Donatello

A little TMNT sketch I did for fun in between other stuff. My eighth birthday party was completely Ninja Turtle themed--Raphael plates and party hats, Michelangelo cake. Good times. I traced a Donatello out of a turtles story book I had and pinned it to the wall, convinced my friends I did it. And so began my career as an artistic fraud.

Sketches and Warm ups 02/11/12

Messing around with portraits of some favorite Batman villains. My success level is all over the place on this one.

Batman and Robin from last Wednesday's drink and draw. Lines by me, inks by Marcus To. This was pretty popular on Tumblr either because Marcus fixed so much of my drawing or people like to see Batman say "bra'".

Bebop and Rocksteady from the 80s TMNT animated series and toyline. Wish they'd bring 'em back, though I know it's a rights issue or something like that.

Zombies vs Cheerleaders #6

So excited to finally show you guys this--it's cover B for Zombies versus Cheerleaders #6, out this spring! The line work is by me, and the colours are by my frequent brother in arms Adam Metcalfe. One of my favorite things to do in a page is litter it with little gags and props but I never get to do it as often as I'd like what with deadlines and stories having to be all serious and stuff. Here I got to go crazy.

In addition to that, inside there's a 6 page story written by Eric M. Esquivel and penciled and inked by myself. I've been dying to post some of my art from the issue, I really think Eric and I spun a good yarn in the allotted space, and I hope you guys all rush to your comic shops and preorder! Try and aim for cover B. I think there are 4 covers in all with this one only being on 20% of the run, so it's no easy task. I know you're up to the challenge, though. You've been around. You've seen things.

Sketchbook 2012

I've been keeping a sketchbook again. It helps me work out what direction I want to push my stuff in. Lately when it comes to style and stuff I just don't know. Here's a brief peek.

More Recent Spitballs

Art dump of stuff I've done in the past little while for the Toronto art collective Spitballin' Comics. If you haven't checked it out, please do!

Triumph of the Goofballs

My two favorite super villains of all time are Black Manta and Mysterio, so I have a real soft spot for comics' less-than-sinister n'er-do-wells. It made this recent pair of commissions all the more fun, getting to show some of the lesser known bad guys trouncing their more famous counterparts. The one above is of DC's the Lord of time trouncing Marvel's Kang the Conquerer.

And this one has Captain Marvel's foe Mister Atom making short work of Brainiac and Ultron. I fell in love with Mister Atom while doing this. He looks so much like somebody Astro Boy would have punched in the face. Hope you guys like em.

Doctor Who "Journey's End" Commission

Rose Tyler and the Duplicate Doctor as they appeared in the series four finale "Journey's End", for a very nice fellow Whovian. I'm not the best with likenesses, but I did alright here I think--the Doctor could stand to have a weaker chin but that's what drawing superheroes all day gets you. Fun to do and it reminded me of how much I loved the Tennant series, which I'd forgotten, being all caught up in Matt Smith's run.

Firestorm Commission

Here's a Firestorm I just did for an awesome cat! I'd never drawn the character before, so it was fun for sure. You can't get much more "It's 1978 and you're reading a DC comic book" than Firestorm.

1-Hour self Portrait

I call it a self portrait. Others may call it a desperate cry for help. I draws 'em like I feels 'em.

Recent Spitballin' Sketches

Time once again for me to dump a bunch of my recent contributions to the awesome group sketchblog Spitballin' Comics here. First is my attempt at making the New 52 revamped DC universe Red Robin costume work. With a few small adjustments, I actually really like it. I still don't like the version they've gone with though...

And here's Fox McCloud from the Star Fox video games. If you're ever challenged to keep a drawing of a fox from looking like a drawing of a long-snouted cat, pray I'm not your phone a friend.

David Bowie's in space. Whatcha doin' up there, man?

And this week's contribution, Goku from Dragon Ball Z. As always, head over to Spitballin' to check out the other submissions to these theme weeks from a bunch of other awesome Toronto cartoonists and artists. It's a good time!

Happy 70th Birthday, Aquaman!

I plum forgot it's my favorite DC Superhero's 70th birthday today so I had to squeak this in before the clock struck 12. I drew this last month at Fan Expo, and since never have I ever liked a drawing I've done of the classic Aquaman (too much pressure!) I sat on this until now. Would have liked to do something brand new and better as a tip of the hat to the Sea King, but I remembered too late, so this'll have to do.

Happy birthday, Aquaman!

Recent This and Thats

It's been a good long while since I remembered to update this blog. Truth told, Spitballin' and worky work I can't really show off take up most of my time, and double posting work I do for Spitballin' here doesn't always seem worth the effort. But here are a few recent Spitball sketches I was happy enough with to share twice, starting with Grunge Josie and the Pussycats, above.

Next is M.O.D.O.K., the Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing, villainous mastermind and butt of many jokes in the Avengers comics. M.O.D.O.K. week ended up being one of our better ones overall, lots of fun stuff and a cool guest post.

Finally, what I assume/hope will be a traffic-puller-inner, this week's Spitball--Marvel Zombies, featuring X-Men mainstays Cyclops and Wolverine. Everybody's doing someone different as a zombie, so it should be cool to see once they're all up. I've got some other zombie-related work coming up this fall in Moonstone's Zombies Versus Cheerleaders, so this was a nice warm up for that.