished refining the picture in pencil, I start inking. I generally use a size 0 brush for outlining and small details, and a 9 to fill in the larger black areas.













Finally, I sometimes like to apply a little ink mixed with water to a picture. It just adds extra tone and dimension to the overall work, and it works especially well on something that is supposed to look creepy or scary, like our moldy plant friend here. Anyway, that's my process. Pretty much as low-tech as you can get!

Various Works

A random compilation of some of my work created over the past year.

Some Monsters, a Superhero, and a Girl

Ok, so that sounds like the title of a bad sitcom. Or maybe the most awesome sitcom of all time. I'd watch it. Either way, here's a random assemblage of some of my new work.

Batman and Villains

Here are some inked drawings of Batman and a few his famous enemies. I think Two-Face turned out the best. And by best, I mean the grossest looking.

Swift the Raccoon

Here's a website for a food service management company, specifically for public schools. Why should you be interested in this, you might ask? Well look at that unbearably adorable little raccoon in the corner. See him? I created that guy. My first paying gig as an artist. Aren't you proud?

http://www.schoolflair.com/

The Search For the Golden Joe

In case you haven't seen it before, I present you with the premiere work from Jerkbag Productions - "The Search For the Golden Joe: Act One." In full, glorious HD splendor. It's pretty good except for the main character, Kevin the Loner. Man, that guy looks like an idiot.

The Search For the Golden Joe: Act One from Jerkbag Productions on Vimeo.

Strato-Boy Returns! - New comics for your delight or dismay

Hey guys. Here are my newly completed Strato-Boy pages. I'm going to be submitting my work to various comic book companies pretty soon, but you can be the first to view it right here! Don't you just feel all warm and gooey inside?

- Note: These pages are all xeroxes, not the originals (which were too large to be scanned). So alot of the pages
are marked with gray areas
and scratchy lines from the
copy machines. Sorry!

Strato-Boy characters!

So here's pretty much all the characters I've created so far for the "Strato-Boy universe." These are the character designs to go along with my comic book submissions. Heroes, villains, good-looking lady types - it's all here.

The Space Monkey

I drew this thing and it's completely ridiculous, random, and pointless.

But it made me laugh.

More random ink stuff

Some of these were too big for my scanner, so I had to crop them.

Some Star Wars stuff

Girls

I just decided to put some of these pictures up so it wouldn't seem like I'm incapable of drawing something that is not hideous or muscle bound.

Sketchbook stuff

Some of these were drawn for a class. . . and some were drawn during class when I probably should have been doing something else.

Random ink stuff

Some things I've made over the past year.

Colored type stuff!

So I don't usually do work in color, but I started playing around and I thought this stuff turned out pretty cool.

Strato-Boy #2: The Girl