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THE BATMAN PAINTING EXPERIMENT

I started on this Batman piece recently. It’s painted on black illustration board. In high school this was one of my favorite types of illustration, but back then I used colored pencils to render the subject. it’s great to experiment with this type of illustration using acrylics this time.

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Planet of the Apes/Green Lantern Sketch Cover Painting Stage 3

I started on this stage by outlining the right side neck and shoulder area with Faber-Castell PITT Artist Pens. Next I painted the green neck area first and then moved to the right shoulder. From there I moved on to painting the right side chest areas. With the right areas finished I moved to outlining… Read more »

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2019 FLASHPOINT FINISHED SKETCH COVER

Here is the finished Flashpoint Joker Cover. On this last stage, I stared with a base green color. Form there went back and forth with the different shades of green layering until the hair was complete. The background was lacking something for me so I added lightning to bring the whole cover together. Lastly, I… Read more »

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2019 FLASHPOINT JOKER WIP04

Here is progress shot 4 for this Flashpoint Joker Sketch Cover. For this stage, I started with the green shirt area. Slowly built up the greens by going back and forth until the tones I was going for were achieved. Next I moved on to rendering the tie. The tie was rendered with the same… Read more »

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2019 FLASHPOINT JOKER WIP03

Here is progress shot 3 for this Flashpoint Joker Sketch Cover. I started by working on the right side collar first. From there, I moved onto rendering the rest of the right side purple areas. Next, I moved onto the left side until all the purple areas were complete. I continued to use dry brush… Read more »

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2019 FLASHPOINT JOKER WIP02

Here is a little more progress on this Flashpoint Joker Sketch Cover. For this stage, I stared with the face. Stared off with the eyes and moved onto the nose. Next up was painting the the cheeks, frown lines and the eyebrows. From there finished the face area by rendering the mouth. Once the face… Read more »

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2019 FLASHPOINT JOKER WIP01

The art cave is busy with prepping for SDCC. Working on painting some sketch covers to have with me at Booth 1330. This Flashpoint Joker is currently on my art table.

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2018 WONDER WOMAN CUSTOM SHOE 01

Wonder Woman Custom Shoe 1 is all finished up. This stage 3 of my process. I added the gray metal to the gauntlets and brown to the hand wrap. After all the painting is done.I went back and added a few lighter tones to some areas to complete shoe number 1. Up next will be… Read more »

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2018 SDCC EXPERIENCE

Here are some of the highlights from my 2018 SDCC experience. I did a couple portfolios this year. I saw the awesome Joe Jusko, he’s the reason I decided to pick up a brush and start painting. His new art book “Joe Jusko’s Marvel Masterpieces” was on sale and I was able have it signed…. Read more »