The Allustrious Queen Alexanndraaaaaa!

Now that SDCC is over, and most people have seen the packaging on the Four Horsemen's Queen figure from the 7th Kingdom, I suppose I could post this.

Part three in the 7th Kingdom series! The mighty Human Kingdom Queen and her warriors!
If you want to learn more about the 7th Kingdom and the Four Horsemen toy design group, go to www.fantasticexclusive.com and be sure to check out they're forums!

Comments are always welocome... Except the ones that are just happy I've posted on my blog again. ;)
(I say that with love, really I do!)

Iz Queen Warrior

A friend of mine wanted a painting of his wife, as a variant of the Queen Alluxandra, 7th Kingdom figure. Confused? Hey I don't question the clients, I just paint for them. Either way you look at it, it was still a fun little concept. He wanted the style to be like my other 7th Kingdom paintings that I've done for the Four Horsemen. If you've no idea what I'm talking about, head on over to FANtastic Exclusive and check out the forums. ;) That is if you really want to know more... Or if you want to just check out the art, well here you are and there you go! Have a great weekend!

Will there be an actual official Queen painting here in the future? Time will tell! :)

Pelican... Day job stuff.

I did this a while back. I like pelicans. Done for my day job at Imagine Learning. Nothing more to add other than enjoy! Or slap me with a crit should you desire.

Fuerza-What?!

As if He-Man and all the characters of the Masters of the Universe weren't wacky enough... There is also a little line called Fuerza-T. What is Fuerza-T? Why haven't you ever heard of it? Well, it's a knock off line that used the old molds of the original Masters figures, but repainted, and re-arranged into new characters. They were available somewhere in South America, if anyone has more info, feel free to leave comments and enlighten us all. Needless to say, this piece, was done for a very good and very patient friend of mine, he's waited a long time for this artwork that depicts the mighty Platino and the ferocious Felinor locked in mortal combat. Poses inspired by Earl Norem's work on Masters, so even this piece of artwork is a knockoff of sorts. Nonetheless, it was great fun to do, and I'm very happy to be done with it. Let me know what you think of these guys! Can you find what character parts from MotU made up these characters from Fuerza-T?

The United...

A good friend of mine, Mr. Tom Akel, asked me to do a little poster for him for his Heroverse comic team, "The United". If you want to find out more about Heroverse, just check out the site! (clicky the linkies)

Tom is a great guy, and has a lot of fantastic ideas on comics. This was a quickly put together, so please be gentle on the critiques... Bah! Give me heck on it, I needs me some growin. :)

I was for the most part just following the standard costume designs already established on the characters, but there were a few characters Tom let me play with in terms of their look. I was surprised at what he let me get away with! Thanks again Tom!

Oh yeah, almost forgot to mention, he was giving this out at New York Comic Con that was a few weekends ago as posters.

Ahsoka Tano

My daughter's favorite Jedi, as well as something I put together for a friend. The spunky padawan Miss Ahsoka Tano...

I played with a different rendering method for colors this time. I did the flats, then copied that layer twice, set the original flats layer as the dark shadows, made the medium layer more of the local colors and left them at a medium value, then a light blue tinted layer from her force power. I intentionally didn't show and color casting from her lightsaber onto her to stay true to the movies! Hahaha. (really just lazy.)

The Ahsoka Tano character is trademarked and owned by Lucasfilm.

It's not a very Christmas-y image I know, but nonetheless, I wish you all a happy holiday season, and a Merry Christmas!

Wonder Woman Day III

This year I was invited to participate in Wonder Woman Day! I was asked to donate some artwork for the auction event that would bring money to some Domestic Violence Shelters. You can read up on it and see other artist's work that also contributed here: Wonder Woman Day III
I contributed one piece to each event, one in Portland Oregon, and the other in Flemington New Jersey. I hope for the best with this great event! And if you live in either area, be sure to stop by and join the fun!