Shenanigans & Tomfoolery

Argh! I overwrote my PSD file with a low res version again! I should kill myself. But anyway, this is a fairly conservative redesign of Batman. I gave him a bit or armor and, in an effort to give the character more “bat” qualities, I removed the eye slits and, though it may not be [...]

My first SKRATCHJAMS entry in quite a while. The challenge was to, you guessed it, redesign Superman. I’ve been in a serious funk in the last few days, mostly because of the quality of my art. I started at least 4 different pieces and dropped them halfway through (or earlier) because I didn’t feel they [...]

At midnight tonight, the entirety of the DC Universe will begin its relaunch of 52 titles starting at #1 along with day and date digital releases. It’s a bold initiative from DC that, while not completely bulletproof, deserves to be applauded. Living in New York has spoiled me a little but, now that I’m residing elsewhere, [...]

Giving the Turtles my own spin. I made them super huge (because turtles shouldn’t be lean) and tried to individualize them with more than just their colors and weapons. Of course, because I had no idea what to do with the background, I took a page from the Turtles in Time character select screen and [...]

It started with ripped jeans. That’s what I set out to draw. But I’ve also wanted to draw Gaiman’s Death for quite a while so I decided to kill two birds with one stone. I really liked her first appearance where Morpheus mentions the sound of wings whenever she “took” somebody and that’s what I [...]

Get the latest Flash Player to see this player. [Javascript required to view Flash movie, please turn it on and refresh this page] I understand that the 2006 Plastic Man pilot by Tom Kenny (of SpongeBob fame) and Andy Suriano has been floating around the web for a while now but I only managed to catch [...]

I’m compelled to write something about DC’s massive relaunch come September (for solicitations go here) and I debated how to tackle such a post. I contemplated writing a blurb about every single title but, with 52 books altogether, that’s a little more writing than I’m looking to do right now. I thought about handing out [...]

Trying some new stuff for this week’s SKRATCHJAMS. There was an initial instinct to go minimalist just because of the boldness of the outfit but I decided to go in another direction. The always amazing *WarrenLouw has a tutorial up and I gave his technique a shot. It’s nowhere near as tight as his stuff but [...]

Another week, another SKRATCHJAMS entry. The challenge this week was to re-envision Spider-Man as a Dragonball Z, Naruto or One Piece character. I have utmost affection for DBZ (and none for the other two) so the decision was clear. DBZ character designs tend to have very loose clothing and that just didn’t sit right with me [...]

It’s great when a piece of entertainment lives up to fantastic concept art like the one above. But I’m getting ahead of myself. Thor has had some great runs in the comics but he’s arguably better known as one of the “Big Three” in the Avengers alongside Captain America and Iron Man. With the Avengers movie [...]