Sword Born

I finally got around to coloring this guy and had a lot of fun doing so. There is a lot going on in this image but my favorite thing is what most people noticed last :). 

another progress gif 

Captain Bad Cat

Thought I'd try something different and create this almost entirely with the pen tool and layer styles in photoshop, part from a couple color overlays and filters for texture here and there.

I've never created a gif of my progress before and I have to say it was very interesting to see what little changes happened over the course of coloring it. 

Baltimore Comic-Con

This past weekend I had the pleasure of driving down for the Baltimore Comic-Con. I met up with some old friends and we hit the ground running. Traversing the crowds of sweaty fans to meet some very talented artists including Adam Hughes and Mike Mignola. I even managed to uncover something very special, a page from a 1905 collection of Winsor McCay comic strips!

"Little Sammy Sneeze" - by Winsor McCay - 1905 

Cheers to Adventure and New Art

Cheers to Adventure 9.5" W x 13" H 

Hi everyone, I usually don't go in for abstract art but I found this image incredibly thought provoking and had to have it, plus my studio space is overflowing with art books but my walls are sadly vacant. So I wanted to share this fantastic print that I purchased from a good friend of mine, Emily Rickard. She's a phenomenal designer and all around sweet person so be sure to visit her society 6 page for iPhone cases and throw pillows and everything in-between and her Etsy page for originals and hand signed Giclee prints. Be sure to enter to win a free signed print here as well! 

http://emilyrickard.blogspot.com/2013/08/print-giveaway.html

Etsy http://www.etsy.com/shop/emmyrickard

Society 6 http://society6.com/emilyrickard

Line work for new personal piece

I've been working on this off and on between projects and it's finally ready for color!

Truck trailer design

Smith's Dairy has released their awesome new 52 foot truck trailer that I designed. 

Here is the side graphic along with the trailer door graphic. 

Created in Illustrator 

Sketches for side project

Character sketches for a new unannounced side project that Chris and I are working on.

Sweet Calendar

Received this great calendar in the mail a couple of days ago.It depicts twelve pinup gals based on each astrological sign, designed by the fantastic Bill Presing. Each page is detachable for your framing pleasure and has his description and sketches on the back.Gallery Nucleus is hosting an exhibition of the original art and selling signed copies.

So hurry up and get yours!

http://www.gallerynucleus.com/gallery/exhibition/385

Few Remains new look

Few Remain has a new logo and splash page! You can now join our list of survivors and follow our development on our next game. www.fewremain.com

Pacific Rim

So my older brother talked me into doing a design your own Jaeger contest that IGN was having for the release of Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim. I know the contest is for a Jaeger (robot) design but I couldn't help making a Kaiju (monster) too. You can find the other entries here http://microsites.ign.com/pacificrim/

This particular Jaeger is known as Forge and it delivers one hot punch! 

Proof of concept

Trying to feel out how our next game will look. It's going to be a side scroller with simple 3D environments and 2D animation. The top image is how it might look in game and bottom being how I plan to set everything up. 

Lines

Some lines for a new personal piece. 

Join the Herd!

Finally Herd of Heroes is finished and out there for all your favorite mobile devices! If you didn't know Herd of Heroes is a mobile game that my brother and I have been working on for nearly eight months  for Smith's Dairy. We're super excited to finally be sharing this with you and hope you enjoy playing it as much as we enjoyed creating it.

You can find it in the iTunes store, Amazon store and Google play store. 

www.herdofheroes.com   www.facebook.com/herdofheroes

Can be found with these links as well.

here are some in-game screenshots 

Spoiler Alert!

Beyond this point I have posted some final artwork along with preliminary concepts of the game that may spoil some surprises.

humble beginnings 

 final homescreen 

 fully unlocked level selection map 

Heroes!

final heroes vectored in illustrator

first concept of the herd (face palm)

second pass on Hooved Justice   

Sprites 

all animation was done in flash     

some hero sprites

saw bot sprite sheet

25 pieces of flare

Dr. Fizz

Dr. Fizz is the herds nemesis and the reason your journey begins.

You can clearly see his progression from his initial concept on the top to his final on the bottom.

Also if you don't play our game then your no longer my friend :p

Dusting off the paints

16x20 oil on board

So I haven't touched my oil paints since college but when my uncle asked me to paint a portrait of a recently deceased colleague of his I couldn't say no. I have never thought of myself as a painter but I think this might of rekindled my interest in painting. Hopefully I'll be posting more traditional work in the future.

Gamer Boy

This is the product of an idea that my brother and I were throwing around. Basically a young hero covered in video game nostalgia.

Had fun redesigning the classic "winners don't use drugs" logo.