Katniss Everdeen

Read the "Hunger Games" trilogy recently... Really enjoyed some of the characters found there-within, but found the tone of the books made quite an impact. She started as a fanart of the main character, but ended up morphing into something else as I began trying to depict the tone of the character more than follow the verbatim description.

Of course, I also bought a J.W. Waterhouse book recently so I must say the color palette and some aesthetic choices are a response to my LOVE for his work :).

Sketch o' the Evenin'!

See!? I'm being good and making more personal work :). It's amazing how reinvigorating it is to draw for the fun of it..

Saw a bird while hanging out with Andre this weekend. It looked like a Mourning Dove who's name and coloring really tickled my fancy... They have such mesmerizing eyes!

ANYWAY. Long story short. Was inspired. Drew a thing. It turned into something else. Mother Nature always has the BEST colors. What else is new?

Snowy Bastion Art

The Kid in the wintery lands of the Tazal Terminals! The long(er) story behind this is a request from Valve for some new winter sale promotional artwork. I talked to Greg, our creative director and we decided it'd be fun to poke light fun at a couple of the AAA titles' promotional artwork at the time - no names shall be named - but the main characters all sported the same pose. Of course, I think the goal was lost on everyone but me once I finished it, so it just ended up being a illo of the Kid being "badass" XD.

It's really strange to think about the time I spent on Bastion... it hardly even seems real, thinking back on it! We were always in such a rush to get everything we wanted into the game that I think it was easy to overlook the fact that we had in our hands something with the potential to reach out and touch the souls of kindred spirits...! If you've played Bastion, I hope your experience was positive, and even though I'm certainly not 100% proud of EVERYTHING in the game (let's face it, an artist's work is never done!), I am so happy to have had the opportunity to work with such an excellent team to create something that truly came from the heart :).

If you'd like to use this as a wallpaper, you can find a couple of resolutions over at the Supergiant Games website here! (Scroll down a bit): [link]

Holy Warrior Thang

Ok... I finally slogged through my blog and fixed as much as I could... unfortunately certain "in progress" shots are gone forever, since I don't make a habit of keeping those on my hard drives :(. I shall resurrect both this blog, and a TUMBLR account(!) from the ashes of fiery destruction! Thanks for sticking with me guys... I truly appreciate it!


Been in a bit of an art slump lately. Likely culprit is simply not drawing enough for pleasure/personal edification. Here's a quick one I started at last NOVEMBER's Massive Black workshop in San Francisco (!?..jeez...has it really been that long?). I had only a tablet PC; who's color accuracy is extremely questionable, so the black and white sketch is what I began with. Brought it onto my main rig and went at it with color!  Some kind of...holy warrior person!

 

Sketch from Tablet PC

Technical Difficulties (Lost ART! T_T)

Hey guys, just a note that I think I somehow accidentally removed all images from my blog via some Android phone mumbo jumbo :(. For now, please visit my Deviantart or CGHub if you'd like to see my work! Sorry for the inconvenience D:.

I'm thinking of creating a Tumblr. account in the place of this one... :O.