SHAZAM

I've loved Captain Marvel since I saw a cartoon with him and his family back in the 80's. I always found the idea of a kid becoming something so powerful and being responsible enough to wield that power very amazing and inspiring.

I try to draw correlations between characters and drawing them and did so with Thor and the good Captain and as much as I enjoyed drawing it, I didn't like the outcome. I did it on two sheets within my sketchbook and felt the piece could be more dynamic. The bug was in me to draw Marvel again and so I did throughout my time at Awesome Con while it was slow.

In between projects I got to color this bad boy and get it show ready. I loved playing with the colors and hope to do the Thor/Shazam crossover again soon=]

Hustle Flow!

"A Reason to Smile!" Vol.2 has successfully been funded as of May 22nd and I couldn't be more excited. I have now also visited 3 schools and have 2 more in the next 2 weeks where I will be a part of career days and book reading's to elementary children. I am on the path I believe I am suppose to be on and it is such an elating feeling! The first 500 copies that I had printed of the book from the kickstarter campaign are sold out, the second small run of 125 have sold out as well, with at least 50 going to schools. I cant wait to get started on drawing book 2 and you can expect to have it in your hands in October!

If you're not following me on Instagram, you can find me at http://www.instagram.com/thelearningcurv which I update much more frequently. I have a LOT of artwork to share with you... but I'll just leave this here for now=]

A Reason to Smile

I have officially met my goal of $7,000 on kickstarter at

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/969189472/find-a-reason-to-smile

for my book "A Reason To Smile" and you can get your copy there until April 23rd. After that you can send me an email at thelearningcurv@gmail.com and order your copy along with the great merchandise that you can get with the book! 

I am beyond excited and happy right now and I can't wait to get this book in my hands and in yours!

I hope you have found your reason to smile today=]

"Sticks on the Lamb", Shaun Hurley's story with his wife about Sticks the Giraffe forced into hiding after running into problems with the mob... Such a fun project! I hope I get to do more like this!

One thing I love about inking my own work is being able to edit and fix what I may not catch in my pencils.  It's a definite learning journey I go on with each piece.

Nova Prime

For a long time I've enjoyed the art of Mahmud Asrar mahmudasrar.deviantart.com, Yildiray Cinar http://cinar.deviantart.com/, Chris Stevens http://christopherstevens.deviantart.com/ and others who have created beautifully rendered images with markers.  I've always been inspired and finally have been able to afford the markers and am now am trying to get myself to another stage in my work. I hope you enjoy this piece, I knocked it out in a few hours with the distractions of the day and hope to do many many more like this!

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=]

Avengers Assembled

I was lucky enough to be able to enter a contest creating a t-shirt with the Avengers are the theme.... this is my entry.  I hope it is well received.....

Kamen Rider Vs. Spider-man

Kamen Rider Vs. Spider-man..... Kamen Rider is similar to the Power Rangers and has had many incarnations throughout the years.  This incarnation is Kamen Rider, The First.  Check wikipedia for more info.

This was commissioned to me at the Supermega Show and Comic extraveganza.  It was nice to be asked to do something that is within my comfort zone yet off base as well to challenge me and bring out something in my work I have yet to do, i.e. so much movement and choreographing. I wanted to create a sense of balance and what better way of donig that than using the Ying &Yang motif.

If you are interested in getting a costume illustration done, send me an e-mail at  thelearningcurv@gmail.com