Shaun of the Holidays

Here are some quick inkwash portraits of Shaun and Ed (Simon Pegg and Nick Frost), a la the movie "Shaun of the Dead." I gave these two illustrations away as part of a holiday Twitter contest. Congrats to Dale and Lauren, who were the winners!

Man's Best Friends

Was just commissioned by a friend to draw portraits of him, his wife and their four dogs. It's for their holiday card! It was a quite a fun project.

Domestic Etch Illustration

My friend Elizabeth Goodspeed puts together a biannual art magazine, Domestic Etch. I asked if I could submit an illustration this upcoming go-round, and she FOOLISHLY AGREED, mwuhahahahahahaha.

Anyway, the theme is "Growth and Decay." I kind of got a little carried away in the Silly Department, but I like how it came out. Very fun. You can probably look it it several times and find something new. For instance, my favorite kid. The one pushing the bubble-mower. OR Boba Fett and the sarlacc pit.

Anyways, I'll let you all know when the mag gets published :D

Pizza Rundown

Here's another quick Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles mini comic. Michelangelo volunteers to make a pizza run for the rest of the Turtles.

HE LOVES PIZZA SO MUCH, YOU GUYS.

Eat Free or Diet Hard

Here's the poster I created for our upcoming Super CookNight 3 event. As you can see, we decided to go with a fun Die Hard theme. I'll be making Slow-Cooked MacClane n' Cheese, if that'll give you an idea of what to expect from the menu!

Every Tuesday our CookNight crew meets. It's made of 8-or-so friends here in Lafayette that lurv them some cookin'. We take turns cooking, which allows for some tasty experiments. And we decided to share those tasty experiments with the world. Or, well, our friends in Lafayette. So instead of just one of the group cooking, we ALL cook. And we also invite guests to bring their own dishes. SCN2 was pretty crazy, and I'm sure this one will top it!

Commission – Catherine

My Twitter/Skyrim friend Catherine commissioned me to illustrate her portrait. She wanted something more fun than a standard headshot to use an upcoming article. She is a whiz at all things internetty, such as Twitter and YouTube video links.

Skyrim: Sword & Shield

To celebrate the release of Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and to poke a little fun at Skyrim's live-action TV spot, I drew this comic.

Seriously, it's a little silly being a warrior and not bringing a shield to a dragon fight. You're going to get 1) burnt 2) eaten 3) gored 4) all of these things.

So, if you find yourself shieldless in the face of a dragon, please improvise.

Family Splatters

My fellow DrawedGooders were talking about having a Steve Urkel theme day, so this idea came to mind. Here's Steve after one-too-many people poked fun at him. Never give a nerd an axe, right?

UL Symphony Halloween Orchestra

When I saw that this Friday's UL Symphony Halloween Concert didn't have a Facebook event to promote it, I decided it'd be fun to quickly illustrate a "poster" to help promote it. So, I came up with this and used it on the Facebook event page, which I just made. Haha, just helping out in my own silly way. Hope it gets some additional people to attend!

Quina: EAT!

When I saw Zac Gorman tweet that he was putting together a Final Fantasy IX fan illustration zine and announced an open call for submissions, I immediately decided I'd try and submit something. And, strangely enough, the first thing that came to mind was "DRAW QUINA!" Now, I never really USED Quina in the game, but (s)he is definitely an interesting character. (S)he loves to eat. And uses that to...uh...its advantage.

Here's Quina surrounded by her meals, which consist of a good bit of the enemies in the game! I may have gone a little overboard, but I did really want to be included in the fun, haha.

Voldemort's Worst Nightmare

Actually, Ron Weasley is EVERYONE'S worst nightmare, amirite?

Kiss the Killer - A Birthday Card

It's that time of year again! My mom's birthday was yesterday, and she had asked me to get her Dexter: Season 5 for her gift. She loves that show. So, I figured I'd draw her a Dexter-themed card. Haha, it was a pretty big hit.

Bike Monsters

Here's an illustration I did for an upcoming bicycling charity event. I'm not really sure what the event is for specifically, but a member of the Lafayette Drink & Draw asked us all to illustrate spoke cards. So, here's mine! I had to throw Yoda in there.

BOOM(er)

Here's a quick illustration of a Boomer from the Gears of War series by Epic Games. Their "BOOM" haunts my nightmares, you guys. That, and Marcus yelling "REVIVE MEEEEE!" and "MEDIC!"

Haha, fun times.

Seaworthy

Next up in my "A Song of Fire and Ice" illustration series is Davos Seaworth. Davos isn't one of the flashier characters in the novels, but he has become of of my favorites. He's similar to Eddard Stark in that he's a very honest and loyal character, but has a past as a smuggler. This not-quite-legal career path led Davos to knighthood after he snuck into a besieged castle to deliver foodstuffs. Stannis Baratheon rewarded him for this venture, but took had Davos's left-hand fingers cut off at the first joint as a punishment for smuggling.

Davos kept the finger bones in a pouch around his neck to remind himself of the past and the actions that earned his family their name. Honor from dishonor, in a way.

Gossamurder

Here's a sketch reimagining of Gossamer from Looney Tunes. I believe we were talking about the new Looney Tunes cartoon at Drink & Draw earlier tonight, which inspired this illustration.

Doctor Who Companion Series

Here are two quick sketches of Donna Noble (top) and Martha Jones (lower), two Companions from Doctor Who. Done during Drink & Draw with a brush pen and Copic markers. May continue the quick-sketch Who series soon!

The Maid of Tarth

Here's another in my "A Song of Fire and Ice" portrait series. Brienne of Tarth, also known as "The Maid of Tarth" with a grip on Jaime Lannister's Oathkeeper sword.

I also have illustrations of Davos Seaworth and Reek on the way!

Cake Triforce

It is dangerous to go alone! Eat this!

It's my dear friend Sarah's birthday today, so I whipped up this cake for her. The Triforce of OMG, LOL and WTF. Zelda cut out the middle piece, which I guess was the Quadforce of NOM.

Happy Birthday, Sash! :D

Here's Swampy

Last week my Twitter friend Ryan Russell suggested I draw Swamp Thing. I've never drawn him before so I figured it'd be a fun challenge. Of course I had to add a little humor into the composition, haha.

The actual ink drawing is on 11x17 inch bristol board, if anyone is interested in purchasing the original artwork. It's in straight black & white, of course. The colors were done digitally.

Mugwai

Yesterday I asked Twitter for lunchbreak drawing suggestions. The first request was for Gremlins fan art. Haha, so this is what I came up with. A quick, silly coffee/mogwai pun!

Chirpa Dirp

Drawed Goods went on a mini Ewok kick the other day, so I drew Chief Chirpa dancing the Chirpa Dirp. I'm not sure but I hope it's not a mating dance.

I love Star Wars. Ewoks and all!

Cosplay Sights from SDCC

Here are some of the more frequent (and usually more disturbing) cosplay sights from this year's San Diego Comic-Con. There were plenty of others, but we shan't speak of those.

Bearded Finn - There was much Adventure Time representation at the Con this year. Not all Finn cosplayers were children. And definitely not all of them were clean shaven. Slightly disturbing.

Plus-Sized Slave Leia - Look. If you're going to dress as Slave Leia, you know what you're getting into. Seriously.

Anonymous - Perhaps the easiest costume ever. That doesn't discourage many from donning it, however.

Fat Captain America - I'm not surprised that I saw several of these. I actually DID see one using his shield as a plate, too. Maybe they're trying to make a social statement.

Doctors 10 & 11 - Probably the most common costumes were from Doctor Who. There were SO MANY 10 and 11s that I lost count on the second day. The award goes to the parents that dressed their three children up as Doctors 9, 10 and 11, though!

Plus-Sized Poison Ivy - In the same realm as Slave Leia, but a little trickier because there may be green skin involved. A lot of green skin.

Old Indiana Jones - I suppose old guys think that's really their only option. Actually, a good alternative is to not dress up at all.

Doctor Robotnik

Here's my fairly disturbing rendition of Doctor Robotnik from the Sonic the Hedgehog game franchise.

Señor Tiq

Emmy has been flipping out about her new Cintiq tablet. It's her true love. So I drew this for her birthday, which I am a bit late on! SORRY, EMMY. FORGIVES?

J-Day Comic!

It's my great friend Jordie Bellaire's birthday today, so I drew her a birthday comic involving her favorite Creepshow segment. <3 Here's my post on Tumblr if you want to help spread the notoriety ;) See Jordie's awesome color skillz.

New Yorkies

Last week I was commissioned to draw five dogs for a lady. She sent me a photo of each of the five dogs (four Yorkies and a biggin), with which I put together this composition. She will present the illustration to her roommate as a birthday present!

Style requested: Mostly black and white with splashes of color. Drawn with ink and watercolor on 22 x 30 inch Strathmore watercolor paper.

Cowboys & Aliens

I think this was pretty much what everyone wanted Cowboys & Aliens to be. Don't get me wrong, I liked the movie. I just wish it would have featured Harrison Ford riding a rancor.

Lady Snow

A quick inkwash snowscape done for Drawed Goods.

Comic-Constant

If you're a girl planning on cosplaying at a comic book convention (namely SDCC), expect to get a lot of this. It's one of life's constants.

Transfoomers

I had a dream that I was Skyping with Emmy Cicierega, who was drunk and going on-and-on about Transformers. I assure you she is not actually a drinker, but Dream Emmy knows what's best for comedic effect.

Tumblr, Crucio!

The reason why Tumblr is always down.

VOLDEMORT BE COOL, I have to post silly illustrations and stuff!

Nintendo Evolution

I went ahead and illustrated the evolution (and possible future) of Nintendo controllers. I don't think anyone will mind that I stuck with the main systems and left out the Virtual Boy, right?

I imagine that Nintendo will further revolutionize gameplay in that the "Wii UH" (Wii U Hyper) will encourage players to work together, literally. Since the controls would be integrated directly into the flat-screen monitor, one player would assume the left half of the controls and the other would man the right side. They could lift the TV up and move it around for the motion sensors, which would be cool because you could hook the Wii UH up to another monitor (smaller, for humor's sake) and you could see split screen stuff.

For maximum ridiculousness, you could sync up several Wii UHs together and everyone would be running around the living room in pairs holding up flat-screens. Sounds like a pretty fun time, I think.

Wereshake

Even werewolves love milkshakes, right?

Super CookNight 2: Eat American

Our CookNight is hosting the second-ever SUPER COOKNIGHT on July 3, so I made this poster just for funsies. I made a poster for the first one, as well, which was titled "Gobbledown," as it was during the Thanksgiving holiday. Since this one is the weekend of Independence Day, it's dubbed "Eat American." BON APPETITE!

It's Adventure Time!

Threadless is currently having an "Adventure Time" Design Challenge. Here's my entry!
And HERE is my description:

Treasure hunting has always been a popular mode of adventuring, and one at which Jake & Finn are very skilled. It helps that people wearing bright yellow shirts are often known to hide treasure underneath their clothing. Also, shouting is a very important part of adventuring, as shown here.

Here's the direct link to vote for my submission on the Threadless page: Adventure Time

And, if this illustration pleases your eyes, you can reblog my Tumblr post to help spread the word. I'd love you forever. Let me know if you vote and/or reblog it. I'm going to do a THANK YOU illustration afterwards with everyone who lent a hand.

Thanks, everyone!

The Goon That Laid the Golden Egg

"The Goon," created by Eric Powell, has been one of my favorite comics for a long time now. Great humor and a nice variety of art styles, The Goon never fails to entertain.

So, I figured it was time to do some fan art. Here's our lovable roughneck leading a horde of demonic chickens into a clobberin' fest. And yes, he is wearing a giant chicken costume. TO BLEND IN.

Hahaha.

Bow Ties Are Cool

Here's Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor. His psychic paper reinforces what we're all thinking and what he's been saying for the past two seasons. As you can tell, I love Doctor Who. As a matter of fact, I'm about to watch the fifth episodes of Season 6 right now.

This illustration was originally intended as a "Matt Smith practice drawing." I'm planning to do a more art-intensive illustration in the near future. With watercolor and such!

Family First

Well, here's a rather unsettling illustration of Cersei and Jaime Lannister from George R.R. Martin's Song of Fire and Ice novels. I actually inked it before Game of Thrones came out on HBO, so this is based off of my memory of the novels.

If you're new to the series, then I'll just say that these two are siblings that have a very un-sibling relationship. EEP.

Sir Gallahadagher

I've always wanted to try my hand at Dungeons & Dragons. I'm sure half the fun is making a character. This would TOTALLY be mine.

Sir Gallahadagher (not plain ol' Gallagher) deals massive splash damage.

Cretaceous Whisper

Please do not try to find reason or logic in this illustration. Just feel your way through it. This past weekend at NOLA Comic Con, a few of the creators hung out on the Saturday night at a Drink & Draw. I was working on drawing some figure driving a dinosaur creature. I inked in the creature but left the driver out. The next day I decided to finish the illustration. Someone at the artist table behind us kept playing "Careless Whisper," which made me think of the Sexy Sax Man YouTube video. So he ended up being the dino-pilot.

Yep. And he must be piloting the dinosaur through time because there definitely weren't arrows back in the Cretaceous Period.

Le Woof

I was sitting around behind a booth at NOLA ComicCon this past weekend, drawing random things, when I was COMMANDED to draw Chloe's dog, Diego. She commanded me. Kind of. Anyway, here's Diego, being all fancy.

Lance Henriksen

I've always been a fan of Lance Henriksen, from his role as Frank Black to Bishop to "That Pretty Cool Cop That Gets Killed Off Kind of Quickly In Terminator 2." I've been threatening to do some sort of LH fan art for a while, so here's a quick sketch. There may be something more time-intensive in the future, though!

Birth of the Animal King

If you've played through Portal 2, you may get a kick out of this illustration, which is my interpretation of how our Animal King was born. This obviously takes place years and years before the game-changing "Animal King Takeover," as hypothetically offered in the game.

I really, really love how this illustration came out. It's a very different style for me, but I think it went well with the concept. Thanks for checking out my art!

I also just created a Tumblr, if you'd like to check it out: Birth of the Animal King

You Got Served

Here's an Ood dancing his heart out for you. Actually, for Chloe, who got me into Doctor Who. But he's ALSO dancing for you guys. Because the Ood live to serve humanity. Just watch Doctor Who, alright????

Weeping Angel

Here's a semi-silly illustration of a Weeping Angel from Doctor Who. If you're not familiar with the series, these are alien creatures that basically only exist when you are looking at them. And when you aren't looking at them, they sneak up on you and eat your potential energy! YUM.

I included the original inking of this (hidden behind a picture frame, as a surprise) in a package to the girl who really got me into Doctor Who. THANKS, CHLOE!

The Rickmen

To be honest, I'm not really sure how this Alan Rickman tribute came about. I had drawn Snape a couple of times before because he's such a fun character to illustrate. I then had the idea to draw four or so Rickman characters together. And that evolved into a BUNCH of them. And then I figured I could just call it a "tribute" and title it
"The Rickmen."

As you can see, I tend to get carried away when drawing random things. I was considering coloring it, so if I get enough requests via FB / Twitter / blog comments, I may end up doing that!