heads up

updating my blog some more with a brand new header. just got the idea this morning so i thought i'd go for it. i also made up this new button series to help with navigation around the blog. i thought about just using the icons, but decided to also include the words.

neca tmnt

i've been horribly busy lately moving in to a new apartment with the wife, so i haven't had much time to finish anything. sure i've been able to sketch some things, but the scanner has been packed away and my drawing table is covered in boxes... hopefully i'll be able to post some real work soon, but in the meantime here are some photos of some of my favorite toys. neca did an unbelievable job creating figures of the ninja turtles from the early comics. this are super detailed and extremely faithful to the source material. they are very articulated and definitely the best versions of the turtles in plastic.

the only drawback with these guys is that they are comic accurate, so they all wear red masks. i grew up on the old cartoon show, movies and action figures so i always think of them as wearing blue, orange, purple and red. i did a little photoshopping to see how they would look if they were in their 90s action figure colors. if they re-released these figures in these colors... i'd probably buy another set. (just don't tell the wife!)

now i just need to find an april and hope they finally make shredder and everybody else!

-x

evil in progress...

i've been working on some of the super squad's super villains the past couple days. unfortunately, this is all i can show you for now. i don't want to spoil any surprises!

more to come

breakthrough

okay, so i've had a bit of a creative block lately. it's not that i've had a lack of ideas, it's almost that i've had too many. i haven't been able to focus. i'd just keep thinking about dinosaurs, ninjas, outer space, monkeys, isolation, magic, cowboys, super powers and so on instead of really trying to nail anything down. however, just recently i've broken through and come to the other side. hopefully i'll be able to keep rolling and keep creating instead of frustrating myself with trying to start things that i can already see the end to.

so back to work on the super squad with some new ideas and new goals.

stay tuned!

Rose Pedal Samurai

so i guess we're going live with this and we're going full force. this is that project i've been teasing you all with for a while now. some buddies from high school made some awesome music but pictured it as much more than that, so they contacted me about some character design, illustration opportunities and this is what we came up with. hope you dig it. i know we're totally pumped!

music video for 'sleeping sound' can be found here

and if you totally dig us, join our facebook group here

hope to see you there!

wolverine vs sabretooth

in minimate form... yeah i'm that big of a nerd. most of my illustration lately has been focused on that band project i mentioned before. it's wrapping up so hopefully i'll be able to share some of that soon... but in the meantime, watch wolvie fight old sabretooth

scott pilgrim contest

deviant art is one of the sites i follow and recently they had an art contest in honor of scott pilgrim vs the world. i'm a huge fan of the comic (thanks to my brother) and i loved the movie, so i thought i'd give it a shot. this is the 8th evil ex idea i had. unfortunately i didn't win, but it was fun to draw this guy that you should hate.

sorry for the lack of updates lately. i've been working hard on a project with some friends of mine and hopefully i'll able to give full details soon... and hopefully i'll be updating more in general soon