digital ink and color.

an example of what i do at work, clean up digital "inking" in illustrator.

i can't post what i've been working on professionally until the show airs, but here is my own character in the same technique:

b&w lines:

... and painted!

b is for...

... brian "butch" o'neal.

can't really have marissa without the ex-cop turned slayer slayer.

"... and there will be one to bring the end before the master, a fighter of modern times..."

kick buttowski!

this is the show i am currently a part of!

it is a really amazing group of people, and we're all hoping the show will totally kick butt when it premieres in february!

check out a short teaser here:

with more clips available on the disney xd youtube channel:

http://www.youtube.com/com/user/disneyxd

poses.

playing with some characters:

kitten.

just a kitten:

trying out some new brushes for a softer feel.

i also had some fun making fabric  textures!

sketchbook.

some recent sketchbook scans:

see ya after the holidays!

marissa.

" she might not have any clue who she was, but better to be lost and searching than shoved into a social box by someone else".

life drawings.

the last life drawing class of '09.

flying monkey.

i wish these guys were real...

i'd ask for a pair for christmas.

jared.

a new kind of coloring... trying to find a way to make gradients not look so cheesy.

amelia.

a summertime cowgirl for a wintertime day:

the sponge brush is awesome for chunky backgrounds and soft shadows.

now where can i get those boots?

sketches and inks.

a busy weekend!

some sketchbook:

a few ink pen doodles:

i love this site: http://www.jetpens.com/index.php/cPath/221

for a really awesome selection of brush pens!

tubby buddy.

if you ever need a faithful sidekick, buddy here is your guy:

rough sketches are fun to nail down in color:

trike.

oh you know, you can never have too many dinosaurs.

messing with texture:

rough color and sketches.

argyle!

there's an invisible trampoline, can't you see it?

and some sketchbook:

horace greeley.

here's the unsung hero of stephen king's newest book, "under the dome":

horace greeley the corgi.

loyal, stubby, and always hungry.

just for fun, here's the sketch and illustrator build i worked from:

rehash.

posing out some characters.

busted!

when i broke my leg in sixth grade, i was happy it was in the summer, so i could wear skirts and one sandal at a time.

imagine what i'd have to have done in the winter: cut one leg off of my jeans?

life drawings.

i will i will i will go to life drawing more.

it's so good to get back into practice on these things:

andre.

just a quick colored ink drawing today.

mr pug and boston

the cutest dogs have crushed faces and bug eyes!

leader of the pack.

returning to the sookie stackhouse / true blood universe, but taking a break from vampires, here's  alcide herveaux.

those watching on hbo will meet him in season three.. though the role hasn't yet been cast.

werewolves are better than vampires any day.

sketchblog saturday.

happy thanksgiving!

i baked a lot, and ate a lot, and scanned in a lot of sketchbook pages:

lucy.

meet lucy.

trying out more lineless stuff, and playing with different brushes.

trendy girl.

she's so hip, it doesn't matter that her shoes don't match her outfit.

sketchbook.

some more sketchbook scans from over the past weeks.

scarf boy.

trying out a different style take... it's hard to loose the lines!

tigers.

two tigers for tuesday.

sketchbook.

some roughs from my sketchbook this weekend.

a bunch of youngins,

and a familiar dragon beast:

stego.

i love dinosaurs!

it would be hard to pick a favorite... but stegosaurus is a good one.

fall.

it finally feels like fall here!

beastly beast.

here be dragons.