Bioshock Colour

Here's an update I'm still in the process of colouring but thought I'd post what I've done so far as well as the flat colour version I created in flash.

Big Daddy Ink

So here's the inked version of my previous post. I did this in flash and have made a few adjustments along the way that differ from the original sketch. I decided to add some extra barnacles on his body suit/armor. I also meant to draw a tool of sorts like the drill or rivot gun that the Big Daddys'from the first game used as weapons. And sticking to the theme of heavy duty tools I decided to create a one-handed "Jaws of Life" for my Big Daddy. I hope this looks like it would work in the world of Rapture it's been a fun little projects so far. Next step doing the flat colours in flash and then the final step of rendering textures and lighting in photoshop!

Enjoy!

Bioshock illustration

Here's a sketch I've done just for fun. I guess I've been inspired lately by all the amazing concept art I've seen for Bioshock 1 and the recent cover art for the sequel. I also just finished the game for my 3rd time on hard. Anyway I've decided to do my own personal variant of a Big Daddy.

I'm planning on bringing this sketch into Flash and then do the rendering, shading and textures in Photoshop. Perhaps I'll find some time to do the line work this week but in the meantime enjoy the sketch!

Last of the Undead

Here's my take on this weeks topic of Zombie animals. I thought a Zombie Vulture might be interesting. I decided to try my hand at rendering the texture and final shading in photoshop for a change.

Night and Day

Here's a couple of images I decided to do for this weeks topic of Spider-man. On a personal not I have to say Todd McFarlane's Spider-man comics got me drawing at a young age ...well him and Wile E Coyote. Anyhow, I couldn't decide what to draw for this weeks topic with all the fun villains and poses you could come up with. But I remembered how much I loved Todd McFarlane's comic covers from the 80's and one in particular had classic spidey on the cover then it was redone later as black suit Spidey. Anyway this is an homage to both spider-man and Todd McFarlane's inspirational work that helped lead me to the field I'm in today and the craft I love.

enjoy!

On the Darkside

Here's an illustration for a book Josh Frost is putting together that will showcase many interpretations of Darth Vader in homage to his creator GL. You can read more about the book on the link below.

I had two other possibilities for a finished peice but I thought this reflected what I felt and visualized when I would think of Darth Vader. I may end up doing one of the others in time just because it was pretty bizarre and fun. When my wife saw the picture she couldn't see how I made the connection to Darth Vader and ...anyway I'll leave that as it is and hopefully you'll see the other picture in due time. In meantime enjoy!

http://www.jacketflap.com/megablog/index.asp?tagid=72569&tag=100+Ways+to+the+Dark+Side

Big Bad Bessy

Here's a follow up to what I think was my very first post on AJ of a "Cowboy".

The Witch King

Another post for this weeks Art Jumble topic of the Lord of the Rings.

Rorschach

Here's another AJ post for the Watchmen theme these past two weeks of the character Rorschach. Damn, he's cool.

The Watchmen

Not having read the graphic novel, the movie trailers have built up and expectation I hope they fulfill. Here's a post of one character from the graphic novel/movie adaptation who's costume and casting choice where a nice touch for a superhero.

Blowing underwater kisses to you!

Here's this years Valentine's day card..this rendition is a little different from the one Robyn will receive. This is an illustration of the greatest lover of all time...my pet fish. He has a harem and is now the proud father of over 20 offspring over the course of year. How does he do it you ask? It's all in his stripes and dance moves.

Apocalypse

Created for this weeks AJ topic of the X-men.

Merry Christmas! 2008

I haven't posted in a few weeks but managed to squeeze this christmas card in. I hope those recieve it enjoy it as much as I did making it. The front of the card features myself and my wonderful wife while the inside has our two pet Conures Willow and Milmo.

Merry Christmas and happy holidays!

Happy Halloween'08!

Here's a pic I hoped to have had posted by now of my wife. I was originally going to stick myself in there but alas there's no time left! Anyway I hope to make a few more posts in the near future as I have plenty of sketches I'd like to polish and photoshop. This is actually the first pic I've used photoshop to render and paint. Happy Halloween!

DEVASTATOR

Well I must say this was hard to pick a bot for this week with all the cool transformers out there already. I had a few other sketches I may post later and would love to do an Opti-Moose Prime for kicks. Although, Soundwave and Shockwave are my favorites I've always wanted to create a Devastator. I really love the streamline-cartoony look of the new animated series and loosely based this off of it. Wish I had more time to photoshop this and add some ruined buildings and debris.

Skeletor

So this weeks AJ topic was He-man and there are so many villains to choose from but the first one that came to mind was Skeletor. I always loved the look of the character so here's my take on this weeks topic.

baby dragon

Here's my AJ post for Cute but deadly.

Bigfoot

I haven't posted anything in a while having been focused on my CAKE vol 2 story. It's been a lot of fun and now with a deadline extension I can take more time to finesse a few things having nearly finished.

Here's an AJ topic from last week I decided to squeeze in tonight. I really miss weekly topics and enjoy the freedom and variety that comes with them. Doing a book is fun but it's always great to break away from a style and character to shake out new ideas that may pass you by while you work. It really is strange how ideas snowball and break apart into new exciting concepts when you're supposed to be focuse on something else.

Page 2

Here's the first completed page of my contribution to CAKE vol 2. I still have plenty more to do and sincerely hope I make the deadline! It's been fun working on this but difficult managing the time on top of work and life. I've been also training for a half marathon and taking advantage of the summers pleasant weather. I've been dying to update this blog more regularly but guilt has lead me to devote any drawing time to my story.

less than 2 weeks to go

I wanted to wait till afterward but I thought I'd post this ahead of time. This is intended for the cover of our guestbook on our wedding day. It's exciting and bit nerve racking knowing that it's all so close but I know it'll be a great day! I can say I'm very excited to marry my best friend.

Sushi Rampage

bad luck?

I guess if you've reigned supreme for a few million years getting wiped off the face of the earth by means of an asteroid probably meant you had a good run?.... I'd just really hate to have been there to see it...poor, poor, Dinosaurs.

ABDUCTION PAINS

I may not be posting much other than samples for this contribution to CAKE Anthology for art jumble. Here's a title page I've created for my story. Enjoy!

happy 50th birthday

Here's a picture for my Mothers 50th birthday, along with her best pal Toast (Saimese cat). It's rare to see one without the other close by. Toast even sleeps with my her throughout the night at her neck. Happy Birthday Mom!

Mermaid

another Sketch for Art Jumble

ZOMBSTERS!

What happens to a bunch of dead "wise guys" when they return from the dead? Well a whole lotta gory killing and uncontrollable brain eating thats what.

....Here's a grayscale pic the coloured one is coming...I promise...I do like colour even though I'm colour blind. And no, not like a dog.

DEEP 6

A Bioshock inspired robot.

Death bot X-1

Another inspired pic from a story I've been flushing out.

Mad scientist

for Art Jumble.

Indy

This weeks topic for Art Jumble Indiana Jones.

Birthday card.

Heres a birthday card for Robyn.

Smart-ass

Another post for Art Jumble.

Little Red Riding Hood

Heres a pic for Artjumble's topic of the week.

Venom

I was just doing some doodling at work and came up with a rough for this. Had a lot of fun drawing this character out he's probably one of my all time favorites. I wanted to throw Spidey in there like my sketch but I kinda like him on his own.

Chameleon concept

Here's a pic based off a sketch I did for the same graphic novel concept below it. I'm trying to get the ideas out of my head these days and keep picking em' out. I love Chameleon's and have owned 4 myself...such cool animals.

Work in progress

Here's an inspired piece for a comic/graphic novel idea I'm writing and trying to sort out. I can say this was heavily influenced by Sean Galloway's work which seems to be the most appealing and unique design style I've seen since Bruce Timm.

Beasts of Bordem

Here's a beast created for Art Jumble's weekly topic this one being beasts.

Batman

Heres my rendition of a everyones favorite Gotham Knight created for art jumble.

Into the Abyss

Here's another jumble topic of sea creatures...

New jumble pic

Heres a pic I did for art jumble with the theme of knight damsel and ____. My blank was a space ogre..whatever they look like.

Happy Halloween!

Heres a pic I've been working on and off for a couple of weeks. This was done with flash 8 as the majority of posts.

In-foot-shoe-ation

One of my favorite house pets and characters.

4 years together

Here's a pic I made for my future wife and best friend. It also features our two nutty pet conures in our quaint but comfortable living room.

Purple monster

Another design I've monstered up.

Wood devil

Heres a creature I made for a website catered to creating creatures and characters.

Mammorathon

Here's a mascot I've been designing for my fiance's Weekend to end breast cancer walk team. Hopefully this lil' Mammoth will be on a t-shirt for there walk. If you'd like you can even help her by sponsoring her here...
http://www.endcancer.ca/site/TR?px=1877331&pg=personal&fr_id=1202

The Wizard of Oz

It feels like it's been along time since I've posted. I haven't been too motivated to do even my artwork the since my fiance was diagnosed with cancer. It's been tough and mentally exhausting at times but we'll pull through. Anyway here's a picture of my favorite characters from the timeless story. I've often wondered what it would be like if Tim Burton made a version of this film,...I think it would be great. As good as the first version with Judy Garland is, a fresh more modern take would be neat.

It's Baseball time

Here's a couple character concepts I've created made for a show pitch at work.

Col Sanders was a hero??

Here's a pic for Art jumble I made on the theme of mythology. I thought I'd make my own absurd myth.

For my Valentine

This years v-day card for my girlfriend.

Animals as inanimate objects

Heres some bowling pin penguins.

Fairy concept

Heres a few colour concepts of a fairy I've designed for work.

The boobie bird

Heres a take on an inside joke I have with ...ah ...someone I know. I really wanted to make this into a character so here it is!

Valentines day cards

Well,

It feels like forever since I've last made a post. And these images above are the reason. These are some E-cards that will be posted on a site for Valentines day. I was given a lot of freedom so I had some fun with them. Now back to the grind.

Rome: Not Again!

Here's my take on a theme of duos. These two are Vorenus and Pullo from the HBO series Rome. I thought as characters go, they're relationship was one that always kept me eager for their next adventure. Vorenus the headstrong military leader who's hot temper is always set off by Pullo's density. And of course Pullo, the big dumb lovable ox who's quicker to deal with his problems in blood than reason.

Evil Wonka

Heres another post for Artjumble the topic of Charlie and the Chocolate factory was this weeks assignment.

Jack Palance

Heres another art jumble post for dead celebrities. I chose to do Jack Palance, I hope it obvious enough that it's him. He had such a wild life you'd think it was film in itself. He was a war hero in WWII, held a heavyweight boxing champion title and won an Oscar.

Manatease

Heres a pic for Art jumble that might be submitted into a website for the Conan O'brian Show. The Character is a Horny Manatee that has made place on Conan's show apparently. So here's my take on a horny Manatee, enjoy!

Cowboy!

Heres a cowboy I made for another blog I'm part of called Art jumble.

Christmas Card 2006

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Like most people I'm anxious to have some time off in the upcoming weeks ahead, to mingle, sleep in, play my xbox 360 and share some presents. Winter seems to always be a drag with it's lack of daylight and of course this frigid Canadian weather. I have tried to send this card to everyone within our 50 card limit, and hope that it can add a little cheer! I hope those of you who haven't recieved one enjoy this picture. I can't wait to do next years. Perhaps, I'll start over the holidays?

Snowmen of 2005

It's that time of year again... Mall madness, spending more than you make and of course fighting armies of evil snowmen who's poker party you made ruin when you peed on them. Okay, well that's not every ones idea of the holiday season but to Checkers, Buffy and David it is. These characters are based on my family pets who's abstracted personalities come to life in this scene of mayhem and quirkiness. I hope to make a short film about these guys one day, I think they'd take off on TV or in a film. Anyway, here's a picture to usher in the holiday season. It's too bad I won't have the time to make a part II this year!

Happy birthday dale!

Well,

Here's the second caricature of two I've made this month commemorating my two good friends November birthdays. Dale, is a stop mo animation director and a keen artist who's blog you'll find in my index of links, his brother has some nice work to despite his girly name. My girlfriend seems to think this doesn't look like him, but I'd rather differ as fools do. She could be right though, I am overdue for a check up with the optometrist. Good thing I'm seeing one this wed!

Happy 27th Chris

Here's a caricature of a good friend who's a TTC supervisor/gulag commissar for the transit proletariat. I've got a portrait theme going this year for him and my other stop mo director pal Dale who's card won't be posted till his birthday. I wanted to give these two an oil painting like feel with just seasoning of caricature. So far this is all done inf Flash 8 but I intend on adding to it in photo shop or Art rage 2.....Can you tell I've been cooking?

Return of the charcoal

It seems that conte has taken a bit of a back seat in my life drawing these past weeks. I've stumbled upon a stick of charcoal thats given me some interesting results. I've been trying to take a different approach by blocking in light/mass rather than drawing mass then lighting. In some other drawings I tried blocking shade in one direction and leaving the lighted areas as the neutral colour of the page.

Extra Dragons

Heres a few more dragons I made for a project I've been working on. These guys are few of the many background characters I've created. 26 in all, they've been fun to work on despite the quick turn around.

Over the hill

Heres a pic I've illustrated for my father's upcoming birthday. Naturally, he and my mother enjoy the outdoors and each other's company. This picture is inspired by both their two great personalities and seemlingly endless amounts of character. I hope I managed to capture those qualities as fondly as I see them both.

Stop the biting.

Heres a pic I did celebrating a milestone with ma girlfriend and her tasty peanut butter cookies. yum.

Dragons

These three dragons are concepts I've created for an interactive game. One set is a more
"disneyish" style while the other 3 lean to a more stream lined anime style.

Villians and heros?

Well, this picture is one concept picture of two that I designed for a potential comic...involving racing. It seems that bad guys to me are always funner to make than heros. I found it difficult to make a lovable character. I think that may be one thing that is pushed too much in pop culture. Why do our heros have to be flawless? If anything we can identify with villians more than hero's because of their flaws. I think it's that specific quality that always lures me to be more intrigued by a flawed hero or a villian. Everyone loves Batman and he's about as f#$% as it gets. We need more Batmen.

Robyn!

This image is a tribute to my best freind and coincedentaly also my girlfreind. I plan to have this branded on a t-shirt for her when she gets back from the strudel littered mountian tops of Austria....

You can see on the left the vector art and on the right the final branded image. Too bad it lost some colour in the printing process.

Baby girl

I've been feeling that artist's guilt for neglecting my blog lately. So, here's a picture I made using flash mx for my two good freinds new born baby daughter.

Life Drawing

Here's a piece from one of the many life drawing sessions I've done this year after work. I can say it's been beneficial, and a great way to keep the drawing skills fresh. This one, is one of my favorites so far. This pose as well as most of the poses we do range from 5-10 min in length. I think the 10min poses are my personal preference. Its amazing what you can do with just a stick charcoal.

Hook's ship

Heres one I did a while back for a show that never went to air. It's the concept design of a pirate ship deck. Done in Flash MX it's a nice example of what you can do with just simple shapes of colour. The main idea here was too keep all the colours at the lowest possible saturation, this inturn makes the charcters stand out.

Sudbordor

Here's my first posting, this is a picture inspired by a city in Northern Ontario that reminds me of Mordor from the lord of the Rings. The landscape was so blackened and ruined from the mining industry it might has well have been ground zero. It also helped to get some inspiration by playing Battle For Middle Earth at the time...... This pic was done using flash mx and based off a few quick sketches.