HOMEPAGE:
Here's a link to my homepage. There you will find my resume and some samples not shown here at DA.
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GREENLIGHT STUDIOS:
Our good friend BJ has updated the Greenlight website. Feel free to drop by and view some of the work produced by our crew.
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PRINTS ACCOUNT:
Prints by me for you to buy. 'Nuff said.
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SHIRTS AND STUFF:
Shirts... and... stuff.
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I recently entered the IDW cover art contest held on there boards. The assignment was to create a ready for color inked cover featuring a main character and 2 supporting characters in a specific setting. Each group featured some pretty obscure Transformers characters as well as some fun supporting cast members. Not your typical "Optimus Prime drawoff". Entrants needed to do a little research for this round.

I'm in the Doublecross group. Windcharger and Scrapper must also be included. The setting is a jungle on Earth.

I had a lot of fun with this piece. It was fun to try and balance the different references available for each character. I wanted to have as much toy accuracy as possible while keeping the classic cartoon and current comic looks in mind.

After working up some roughs, I penciled and inked all elements separately. That's 3 full figures and 2 background elements. I wanted maximum editing potential and I wanted to be able to color the elements separately later (painted, fully rendered background and cel style coloring for the figures).

A WIP can be found here: [link]

And here [link] is my entry.

Anyway, thanks for taking a look. Feel free to share any comments you might have.

If you'd like to check out the voting, it can be found here: [link]
There are 24 groups with tons of very creative covers by many talented artists. If you'd like to vote, all you need to do is register on the IDW boards.

The Doublcross group can be found here: [link]

Only the top 2 from each group will move onto round 2, so every vote counts. There are a total of 3 rounds with each becoming progressively harder. The top entries from round 3 will have a chance at doing an actual cover for IDW.

You can check out some of my personal picks from the contest in my favorites list.

Take care and good luck to all the entrants!

STUFF YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK OUT:

Do yourself a HUGE favor and check out the beautiful artwork of Craig Mullins! His site is packed to the gills with fantastic digital and traditional work! You'll be glad you stopped by!
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BOOKS:
Here are some great art resources by a master of illustration techniques, Andrew Loomis. These books are crammed full of vital art and design information. They may be hard to find and expensive to buy, but you might find them at your local library. A must-read for any artist.

Figure Drawing For All It's Worth
Creative Illustration

Here's a link to online Loomis info that will help you get the ball rollin':
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