Winning?

Actually, I didn't even pay for my table (thanks, Shawn!), and I really wasn't expecting to sell giant shitloads of minicomics to people that were there to see Robert Kirkman or Rob Liefield, or just to get good deals on comics.  But, it's funnier if I bitch about stuff, right?

Meanwhile, here's some other stuff:

This is a drawing I did as a color study for an acrylic painting in my Color Theory class last semester, and ultimately abandoned (and did this instead). I do kinda like it on it's own, though.

And, here's a couple new sketchcards and I drew before the con, and then inked and colored 'em with color pencils.

And finally, a full page pinup of  Eric Esquivel's "Blackest Terror" character! I might do some more shading and stuff like that if I decide to put this in my portfolio later, but y'know, whatever.   

  

Okay, I'm spent.

INTERLUDE: Various Art Stuffs, and more excuses

Holy crap, it's been a long time since I posted anything on here! I've just been so hard at work trying to get stories done for these anthology projects (and continuing with the "Record Heat" strip), I haven't had time to draw any "Epic Tales...". Well, regardless, I think it's about time to at least post SOMETHING on here, so here it goes:

This is an 20"x30" acrylic painting (on illustration board) of Charles Bronson that I did for my Color Theory class last semester. If I were to give it a proper title, it would be "Don't Fuck with Chuck!".

Here's another acrylic painting for Color Theory class, this one being on 15"x20" watercolor paper. I just like how the colors blended together.

NOTE: I also did a "Too Much Coffee Man" painting that I'm kinda proud for that class, but it was NOT returned to me at the end of the semester.

Finally, here's a sample panel of the 8-page story I'm finishing up for the second vol. of this book; This is probably the bloodiest, most violent comic I've ever drawn, and it's a pretty fun project to work on. 

I think I've already posted at least two of these pics on my Facebook page already, but hopefully the next time I make another entry on this site, it'll be with NEW illustrations and comics.

The Power of Love

 Normally, I'd complain about being too busy with school, job, parenting, blah, blah, blah to keep up with the strip, but instead, I'm just gonna post some sketches (in various states of completion) that I made in class recently ( rather than doing the actual assignments ), all having to do with upcoming comic projects ( non-school related, of course).

Stay tuned; As soon as the semester is over, updates will be back to normal. And if you miss me, go read Record Heat.

Occupy my Mind

HAHAHA, I'm an ignorant American!

Also, if you didn't do it before, check out my other webcomic, "RECORD HEAT"... it updates every Monday.

Working Late

Always good to come back from a short hiatus with a poop joke, am I right?

Anyways, if you were at all curious as to why I hadn't posted any new strips recently, it was because I was cheating on "Epic Tales..." with another webcomic of my design, which is called "Record Heat". The new strip is remarkably similar to this one, except that  it will be focusing on the music scene in and around Phoenix, AZ, and will run weekly on the Phoenix New Times music blog. I'm about four strips deep into it now, so hopefully that will give me enough lead time that there won't be any interruptions in the scheduled posting once it debuts ( as is prone to happen with this webcomic! ). So, uh, that's going on.

How's school going, you ask? Well, it's okay. Here's an example of what my notes for my classes look like;

INTERLUDE: Spawn #6

A while ago, I sent this drawing off to the guy that runs the "Covered" blog (where creators redraw various comic book covers, in their own style), but I don't what happened after that. It was either rejected or somehow got lost in the interwebz, but here it is;

And here's the original, by Todd McFarlane...

Redrawing stuff from comics is just a fun exercise, and makes you think about composition and layouts in ways you might not normally consider. I chose to redo this one merely because I thought the contrast of drawing "styles" was sorta comedic in it's own right.

Aiming for the Middle Ground

Yeah, so "Epic Tales of the Mundane" was awarded 'Best Local Webcomic' in the Phoenix New Times, which is kinda cool. If you wanna read the little article/blurb about me and the comic, you can find it at http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/bestof/2011/award/best-web-comic-2728749/ .