Grave heads!

Drawing the roster Image for my NPW main character, Grave, I noticed he wasn’t very expressive. So I decided to sketch out some expressions for him and really push those expressions while still having him look like a skeleton.

Did a little research by looking at old “Silly Symphonies” cartoons.

Added eyebrow lines to him which really helped with the expressions a lot. 

Also experimented with the shape and direction of the lines on his mouth, which was very interesting how different he looks when his mouth’s lines curve a certain way.

Also, I now have an inventory of expressions I could use when I’m in a jam!

Harry Potter Sketches.

Being doing some digital warm up sketches, all week, of Harry Potter characters.

ICKY VAN HELLION!

So I have 13 issues planned for my webcomic Nightmare Pro Wrestling. The story is pretty much all planned out. The first story arc ends at The HALLOWEEN HELLRAISER! The Wrestlemania of the NPW Universe. Like every Wrestlemania I needed a celebrity involved. I also needed something for Mr. Hyde to do. So I created Icky, the biggest rockstar in the NPW universe, to face Mr. Hyde at the Halloween Hellraiser, in a special celebrity attraction match.

Heres the start of a poster style ad, for future NPW printed comics, featuring Icky Van Hellion.

Icky characteristics: Big jerk. Cares more about fame, fortune, and fashion, than fans. Always in a fowl mood.

BATTLE KOI

Another monster for the NPW DOOMSDAY RUMBLE!

I'm gonna start coloring all my character designs in Artrage after I get a color palette that I like. I plan on putting them in the Roster section of the website at some point anyway, so I might as well have the colors at the finished stage.

The idea for this wrestler came from my sister in law. She said that I should have more sea monster looking wrestlers and suggested a Ninja Fish. Thus, Battle Koi was born.

Dr. Pyewacket Digital Pencils and Inks.

Digital pencils and inks for a "Dr. Pyewacke and Vladdy" ad.

Morning Warm up Sketch

Here is a quick warm up sketch I did this morning.  Gave myself thirty minutes to complete it.
 I based the character on Eli from "Let the Right One In", so I guess my Tweet about it not involving monsters wasn't entirely true.
Who is she?  She's a character that's part of a story I've had for a while now. Never really did any designs for it yet, just sketched out some ideas here and there. The suit is used to contain her powers.  I'll get into that and into more of the story when I have some more things to show.
I'm finally going to be working on it and it will be another side project.

The style and suit aren't final yet. The style isn't fun enough, don't want it to be too realistic but I do want it to look different from the projects I'm working on now. The suit looks a little too much like Johann Kraus, from "Hellboy," so I'm gonna try a few other designs until I'm happy with the outcome.

Later!

Doomsday Rumble: Monster 2

The 2nd Doomsday Rumble Monster is: PSYCHO CYCLOPS!

If you're familiar with Ray Harryhausen then this monster doesn't need much of an explanation. If you don't know who Harryhausen is, here's a site to check out: http://www.rayharryhausen.com/index.php.

I based this design on Harryhausen's Cyclops from the movie Sinbad. Just added some stylization and some wrestling attire. Even gave him a tattoo with the initials "H H" for a not so obvious reference to Harryhausen. Maybe I should make it more obvious and change it to "R H"??


Cheers!