THE MASTER OF MAGNETISM

Been watching a LOT of 90's X-Men recently. Why? Because it rules, and it's on Netflix. I FINALLY saw the episode where this internet classic came from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9fspn3w0PM

Superhero anatomy is craaaaazy. Why does everyone have a six-pack? EVEN THE LADIES?! Trying to experiment with different styles here (still) because I really hate my normal stuff :/
I do like how these came out. And the research for adapting this style to what I'm doing now is fairly simple- watch more superhero cartoons! A solution even I can live with :D
Expect Gambit art in the near future, cuz he's my favourite Cajun.

intoxicated figures

Oh man, I am terrible at updating this thing.... seriously.

Playing around with posemaniacs.com timed drawings today... 45-60 second intervals:

Anyway, it's 105 F outside, and my roommate and I figured it would be a good day to goof off and drink several Long Island Iced Teas today in the comfort of our AC. Never a bad idea, in my opinion. Except when he sneezes on my cat. That's just bad news for everyone.

Thought I would get some figure drawing in while I am at it, mostly to see just how well 64 bit Photoshop performs with my brand-spanking new system (including... Core i5 processor, 6870 series Radeon graphics card, and a motherboard that supports up to 32 gb of DDR3 memory. Awwww yeah). It's pretty damn good. We're also coming up with ideas for a totally bonkers web comic. More on that to come! Gosh, we are productive drunks!!

I'm going to start weekly updates, I think. At least some figure drawing so you all remember I am alive lol. My phone even has a blogger app, so this really should not be an issue... and yet it is. HMMM.

Anyway, till next time! (Hopefully soon!!)

Got a Black Magic Woman... In progress.

... a sorceress of some kind? She's not quite a Charlie Sheen warlock, but probably pretty evil. Anything is possible. Honestly, I thought I was going to post something Stargate SG-1 related. Netflix has the whole series on Instant Play, so it's pretty much all I have been watching for the past 3 weeks. There actually was a whole page of Daniel Jacksons being created earlier ... but that was scrapped pretty early.

Also, I've taken up playing WoW again... I don't know how I convinced myself that was a good idea, but I have somehow...
Anyway, I'm on Nazjatar server and have been leveling a Goblin Shaman named Winzigi (Because winzig means tiny in German. And you see, goblins are TINY. AHAHAhaha...ha. So fucking clever, I tell you.) So if anyone who reads this plays... come play with me, dammit.
I've been gearing up to apply at Boston area game companies, as well as trying to organize a summer trip to the west coast to check out studios. Maybe around August for PAX Seattle... Comic-con is not happening this year, mostly due to my own idiocy. I can't believe I forgot what time passes went on sale... and then they sold out so quickly. :(

So, I need to get a job that is not directly dealing with the public. Basically call center BLOWS, and I have no time to do any sketching while I'm there. I started a sketch book when I got hired, and I haven't even filled it half way yet. SHAAAAME. It really is just a paycheck, but it's scary to see how easily one could fall into the trap of working for them for waaaay too many years. I mean, there are some people who have been taking abuse from total champions on the phone for 10+ years. I wouldn't wish that on anyone.

So I am now redesigning my website and building some more illustration stuff, then I will be dumping copies of my resume from a plane all over the country. That's the plan anyway. But do I really want to pay for that many copies??

Getting my ass into gear... 1st gear...

So aside from playing more than a healthy amount of DDR and working my part time job, I haven't really done all that much so far this summer. I think I really needed an actual vacation har har.
Since I am a horrible art student and don't own a Mac, working on making a decent compilation reel has sort of fallen to the wayside for now. I'm saving up for either a car or an IMac, and right now the latter seems to be the most appealing, since I do kind of want a job in the near future. (But there are so many new hatchbacks that I want to purchase!!!) We shall see where my money gets thrown once I become more desperate to pay off those rather intimidating college loans :/.
I have also been away from the computer for a bit since the power supply burnt out about a week ago, but the new one came in yesterday, so now I really don't have much of an excuse for ignoring the things that I probably should be doing.

I don't really know what this is, I just needed to screw around with colouring styles... Half-inspired by Lilith from Borderlands, but that's about where the thought process ended!

The Final Stretch, the Final.... Countdown?

The end of the semester, which is also the end of school FOREVER, is fast approaching!
I _think_ I am kind of on track. Sort of...
I put together more backgrounds tonight!
Since one is a SPOILER, I'm only posting one : P

It's the inside of the bank I posted a few weeks ago.
I'm actually kind of enjoying this simple geometric background stuff. I don't want to overdo it in future projects, but maybe with some refinement I can have a real "style" going.
Or something like that.

My job would be so much easier if we lived on a blank piece of paper.

Just finished my second background!!
I was actually thinking this time around, and only have a few backgrounds in total! I am on my way to being done with these beasts.
Take a look :3

A Certain Shade of Green

As most everyone knows, today is St. Patrick's Day. It is an auspicious occasion, when you can get completely drunk out of your mind at 11 am... and it's considered socially acceptable! Well, maybe not... but who's going to stop you? ;)

It also happens to be my dad's birthday. As a kid, we usually got him the same lame 5 or 6 St.Patrick's/Birthday cards that they made throughout the 90's, but certain years we would be able to spice things up with cards featuring our favourite penguin, Opus (from the comic series "Bloom County" by Berkeley Breathed. There is actually an Opus Christmas movie called: "A Wish for Wings that Work". It is one of the very few holiday movies I still enjoy... so I think it is pretty damn good :3).

Since Bloom County is pretty much obsolete now, I can't really get him an Opus card like I used to... So I think a quick sketch of the little guy enjoying the holiday will have to do!

Happy Birthday, Dad!! : )

THE FINAL FRONTIER?

Recently I have been falling asleep watching episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation. So when I went to do a few warm ups tonight before working on business card designs... that was really all I could think of.
Yep. I am a huge freaking nerd.

 

 I'm just going to leave this here...

Eyebrows or Eyepatches?

Taking a break from senior projects... just some sinister dude with an eyepatch. If he had arms he would have a cigar. Obviously.

mythology final project part 2

the remaining pages.

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Yeah, the last couple got kind of... ignored. They are still technically roughs, but it is the best I could produce given the circumstances of the last couple of weeks. I am hoping to get back into them later and actually rough the cover out (it's still stick figures and squiggles... not unlike what you see here : /)

Mythology Final Project

... or page 1 of my project, to be more accurate.
I don't really "do" comic books... so I wanted to challenge myself (SHOCK). I obviously haven't finished the story, and those pages should be posted tomorrow once I finish inking them and adding text. It's going to be a long night! And I really wanted to play WoW work on my animatic for Projects ; )

Also, I didn't write the text. It's from my textbook... so it's a little awful. I apologize!!!
(Click for full size... it's a big one. )

Stuff done in Fall 2009 at AIB

The title screen to my iphone game (which may or may not see the light of iTunes someday)

The only piece I made in Digittal Trio that I liked, and it's NOT done in Illustrator (shock)

There really isn't much else I was that thrilled with this semester, so this is what you get : 3

- morgan