Draw or Die

Old Cingular Wireless commercial

2011-12-20T18:00:00.001-08:00

Just found this on youtube. Reason it's important to me is because is not only did i draw some storyboards for it but I included 'Butch' my little Boston Terrier buddy from childhood in the board.

Cadbury

2011-11-30T07:41:00.001-08:00

Love this one too... music makes it for me...this was fun to storyboard.

Cadbury Dairy Milk "Icons" from Brand New School on Vimeo.

Brand New School: Philips: Perfectcare

2011-11-30T07:37:00.001-08:00

I did storyboards for this spot. The final came out great! love the wave/fold at the end. sweet!

Philips PerfectCare from Brand New School on Vimeo.

Drawings

2011-08-11T09:55:00.001-07:00

Drawings, a set on Flickr.

Some old drawings from a sketch session.

Wayback Machine

2011-05-29T08:48:00.002-07:00

Here are some childhood drawings of GI JOE characters in various scenes. Please note that at 12 or 13 years old I had already killed off Cobra Commander. Ahead of my time I guess...Other drawings were done at about 15 years old.

Cobra Commander dead?!?

Tomax and Xamot

Snowjob, Iceberg and Frostbite(?)

Wetsuit

Flint and Dailtone

The three mustachio'd Bushwackers - Leatherneck, Recondo and Gung-ho!

Lowlight coming to rescue Gen. Hawk.

A coup in progress...

and Snake

Scarlett

2011-05-17T20:58:00.001-07:00

Quick sketch of Scarlett. I don't really do pinups. I do enjoy drawing characters I like and I never met a GI JOE I didn't like. One day I'll post some gi joe drawings I did as a teenager. This is my version of Scarlett and not based on any toy that I know of.

Snake-Eyes

2011-05-17T12:52:00.000-07:00

Another favorite GI JOE character. I have him equipped with a Glock g18c and an H&K MP7.

Made by Bree and her sister, Designed by IKEA

2011-03-14T18:04:00.000-07:00

Yet another commercial I boarded for BNS.

Hayabusa Inks

2011-02-25T19:56:00.000-08:00

Did some inks on this drawing I posted some

time ago... All inks done in manga studio 4ex.

Tia Maria

2011-02-10T14:59:00.000-08:00

Here's an AD i worked on last year with Zoe Cassavetes. It's for Tia Maria.

Also, i'm posting the making of where you can see how they use my shooting boards to set up their shots and film the commercial. pretty neat!

and the making off...

This was the second spot I worked on with Zoe Cassavetes. Lot of fun.

BBC Electric Proms

2010-11-08T22:17:00.000-08:00

Really love how this came out. I did storyboards for it sometime last month for Brand New School.

BBC "Electric Proms" from Brand New School on Vimeo.

Mickey Dees

2010-10-12T08:16:00.000-07:00

Here's a Mcdonalds spot I boarded last spring. Haven't seen this on TV yet... not sure where it's running.

McDonalds "McChoice" from Brand New School on Vimeo.

NYC reloaded

2010-08-11T19:38:00.000-07:00

I've had this drawing on my hard drive for a few months. I did the initial sketch in photoshop and did the final drawing in Manga Studio 4EX using a wacom tablet. One of these days I hope to get myself a cintiq. I imagine this work going quicker with the cintiq.

I wasn't sure I wanted to finish this drawing. Felt that it was missing something... In an alternate take I added another person in the foreground but it looked crowded so took that out. I guess this is it. I might add some extra M4 magazines on the ground around here...maybe another rifle resting against the roof edge.. maybe some rain effects... then color. Let's see how long that takes!

Baroness

2010-03-30T14:36:00.001-07:00

Been a fan since childhood. I'll round up some of my old drawings throughout the years of the Joes and post them.

She's got An AK47 and a H&K USP with suppressor(Gemtech).

Color

2010-03-24T19:25:00.001-07:00

Here's a quick color of "Kahr". I'm not much of a colorist but usually like to color some pieces when the mood strikes...

She's Holding a Kahr

2010-03-24T14:02:00.000-07:00

Here's a little piece I did recently in Manga Studio Debut 4.0. The first image is my original Sketch done in photoshop. The second is a more refined sketch with a possible color direction also in photoshop. Third is my finished drawing in which I used Manga Studio Debut. I love the drawing tools in this program. nice and streamlined. nice workflow.

I might still go in and play with the background a bit but I'm happy with it right now...

She's holding a KAHR PM45 pistol.

More Commercials I worked on...

2010-02-06T18:41:00.001-08:00

I love TV. I boarded a bunch of spots for BRAND NEW SCHOOL last year and they've been appearing on TV the last few months.

I think the CLEAR spots aired in the Portland market...

Jack Daniel's "Label Story": "Proud" from Brand New School on Vimeo.

Jack Daniel's "Label Story": "Simple Holiday" from Brand New School on Vimeo.

Clear "Subway" from Brand New School on Vimeo.

Clear "Dogpark" from Brand New School on Vimeo.

Clear "Park" from Brand New School on Vimeo.

Sketch for the day

2010-01-14T12:10:00.001-08:00

More Manga Studio fun...

Iron Man B/W

2010-01-04T14:20:00.000-08:00

Finished The Iron Man Story a few weeks ago. Was a lot of fun. It helps to be an Iron Man Fan. I really love the armor design.

Workflow was the usual drill - photoshop/painter for layouts, inks done with Brush, nibs, with lots of cleanup in photoshop and Manga Studio. I'm very happy with the final results.

Golden Globes

2009-12-20T11:57:00.000-08:00

Here are some sketches I did for the Golden Globes poster. Needless to say they did not pick these. Oh well...

Some recent commercials

2009-12-12T14:42:00.001-08:00

Here are two spots I worked on this past summer. lot of fun.

Bud Light Golden Wheat "Huge" - Director's Cut from Brand New School on Vimeo.

Jack Daniel's "Label Story": "Old No. 7" from Brand New School on Vimeo.

I'll post the actual boards when I find them.

Preparing for IRON MAN

2009-11-10T06:35:00.001-08:00

I recently picked up a 22 page Iron Man story. I get to pencil and ink(which is what i've always wanted) shellhead in all his armored glory. Below is a sketch by me trying to familiarize myself with one of his more recent armor designs. It's very tough trying to find enough reference shots from all angles. I'm not sure what the back of the armor looks like... guess i'll only draw him facing camera.

Playing with new software.

2009-10-07T09:25:00.000-07:00

Playing around with Manga Studio EX. I really like the brushes.

Hayabusa

2009-08-18T18:23:00.001-07:00

I like motorcycles....I will probably go to inks on this in a bit. Gonna try to do it all in Painter 11.

Commercial - ALIGN

2009-07-08T06:25:00.000-07:00

I did Storyboards for this spot produced by Brand New School.

seems the video was removed from youtube. sorry.

Herc Inks

2009-06-25T21:15:00.000-07:00

Meh, i don't know... i guess it's ok.

Herculoids

2009-05-27T15:10:00.001-07:00

Hope to finish this someday.

GunGirls(and Knife) Color

2009-03-15T10:10:00.000-07:00

Ok. Did some colors on this. I'm ok with it. I don't want to go any further with it. I like it!

I kinda like the sketch better but what are you gonna do.

GunGirls Inks

2009-03-10T15:42:00.000-07:00

Inked the sketch. Need to do some clean up. hopefully colors soon.

GunGirls

2009-03-05T20:53:00.000-08:00

Working on a drawing today. Hope to go to inks then color.

Wish I could paint like these guys...

2009-03-02T18:20:00.000-08:00

Below is some inspiration I grabbed from the net. These are two of my favorite painters - Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida and William Merritt Chase.

Sorrola is a master with light and wet. I feel the sunlight is these beach paintings. Just gorgeous stuff! I see a lot of John Singer Sargent in his work. I'll never paint like this but they are always great to look at. Long live the impressionist.

William Merritt Chase

This painting is in the Brooklyn Musseum. I need
to check it out again. it's been a while...

Some Speed Painting

2009-02-28T18:52:00.000-08:00

So I can't paint. Never could in school. So i'm going to start painting. i feel incomplete without it. Thanks for the nudge Nik. I'm doing these in painter 'x'. pretty fun so far...

small sketch

2009-02-20T15:14:00.000-08:00

Found an old sketchbook and saw this sketch of Dawn. She had just gotten her hair done. I think we were visiting our friend Kelly in the hospital. I forget why she was there.

Soon!

2009-02-20T09:28:00.000-08:00

I will have drawings posted on this blog soon. Hopefully before the year is out. um... yeah...

Keeping Track of things...

2009-02-15T13:52:00.002-08:00

So I've been keeping myself busy lately with little projects. I recently picked up a new camera(nikon D90) and I'm really enjoying getting out there and taking pictures. I'm still learning how to use the camera. I want my picture taking to be more instinct rather then fumbling around for the right settings in different situations.

Another thing I've been doing is searching the net for old work. Most of this is 3D work I did for TV and WEB.

First up is a Branding piece I did for Tyra Banks' Bankable Productions. I built this bank vault in Lightwave 3D. The model was used for both Web, Print and TV.

http://www.tyrabanks.com/

Wireframes

Beauty Render

All that work for this??

Next up is Chris Webber's website. I modeled the basketball and created several animated transitions that were used to link the different parts of his site.
http://chriswebber.com/

My final site is something I did for Hair Stylist Oscar James. I think this was the first site I did 3D stuff for. still kinda cool. For this one I modeled an Orchid and again, created several animated transitions.

http://oscarjames.com/

Wireframes

Commercials

2009-01-21T13:19:00.000-08:00

So i've been searching hi and low for tv commercials that I've boarded. These are just a few of the ones that i've been able to find. Along with the actual filmed commercials, I will be posting the boards(If I have them)below so you can see what was used. It's a fun process.

PUMA

Infiniti FX

Motorola Razr: Transformer
I do not have the boards for this spot. It's a favorite. I not only did I have to board out the general action but needed to also sketch out all the transformations for the 3d guys.

AVON: Bond Girl 007

SuperKong

2008-12-04T21:15:00.000-08:00

These two pieces were for a pitch I worked on last summer. I don't get to color all that much so these were fun to do.

Nissan 350Z

2008-07-02T14:46:00.001-07:00

Another car i really love is the 350Z. I think I love it because it's such a tunable car. Some of the aftermarket parts are incredible. It has a nice racey look in stock form which is what I am modeling. I'm using various pictures from the web as reference.

Some more 3d

2008-06-30T10:07:00.001-07:00

Been a while since I've posted anything. I've boarded a few commercials that are airing now. Be on the lookout for the new Chase bank commericals. They all start with a tight zoom in shot on a Chase product(card,site) and end with a wideshot showing people enjoying the Chase product.

Below are some jpegs I found on the hardrive. Bunch of 3d stuff from the recent past.

Some Zbrush sketching.

Female Model done in Modo 204.

Old Game Character and weapons I modeled for the UT2k4 engine.

I love mini coopers! Modeled in XSI4.

Morris Mini Cooper 1275s Rally

2008-05-31T22:08:00.000-07:00

Some screen caps and test renders of a 1967 Mini Cooper Rally I've been working on. It's only half done. I intend to model the chassis along with engine block, race seats, suspension, brakes, hubs etc...

one of these days i'll finish it.

NY COMIC-CON 2008

2008-04-19T21:34:00.001-07:00

Went to the NY COMIC CON this weekend. Was great seeing old friend and meeting new people. From the look of things from the convention floor, the show was a success. Very enthusiastic crowds rushing about visiting their favorite artist, buying a new toy or getting their game on at the ps3 game stations. Even I had a few people recognize my name(on my con badge) from past work I had done for Marvel and DC Comics.

There were lots of electronic media buzzing about documenting the scene.

Here are some snaps of friend I saw at the show... wish I had taken more!

oh! There was even a Klaus Janson sighting...neat!

Rich Faber - Always looking to make a deal.

Ivan Brandon and Andy Macdonald - Looking sharp and very busy.

Jamar Nicholas - Phillie's Finest

Chris "Hollywood" Bailey and Scott Cohn.

Needs no introduction...

The man, the Legend, Joe illidge holding his new book Ayre Force.

Shawn Martinbrough - Illustrator of Ayre Force.

Rich and Mike Manley.

Tony Moore hard at work on some sketches.

Jesus Walks....

more girl, more gun!

2008-04-16T15:38:00.001-07:00

more more more...

Working with your Idols

2008-03-29T21:24:00.000-07:00

There was an 'electronic' discussion between friends about working with favorite artist and so I dug out some old pages from past jobs that were inked by childhood favorties.

First up is Klaus Janson. He inked me on my first cover Titans Cover(i think this is my DC Cover) and a couple of Green Arrow pages. I was really honored that he would ink these. Along with being one of my all-time favorite artist in the world, Klaus was one of my Teachers at SVA. I've loved his worked since forever....

Green-Arrow

Here's a page inked by Sal Buscema. He's the Brother of John Buscema. Sal is a pros pro. He can do anything and was fortunate to have him ink me. I was always a fan of his work for Marvel Comics back in the day. He inked me on many different books for DC Comics but this page is a random favorite!

Tom Palmer is another giant in the comics industry. Just a fantastic inker who has inked just about everyone but my first taste of his work was over John Buscema on 'The Avengers' from Marvel Comics. Most recently, Tom and I teamed up for the an eight issue Avengers book from Marvel titles' Earth Mightiest Heroes 2'.

These pages are from the first time he inked me on Detective Comics. It was my first time drawing Batman(ever!).

Page 1

Page 22

And finally here is a page from a 10 pager that I penciled and inked myself.

Gun Control - Color Sketch

2008-03-06T20:57:00.001-08:00

So I took the sketch I did a few days ago and inked it in Painter then threw in some color. I don't color that often so my knowledge of color theory is pretty poor and I usually pick the same colors. I just color for fun and prefer flat color. The inking in Painter was pretty basic. I made a few 'inking' nibs for myself and they give me an 'ok' line. Still feel that there is room for some tweaks on the nibs.

quickie

2008-03-05T17:55:00.000-08:00

Some Pen&ink+color.

Gun Control

2008-03-04T09:08:00.001-08:00

Wasp

2008-02-28T14:07:00.000-08:00

Here's the Wasp from the Avengers. She has hundreds costumes. I picked this one. Less is more.

Black Canary

2008-02-27T21:55:00.001-08:00

more DC sketch Fun.

Angel and Ape

2008-02-27T13:19:00.000-08:00

Here's a sketch of some old DC characters, Angel and the Ape. Ape is named Sam Simeon. He's a Detective/Cartoonist and together with Angel O'day they fight crime. I actually don't know if these characters are still being used but they look fun.

Pixol Clay

2008-02-21T14:07:00.000-08:00

So i've had Zbrush for a while but never felt comfortable using it. It has a funky UI and some weird workflow issues, but after a few hours of sitting and playing I think I've overcome the initial bumps and find that the program is actually pretty simple to use.

Zbrush is a 2.5d/3D painting/sculpting program. With it, you have the ability to carve, scrape, push and pull your 3d model into shape. It's a lot of fun.

Here are some pics of a sculpt I'm working on based on my Samurai character from a few post ago. The base mesh was modeled and optimized for a game engine, so it has a low poly count. I imported the base mesh into zbrush and divided the mesh up to 2million polys. The original count was in the neighborhood of 1000 polys.

Started with this mesh modeled in Lightwave 3D.

Wax Shader in Zbrush

Wet Clay Shader

Quikie #2

2008-01-31T20:29:00.000-08:00

more gun play...

Stuff from the files

2008-01-30T14:10:00.000-08:00

I've been looking through my hard drives and found some old concept sketches for an FPS mod I was working on with a few friends. Not a shooter exactly since the toons were using ancient Japanese weapons. My job here was to come up with the sketches and then model them in a 3d program, texture, skin then import them into the Source engine(Half-Life 2). Never got that far but was till fun to have a go at game design. The subject matter is right up my alley--Ninjas and samurai are win-win in my book?

Avengers Assemble

2008-01-13T09:38:00.000-08:00

Here's an Avengers sketch I did recently based on a JLA sketch I did 10 years earlier.

Last year I finished penciling Earth's Mightiest Heroes 2 mini-series written by Joe Casey for Marvel. It was a lot of fun to work on because the Avengers were my favorite book when I was a kid. I was more a fan of the late 70's edition of the group which included Ms. Marvel, Wonder-man, Falcon, Beast along with Cap, Iron-man, Yellow-Jacket and Ant-man.

Hussar Hussy

2008-01-10T11:54:00.001-08:00

Here's a take on the French Hussar from Napoleonic times. I'm not sure about the French here. I used bablefish to translate "my Whirlwind attack is a bitch!". Hopefully it reads that way.

Her swords are more like Katana blades then the normal Saber. Maybe i'll change it later.

Here's the pen sketch. Started roughing out the pose.

Another shot at a blog

2008-01-09T15:13:00.000-08:00

Here's my second attempt at a blog. I'm not much of a writer so i'll just post drawings.

Here's a typical sketch I would do showcasing my love for guns, girls in a S.W.A.T theme.
I hope to be able to update this blog as much as i can with sketches and other types of work.