Shenanigans & Tomfoolery

Oftentimes, I’ll start working on something and then I’ll force myself to change my original concept to suit the guidelines of, I dunno, whatever the hell. Case in point, I started doing this Morrigan piece and then I heard of a contest where you had to zombify a fighting game character and I used the Morrigan [...]

So I was gonna do Mario vs. Jack Cayman (from Mad World) before I worked on Mario vs. Crono. I was gonna do it digitally but the crappy composition I had and the crappy line art that I started forced me to pause and rethink. I scrapped what I had done, chose to work on [...]

Kratos is easily one of my most requested characters so I’m glad to finally get him off the table. Just in time for Ascension too. This took a while, not just because the background needed the time but also because there was a lot going on with the characters themselves and I needed to be [...]

This got put in the back burner because of health, commissions and work so it’s great to get it out of my system and be able to get on with other stuff. Not much to say here though. Rayman Origins is the only Rayman game I’ve played (loved it) so the look of this is [...]

Platinum Games newest is finally in stores so let’s celebrate with a Hideo Kojima cut trailer of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. I’ve been waiting for this game since it was first announced, back when it was a different beast, before Platinum came aboard. Reviews are favorable but, regardless, this is a game I MUST play. [...]

I had the idea for this clear in my head and the result is pretty close to that initial concept. A good ol’ fistfight is not in the Spy’s modus operandi so it had to be a backstab. I was tempted to have Mario looking back, as if knowing that something was off, but I [...]

So we have Mario fighting a space marine in green armor, a funky helmet and known for his large arsenal of weapons and my first thought was: how do I not turn this into another Mario vs. Master Chief? I thought about finding an angle to this piece that was interesting without being a repeat [...]

First of all, credit where credit is due: if you know your comics you’ll know that this image is based on John Buscema’s cover to Silver Surfer #4 which has some of the greatest, most dynamic poses ever put on a comic book cover. Easily one of my favorites of all time. Incidentally, I think this [...]

Perspective! In trying to change things up a bit in these fights (and inspired by some great Tomb Raider concept art of Lara hanging on for dear life) I tried to do an extreme perspective shot here which is something I haven’t attempted for these I think. It turned out surprisingly well, I think and [...]

As with the last generation, I knew I would eventually end up buying all 3 next gen consoles but I always expected the Wii U to be the very last one I would purchase. It just seems gimmicky and unappealing to me and I didn’t want another Wii situation (i.e. gather dust for months, bust [...]