Apple Tree

I'm helping design promotional material for a new Day Care Center, soon to be open in Chicago. Here's a digital rendering of what the building may look like...

Dark Earth Pinup Inks

Colt Noble and the Megalords

A pinup to be featured in Tim Seeley's (Hack/Slash Creator) new book, Colt Noble and the Megalords

Thor inks

Thor, Loki. Sif, and them Valkyries...

Iron Fist in Color

Iron Fist Inks

pencils and inks on a passion piece featuring Iron Fist, The Immortal Weapons, The Thunderer, and (for all you true geeks) The Randall Gate. Expect colos soon. AW YEA!

Darker Earth

more concepts!

Dark Earth

I'll be illustrating a graphic novel written by Novelist Catherine Tetzlaff . Here's a digital study of one of the characters.

I know this obstructs the Xpages below, but hopefully not so much that you (& u know who you are) can't check em out. Xcelsenor!

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uncannyXmen500 p. 12 - 13 pencils

Script by Ed Brubaker

PAGE SEVEN -
7.1THE GANG enters a SCIENCE LAB. Most of the equipment is covered in plastic, HANK leading the way.
HANK I’m a biochemist by trade and the learning curve on going green is somewhat steep.
SCOTT Passive solar arrays, experimental hydrokinetics in the bay... we should have the whole facility feeding back into the grid by fall...
7.2WARREN WORTHINGTON enters the lab, his wings spread wide.
WARREN We’re experiencing a bit of a mutant brain drain at the moment. I’ve been trying to assemble a think tank on-site to help get our thinking back in line.
WARREN Sadie, hi. You look amazing.
7.3WARREN takes THE MAYOR’S HAND and leans in, kissing her hello.
MAYOR And you’re angelic as always, darling-- mmwah.
ANGEL Have they shown you the observation deck yet or have you just been dwelling underground?
7.4SCOTT and HANK take offense; WARREN waves them off, bored, and directs the MAYOR away from them.
SCOTT We showed her the tunnels, the hangar--
HANK --the tech and bio labs--
SCOTT --the weapons ranges and power ranges--
HANK The gym, the N.O.C, the--
WARREN Boring. Dull, dull dull. Darling-- follow me.
(CONT'D NEXT)
PAGE SEVEN CONTINUED:
7.5OUTSIDE THE X-CENTER NOW: on top of one of the main buildings is a 360-degree glass room overlooking the whole of the headlands and the San Francisco bay. The light of the day hits everything just right and it all looks perfect.
WARREN (OP) There now.
WARREN (OP) Isn’t that better?
7.6WIDE PANEL: On THE MAYOR, WARREN, HANK, SCOTT and EMMA as they stand in the OBSERVATION DECK, the sunlight shining in and bathing the cast in golden light.
MAYOR It’s wonderful. It’s exactly why I love this town.
MAYOR Welcome to San Francisco, X-Men.
PAGE EIGHT - GREG LAND
8.1THE MAYOR turns to the group as THE X-MEN wait for the other shoe to drop, suspicious.
MAYOR There’s something else.
MAYOR The city of San Francisco is incredibly sensitive to your plight and we don’t want you to think allowing this is silent approval or--
SCOTT Madam Mayor.
SCOTT What is it?
8.2THE MAYOR takes SCOTT’S HAND as she talks, the way a vet gives you bad news about your dog. WOLVERINE enters the room from the back.
MAYOR There’s a... confrontational... conceptual artist named Guy DeMondue and... all the mutant activity in town has inspired him to create a piece inspired by...
MAYOR Well, it’s a somewhat dark period in mutant history.
8.3REACTION SHOT on the X-MEN, stunned by the ridiculous bad taste and lack of sensitivity. WOLVERINE raises an eyebrow in near-shock.
MAYOR (OP) He’s acquired three decommissioned mark one Sentinel Units and he’s making them the centerpiece of an art installation downtown.
MAYOR (OP) He’s calling it a “Celebration of Mutant Kitsch.”
(CONT'D NEXT)
PAGE EIGHT CONTINUED:8.4FIXED POV: the X-MEN are mad at the idea of this being called “kitsch” and all start arguing at once. WOLVERINE turns around and leaves, as silently as he entered, waving his hand AT CAMERA as if to say “ta hell with ya.”
WARREN Twenty foot tall death machines--
HANK Genocidal robots no more artful than an A-Bomb--
EMMA Banal, predictable “shock schlock” that was passé in New York ten years ago--
8.5ON THE MAYOR, crossing her arms defensively. She’s sympathetic, but not changing her mind.
MAYOR Make no mistake, I find it appalling with every fiber of my being--
MAYOR But it’s literally impossible to personally agree with everything that goes on in this town... but I’ll defend its right to go on.

8.6ON SCOTT, hands on his hip and coming forward, snapping into leader mode. Looking every bit the leader:
SCOTT I don’t care how decommissioned you think they are, they’re still Sentinels.
SCOTT And those things have been killing my friends since I was a teenager.
SCOTT The X-Men will be there...
PAGE NINE –
1—Big shot. Now, it’s a few nights later and we’re at the art opening. In the park that’s across the street from the SFMOMA, two old-school Neal Adams looking Sentinels are standing posed, but like columns or statues and spotlights illuminate them. These Sentinels are about 15 to 20 feet tall.

San Francisco’s entire glamorous art crowd is seemingly in attendance. To celebrate mutantdom and the X-Men, many of them are IN COSTUME-- so we’ve got a crowd filled with average people – thin, tall, overweight, etc – many of them dressed like X-Men from every single era. Some are just in tuxedos and gowns, though, but mostly they’re in costumes, ill-fitting ones, too.

TITLE(old school style title box, running across the top of the page): CHAPTER TWO: SUPERSTARS OF THE SPANDEX SCENE
CAPTION: Two nights later
NO POINTER(telepathy): This is retarded… Only in San Francisco, right?
2—Across the street, there’s a crowd of protestors in the classic blue and yellow X-Men student uniforms, being cordoned back from the exhibit by the police. Some of the protesters are holding signs that look hand-written. Stuff like: THERE IS NO ART IN A WMD! and YOUR ART IS MY GENOCIDE! and MUTANT DEATH IS NOT FUNNY! – stuff like that.

NO POINTER(telepathy): Even the protesters are grinding on my last nerve.
FROM CROWD: MURDER IS NOT ART!
FROM CROWD: MUTANT SOLIDARITY - NOW!

PAGE TEN –

1—Now in the costumed art crowd around the Sentinel display, we see Wolverine, in costume, is scowling as he watches the glitterati sipping champagne and having a good time in the shadow of these Sentinels. Important -- in the background, we also see Beast and Storm chatting with some of the attendees. We just need to establish them here, though, so they don’t have to be that prominent.

WOLVERINE(telepathy): You sure I can’t just kill everyone here, Slim?
NO POINTER(telepathy): Yes, Logan, I’m sure.
WOLVERINE(telepathy): What about this Gee dude, then? He deserves a scare, at least.
2—And in another part of the crowd scene, Cyclops and Emma, in costume, are walking side by side, on the edges of the crowd. Cyc is frowning a bit, and Emma gives him a wry smile.

CYCLOPS(telepathy): That’s not why we’re here… But if you happen to run into him…
CYCLOPS(telepathy): I won’t complain if he wets his pants.
EMMA: Scott, is that a sense of humor you’re developing?
3—Cyclops looks at the three Sentinels, as the spotlights dazzle them and shine up into the night sky. He’d like to blast them to pieces.

CYCLOPS: I don’t know what else to do but laugh right now, Em…
CYCLOPS: Just seeing these things makes me so #@$%ing angry.
PAGE ELEVEN -

1—They stand at the foot of the display, and she looks at him, and suddenly a chubby guy dressed like Professor X, with a bald cap on his head, is approaching them, holding a drink in his hand, smiling.

EMMA: I know… I can feel it radiating off you.
CYC: It’s so --
PARTIER(cutting off): Hey, great Cyclops look… That’s his new outfit, right?
2—Cyc frowns at him, but the guy is oblivious. He just smiles and gestures at his look. He’s got fake eyebrows, so they’re like Xavier’s old peaked brows, and a few strands of hair stick out from under the ill-fitting bald cap.

CYCLOPS: Yes. It is.
PARTIER: I went with the classic Professor X.
PARTIER: But, you know, without the wheelchair. Too much hassle.
3—Emma glares at the man, and he realizes they’re actual X-Men now, and gets a little flustered.

EMMA: Yes. I’m sure the Professor would agree.
PARTIER: Hey… oh my god…
PARTIER: You’re actually them.
4—Then he smiles widely, like this is just the best.

PARTIER: Can I get your autographs?
5—Emma glances at Cyc, who gives her a little frown and sneer at the same time, shaking his head. The guy just stands there.

EMMA(telepathy): Mindwipe, Scott?
CYC(telepathy): No, Emma… just make him ignore us.

PAGE TWELVE -
1—Now we see another part of the crowd scene (sorry, it’ll end soon, I swear) and we focus on Angel, Nightcrawler, and Colossus, all in costume, standing around talking, as the crowd mills about. In the crowd, with his back to us, we see someone in a Magneto costume and helmet. This is actually Magneto, but we don’t know it yet.

COLOSSUS: I must admit, while strange, it’s nice to be so embraced by a city.
ANGEL: That’s why we’re here, Peter.
ANGEL: I can walk around with my wings out and no one cares.
NIGHTCRAWLER: Letting your “freak flag fly” as it were, eh, Warren?
2—Closer on Angel, smiling at Nightcrawler.

ANGEL: You’ve been doing some research, haven’t you, Pete?
ANGEL: I think after last month’s fiasco, I’m all done with freak flags for now.
3—As the crowd moves, Colossus bumps into the man in the Magneto costume and helmet, who we don’t see much of. The Magneto guy hands him a champagne glass, like he thinks Colossus is a waiter or something.

COLOSSUS: Oh, excuse me.
MAN: Can you take this for me?
4—Colossus starts to hand the glass back, looking at the man, but too distracted to realize who it is. Magneto still has his back to us.

COLOSSUS: I’m sorry… but I’m not part of the catering staff… I –


PAGE THIRTEEN -
1—And suddenly, Colossus’s fingers are splayed open like someone is bending them back in as hard as they can, and he drops the glass and yells, and we see that the guy is actually Magneto, who smiles menacingly out from beneath his helmet.

COLOSSUS: Ahh!
MAGNETO: No… but then, the caterers aren’t quite as blind as you, are they, Colossus?
2—And now we pull back a bit, as Colossus starts to be levitated, his whole body being stretched on an invisible rack, basically. Magneto is holding a hand towards him, like he’s doing this, which he is. Angel and Nightcrawler are just realizing what’s going on, NC crouched low now, sending a telepathic message to the others. The crowd around them is backing away, but watching with interest, not sure what’s going on just yet.

COLOSSUS: …Aaahggg…
MAGNETO: Oh, does it hurt?
NIGHTCRAWLER(telepathy): Scott, Emma – We’re under attack.
GUY IN CROWD(small): Is this part of the show?
3—Cyclops is pushing through the crowd, now, yelling, followed closely by Emma, who is in her diamond form now, shoving people aside.

CYCLOPS: Move!
CYCLOPS: Out of the way!
4—Back with Mags and the others, Angel points at Magneto and yells. Colossus still hovers, obviously in pain.

ANGEL: Magneto! Put him down!

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CB Cebulski's Uncanny X-Men 500 pg 7-13

here's a taste of what's 2come

@the requeat of CB Cebulski, pg. 1 - 6 Uncanny X-Men 500

In sequential order from top to bottom, here's my take on pages 1-6 of Uncanny #500. 7 More pages to come!! I've also included Ed Brubaker's script...

UNCANNY X-MEN #500“SFX 0: The Atrocity Exhibition”By Ed Brubaker & Matt FractionALL PAGES • O4 21 08
PAGE ONE - TERRY DODSON
NOTE: THE FIRST SIX PANELS ARE IMAGES OF A WIDESCREEN TELEVISION SCREEN. FORMAT AND DRESS GRAPHICALLY AS IS APPROPRIATE.
1.1ON KINGO SUNEN: a middle-aged Japanese man dressed in a Yakuza-sharp black suit and white dress shirt with an open collar. His hair sticks up in a black thicket. He wears wide-oval shades, jet black. He smiles, and holds his hands out TO CAMERA as if realizing a vision:
TITLE(old school style title box, running across the top of the page): PROLOGUE: THE EXTRAORDINARY DREAM OF KINGO SUNEN
CAP Like all great stories, this one came to Kingo Sunen in a dream:
CAP He would tell a great tale of tomorrow.
1.2KINGO’S LOGO appears on-screen: a triangle with a character in the center of it with KINGO in ENGLISH written beneath it. This is overlaid with the image of a wave crashing into a rock, referring to TOEI’S legendary logo: http://www.cinefania.com/pics/3/355.jpg
CAP It would not only be his first film made in America...
CAP But his first science-fiction film as well.
(CONT'D NEXT)
PAGE ONE CONTINUED:1.3PULL BACK on KINGO from panel one, to reveal he’s sitting next to a taut, tanned, chemical-peeled and botoxed FREDDIE DUKES...aka THE BLOB. Now, the Blob was de-powered in M-Day and had all this extra skin hanging off of him last time he was seen... so seeing him here, now, looking like a creepy fifty-something Los Angelino, is a bit of a shock. He puts his arm around KINGO and smiles unnaturally white and big teeth AT CAMERA. We see there are microphones in front of them... and a backdrop peppered with Kingo’s logo... this is a PRESS CONFERENCE.
CAP The writer-director-producer-editor-actor hybrid known for his samurai epics was going to evolve.
CAP And he would cast Freddie Dukes as his lead. An American! How perfect.
1.4ON-SCREEN we now see the image of DUKES and two SUMO WRESTLERS. DUKES points AT CAMERA with a grin. The screen is filled with insane, overwhelming graphics and Japanese characters... in other words, it’s just another image from any given Japanese television program.
CAP The ex-mutant Dukes is a sensation in Japan, a weight loss guru with an over-the-top gregariousness the Japanese adore.
CAP He’s the perfect leading man.
1.5KINGO takes his sunglasses off, and we see his eyes wide with wonder while he speaks. Imagine a man trying to describe a UFO; such is the degree of awe with which he speaks.
CAP The film will be one of spectacle, of scale both human and otherworldly.
CAP Money would be no object to realize Kingo Sunen’s mad vision.
(CONT'D NEXT)
PAGE ONE CONTINUED:
1.6PUSH IN ON SUNEN: he literally has stars in his eyes, speckles of white, heavenly light inside their darkness.
CAP He would make a story about hope, in the face of abject and utter annihilation.
CAP And he would film it in San Francisco.
1.7WIDE PANEL: we see the PRESS CONFERENCE is happening in GOLDEN GATE PARK and, in the distance, the giant golden DREAMING CELESTIAL stands silent and motionless. Assembled MEDIA are gathered, filming the event.
CAP He would use the magnificent Dreaming Celestial as a backdrop. Ever since it came from the heart of space-time to San Francisco...
CAP All Kingo Sunen can think about is the future.
PAGE TWO - TERRY DODSON
1—Late at night, at the docks in Oakland, with the Bay Bridge and the skyline of San Francisco in the background. Some mechanical cranes are unloading a huge cargo ship. There are containers stacked around all over this area, like all dock area are now, blue, orange, red, all metal crates waiting for pick-up. Like Season Two of the Wire, basically.

TITLE(old school style title box, running across the top of the page):
PROLOGUE 2: THE EXTRAORDINARY CARGO OF GUY DeMONDUE
GUY(off): That’s history you’re unloading -- be careful with that!!
LOCATION CAPS: The Port of Oakland – Two Nights Later
2—Down among the dock workers, we see Guy DeMondue, a 30something art dealer, who is very prissy and fretting. He’s watching the crane as it pulls a huge platform off the ship. Whatever’s on the platform is about 15 feet long, and covered by tarps. (Just so you know, Terry, it’s an old Sentinel, like from the Neal Adams era, but we shouldn’t know that yet). Guy yells at the foreman, who is holding a clipboard and looking down at it, looking annoyed by this complaining art guy.

FOREMAN: Take it easy, uh…
FOREMAN(linked): …Guy.
3—Guy sneers at the guy, who shrugs and looks back the off-loading job in the background, as the platform with the covered Sentinel is lowered onto a flatbed, ready to be driven away.

GUY: It’s pronounced GEE. Like key, but with a “G.”
FOREMAN: Whatever, man… Just let us do our jobs.
FOREMAN: You’re the one who insisted on unloading in the middle of the night…
4—Now Guy turns to an important character – Simon, a guy in a non-descript business suit, who has perfect short blonde hair and a mustache. He looks like he used to be in the military, physically, and he has weirdly wide eyes, just not overly noticeably so.

GUY: Simon, they don’t understand how important this is.
SIMON: It’s all going to be fine, Guy.
SIMON: I’ll check them.

PAGE THREE - TERRY DODSON
1—Simon is climbing up onto the back of the flatbed where the Sentinel was laid down, and the foreman yells at him. Guy is watching, following the foreman.

FOREMAN: Hey – Keep away from there.
SIMON: I’m just checking the merchandise.
2—Closer, as Simon pulls back some of the tarp, so he can look at what’s under it, but keeping it from our view. The foreman and Guy are right near the back of the flatbed, too, as the foreman complains to Simon, who basically ignored him. Guy is peering at the foreman, looking self-important.

FOREMAN: Well, our insurance don’t allow for you to get this close.
SIMON: Then don’t tell them about it.
GUY: Simon is an expert in the field… I insist that he examine them before I pay.
3—Closer on the foreman, tired of these guys, sneering at Guy, who shakes his head like this guy is an idiot, he’s thinking.

FOREMAN: You’re real big on insisting stuff, aren’t ya?
GUY: You just… you don’t understand what we’re dealing with here…
4—Biggest panel. Now we see what’s on the flatbed, as Simon has completely uncovered it – it’s an old-school Sentinel, the kind the X-Men haven’t faced since like issue 100 or so. It’s about 15 or 18 feet tall, and is deactivated, and damn if it doesn’t look like a prop from an old Fritz Lang movie or something. Simon is standing there, smiling at it proudly, still holding a piece of the tarp in his hand. The tarp is flapping a bit in the breeze. Something

In the background we see another platform being off-loaded from the ship, just like this one.

OFF: …These aren’t just works of art, they’re collectors items.

PAGE FOUR - GREG LAND
4.1ANGLE DOWN in a kind of ESTABLISHING SHOT of the GREYMALKIN FACILITY in the Marin Headlands (even thought it won’t be named Greymalkin until our next issue). STORM is coming in for a landing, carrying a WOMAN in her arms-- the MAYOR of San Francisco. She’s a tall Betty Page looking lady, the perfectly foxy kind of woman you can believe would be mayor of San Francisco. She first appeared in... THE ORDER #6, I think? We’ll get the reference pulled for you. Psychic energy spills from her eyes.
Down below, awaiting her arrival, are SCOTT and EMMA.
TITLE(old school style title box, running across the top of the page):
CHAPTER ONE: THE MAYOR AND THE QUEEN IN EXURBIA
LOC CAP MARIN HEADLANDS:
STORM We’re coming down now, madam Mayor.
MAYOR When will my eyes work again?
STORM As soon as we land.
4.2ON SCOTT AND EMMA. SCOTT smiles as EMMA extends a hand out, wiggling her fingers. Little spirals of psychic energy swirl around them.
SCOTT Emma.
EMMA On it, darling.
SCOTT Madam Mayor-- I hope you understand Emma’s psychic blindfold is necessary security measure.
(CONT'D NEXT)
PAGE FOUR CONTINUED:4.3THE MAYOR offers a hand out to SCOTT and EMMA.
MAYOR It was worth it. I’ve never met a queen before, let alone been carried by one.
MAYOR Mr. Summers. Ms. Frost. Welcome to California.
SCOTT Madam Mayor.
4.4SCOTT and the MAYOR shake as EMMA and STORM watch on. It has the feeling of two superpowers meeting at historic summit.
SCOTT Much as we wish we could’ve headquartered in SF proper-- we chose the Marin Headlands for a few reasons:
SCOTT Hard to get to, as you’ve seen; it’s built to military spec; it’s not densely populated--
4.5ON EMMA and the MAYOR, sharing a woman’s sense of budget that a boy building his dream clubhouse may lack.
EMMA And it is San Francisco. Rents are positively astronomical, even for superhero millionaires like us.
MAYOR Tell me about it. If it wasn’t for the Mayoral residence I’d still be living in a warehouse in Oakland...
4.6SCOTT puts his hand on the small of the MAYOR’S BACK, leading her inside GREYMALKIN. EMMA cocks her head at the gesture.
SCOTT God bless the electorate.
SCOTT C’mon in. It’s still a work in progress, but I’m excited to show you what we’re trying to build here.
PAGES FIVE AND SIX - GREG LAND5/6.1SPREAD IMAGE: an isometric blueprint map of the new X-FACILITY. As far as I understand this is being rendered by a 3D guy? We’ll design and develop appropriate text overlays for the whole thing.
BELOW IT runs a tier of panels.
CAPTIONS TO COME
SCOTT “The surface of the facility is largely open to the mutant public-- we’re imaging it to be a kind of community center... almost a kind of embassy.”
SCOTT “The real super-hero stuff is below. Follow me...”

5/6.2SCOTT leads the MAYOR down a stairwell heading below ground; EMMA follows, arms crossed.
SCOTT The concrete they used to build the bases up here isn’t necessarily ideal, but it’s not bad.
SCOTT We’re reclaiming and rebuilding the whole structure inside out holistically...
5/6.3SPREAD-PANEL: we’re angling down a TUNNEL used for transport access off the headlands. SCOTT & CO, enter from the left--
SCOTT There’s a network of fast-travel tunnels that lead from Marin to all points around the bay area-- we can be downtown in ten minutes via conventional transport.
SCOTT Mostly Wolverine’s been using them to race his motorcycles-- watch your step—
(CONT'D NEXT)
PAGES FIVE AND SIX CONTINUED:
5/6.4SPREAD PANEL: On the other half of the angling-down-the-tunnel panel, we see HANK MCCOY waiting for them. He takes the MAYOR’S hand in his paw, and bows
HANK No matter how green we get this place, that awful little Canadian remains obsessed with fuel-burning death-rockets.
HANK Your honor, a pleasure. Hank McCoy. Scientist.

5/6.5ON HANK and the MAYOR; he’s charming the pants off her.
HANK We believe that Homo sapiens superior represents the future-- so we had better start living like it.
HANK Soon the X-Center won’t just be green, it’ll be positively Viridian.

Mr. Peanut!

Yes, I AM the peanut-headed king of the Fraggles! ( Aint no1 else lookin out for em).

themz some shiny n's

RR: Initals so mighty the very gods tremble!

Watchmen...again

pencils and inks for a new Watchmen piece. Colors2come. Have you read Temporal today?

COLORS

The Amazing Rachelle Rosenberg's color treatment. ladies n gents. Oh, and, of course, it would be most appreicated if you were to make a contribution to the arts, simply by clicking the "buy it now" button. Help us starving indy artists.

The Cat & The Spider

This is a looong overdue commission. Also one of many prints I'll be selling at the wizard world chicago comicon, once it's colored. Oh, and I'm freakin excited like a fanboy to be able to say that Alan Moore bought 2 copies of "Temporal!!" seriously

TEMPORAL BATTLE!

Here it is in all its colored magnificence, thanks to Rachelle Rosenberg. Oh, and you can have an issue of your own for twenty bucks (shipping included) through PayPal and UPS...the link's right over there. Or hit up one of the stores listed below if you're in Chicago and pay $15. You know you want to. All the cool kids are doing it.

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4SALE AT LAST!

We're proud to be selling "Temporal Issue 1; the DELUXE EDITION" at the number one comic book store in Chicagoland; Challengers Comics + Conversation! Located at 1845 N. WESTERN AVE. 2R, CHICAGO, IL 60647. Keep an eye on these here posts because, before long, I'll be doing an honest-to-goodness signing through the awesome guys at Challengers. More info to come...The book is also available at the stores Comix Revolution at 606 Davis St. Evanston, IL 60201 and Dark Tower at 4835a N. Western Ave. Chicago, IL 60625. OR you can buy your copy Right Here via paypal!
This 48-page perfect bound book includes the full 22-page issue, as well as a covers gallery from artists such as Khary Randolph and Chris Burnham. The book also includes a 6-page back-up story written and illustrated by Ben Goodman. To top all that off, the front cover is by Angel Medina (Spawn, Spider-Man, Venom) and the back cover is by Tim Seeley (Hack/Slash). Good times...

PROGRESS

I think these images are pretty self-explanatory. Onto soulless. Con work done! YAY.

Weapon-X & The NEW Manhattan

well, it's been quite a while since I posted anything. Poor neglected blog. But that's only because I've been posting everything on facebook as of late. Find me there, add me as a friend even. I'm surely going to add loads more new stuff to this 'ol blog, but here's a lil' somethin to get the ball rollin'.

STASIS

here's a spread i did for a book called "STASIS." I'm pretty damn proud of this piece, and it was fun as hell to work on. below is the scenario I was going off of for the page...

SCENE#1 (From PAGE 47 of the Script)
INT. CONFERENCE ROOM
Pvt. Collins stumbles into the center of the Conference Room.
Right in the middle of the HUNDREDS OF PATIENTS.
Deathly afraid, they stare at him. Backing away in terror.
The crazed Private looks around at them. A grin appears on
his lips.
AND THEN HIS BODY BEGINS TO TRANSFORM...
Cpl. Garret and Cpl. Kincaid race inside to see --
-- THE MUTATED FORM OF PVT. COLLINS stretching out his arms.
HALF OF THE PATIENTS PANIC, backing against the far wall.
They can’t get past him to the doors...
THE OTHER HALF stand before Pvt. Collins in a stupor.
ALL AT THE SAME TIME...
The CATATONIC PATIENTS begin THRASHING. Convulsions taking
over...
...and their bodies START TO CONVERGE. Joining together with
each other, arms and legs and hands intertwining...
Becoming ONE with PVT. COLLINS --
To create ONE NEW MASSIVE ENTITY. The monstrosity of nearly
200 DISTORTED HUMAN BODIES acts in unison as one Entity.
It LASHES OUT at cornered Patients -- CRUSHING some, and
ADDING others to its growing girth.
CPL. GARRET
Get those people out of there!
Patients flee into the hall as Cpl. Garret, Cpl. Kincaid and
Pvt. Lister fight their way past them To get a clear shot.
They OPEN FIRE on the Creature --
2.
-- their bullets HIT HOME. But every time they knock off a
Person on the Monstrous form, ANOTHER ONE either takes its
place or the Beast re-configures its shape to compensate.
THE FACES of the mutated patients sneer at the attackers as a
group of them forms A FIST-LIKE APPENDAGE --
-- the “arm” SMASHES against the side wall, bashing against
it like a wrecking ball. Bodies on the “arm” are crushed --
-- and flop to the floor ONLY TO BE REPLACED moments later by
another body that crawls into place.
Cpl. Garret realizes the Creature’s intent:
CPL. GARRET
Fall back!

Get Our & Pick Up Your Copy of "Warhammer: Defenders of Ultramar" #1!!

The afforementioned publication by BOOM! Studios hits stands this Wed., christmas eve. I encourage everyone to go out there and get your very own copy. This is one of my first published works, and I'm ecstatic about it! If you're a Warhammer fan, then this is a MUST to add to the collection. Check out a preview of the book at http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=preview&id=1680

Bats n' Clouds

This is a cover I pencilled and inked, which Rachelle Rosenberg then colored. It will be featured at the end of part 2 of the Devil's Due "Hack/Slash vs. Halloween Man" crossover.

"Stingers"

Another Zenescope sample page. This is page 6 on a book called "Stingers," and, as with the last post, the script is located below...

PAGE 6
1 - INSERT PANEL, Gracey races down the boardwalk.
HAWK
What I'd like to do is put a bullet
in the back of his head.
2 - FULL SHOT of his pursuer, BRIAN 'HAWK' HAWKINS. He's
black, late 30s with a clean shaven head. He’s an imposing
and powerful looking man.
HAWK (NARRATION) (CONT'D)
But that's not what I get paid for.
3 - INSERT SHOT of Gracey, his eyes wide with fear as the
Hawk chases behind him.
HAWK (CONT'D)
I get paid to bring them in alive.
4 - Gracey throws a trashcan down front of HAWK to try and
trip him.
5 - Hawk smoothly leaps over the trashcan, barely breaking
stride.

"Grimm's Fairy Tales"

Here's a sample page I drew for Zenescope's "Grimm's Fairy Tales; The Three Snake Leaves," written by Dan Wickline. Below is the script for said page...

Page Thirteen

Panel One: Ben wakes up in the chair the next morning, the book is in his lap. He is startled to see the bed is empty.

BENJAMIN
Annette?

Panel Two: Ben looks into the kitchen. Annette is inside whipping down the counters. She is wearing jeans and a t-shirt and looks amazing and completely healthy.

BENJAMIN
Wow… honey… the uhm... kitchen looks amazing.

Panel Three: Annette has her hand on Ben’s chest and is pushing him back towards the living room.

ANNETTE
I feel better than I have in a very long time… and you say the kitchen looks amazing?
ANNETTE
You are a little out of practice there aren’t you Ben?

Panel Four: Ben now lying back on the couch. Annette is climbing on top of him.

BENJAMIN
I’m a little surprised is all…

BENJAMIN
Where is Alex?

ANNETTE
I sent him next door to play with Billy.

ANNETTE
I don’t know how, but I feel better than I have in years.

Panel Five: From behind Annette we see her lifting her t-shirt off while she straddles Ben.

BENJAMIN
I am happy to see you like this, but maybe we should get some blood work done or…

ANNETTE
Shut up and make love to your wife.

BENJAMIN
Yes ma’am.

Dark Knight Redux

How could I resist drawing another piece inspred by The Dark Knight film? It kicks all kinds of ass, as do Rachelle Rosenberg's colors. Pencils and inks by yours truly.

Warhammer

I recently pencilled and inked pages 1-5 of BOOM! Studios upcoming "Warhammer: Defenders of Ultramar" #1. Here's a little preview; page 3- depicting Learchus, a high-ranking member of the Ultramarines.

Legacy of Kain

I promised a digitally painted version of this piece, and here it is! In stunning technicolor by Rachelle Rosenberg. I really don't have much to say about it except that, looking at it in color, I can't believe I drew it. And I was gonna try and paint this myself...silliness

Iron Man

come on, how can I NOT do an iron man piece with that kickasstasstic movie grabbing everyone's attention right now? Here it is from beginning to glorious end; colors by Rachelle Rosenberg (in case you were wondering).

Temporal

An illustration featuring the two main characters from my book, Temporal, locked in battle. This is the epic clash between DaoRoch and Akh Ur-Nammu, colored, of course, by Rachelle Rosenberg. That's what I'm talkin about!

Rorschach Squared

another fine color Watchmen piece from Milady Awesomeness aka Rachelle Rosenberg. Yes, I am going to acknowledge her in every post featuring a work she colored, dammit! Even if she's the only colorist I'll ever work with, her name should be heard. She's from the land of awesome.

Dr. Manhattan

what can i say? Rachelle Rosenberg just continues to deliver, and every piece tops the last. I can't believe I drew this, because her colors just send the quality of my work rocketing off into the stratosphere. This is one of many prints I'll be selling at this year's upcoming Wizard World Chicago (June 26-29th), so swing on through if you'd like to get your hands on this and other works. Also, Rachelle will be available for autographs, and she'll be selling some hot ass prints of her own. You should come to the convention just to meet her and buy her work. Seriously.

Spider-Woman-!

Colors by Rachelle Rosenberg. I continue to be astounded...'Nuff Said. Excelsior. Word...

Dr. Manhattan & Rorschach

Given that Watchmen is one of my all-time favorite reads, and with the movie looking so damned slick, I felt obligated to draw up some of my favorite characters. Here's the finished inks on two.

Joker-Colors by RR

Here he is all colored up by Rachelle Rosenberg. She kicks all kinds of ass. Seriously. All kinds.

The Joker

here are the pencils and inks for a Heath Ledger-style Joker piece. It'll be colorized soon enough...

"DaoRoch vs. the Hydra" and "Hellboy" in Living Color

These images were colored by the incomparable Rachelle Rosenberg. It's so nice to see the end result of my work, especially colored by such a talented artist. Definitely more collaborations to come. enjoi!

Tourist Page 3

I think the imagery is self explanatory, and I'm going to bed! Nuff' Said.

DaoRoch vs. the Hydra: part deux

too tired to write anything to go with the image...taa-DAA

DaoRoch vs. the Hydra

So I decided to add the main character from my creator-owned comic to this piece. I've been experiencing severe withdrawal from not having scribbled the ol' guy in a while, and it is just satisfying to draw him up again. mmm...DaoRoch

"The Tourist" pages 1 & 2

here's some honest-to-goodness inked sequential art. i was beginning to think it was never gonna happen. pencils and inks for the first two pages of "The Tourist," ladies and gentleman.

Hydra

the theme at wednesday's sketch night was mythological gods and monsters. i went with the hydra, and I think I can cultivate this into a cool piece...perhaps.

HELLBOY

here he is all inked & shiny. well, not shiny...oh you know what i mean. Anung Un Rama!

Hellboy 'n' the Doc

here's the pencils on a couple more prints i'm working on; Hellboy and Dr. Manhattan. it's fun to draw mainstream characters. word.

Rorschach

It's been a while since I posted anything. I've been busy working on "The Tourist," as well as drawing material for the upcoming WizardWorld Chicago Convention. Good times. Here are the pencils on one, of what will hopefully be many, prints I'l be hocking at the con. Love me some Watchmen.

Jabon Art

Here's the finished image, colored entirely in Photoshop, as well as a black-and-white illustration picturing the band.

Jabon Progress

I've lucked out and am now working on what will be the official cover to Jabon's first major release, Room 322. Still a work in progress, but the deadline is approaching quickly, so it's all gotta get done! enjoi yo

Even MORE Jabon

Could this end up being the cover of Jabon's first major musical release? "We shall see."

More Jabon

Here's my first two attempts at a design for the Jabon cd cover. Here's hoping they get me the gig. cheers!

Tourist Designs

here are some more character designs for The Tourist. I'm in the process of thumbnailing the hell out of some actual sequentials.

JABON SKETCHES

I'm working on an album cover for a band called Jabon. Their music is tight and, hopefully, I'll come up with something fitting. Dig on their sounds at http://www.jabonmusic.com/

why the hell not?

this is a piece done entirely in faber castell brush pens. not. easy. to work with. i'll make up for it by posting the digitally colored version sometime soon. promise.

aaAAand...go

This is as far as I'm taking it, or I'll lose myself innit 4ever. 4EVER. word...

FOR THE LOVE OF ART!

so I'm working on the designs for this indy book "The Tourist," and everything is going smoothly. On a whim, I decided to eMail a guy named Eric Canete just to tell him he was the shit. I have a link to his blog on this page, and you should really check it out. Well, Canete wrote me back, and he made me realize I had gotten away from the most important part of the process; having fun! My friend Greg Titus (who's page you should also check out. These guys can draw circles around me) has been saying the same thing to me for a while, and I think it finally clicked. I broke away from the standardized character designs and came up with the image you see here, in process. It's not quite finished, but I haven't posted anything in a while, because I've been all inspired and focused. So big ups to Greg Titus and Eric Canete for some truly salient inspiration.

SOUL MAN!

It's another design for The Soul. The goal here was to illustrate a more ethereal figure; a being made of energy, lacking solid form. Hopefully, I managed to accomplish that goal on some level, but really, I just had a freakin blast inking this piece. I love brush!!

THE SOUL

This is the first of many designs I'll be posting for The Tourist, a project I'm working on for the good people at Panel 88 Comic Productions. This fellow is known simply as "The Soul." As you can see, I do tend to get lost in the details. What started out as simple rendering became an orgy of crosshatching. Hey, sometimes you gotta hatch. mmm...satisfying

SPIDER-WOMAN FINAL INKS

Here she is all inked up and ready to be colored. I am absolutely loving the brush as an inking tool. Smooth, silky, and oh so sexy. Perhaps I shouldn't be so open about my love affair with art supplies? It's a personal problem, I know.

SPIDER WOMAN

Here's my first real attempt at inking something completely with a brush. It's unfinished, but I'm pretty happy with the results. I plan on coloring the piece, and I'll post the finished work, once it's done. Man am I ever tired. It's bedtime, yo. enjoi!

EASY RED RIDER

Here's a concept design for a project I worked on. The idea is red riding hood meets rambo and buffy. Wish I could take credit for it, but this was a friends brainchild. Fun stuff to draw, though.

RAZIEL IN THA HOUSE

This piece is actually several years old, but it's a favorite of mine. It was the first "Legacy of Kain" inspired work I ever drew, and it's colored entirely in copic markers. Hopefully someone out there digs Raziel as much as I do. enjoi!

TWO ZOMBIES, A PRINCESS, AND A WARRIOR

Here's some pieces I had a helluva good time drawing, and really, who doesn't love walking, mutilated, viking, zombie corpses? Hey, that's a good name for a band...maybe not. Of course, I had to include the shapely barbarian queen. The female form is considered a classical subject, after all. At least, that's the excuse I use to justify drawing hordes of naked ladies. I tried to balance things out by including a design for her king and, as you can see, I'm fond of outfitting my characters with weapons no human man could ever realistically carry. Whattayagonnado? enjoi y'all!!

KICKIN IT OFF WITH SOUL REAVER

Seeing as how this is the inaugural post of my blog, I thought it would be a good idea to start things off with something that means a whole lot to me. The "Legacy of Kain" series is, far and away, my favorite videogame trilogy (I'm not including Blood Omen II because, well, it sucked). This series has got everything from an engaging, original story to some truly kickass character designs. This is a piece I've been nurturing for some time. I'm working on transforming it into a digital painting in Photoshop, and you can bet I'll be posting my progress on that front as it develops. enjoi!