PLANET OF THE APES GREEN LANTERN SKETCH COVER PAINTING STAGE 1

I was going through a box of blank sketch covers and came across a Green Lantern one. Finding it gave me the chance to paint a sketch cover inspired by Planet of the Apes/Green Lantern crossover graphic novel that I’ve been wanting to do for some time now, especially with the 1968 Planet of the Apes movie being one of my favorites. Below is the process to painting stage 1.

I started this stage by filling in the background area with Copic Black Marker. Then I masked off the logo area and figure. From there I took 1/2″ & 1″ cheap exterior house painting brushes and layered in the blue & black until the cloud effect was achieved. Next I used Liquitex free•style splatter brush to create the star field. Lastly I added burst and glow fx to various stars to finish off this stage.

THE CROW SKETCH CARD

I was going through my old artwork and came across a portfolio with some sketch cards I had painted and pencilled some years ago. Here’s one I painted featuring The Crow.

2020 TWISTED FATE STICKER DESIGNS

I’ve been wanting to get some stickers made of Nyx, the main character of the Twisted Fate story featured in the indie comic magazine Unique Realm Illustrated. So I decided to experiment with my silhouette cuter to see how they would look. Below are the samples I came up with. I’m excited to get some of these made very soon.

2020 PRINCE’S BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE ART

In honor of my life hero’s birthday, this year I decided to create a Purple Rain movie poster. I drew inspiration from the Mondo Posters and Alphonse Mucha art.

Happy 62nd Birthday Prince!

2020 STAR WARS DAY

May the 4th Be With You!

Star Wars means so many things to everyone. For me its a story about misfits uniting for the greater good, becoming family and ultimately about hope. Even in the darkest of times there is always light. There will be times you will feel beat down by life and only see a darkness everywhere. The darkness has a way of coating and fooling you so you don’t see things clearly. In order to see the light that is always there will at times require a guide to show you the way to seeing it again. This makes me think of the quote “The master will appear when the student is ready.”

This piece is a hybrid of traditional and digital art. Ahsoka was painted in 2017 as a donation piece to raise money for Extralife. The trooper helmet was recently created in Illustrator for this piece. I love mixing traditional and digital elements to achieve the final artwork.

Ahsoka has become one of my favorite characters. She’s had an amazing story arch from Clone Wars to Rebels. Looking forward to seeing what the Mandalorian adds to her story.

In what every way Star Wars inspires you, I hope you have a great day!!

3RD ANNUAL DIA DE LOS MUERTOS FIESTA

Tomorrow, I’ll be at the 3rd Annual Dia de Los Metros Fiesta from 10am-6pm at Poncitlan Square • 38315 9th Street East, Palmdale • CA • 93550. I’ll have original art, prints and my indie comic magazine & apparel.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN 2019

Happy Halloween! Go out, suit up and bring the party to Halloween!!

I Love You 3,000

 

3RD ANNUAL CALE ( Comic Art and Literacy Expo)

This Saturday, October 19, I will be at the 3rd Annual CALE (Comic Art and Literacy Expo) from 11am – 4pm at A Place Called Home: The Bridge located at 2901 S. Central Avenue • Los Angeles, CA 90011. 

2019 JACK SKELLINGTON HALLOWEEN ART WIP02

Got a little more painting done on this Jack Skellington piece between knocking out commissions, working on freelance projects and prepping from shows.