Moving

So, like I had said earlier, seeing as I am technically a graduate of Ringling, perhaps I should be going around saying I'm a "Ringling Rogue"...so....I made a tumblr site now. (alot of my art friends have tumblr so I figured why not.)

Over hier:

http://roguedrawz.tumblr.com/

I may still post on here, but, not as often.

gutterz

(Uh...something...comick-y. Obviously. More coming along....wink wink nudge nudge say no more.)

fanart paints

Apparently I need my PS3 fixed. I've been wanting to play Marvel vs Capcom 3 so effin badly, apparently it's been making me do fanarts.

So here we have, um, Wesker and Zero. <3. Maybe I'll do more later, I seem to be on some sort of roll....

(which isn't so bad.....it's good practice for me in Painter- at least the initial steps of the painting I've been twiddling with the Oil Pastel tools....although Photoshop was involved in both at one point or another)

lalala

Loomis-oh Loomis

So apparently last night, instead of fully paying attention to my paper for a liberal arts class (THE LAST FLIPPIN PAPER I WILL EVER WRITE IN THIS PLACE YATTA), I discovered Andrew Loomis' "Fun with a Pencil".

There was an expression sheet page.

Then suddenly I found myself doodling Tobias heads.



Then several hours later I found myself doing the expressions over, but this time, Matt heads came out.



Also blah de da de blah studies of comic book artists using my own characters...sketchbook studies.








(FYI: blame Michelangelo here)






(wacky pictures of Japanese *ish* brothers are inspired by Fruits and Fresh Fruits, LOL)



(apparently this turned into a sketch dump...)

FINALLY DONE

OMFG, after 5 years of toiling, I am on track to graduate with my BFA in a few weeks! I just presented my final body of work (senior project) to my illustration teacher, and so now all I have to do is clean up the work some, frame it, and also some misc senior show stuff!

After the Senior Show I will post the work up here for all to see- don't want to spoil it for those who are coming down to see my stuff!

What's in my future?

- It's very likely that I will be changing the address of this blog. Obviously I will no longer be a Ringling student, but an alumni (wow, it feels strange to say that).
- Look for my web comic. Coming very, very soon. I kid you not, I am literally itching to start it now that I'm free from my senior project work. Maybe I'll have a one shot pencilled/inked out before Spokane Comicon (As an Editor from Dark Horse will be there- wooot).
- I'm torn between trying to pursue my art career further, despite the horrid, horrid economic conditions here in the United States, or, going someplace else. I've also been applying for jobs teaching English overseas (and I know artists who have done that path and then came back to start their real careers, John Kantowitz of Inkmo/How to Draw Manga outta Antarctic Press rings a bell, hell, there's even a WEBCOMIC about "Teach English in Japan"!)
- I really, REALLY want to attend San Diego Comic-Con. I mean, if there's a decent shot of me lining up a contract for some small indie publisher, it's at San Diego.
- I'll also be open for collab projects with other artists.....so...yeah!

ZzZzZz

You know something's up when you draw your characters taking a nap......@_@.....my sleep schedule has sucked royally for the past few weeks because of senior thesis project......almost done though....

(And this is probably a good reason why Nicole likes Matt...sure, he has the power to destroy the world numerous times over if he had nobody in his way, BUT, put him to sleep and, ha ha, apparently he's a snoozing fool (and pillow/cuddle monkey).

Colours

Just a quick job in Painter.....

doodle doodle doodle

I'm having a blast drawing this kid. Drawing kids always makes me so happy,actually.....

(Keegan doesn't look so happy though, but, that's his own effin fault.)

Candy?

I am suddenly reminded why the eff I don't use Prismacolors anymore. But this is totally "omg not serious play time" anyways.

おい,チビだね〜

If you can read the title, it says all...but.....

"Oi, Chibi da ne."

Or-

"Hey, Squirt."

No further explaination needed.

So he's a bit of a smart-ass......

Not only that, but he's a smart-ass in multiple languages. Oh boy.

(Granted, I'm still working on one of these languages.....maybe one day I'll be fluent.)

sketch sketch play time

(Not done completely- that BG is still a bit rough...)

Crazy couple

*gasp* I actually drew a GURL AMAZING I KNO RITE?

(also omg, Matt with shorts which is rare.....)

ドラゴンボールはオリジナルの鼓舞です。。。

Don't speak Japanese like Vegeta. He's srsly too high and mighty for his own good..... ”貴様屑だろう！オレはサイヤ人の王子だ！ベジータさまだ！

Mainly he's calling you trash and doing that whole "I'm the prince of the Saiyans....Vegeta!"thing he does.

Painter is fun to doodle around in. But power nap time.

take the gun, leave the cannoli

badda bing badda boom, it's a Falcon.

Painter wa nan da?

Doodle in Painter. Tablet PC doodlez......Matt wondering "Painter wa nan da?" "What's painter?"

lineup

Ha ha, now I also have enough of the RF characters designed where I can make a lineup......

From Left to Right

Alex, Tobias, Keegan= about 6'0", give or take some spiky hair.

Matt= 5'10" (but is a big boy)

Ryusho= 5'8" (azn...lol)

tobey

Man, inking and coloring these little sketches are fun.

A train of concept.....

So I had an interesting journey of playing with clothing......apparently Matt was the guinea pig. It started with his normal, muscley self.





Obviously he fits (somewhat) into a T-shirt- decided to give him a blue one this time around lol.



He also has a track jacket he doesn't mind wearing if he has to.

Then....I got bored. And did something completely out of his character ordinaries.



LOL. Actually, paired with the jacket, it doesn't look half bad.



At this point I was just having fun, so, why not put him in full 1990's Rangers gear? (LOLLLLL)



Don't forget the helmet.




Ha ha ha ha....so much fun.

pip pip cheerios

More characters all the time. I'd tell you who these all are, but um.....they're characters from my comic that I'm theoretically going to work more on once I get out of school...

Can I do it? Ganbarimasu!!!

So thoughts about my future, I guess......

I've decided that I want to try and going for one of my dreams for a year or two (at least)- I want to teach English in Japan....soak up some of that enviroment and culture FAR AWAY from Amerika.

Also another thought- Japanese universities seem like a hell of fun, AND they offer a scholarship that trounces anything the US has ever offered me. Master's degree there? Perhaps.

And there will be lots of temples. And trains. And manga. (Yay manga).

I guess in the next few months I'm going to be getting ready for that....gotta get startup costs to move, to go interview for some of these positions.

Maybe I might make some prints and sell them. Hmm.

Wish me luck?

silly Acadian

I swear these quick sketches are addicting. Probably because I'm free to do whatever the eff I want on them.....

Also Jack= Acadian from the Maine-Canadian border. Like Remy (Gambit), only more north and less Cajun. LOL.

A little bit of boredom design....

Rogue= Son of a family with money and power.......namely the eldest son of a father who created Asia's top military technology company.....so....obviously he went to a preppy school to beat all preppy schools.

(Also- this is a real school, but the ID design isn't...well, aside from the logo *obviously not for commercial, purposes, just fooling around....)

EDIT- and now, I have it in my wallet! (although it's just paper photo mounted on an ID I no longer use....certainly not the real deal unless you're looking at it through my Blackberry's pictures! *giggle*)

sketchotheday

good thing I have a ton of sketches to warmup with. Hiya Falcon.

YO JACK WAZZUP JACK THAT WAS AWESOME JACK

So I rediscovered a series I had forgotten about, Samurai Jack.

Then I started diddling around into what possibly made the style of Samurai Jack so great (essentially a shape, very flat based style with minimal lines)? Plus let my mind wander a bit....



The BG could need more work but then again, I spent more time than I probably SHOULD have with this (THESIS...). But it's amusing.

Ben

Sometimes doodles drawn during dinner turn into something more.

Senior thesis work is coming....along.

stuff

Practicing drawing poses with one of my OCs, as well as a drawing of another OC that I still have to add shading to, but it's coming along....

colorz

la la la painter time

too much rendering on my agent fellows drove me insane.....so....took a sketch outta that huge post I made the other day and cleaned it up. black suits=so effin easy to render lol

render render render

CS5 WHY DID YOU SCREW WITH ALL THE BRUSHES I HATE WHEN YOU MESS WITH MY PIPELINE

FIGURE

Figure....Pratt throws my head for a loop in his class but THAT'S A GOOD THING. I always enjoy a good ass kicking. lol.

Agents WIP

Just painting along....