TUMBLR

I started a tumblr recently, you should follow it!

http://fondlepunch.tumblr.com/

I was hoping to have it share the same name as this blogger, but dude who loves My Little Pony took it first. What a world!

Sonic Generation

I got invited recently to take part in a Sonic the Hedgehog themed art show at Brave New Worlds for December's First Friday.


Though if you know me, I didn't like the Sonic games past Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (they got kinda...wierd. I mean, just look at the ones that came out in the last 5 years). Though the old Ren & Stimpy-esque cartoon show held a soft spot for me for years.



I HATE THAT HEDGEHOG!
Watercolor & Ink

For more information, and awesome artwork by some Autumn Society members, go to the actual site here! Its gonna be a good time!

Iconolastic Dead

Autumn Society is having yet another international show, after the success we had over in France at LA FLAQ GALLERY thanks in part with Geek-Art.

Guru Gallery down in Mexico City has kinda taken us in, with a Día de los Muertos show, The Iconolastic Dead. The theme being we had to do a piece based on a living/dead person who you looked up to.

Honestly, I don't have a lot of people I look up to. Maybe George Carlin, but thats really it. Lemmy on the other hand though, has had a successful music career about 40 plus years going, Motorhead has been pretty consistent in their sound since the 70's, has influenced bands like Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, Slayer, and more, and to quote many people, Can do whatever the hell he wants; drink a bottle a jack a day, sleep with thousands of women, write/compose song lyrics in about 15 minutes, and appear in your band's music video for the hell of it. The man is even as humble enough to say that Motorhead isn't a metal band.

Anyways, enjoy what I was able to crank out in little less than a week's time.


Watercolor, Ink, and Color Pencil

Idle hands at work...

Idle Illustrator piece at work. Practice makes perfect I suppose.

8-Bit Champions

The Autumn Society is having its first show over in Paris, France. Its first international show really, all in part thanks to Geek-Art. I was chosen to take part, and chose to illustrate the video game series, Adventure Island, that I had a lot of fun playing on my Nintendo during my youth.


"Death from Above"

For this piece, I decided to document it, since someone asked me recently to see a process post.



The first part, is to draw up ideas, in thumbnail size. I usually try to do at least 20 these days before moving on.


Normally around this time, I do research, which just consists of playing the game again, and getting screen captures. Same thing with videos of the SNES ones, because I never did play those (except the series took a turn for the weird on that console). Oh, and there was also an anime too. Go figure!


After choosing a thumbnail that I think has the best potential/composition/not boring, I do a very loose sketch, just to lay out key areas. This is bound to change over time.


The image then gets blown up, and then tightened up with tracing paper drawings, and then transferred to watercolor paper.


The time before inking is a tense time. Thank god for Mister Pabst.


And done.


After inking, a colored tonal wash is applied and then major areas get blocked in with washes.


More areas get blocked in, and I start adding details, value, and what have you...


....until I have this. Like I mentioned earlier, some elements get added in before the end.


Framed and ready to go!
And if you happen to be in Paris around the 15th next month, be sure to check it out at:

LA FLAQ GALLERY
36 rue Quincampoix
75004 Paris, France

Thanks for reading!

Comics Alliance Write Up

Comics Alliance did an interesting and flattering write up of my work.

Thank you guys! That means a lot to me.

Death From Above

I feel like I'm missing something
(I guess this is a little Toriyama inspired. I was watching Dragon Ball when I was doing thumbs and sketches.)