Week 51: Ludo and Sarah (comic next week!) (Dec. 28th)

the last artwork to be posted of the year...

From the movie, Labyrinth
HB pencil, scanned, and tada!

Week 50: PIKA!! (Dec. 21st)

An ooooold sketch that i found revamped and given some tweaks.
time: 45 min.
photoshop
prismacolors
scanner

Week 49: Sloths Rule And Boys... (Dec. 14th)

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time: unknown
sloths looked at before comic completion: 62
sloths looked at after comic completion: 104+

Week 48: Bar Sketch, part 2 (Dec. 7th)

And this is what happens when someone sees you drawing someone else while drinking!
(I got 2 free drinks out of this one! :-D)

Minor adjustments in photoshop for affect.
After doing the first portrait, I got paid 2 beers for this one!

Week 46: Bar Sketch, part 1: Man Portrait (Nov. 23rd)

This is what happens when someone brings a sharpie and a notebook to a bar...

Minor alterations in photoshop.
Took me about 20 min with a nice 1/2 inch sharpie + 2 beers. Just took a snap of it- and glad i did. not sure what happened to the original.

Week 47: Putting things- where they BELONG (Nov. 30th)

Photoshop
approx. 3 hours (i get distracted way too much)

So when you've closed the store and you're starting to get a little kooky from sleep trying to sneak in, all it takes is a pair of glasses near a stuffed otter to have you leaving things for your bewildered co-workers to find.

Week 45: Decisions, Decisions (Nov. 16th)

(for those of you who don't know, it's a mass effect reference)

Week 44: Jenny, 1986-2013 (Nov. 9th)

For the girl who was nice to me,
even when her friends were not.
The smartest woman I'd ever met,
so much it intimidated me.
To the person she had become,
that I never got to know.
And for the rest of us,
memories that won't fade.

I hope I did you justice.

I worked on this for a long time. Not much else to say here.
Photoshop CS6, hours ?

Week 43: Crash and Burn (Nov. 2nd)

Week 42: My Little Costume (Oct. 26th)

 Apple Jack: "Howdy Sugar cube!"

Rainbow Dash:  "Ya wanna race?"

Some of my Halloween costume sketches!
AJ was for a friend, I was Rainbow Dash.

Week 41: Cat Gauge (Oct. 19th)

As promised- more cat comics. And more lessons learned: cats have 2 settings. Yup.

All photoshop, bout 2 hours on the first panel, 4 on the second.

Week 40: Bit of Magic (Oct. 12th)

Just a little bit of Magic m' dear...

Finally really got fancy with the coloring- this is the NEW and improved Photoshop CC.  And I approve.
All photoshop, 6 hours.

Week 39: Aww! Let Me Get My- (Oct. 5th)

2 hours: All photoshop.

Week 38: Potato Dragon (Sept. 28th)

Another commission.
Apparently, this is someone's nickname. No, no idea how it got to this, but this is what they asked for in the interpretation. Enjoy this oddity.
3+ hours

Week 37: Pun Attack (Sept. 21th)

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All photoshop, apprx. 4 hours +

Enjoy!

Week 36: Book-topus (Sept. 14th)

Because who doesn't like a stylish Cephalopod in a top hat?

Another commission! Took about 6 hours+ but it was totally worth it. :-)
Line art is also available.

Week 35: Keep it Loki (Sept. 7th)

Tom Hiddleston approves of this message.
7 hours + photoshop only

Week 34: A new Dynamic this year... (August 31th)

 All photoshop!
But which is better? Color? Or black and white line art?
YOU decide!

Week 33: Evil Wizard (August 24th)

Week 32: Two of Me (August 17th)

Photoshop only
About 2 hours

Week 31: Aristocats (August 10)

Meet Harry and Pixel.  They are a dynamic duo that always seem to surprise me. Oh, what's that? Did this actually happen? good question.

WOW, almost 100 views in one day!! :D Thanks for sharing my work guys!

all Photoshop, ALL THE TIME, 3 hours+

Week 30: BAMF! (August 3rd)

Nightcrawler from the X-men, thank you Marvel.
Drew this for a friend, and thought he could use some touch ups.  So here he is- all spiffed up!
Pencil sketch + inking + Prismacolors + scan +Photoshop
Not sure how long he took.

Week 29: Prince Charming (July 27)

All in photoshop- approx. 3+ hours

I may color it at another time but for right now- i like it just the way it is. :)

Week 28: Goldielocks (July 20)

Playing with just my Prismacolor markers.... was starting to get a feel for them I think.
Prismcolor markers- 20min.

Week 27: Homicidal Psycho Domestic Dog (July 13)

In homage to my favorite Sunday morning comic artist, Bill Watterson, I borrowed his set up for the cover of "The Essential Calvin and Hobbes" like so:
http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Calvin-Hobbes-Bill-Watterson/dp/0836218051
Altered with my own little twist to it! ^_^

But really- is how I feel when my dog Finn greets me when I get home... he may be a tad "enthusiastic".
P.S. I suck at stars. I apologize to all astral bodies out there.

-All photoshop (i got to try out my new watercolor brushes!!)
approx. 6 hours+?

Week 26: Hey Girl (July 6)

She is finally done!
DO NOT WANT to say how long it took me but i did learn a lot from her.
Photoshop only. 8 sideways hours.

Week 25: We RIDE! (June 29)

pencil, ink, watercolor
For my friend Emily!

Week 24: Welcome... to the Circus! (June 22)

Pencil sketch, inked then colored with prismacolor markers + scan
This was originally done for an event at work.  Here's the original in color!
Approx. 1.5 hours

Week 23: Renovations (June 15)

Pencil, inked, photoshop clean up and touch ups...

Week 22: Listening to the War (June 8)

An extra with an interesting face and expression. Couldn't resist trying my luck.
Pencil sketch + scan + Photoshop.

Week 21: And For My First Born Son (June 1)

The set up: 10 minutes
Doing the line art and background: about 3 hours.
Coloring everything in while surfing the internet and listening to music: about 6 hours
Grand total time worked: 10 hours plus change.
The fact that this actually happened: Priceless.

Week 20: Head in the Clouds (May 25)

My humanized Rainbow Dash!
 I was thinking about making a costume for her (both in the picture and for myself) but here I really felt like she didn't need it. Me on the other hand.... well, let's just say that I have some sketches that may be going up here soon.

Week 19: Bookstore Yoga (May 11)

click to expand:

We have many positions open.

More bookstore humor. :-P Photoshop and I have been doing a lot better- I hope that much is apparent.  Still working on catching up but I already have 2 more comics in the mix and my weekend now before me.

Week 18: Shadowy Music Man (May 18)

click to enlarge

First person who can name this "shadowy music man" will receive a free print!

If no one gets it in 2 weeks, no prints. :-(

Yes, guesses are unlimited. :-) GO!

Week 17: Should be a National Holiday (May 4)

Photoshop and I are finally getting along.  This is something I had been meaning to get done and put up way back when, but never got around to. Plus, I got to dress up as wonder woman to go to work that Saturday- how many people get to say that?! :-D

Week 16: The Blue Knight (Apr. 27th)

The Blue Knight

Catching up!!!
Another prismacolor sketch- was having interesting thoughts on armor not to mention markers.
Input? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

Week 15: "Down With the Sickness" (Apr. 20th)

So I feel that I should explain why have not been posting on time: I recently got super sick- so bad that I had problems getting up and moving around just to feed myself.  I tried to shield myself from further sickness by burritoing myself in a blanket. It may, or may not, have been slightly reminiscent of the emperor from Star Wars with slightly less lightning.

"Join the Dark side..."

Now while I would like to go on and tell you that this was my body acclimating to some new wondrous superpowers that were manifesting inside me, I regret to inform you that this was not the case.  Or so my alter ego will tell you.

And I'd like to tell you that I was poised and calm while being waited on hand and foot in this dismal time, but I believe that my death wails seemed to have the opposite affect on those around me.

Except for my dog. Which..... isn't saying much.

Now after my recovery, I may have gotten used to being a bit lazy. So I proceeded to read THE ENTIRE INTERNET.  Now that I have recently finished this up, I decided to finally update this and continue my art work that has taken up so much of my time.
here's a slight preview:

Enjoy and feel free to comment.

Week 14: Green Lantern (Apr. 13)

Speed sketch: still took me 20 minutes, Prismacolors
It being the source of power for Green Lanterns in the Victorian era.  How dapper, I do say!

Week 13: The Search (Apr. 6)

Photoshop!

Week 12: Highschool Specimen (Mar. 30)

Crayola markers!!
This one I did last year and revamped in Lightroom/Photoshop.

Week 11: Day Light Savings Time (Mar. 23)

JUST LET ME SLEEP &*^%@ #*&^!($! *^@$!!!!

Hand drawing, colored in Photoshop.

Week 10: Origin Story (Mar. 16)

Crayola Markers. That's right: Old school.

Week 9: Generation Gap (Mar. 2)

True story.
ALL Photoshop.
Illustrator can suck it.

Week 8: A Study in Orange (Feb. 23)

Prismacolor