Friday, December 26, 2014

More wrestler character designs

   Hi there, friends and neighbors. I've slowly been chipping away at the wrestler designs I started a while back. I've reworked a few things I felt weren't working and kicked out a couple new designs. I've got a name for their wrestling organization as well: the Intergalactic Wrestling Federation. The IWF. I'll post some logo sketches soonish as well as some promo cards for each combatant.
   Here's where we are so far:

Updated: Bruise E. Homemaker
Updated: Lord Deville

Updated: Nigel Quarkbottom
Grimly Mynock
5'5"
315 lbs.
From the Cave Planet Holio



"Supernova" Luto Graham
6'10"
310 lbs.
From Hulkaterrania

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

A little update

Wow! I haven't been updating my blog as regularly as I'd like to. Reason number one is going to be that my wife and I are going to have a baby!!! Cue the fireworks and cymbals crashing. Baby Main is due February 23rd and we're really excited to meet him. It's crazy how much I already love him even though I haven't officially met him. If you're at all interested in hearing more about our joyous news, please go and peruse my wife's WAY more updated and professional blog Sweet Lavender Bake Shoppe

In the meantime, I will try to update some more work here!

I was asked to speak at my old school, Calvary Chapel Bible College, by a good friend and former student. He wanted me to share about life, faith and Art and how those things mingle in the post-social media mayhem-ish world we live in. He teaches an Apologetics class at the school so the students were sharp. Probably much sharper than myself. Nonetheless, it was a really encouraging night and I think it was really fruitful.

In the weeks prior to speaking I was feeling pretty unsure of myself in respect to sharing. The old, "Oh, what do you have to share anyway?" monster kept popping up. It got me thinking some deep thoughts. Now cue Jack Handey.

Anyway, I was thinking a lot about how my struggle to walk in a way that's in line with my faith in Christ and according to God's word is 1. super irritating (I know what I believe but so often fail to live it out) and then 2. most certainly an opportunity for God to show His goodness.

So, although pretty frustrating, the struggle becomes one of the most potent bases for artwork. My sketchbook becomes a place where I can work out questions I'm having or play with ideas I find in scripture. Sometimes, these become finished drawings or paintings, sometimes they just stay rough pencils.

From James 1:5-8

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

This is a crazy T-Shirt graphic!

  • I worked up this graphic this week. It's an odd bird that is inspired by the graphics of 1960's hot rod and surf culture. This dude is in the zone, shredding the waves in full beast mode. This was a self started project that started as a sketchbook drawing. Those tend to be the funnest pieces I work on. I'd love to get some shirts pumped out from this guy!
  • Pre-Final Drawing

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Matthew 17:20

I had this in my sketchbook for a long time and just recently did a quick paint over. Here's the inspiration for it: He (Jesus) said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”


Bebop and Rocksteady chasing the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

As part of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the Sketch Dailies site, I created this animated gif of bad boys Bebop and Rocksteady! They're just doing what they do best...which happens to be being super irritable at turtles.


Colonel Guile is a mean Street Fighter with some secret moves

Unfortunately for you, the secret moves he has, are completely unrelated to the video game franchise he is a part of. Strike that, you would never have really noticed Guile if not for his perfect hair...and so, maybe his secret morning routine of Vega brand hairspray and a high-powered blow dryer really do need to brought into the canon of the Street Fighter universe.


I'd love to see this as part of an epilogue after beating the game...

Mr. E pity the fool that doesn't eat their vegetables

Seriously, he does pity those fools.


He's part of a little something I've been working on that's in the final stages. Updates soon(ish)!