Teen Titans GO!

I was commissioned a while back to create the a Teen Titans Go! illustration but with the faces of the friends of the person who commissioned me in the place of the originals. Seeing the opportunity to have this piece as a good illustration in my portfolio,  I drew the originals, saved the pencils in Photoshop and then drew the commission as it was requested. When I inked the piece, I scanned that, deleted the faces, and digitally inked over the older pencils. I now had a piece of art that satisfied the younger people in my audience to go along with the original Titan's piece I have as well.

When I saw how much space I left in the art, I realized I could make the piece more dynamic by tilting it and cropping the piece around the key figures. I have the artist Gabriel Picolo to thank for that. He's done some AMAZING Titan's inspired art and it's inspired me to do more slice of life pieces like this!

Email me at thelearningcurv@gmail.com if you'd like your very own custom commission!

Superman

Whenever I think of ‪‎Superman, ‬I see him as a calming presence. One of the things I enjoyed about the original movie was seeing how much he smiled, how often he was happy to be able to do the good he did. That movie, more than any ‪‎comic‬, has influenced my view of the ‪Man of Steel‬. I am happy to say I believe I've finally captured that in an ‪illustration‬.

Sinestro's Glory

A while back, I did a illo about the Guardians of the Light in the DC universe and i wanted to do a new illustration with one of the characters, Sinestro.  He was at one time considered the greatest Green Lantern ever and at one time was their worst enemy.  The Sinestro Wars saw Sinestro at the height of his power and was one of the best stories to be done by DC comics. I wanted to spotlight him in the aftermath of him conquering the Green Lantern Corps above his home planet of Korugar.

This image began as a simple character study, since I want to do a single comic page staring him. As I was drawing it I wanted to make it more than just a sketch and decided an exercise in practice would be good.  I brought the conquering story into it and tested myself by drawing over 22 characters on one page in my sketchbook.  I also challenged myself by drawing characters in positions I've never drawn before.  Hopefully this is a successful image in your eyes as well, and now on to the next bit of art=]

Chicago Bound!

I can't wait til this weekend, I'll be celebrating my birthday and exhibiting my art at the 3rd largest show in the country! Come check me out if yo're in Chicago, tickets are on sale at www.c2e2.com for cheaper now than they will be at the door! Get them now=]

Bleez Vs. Morrigan

I love mash ups!  I think it all started when I use to see the Superfriends, and how excited I was seeing all of my favorite superheroes together at one time.  From there I'd hear collaborations between hip-hop artists and that'd get me even more hype to draw or write my own rhymes and it just continued from there. 

I have been trying to do things different and working with traditional media is one of those different things.  Below is the full painting I did with watercolors after applying a greytone to the image. Above is the finished product taken straight from the inks, brought into Photoshop CS5 and colored that way.

And here we have the inks straight from my sketchbook

King Arthur

I grew up with the Superfriends, and always related to the jokes about Aquaman.  Until the mid/late 90's he was never relevant to me. And then Grant Morrison and Howard Porter remade the JLA with a different looking/acting Aquaman.  The Justice League cartoon had a great episode that introduced him and then LA fell into the ocean and I began to respect the man a bit more. 

And then Ivan Reis and Geoff Johns revamped Aquaman in the New 52 and made him a real character. Most comics are regurgitating things now, but the new storyline focusing on Atlantis is LONG overdue and I can't wait!

Aquaman Inks

New York Comic Con!

This year was my first year as an artist in the Artist Alley of the New York Comic Con! I was excited, nervous and all around happy the entire weekend from all of the love shown by fans, friends and family that stopped by the table and gave their support!  I was especially thrown back by all of those who were wondering what comic I worked on and wondered why I wasn't making comics yet.... that will change very soon everyone, be on the look out, comic pages are on their way! Thank you to everyone who came by and I hope you enjoyed the show as much as I did.... now enjoy some cool images I took from the con! 

Hipster Juggernaut

random ninja turtle