Of Blood and Rain cover

My wife asked me to draw a cover to one of her upcoming books, but she asked me to do it as lineart-only.
If you're interested in fantasy, romance, or paranormal, then go check her out at http://ithilear.com/

Head studies from Erik Gist.
Hand studies from Steve Huston

Apple

You're eating an apple. Nothing out of the ordinary, just a regular red apple. You bite into it, it tastes fresh and crisp. Really sweet. You chew it, swallow it, and think nothing of it.
You go to take a second bite, and then you look at it.

Photoshop CS6, about an hour.

Update

Hey, dudes.
Sorry about the lack of activity. January has not been a good month, but things should be back to normal, hopefully.
Page 6 is up. I’ve also gone back and color-corrected the other pages so that it’s a little more uniform.

Go check out the corrected pages here http://everskywardcomic.tumblr.com/

Drapery studies

and a mouth.
The first one is from reference. The last two are from imagination.
Page 5 of the comic will be up soon!

Ark Survival Evolved

Picked it up earlier this week. Based on a true story.
10/10, would get squished again.

Ever Skyward 1-4

Chapter 1
Page 4

http://everskywardcomic.tumblr.com/

Meow-velous Birthday!

Monster Hunter Felyne done as a birthday gift for a friend.
Photoshop CS6, about 3 hours.
Process video!
https://youtu.be/8hUE5eAwGsU

Dream No More

With all the comic work I've been doing lately, I wanted to do something a bit more painterly for a change.
Inspired by Metallica's song, "Dream No More", and by Alex Konstad's "Hell of a Story"
It came out a lot darker when I saved it, not sure why. Sorry!

Chibi Laele

Working on page 2 of the comic. Had to take a break from drawing obnoxiously attractive Middle-Eastern men to draw a cute chibi for the wife

Dia de Muertos sketch

Quick, fun sketch for Dia de Muertos, of three of my family members.
Process video youtu.be/V_ks0ycIvWM

Random demons

Random mostly-humanoid demon heads, because why not.
Pigma Sensei pens on printer paper

1 point perspective study

More NMA goodness. This time, some perspective drills and sketches with Sheldon Borenstein.

Ever Skyward 1-1

Ever Skyward page is up!

I’ve created a Tumblr page specifically for the comic. I’ve been really working on it for about a year, and I think I finally have a good idea of what I’m doing with it.
Right now, there’s only the Kanú Tamú painting I did, but expect to see some more pages going up soon!
http://everskywardcomic.tumblr.com/

Kanu Tamu

"A man goes unto the road whose course does not turn back".
Amund, The First Hunter

Kazuya sketch

Me: "What should I study today? Anatomy? Drapery? Maybe a master study?"
Brain: "How about Kazuya from Tekken, from a weird angle with some crazy perspective?"
Me: "ok lol"

More style exploration

Still working with different styles and approaches, this time trying to marry Marko Djurdjevic and Matt Rhodes' approaches.
Character belongs to Marko Djurdjevic.

Expressions after Vilppu

More work from NMA, more Vilppu. Expressions, this time.
The ones on the right are from a model, about 30-45 seconds each. The best way I can explain it is to capture the expression quick and loose, almost like the gesture of the face. You can always go back and refine it later.

Style experimentation - Javed

I was actually not done with this done, but I accidentally flattened the image and saved over it. Whoops!
Moving on!