AA1 (aka Dan Schlitzkus)

Art Dump

2012-01-28T13:21:00.001-08:00

It's full of Stars

2011-10-03T09:59:00.001-07:00

Till Death Do Us Part.

2011-09-26T13:18:00.000-07:00

Flash Gordon toy.

2011-09-26T13:06:00.001-07:00

Hope you enjoy this one...

Creepy Karloff

2011-09-19T11:44:00.001-07:00

Exterminate!

2011-09-19T11:40:00.000-07:00

robot madness

2011-08-20T10:13:00.001-07:00

Oils an canvas.

X Rats logo color

2011-08-11T08:43:00.001-07:00

Ming the Merciless

2011-08-11T08:30:00.000-07:00

Dusty Stepp is Wolverine

2011-08-10T18:41:00.000-07:00

I took some pics of my buddy is some Wolverine poses. He has a perfect face for him. A little bit of a younger Wolvie.

Forbidden Love.

2011-08-08T09:07:00.001-07:00

drew/inked this awhile ago. Started coloring it a few months ago. Decided to call it done, though it could use more. Just tire of these things you know. Painting in Photoshop is so slow. But I kinda like it.

Shogun finished.

2011-08-07T18:45:00.000-07:00

2x3 ft - oils

Shogun Teaser

2011-07-26T22:09:00.000-07:00

Asian Fortress in Oils

2011-07-26T16:20:00.000-07:00

X Rats log design

2011-07-26T13:59:00.000-07:00

Made this for my friend Ross Williams.

Seven Samurai painting - Shino

2011-07-26T13:54:00.000-07:00

Oils on Canvas.

a few new gems...

2011-06-28T08:14:00.000-07:00

Dollhouse star Eliza Dushku

Japanese woman with ornate robe in Oils

Mmmmm. Coffee is very very nice....

Forbidden Love

Japanese Warrior

2011-06-14T16:08:00.000-07:00

Oil Painting.

First Landscape

2011-05-10T23:13:00.000-07:00

Did this for an auction.

art dump 2011

2011-04-13T08:07:00.001-07:00

Oh no there goes Tokyo!

2011-03-21T08:38:00.001-07:00

Ton of new posts

2011-03-15T08:08:00.001-07:00

Macho

2011-02-16T09:09:00.000-08:00

Another door. The Rooster is coming. Can't seem to finish one project before starting another.... but it keeps me out of trouble. BTW: These are just house paints that I have lying around. And a few dobs of Acyrlic paint for the aqua colors. I already have a possible sale on this and it's not done. I need to keep some pieces for a showing. Can't sell them all yet!

Owlie on the way

2011-02-16T08:48:00.001-08:00

I have some more work to do with this one, but it's coming along nicely.

Owl peek

2011-02-09T08:12:00.001-08:00

A new project I'm bustin' out. This is just a sneak peek.

Ellie in Oils

2011-02-09T08:11:00.001-08:00

Bad photo, but nice painting. 20x30 Oils.

The horror... the horror...

2011-01-25T07:52:00.001-08:00

Brando - Acrylics on Bristol. 2 Hours painting time.

Watch where you point that thing!

2011-01-20T08:23:00.001-08:00

3 hours / acrylic / 6"x6"ish / bristol board

MAD MAX CAR

2011-01-13T11:46:00.001-08:00

MAD MAX needs some therapy

2011-01-11T07:50:00.001-08:00

Stargate SGU

2011-01-10T08:15:00.000-08:00

sketch dump - hellboy & Worm sign

2010-12-23T08:25:00.001-08:00

2010-12-22T16:43:00.000-08:00

Creds to Shepard Fairey. I was thinking it would be fun to Make a Darth Vader OBEY.

Galactus and the Silver Surfer.

2010-12-22T08:42:00.001-08:00

paint dump

2010-12-21T08:56:00.001-08:00

Here's a few new ones. Rosy: about 3 hours. Linda and Kids: 13-15 hours maybe?

Bizarro am not like pretty flower

2010-12-14T10:24:00.000-08:00

painting again

2010-12-13T09:45:00.001-08:00

Finally had some time to do a painting this weekend. This is a quick one in Oils. 9x10 ish.

Colossus

2010-12-10T13:31:00.000-08:00

You need a thicker wall...

Cowboy Up

2010-12-03T10:23:00.000-08:00

This one takes me back to my roots. I grew up in Jasper Oregon outside of Eugene. We had cows and chickens. The neighbors had horses and other farm animals. It was a great place to grow up.

My high school friends Kyle and Beth asked me to make a poster for their horse riding/shooting contest. How could I refuse! Horses and guns are as American as apple pie and the 4th of July. So here's the results.

Enjoy!

Steam Punk Bat-Man.

2010-11-18T15:04:00.000-08:00

Writer / Comic Guy extraordinaire Warren Ellis asked his fans for a Steam Punk inspired Bat-Man poster. One week to complete. There are some fantastic submissions and ideas up there. White Chapel. I was inspired and cranked this out over the last few days. This was a whole lot of fun and hope to submit to other call for entries again. Cheers!

Mighty Thor

2010-11-15T16:42:00.001-08:00

This was fun. No model, just started drawing and here you go...

Jet Li

2010-11-09T11:55:00.000-08:00

Ink and Ink Wash...

Kenada finished

2010-11-04T08:38:00.001-07:00

Finished the colors/shadows/highlights. Dig it?

Chewie Surfin Safari

2010-11-04T08:36:00.000-07:00

ROBOTO

2010-11-01T08:35:00.000-07:00

Illustrator. Can you guess each robot/android?

Domesticated Star Wars - Part 1

2010-10-29T14:58:00.000-07:00

I forgot to add this for awhile now. I am doing a series of Star Wars in modern day situations. I am sure this is nothing new, (Chad Vader?) but it's fun to just do it. First up. Darth Vader Dad.

Kaneda via Akira

2010-10-29T14:37:00.000-07:00

Drew this the other day. Added some quick colors. I will add some shadows/highlights later. Itching to start another painting this weekend...

Wolverine

2010-10-26T10:16:00.000-07:00

Forgot to post this with the last Art Dump.

Wolverine in brush pen. Threw some quick colors on him. Might do some actual shading some day. Like it in B&W more. Anyways -- Enjoy!

Art Dump

2010-10-25T22:00:00.000-07:00

Been awhile. But a lot of new junk to download...

Starting to paint again. Very happy...

Adobe gave me a papercut

2010-04-16T10:33:00.001-07:00

Damn. At work we were on our way to CS4. Yep, check the date again. It's the month CS5 is coming out. Yeah, we seem to always be 1 year behind. Well, this year we decided to be leaders instead of followers. We decided to return CS4 and just skip it (we didn't even do the install yet). Called Adobe. "Sorry. It's past 30 days. You will need to purchase CS5 and you can't return CS4 after 30 days." Bastards! What the heck. We spent $7,000. So now the month of CS5 we are upgrading to CS4. Uggg. Well, on the bright side we're only 1 year behind... we were using Freehand 6 years ago when InDesign was pretty much industry standard. Well, back to work.

Blogs are soooo 2003

2010-04-15T15:45:00.000-07:00

Is that why it's been many months since I posted? Well, not really... it's hard to keep blogging when no one visits. Boo freaking hoooo, I know.

But, heck it's fun to be more than one place on the Web.

Well, I have a new webby. Go check it out at atomicart1.com. What have you got to loose?

making a portfolio

2009-07-13T09:41:00.001-07:00

This is a very hard thing to do.

Too much? Not enough? More words, less?

And will that cool J-Query code work on everyones browser? Not sure yet.

Good idea, use your friends to look it over and see what technical difficulties come to the surface.

Thanks God for the extra assets like Flickr, LinkedIn, Deviant Art, Blogger Etc. I am taking all of these into account as I begin to make my portfolio known to the outside world.

Why a new portfolio? Well, in an economy like this nothing is certain.

Beat this & Point Blank: Double Trouble Post.

2009-04-06T12:36:00.000-07:00

We've been into Cusack movies lately. Which inspired me to get "the Beat", or "the English Beat" for us Americans, to purchase the "Beat this! Best of the English Beat" today. Smooth sounds.

Anyways, here's some "Gross Point Blank" quotes:

"They all have husbands and wives and children and houses and dogs, and, you know, they've all made themselves a part of something and they can talk about what they do. What am I gonna say? "I killed the president of Paraguay with a fork. How've you been?" "

"There's a contract out on your life. Believe me. I was hired to kill you, but I'm not going to do it. It's either because I'm in love with your daughter or because I have a newfound respect for life. "

[after shooting a guy three times and bashing his head in with a skillet] "Debi, I'm in love with you! And I know we can make this relationship work."

Rent "Grosse Point Blank" ,buy "Beat This!" and if you have a hole burning in your pocket get the 2 "Grosse Point Blank Soundtracks". Joe Strummer R.I.P.

Google's first web Artifical Intelligence

2009-04-01T08:43:00.000-07:00

Wow. I never need to respond to email ever again thanks to C.A.D.I.E. (Cognitive Autoheuristic Distributed-Intelligence Entity). The fun loving, fast learning, super artifical intelligence. She'll will do it all for me. People may even think I am nicer now since I don't have to answer my own email. That's at least until she takes over he world and deletes my bank accounts, ruins my reputation, etc. Well, it will be a short love affair, but aren't they suppose to be?

Visit CADIE here.

Sweet new Sufjan Song

2009-03-19T16:52:00.000-07:00

It just keeps going on and on. I love it!

2009-03-17T11:45:00.000-07:00

"And the first one now will later be last."

ref - Matthew 19:30

"The times they are a Changin" - Dylan

virtual high-fives all around...

2009-03-12T09:51:00.000-07:00

Especially to Joe Monto!

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Ok, this high five is for Leo.

Choco Taco

2009-03-05T16:25:00.000-08:00

Do you remember the Choco Taco? I sure do. I can't find them in my area anymore... so sad.

Cute Girl Birthday

2009-02-04T09:33:00.001-08:00

My little Esther is 4. Wow. It's hard to believe that the little girl that was born in our van is now a young padawan. ready to be trained in the Jedi ways.

Anyways, since I may be eating birthday cake tonight, here's some cool geek cakes that inspired me from Geekdads Post over on wired.

I wish I would have had this one for Esther's baby shower, but I think the wife would have punched me in the gut.

The classic Mario. Sweet, sweet pixels.

iLikeCake...

I actually remember wanting this cake when I was a kid...... and last year too.

Now I just want to see the motherboard lights light up.

I want the slice with red button! I want the slice with red button!

You have to solve it before you eat it....

I am told this is a real cake. But how could you even think about eating this, a real work of art...

Bite my shinny metal cake...

V.S. this one's going to get me in trouble.

2009-01-28T13:34:00.001-08:00

What would the vampire Bush say to Obama {VS} What would Obey Me Obama say to Bush.

"Through clever and constant application of propaganda, people can be made to see paradise as hell, and also the other way round, to consider the most wretched sort of life as paradise."

Adolf Hitler

Now, this is where I run for cover....

Sean Connery VS. Monkey Boy

2009-01-27T16:56:00.001-08:00

Had to add another one.

Anyone out there want to add their responses to each others photo?

britney vs tears

2009-01-26T15:10:00.000-08:00

ok. here is a new feature. "V.S."

Compare two photos. What would each photo say about the other.

Now, it's your turn.

Peace.

Stupid Idea Jar

2009-01-26T12:15:00.000-08:00

I think every job should have one of these: A jar that you drop coins into when a few co-workers agree that you have a stupid idea. You also are required to record your stupid idea(s). When the jar is full our stupid ideas reward us with a trip to Starbucks. So it's really a win/win.

I made a little sign for it (above).

I really don't think tearing people down is very uplifting to an office, but I think if you have a team with a good sense of humor it could create some friendly rivalry. Stupid ideas can inspire good ideas as well... well maybe. Maybe that's a stupid idea........................ "clink!"

Feel like a "Gyro"? I sure do.

2009-01-16T10:33:00.000-08:00

Tzatziki sauce, lamb, cukes, lettuce, pita. The ingredients of fresh Gyro goodness.

We go to a place in the Federal Way mall: Gyro House.. Yes it's one of those little greasy hole in the wall places in the mall food court, not known for luxury, but don't let that surprise you. It's a diamond in the rough.

So stop by and say the famous food reviewer/critic AtomicArt1 sent you, they'll have no idea who that is.

"yassou!"

DS.

Nature's Art

2009-01-15T08:24:00.000-08:00

This is very beautiful. God, yes God is the ultimate artist. He designs very functional art and sometimes just acts of beauty which do not need to be functional or explained. But, hey the explanation is pretty cool. God works in a natural world.

Beam me up: Scientists left baffled as mysterious columns of coloured light appear in the night skies

Photoshop + Graffiti = Brilliant

2009-01-14T08:54:00.000-08:00

Somebody is a very savvy graffiti artist. Using Photoshop pallets to cover up and make some great messaging/statements over Brittney Spears and other hags. Look closely to the photoshop pallets and see what I mean.

LINK HERE

10 Things You Absolutely Should Not Do Next Year (Advertising Agency)

2008-12-23T08:46:00.000-08:00

Avoid These Costly Mistakes, and You Just Might Have a Fine '09

Pertaining to Advertising Agencies. Some great ideas in this article.

10 Things You Absolutely Should Not Do Next Year (Advertising Agency)

Wondering what your advise would be?

I advise working on convincing small/medium businesses how much they need to market themselves. A lot of people out there are not doing that simple thing they should all be doing: Advertising!!!

You have to work harder in an economic slump. You have to work harder to get people to buy your product/services. Meaning you need to focus on your messaging and getting it out there. There are coveted dollars out there - you need to get them into your pocket.

There's a lot more to say on this subject... keep tuned. As if anyone was reading this blog.. heh heh.. it's mostly for me anyways.

Have a fantastic Christmas!

snow madness....

2008-12-22T10:07:00.001-08:00

Go ahead and give yourself a raise...

2008-12-19T10:45:00.000-08:00

With economy in shambles, Congress gets a raise

Cause you deserve it!

Does this raise come from the bailout? Hmmm.....

Snowball Death.

2008-12-18T12:35:00.000-08:00

And the most inspirational movie goes to...

2008-12-17T08:01:00.000-08:00

the Pixar Story. Watched this on the Netflix "watch now" site. I ended it around 11:30ish, and was awake for the next hour or so dreaming with my eyes peeled open. It's not too often a movie comes along and challenges you to go further, to dream big, to rise above the hum drum of every day boring life. This one does - at least it has for me. I see inspiring "things" almost daily. God bless the internet! I get excited about an idea, I dream big, I plan and scheme..... but life just gets in the way... and it's a freefall back to the daily grind. I wonder am I at the peak of my career? Or am I ready to break out, or am I to "just keep swimming"? Only God knows.

Best there is at what I do...

2008-12-16T12:04:00.000-08:00

Hot Dawg! Wolvie trailer is up. Been waiting for this since I was 14.

http://www.myspace.com/x-menorigins

Who's the king of video games? PACMAN!

2008-12-16T08:03:00.000-08:00

Ok, so Donkey Kong had his movie "King of Kong". Fantastic and entertaining documentary by the way. Well I want to see some honor bestowed upon the king of video games "Pacman!"

First up, Pacman Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac_man

And, yes, there's a world championship: http://www.destructoid.com/pac-man-world-championship-the-final-round--32648.phtml

Plus a commercial with grandpa (who never really got the hang of it BTW...) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juH2qHYX9aI

Ok, so all things Pacman. There are some wonderful products all over the web featuring big yellow + some ghosties. I swear I'm not getting any royalty checks for this.

Love these shoes from Ben Sherman: www.benshermanusa.com

This hoodie make this guy look like a gothic Tron.

Fancy Swag for the sweetheart.

And for that meeting where you really want to impress the client...

So enjoy. share any other Pacman related products, fun facts, etc.

And since were so close to Christmas it's nice to know he celebrates: www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0709/index.html .)

All hail the hungry Pacman! Keep on munchin away. C . . . . . . . . . .

Darwin Cook - Fables Trade 11 - Jack (i hate you) Frost.

2008-12-15T13:44:00.000-08:00

Started reading this today at Barns. Darwin Cook is the cat's meow. A must read is also the Justice League: New Frontier series. Proud to have those in my collection, yesiree! So go to Borders and read it... then buy it if you're not broke.

Was very excited to see this last week as well (Fables Trade #11). Febles is whatever is better than the cat's meow. Great news!!! They are developing a Fables tv series! Flippin' yehaw! If they do it right (stick close to what makes Fables so good (the characters) -- it could be the best thing I have seen on tv since Lost season 1).

BTW: It's d@mn cold out here today! Globale warming my butt!

The best a cat can get.

2008-12-12T10:25:00.000-08:00

Ahhhh. a clean shave....

I wonder what other animals would look so good shaved?

Please send me your pics of shaved animals. We all want to see. (crickets....)

DJ Shadow

2008-12-10T10:19:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was a DJ Shadow kind of day.

Awesome vids on YouTube... go check, check it out y'all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3PyNWKq_Ew

OMG!

2008-12-08T09:31:00.001-08:00

OMG! It's been 2 years since I posted... Well, what the heck. I am going to post a pic today. Keeping a Blog relivant these days is a pain in the butt.

Good grief...

2006-08-12T09:26:00.000-07:00

New sketch dump.

Lots of lifedrawimg going on these days - or should I say photo drawing. Enjoy. Critique.

Comic Con 06

2006-07-30T14:14:00.000-07:00

Ok, Comic Con was just waaaay too cool. I had a blast, but not without the price. I was so overwelmed! The place was huge and the people were huge - as in crowds... and some individuals as well.

Stick 10,000 or so people (nerds, gamers, comic book freaks, etc) into a big room with lots of cash to spend and lots of dreams of making it big and you get Comic Con... or should I say Hell Con! I mean it was huge and everyone was tired and grumpy after the first day. I did Friday to the max then I took the rest of the time off. Next year (if I go) It'll be Wed night - Friday. Then leave Saturday morning. It was waaaay to crazy Saturday. Yikes!

I have alot more to share, but I'll save it all for another time.

Thanks to Matt for hookin' up with room and company. Thanks to Francesco, Mrs. Francavilla, Toby, Steve, those Greek guys and everyone else I met. (Insert your name here..).

On to the crappy photos I took...

Jon J Muth - MY HERO. Painting the Shadow... wowie. He's a focused guy. One brush stroke could kill you!

Dinner Francesco, Matt & Toby at Trophys. Yumm food - good friends - great times.

Francesco showing us how it's done. Aparently Francesco does all of his work on a paper table covering and cuts it out with a butter knife when he finishes. Must cut costs on buying paper or something?

The Francavillas & Steve Gordon's booth. Don't mess with Francesco's wife. Shell kick your ass! And still be sweet at the same time.

The Amazonian Ambassador greets us to geek city.

How'd did they get these through security at the airport? Come one, someone's thinking about it...

Imagine Green. Does this guy have a day job?
This guy (below) gave me nightmares as a kid... and still does.
Hot Wheels now come in cherry and life size! Talk about serious blind spots!
Line 1: Sasquatch sighting. This one proves he exists! And he's carying a severed head....yewww.

Line 2: This is just like discovering Santa Clause is just a fat bum they grabbed off the streets who works on Christmas eve. Ho Ho Ho Bleh!

And that's it. My other photos were total blurry crap... so till next time keep your inner geek locked up till the next Con.

Oh my gosh!!! I have a Blog!

2006-04-30T12:19:00.000-07:00

Oh my gosh!!! I have a Blog!

Is anyone out there? Am I alone in this ol blogger world?

Well, anyways. I'll keep trying to "Blog" from time to time and we'll assume that someone out there may enjoy my excellent communication skills.

Pitty Party. Now 100 hours.

Anyways, I am totaly graphice designer mode right now. I hope to do some more drawing this week. It's been pretty spotty & pathetic lately.

Here's some life drawing stuff you might enjoy:

FINISHED!

2006-04-05T15:35:00.000-07:00

Gary & Grease is FINISHED!

Let me know what you think...

Gary & Grease in the house!

2006-03-04T11:33:00.000-08:00

I have been spending most of my time lately working on Gary & Grease. Here are some pages to check out. The story has been written, but I keep changing the dialogue, so what you see is very incomplete right now. All the pages will be posted when I'm done. The Gary & Grease - mini comic - issue #1 will be complete before April 1st. So be on the look out here.

So enjoy!

New Year Craziness

2006-01-17T16:53:00.000-08:00

First off. I'm working on my own comic. Finally. I am so slow making it though. I am planning to do an 8 page Ashcan or Mini Comic (whatever you perfer) for the Emerald City Comic Con (Seattle) in April. the comic will be called "Gary & the Grease Monkey" I'll put the script online soon, so you can get a better idea what the comic is about.

Unfinished pic...

The Rocketeer and Bettie Page. This will be for a Jam coming up soon on the Weekly Jam from Drawingboard.org . I am hoping to color it soon.

Late for Dinner

2006-01-03T09:02:00.000-08:00

Oh man 05 was a great a busy year and this year will be a doozy as well... maybe even busier.

Well, I have a lot to add to the gallery here.

The Drawing Board has been a great place to meet professionals and fellow illustrators alike. I drew and colored Shazam aka Captain Marvel for the first Weekly Hero Drawing Jam.

This will be for the Drawing Board as well. I am hosting next weeks new Hero Jam or something like that. I choose the Master of Magnatism, Magneto.

This is for Francesco's Black Coat. Hopefully to get published soon. I do need to get a B&W out asap. the-black-coat.com

Well, here's to 2006! Cheers!

Spiral

2005-12-22T16:58:00.000-08:00

Another Ten Ton sketch.

Spiral from my fav comic growing up "Longshot - miniseries". I discovered a cool character and my first fav artist Arthur Adams!

Ten Ton Challenge

2005-12-08T08:38:00.000-08:00

I have been having some fun doing these Ten Ton Studio weekly challenges.

I have not used greyscale markers since college, but recently it has been a fun way to get quick results when I want more than just inks - and don't have enough time to color in Photoshop. And the looseness is pretty fun as well.

Here's Lady Tron from WildC.A.T.S.

And Thunderbird from the X-Men.

BIG BARDA

2005-12-02T13:44:00.000-08:00

Who tha? What Tha?

Yeah. She was a Marvel chic from the "whatever goes" 60's. Thanks to the brilliant mind of Jack Kirby. I had fun drawing and coloring this. This is from the sketch book, pencil, ink, and greyscale markers. Rosy talked me into getting these nice greyscale brush pens. I LOOOOVE them! Rosy's right as usual.

This illustration is a late entry in the Ten Ton Studios (Drawing Challenge) forum.

From another world...

2005-11-28T08:27:00.000-08:00

there is this great thread on the Drawing Board (http://drawingboard.org/viewtopic.php?t=37408) titled "Draw my Character". I posted a little alien monster I drew about 7 years ago for Bethesda Software - I colored it about 2 years ago. Many on the board have taken a shot at drawing it which has been a huge delight for me. So I wanted to post everyones drawings here. Enjoy!

Starting with the original here:

Next one by Evitaerc:

Next one by Bubbashelby:

Next Francesco:

CosmicPencil:
Robert aka Hack:

qed (with Edison and Isis):

Borogove (with Edison, Isis and rain cloud guy...):

Moonman:
Elliotanimated:

and more to come?......

Headcase & Warblade

2005-11-22T11:56:00.000-08:00

Wow. I am busy, at work and at my drawing table (which converts to dinner table as well...).

First off. Here's the newest. A good guy on the Drawing Board (drawingboard.org) is making a comic book based on his character Headcase. He requested artists on the board draw his creation, so I thought why not. Everyone did mostly sketches, but I had to try and top them all, because I am trying to make a name for myself there and I really enjoy getting involved when I can. I did a full color illustration, but without knowing much of a story I put him into a WW2 Natzi Bashing situation. I guess his story is in a future timeline... who Knew? He looks pretty retro to me.Next one: Warblade. He's a tough guy from the WildC.A.T.S. Wildstorm universe. He was fun to draw. Ten Ton Studios does a weekly "draw this character" competition thingy. I was not on time at all, but it inspired me to do my own.

So does he look like a Wolverine, Edward Scissor Hands ripoff? Yes.... yes he does. When no one has an original idea they borrow, pretty blatently. And I think sometimes it's sad. When Image had its own "X-Men" Ripoffs they made new X-Men teams masked as Image Hero teams. Who was the biggest defilers? Rob Liefeld, Marc Silversti and Jim lee... Their lowest point in comics. Ok, ok off of my soap box... I should go wip myself now...

Fire and Water don't mix

2005-11-14T11:23:00.000-08:00

I had a real fun time working on this one. It takes alot to pencil, ink and color my work, no, no I'm not complaining! I just want you to know... how much work it is.

OK, ok enough complaining.

Anyways. I remember the tussle between Narmor (Sub-Mariner) and the Human Torch (From F4). This was a great scene from "Marvels", by Kurt Buisek and Alex Ross. I think the Human Torch was a different guy in that story. You basically had two of these guys. I made mine after Johnny Sotrm (from Fantastic 4).

Go to my website and see the 2 closeups of this pic to get a closer look.

The coloring has been going so great lately that I think I'll keep this good thing going.

We'll enjoy!

It was a dark and stormy night-crawler.

2005-10-31T09:17:00.000-08:00

I just finished this one. I drew, inked and colored it. I am starting to try and finish my drawings. In the real world of comics you would have 3 people or more making a comic's visuals. One penciler, one inker, one colorist... and don't forget the letterer. The letterer is also an artists in his own right (he lays out the word ballons ans sound effects... it may not seem like an art form, but it really is. It's hard to do - let me tell you!).

Anyways, I hope to do some more finished pieces soon. I may just need to self publish if things keep going as they are. Pray for me!

I like Nightcrawler for the X-Men for many reasons. First of all he's a believer. The comics/movie have never done a good job portraying him as a christian, but I believe the creators wanted him to be a christian. And they did as good of a job doing that as a non-christian can do. I give them credit for bringing in thet kind of diversity.

The other thing about ol' Kurt Wagner (aka Nightcrawler) is his demonic appearance - not that demonic is good in any shape or form, but that he is seen as evil looking, not a choice of his own, but that inside he is a kind and gently creture. Truly a Beauty and the Beast type. I may be rough on the outside, but inside I hope you see the Holy Spirit living in me. Sometimes our eyes are not the only way to see what a person truly is like - or - even the best way to see a persons true self. Praise God for the inside beauty He gives to us!

Shiloh's B-Day

2005-10-17T08:35:00.000-07:00

For my little girl!

Captain America - Katrina Benefit

2005-10-10T12:40:00.000-07:00

My fav site Drawingboard.org is doing a Hurican Katrina Art Auction. The proceeds will go to the Red Cross...

How to lift a Superhero

2005-10-04T14:12:00.000-07:00

Here's a new drawing from the sketchie book. Rogue of the X-Men giving Ben Grim a lift.... I realized that I haven't drawn a female for awhile so I thought I needed something more than just a pose... let me know what you think.

Friendly Neighborhood Spiderman

2005-10-04T13:19:00.000-07:00

Here's a new drawing from the sketchbook. I posted this on Drawingboard.org and some friends gave me some ideas to help it work better. And here's the final result! Thanks especially to Euan for his help! Cheers!

Another X-page

2005-09-28T13:52:00.000-07:00

Ok. I am working backwards from the last page of this X-Men do-over page. Anyways, let me know what you think.

There's a Portland Con coming up on October 19th. I am getting my stuff together to show and network with pro's and other art-types. Say a prayer for me!

breaking and entering

2005-09-10T22:02:00.000-07:00

This is Dan's wife!! I wanted to let you all know that it's his birthday, he's the big 3-0! It would make his day if you wished him a happy birthday. This is him with our daughter Mariah. He's a great husband and a wonderful father, and he's got great drawing skills, probably the best I know. ;)

mutant fuzball

2005-09-07T14:55:00.000-07:00

Hey, I did a new Wolverine sketch here. Let me know what you think. He looks a bit different from the Wolvie you know, hence the mustache. Anyways, enjoy and don't forget to eat your veggies so you can grow up big and strong like Wolverine here.

The Cap

2005-08-31T10:26:00.000-07:00

Ok. I just finished this one. The Captain parachuting into Europe during WW2.

Also, I am looking for an inker. I like to color my art, but my inking is pretty weak. Contact me if you are interested.

I Appreciate your comments and crits.

X-This!

2005-08-24T06:40:00.000-07:00

I am a huge X-Men fan... well, I use to be a huge X-Men fan. I still pick up an x-men graphic novel or random comic here and there. The X-Universe has become so huge, it's hard to get back into collecting and afford it all. I want to know who has the money out there to buy every title that comes out per month? Josh Weadon maybe, Not me...

Anyways, enough complaining... for now.

I have been doing quite a bit of X-Art lately. It's fun. I recently picked up an X-Issue (X-men #162) with one of my favorite artists: Salvador Laroca. But his art in this issue was lacking to say the least. He must be under a tighter deadline? He must have lost his passion for this business? All I know is that his work has been pretty lousy that last couple of years. And don't get me wrong I still admire his artwork. He's incredible when he wants to be.

Ok to the point: I decided to redraw some of the pages from this one issue I picked up. I also did some sketches from a panel here and there. I plan to do maybe 4-5 sequential pages and show at conventions - see what reaction I get.

You can go pick up the X-Men #162 and see the comparisons. I don't want to post the scaned in pages here.

I started with the last page:

Then I did a sketch - turned drawing of a spat between Juggernaut and sabertooth. Minus Black Tom's branches pulling him down.

The I just drew this - A panel where Avalanch splits open the ground and swallows up our heros. I wanted this to be more dramatic and powerful than the one in the comic.

Here is also a quickie of another panel where Avalanch tells Sabertooth to step aside - his method of taking out Xorn is less messy...

More is coming, keep your eyes peeled.
Till then have an X-cellent day!