2016

2016 found me making more art of my main character from my graphic novel series, 

"A Reason to Smile!" 

and finishing the second volume of the series. Inspiration hit and I created a supporting cast for her and more art that would inform the future of the series. From there, I was able to make more art that would be appealing to my fan base as well as to myself. I was so proud to create a funky little sketch that starred the cast of "Gravity Falls" and to be able to draw Naruto and his supporting cast as well. Those characters are so important to the main character, because without them, the main character wouldn't be as interesting. 

I was commissioned to do my first wedding related artwork and was able to incorporate my style from my books, and marry it with my experience as a portraiture artist. The website it was on looked really great and the customer was more than happy with the final result and I've found that with likenesses, you can have the most margin for error. I was proud to finish that piece. 

If you would like a copy of "A Reason to Smile!", you can find it at Amazon, or receive a signed copy from me! Just shoot me an email at thelearningcurv@gmail.com and we'll make that happen! So without further ado, here is the rest of the art I did from 2016! 

Naruto Shippuden

It's been a while since I've been able to fully illustrate some fan art so working on this was a really great bit of fun for me. I really enjoy the storyline that Naruto Uzumaki is the star of and love how optimistic and stubborn he is towards accomplishing his goal of becoming the Hokage, or leader, of his ninja village.

Due to not having access to the dubbed versions, it's taken me a while to get to the end of the show. At the point where I had started this illustration, I was up to the point where the village had encountered PAIN of the Akatsuki.

Watching him grow and inspire his fellow shinobi is really entertaining and the animation is just as fun! Here is my celebration of the series thus far!