Freelance Santa

It wouldn't be Christmas without freelance Santa illustration

Dinosaurs and the Ark final

Here's the final for the Noah's Ark piece

Halloween in L.A. Final

Here is the final of the L.A. piece sans foreground people.

comic page with complimentary colors

While digging through old work on my hard drive I stumbled across a freelance comic project. Here's a page out of it in color.

Dinosaurs and Noah's ark

Im doing an editorial based on dinosaurs trying to fit into Noah's ark and have two rough drafts from two different angles. I'm also trying out color pencils and love the great sketchy quality so far.

Character Design single panel cartoon

Our most recent project for Professor Goldsmith's character design class was a single panel cartoon and I settled on a bit about tattooing loved ones. Right now the main question is, Is that mom or girlfriend?

dangers of internet browsing

Here is an illustration centered around the dangers of surfing and shopping on the internet. I've attached my rough concept piece and my first stab at color. There will be a bunch more as narrowing down my palette is giving me fits.

Too much partying during Halloween editorial

I'm currently working on an editorial based around L.A.'s wild Halloween party scene. In the article there is a list of party goers arrested so here is my take and on debauchery and Saint Hallows Eve. The rough has a police officer on the left and a guy in cuffs on the right. The final due date is fast approaching.

Kurt Vonnegut editorial

This is the rough and final for a Kurt Vonnegut short story entitled Harrison Bergeron.

character study of a giant robot for Jason Parker's "The Mission"

Here is an early concept sketch for an animated movie currently in development.

Wallace Turn Around sheet

Here is a turn around sheet of Wallace as he carries his gym bag and shot put.

Wallace and Fletch

I'm taking Doug Goldsmith's character design course and we just wrapped our first project. Here is a comparison sheet of Wallace the Scottish track and field athlete and Fletch, the  neurotic old hippy. 

intelligence and plants

Here's my take on mother nature for Christopher Darling's editorial class

editorial spot

I'm taking an editorial class at KSU and we just wrapped up our first editorial spot. The topic is the supreme court and how they protect police  in lieu of recent questionable shootings. Attached is the first draft as well as the final

Unending Worlds columns

Here is the Unending World's Cover final in process with two different pillar styles to decide between

Mission character studies

Here are two character sketches of our protagonist done in copic marker and finished roughly in photoshop

The mission next draft

Here is the mission poster with the face finalized and the craft roughed in

skateboard deck illustration

Here is a board deck illustration in process for Tommy Anarchy boards. 

Unending Worlds cover

Here are 2 black and white roughs and one color mockup for Steven Carrol's Unending Worlds novel. 

Final poster process

Going into the final stretch for The Mission poster. I took some screen grabs of my color process as well as an awkward personal photo reference. Next up is our protagonist's clothes and the surrounding technology.