My first gig as a full-time freelancer.

Hey peeps. Here is a commercial I recently story boarded. My first real freelance gig!!! The job had to be done in under a week (multiple revisions), colored and shaded boards, I busted ass. All done in Cintiq of course, best purchase I could have made as an artist! Oh, and the boards were done for Liquid Theory.

Here is a page from the boards, and then the commercial in full technicolor.




EDIT: I forgot I had the whole board sequence online, check it out if you want.

Q Da Kid Storyboard sequence

Besibol here I come!

So as of late last month, I am now a full time freelance artist. And while I will be looking for freelance gigs, my main gig will be working on getting this published...




I want to do a graphic novel of my Flight 2 & 5 stories, "Beisbol". My goal is to have a series of short stories that stand alone, but when put into a single book, they will play off each other, and there will be history and continuity. I have many stories to tell with Francisco Sanchez, and I need to start putting those on paper.

Also, thank you to everyone who has read and reviewed my most recent story, "Beisbol 2", (or even personally told me how much you liked it). It means a lot to me, and it gives me strength to know that a Beisbol graphic novel will do well. I hope to continue with more strong stories in the future, I owe it to Francisco to tell the best stories I can.

I always love when people tell me "I don't like baseball at all... but man, your story makes me almost want to play." That rocks!

JOHN RAMBO!

The new Rambo is one of the most exciting, and well contructed action films of the last 100 years!!! GO WATCH IT!!!

Seriously, this movie is the most fun/excitment I have had in the theater in a long time... the body count is ridiculous, but it feels more real than some of the other Rambo films... totally worth it! LOVE IT!

My buddy Mike Roush, married!!!??

Another one bites the dust...

Congrats to Mike and Mari, they are wonderful people, and I am glad I could be part of the ceremony.


Mari happy about something Mike said... maybe "I Do"


The boys of the wedding, Groomsmen and Ushers

The Those Guys 2007 Comic Con Tshirt

So con is on its way, and The Those Guys wouldnt miss it!

Our booth is #1035, come by and say hi.

Maybe buy one of our new Tshirts, they will be snazzy! I had the honor of designing this year's shirt... Here is a mock up


And a close up!

Back from Kauai... alive.

So I am back from a week in Kauai. I went there to attend the wedding of my buddy Ryan Hernandez... it was a great little wedding. It was awesome watching Ryan and Vanessa look into each other's eyes as they exchanged vows; and, yes I got choked up, I am a sap, and I dont care who knows it.



While I was there waiting for the wedding, I hiked the amazing 11 mile Kalalau Trail with my buddy Mike. The first night, we camped at the 2 mile marker, Hanakapai Beach. We were ready to wrestle this hike into submission...



The next morning, I thought I was a giant in this wonderland, me and my 50 pound backpack...



But this hike is MURDER... sooo strenuous. It was constantly up and down, never flat, always too steep... We hiked 2 miles one day (it got dark), and 20 over the next 2 days. NOT EASY!!! Here I am near the end of our death march, next to the most beautiful sign I had seen in over 6 hours and more than 12 liters of water consumed...



90% of the trail is less than 2 feet wide, and at times the trail is just part of the gravel slope, straight into the ocean, 1000 feet down, if you slip. Not cool. We each had a few close calls falling or tripping, and we each had one serious fall with our legs dangling over a precipice (Hiking stick, I love you, you saved my life this weekend). But here we are... alive to tell of the beauty of the Na Pali Coast... it was a great experience, even if we had to see nudist hippies at the Kalalau Beach... eek. Though I suffered serious exhaustion and some dehydration (I drank 13 liters of water the last day alone and it still wasnt enough), walking those 22 miles was very rewarding...



Now, back to drawing...

Teddy vs Teddy

Just a piece I did for the Power in Numbers show at Nucleus. Its been a LOOOOONG time since I have done anything in traditional media. Inking felt great, I love it so much more than digital "ink" or clean up.

This show should be pretty cool. Tons of artists exhibiting... My friends Israel Sanchez, Justin Ridge, Matt Spangler and Martin Hsu will all have pieces there too... so check it out, and maybe buy something, the money goes to the Breast Cancer fund!

Storyboarding on Metalocalypse

Well, I dont post much art, I dont get to draw much really... but that should all change now that I started boarding on Metalocalypse!! (The drawing part, not the posting part *wink*) Yee Haw!! After spending all last season doing layout on the show (not bad mind you, I learned alot) But now I get to help shape the look of the show a little more, and that is pretty exciting!!

Today I had my first board pitch, it went well... Co-Creator Brendon Small seemed to like almost everything The director Jon Schnepp and I did... so, rock on, feather in cap placed... now I need to do some revisions and keep on truckin'!

This show is gruesome at times, I will enjoy drawing these things as cartoony as I can... haha... thats my form of rebellion.

Ok ok, and I will try to post more drawings too... sheesh.

Amazing Screw On Head DVD! Check me out!

Hey! Check it out! I am on the special features of a dvd! Kinda cool, I wish I would have had better things to say other than "Mike Mignola is cool"... but they didnt give me much time to prep.

The studio I work at, Titmouse Inc, directed and boarded the show... I was a huge fan of the comic, and I kept bugging my boss to let me work on it in any capacity... At first he only let me be the in-house "Mignola expert". He would ask things like "Does this look like something Mignola would do?" and I would answer... I was the one to help approve the image above, used for posters and the dvd cover (I know its a small task, but I am pretty proud that they gave me a small role on the show)... then later they let me do some drawings for the intro... Persistance pays off, sometimes. I got on the dvd featurette, but not in the show credits... oh well.

Tony Almeida!!! YEAH!

I took this quiz hoping to be either President Palmer or Tony Almeida... I win!

Which "24" character are you?
Tony Almeida You are Tony Almeida!!!! Behind every batman is a robin, you are Jack's 2nd hand man.. You can lead CTU, you can be field OP's, You are a lover and a fighter.
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And here is Battlestar too! Apollo is a'ight. Chief Tyrol wasn't on the list, so I couldnt be too bummed.

What Battlestar Gallactica Character Are You?
Apollo You're really a versatile person. Capable of leading, obeying, fighting, protecting and if the situation calls, running really damn fast. Nevertheless, you get the job done, whatever it is. You are strong when you need to be, and when others need you to be, so it always looks like your bringing your game face.
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GIMLI

My roomie Mike Roush was watching LOTR this week, I couldnt NOT get sucked in... so here was a quick Gimli

Battlestar Galactica

I haven't posted in 6 months, I figured its time to update...

I started catching up on Battlestar Galactica this summer,... season 3 just started up and the premiere was AMAZING!!! Here is a super quicky of Admiral Adama...

The Z's are Upon Us...

Here is a quick concept for a story I want to have ready for comic-con, called "The Z's"... I want the boy to be younger; so, that already needs to change, but I just wanted to start thinking about him... I actually think this age boy would work better in another unnamed fantasy story I am developing, I will hopefully start that one up later this year...

The Those Guys has a Blog?!

Hey friends... most of you know me and my best friends are the members of The Those Guys... well, now we have a group Blog!!! We will be posting about cool group going on's, and where we'll be's...So come by and check out some art by Israel Sanchez, Justin Ridge, Matt Spangler, Josh Pruett, Mike Roush, and Mike Williams...

Check it!!
THE THOSE GUYS BLOG

Sitting at work.. kinda bored... coming to the end of the day... so I decided to do another quick drawing/painting kinda thing... I ultimately got bored with it, but like it enough to post... 2 posts in one week, thats a good sign of the times right?

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas...

I need to find some time to scan in sketches...2 weeks between posts is too much...

Late night sketching...

I did these late last night, couldn't sleep, so I tried to draw the energy out of me... get it!! "draw" the energy out!! I crack me up...I fell asleep soon after sketching these...

Big man in baby blue...

I dont know what I was going for here, but I like it!

Work took my Christmas/Holiday vacation away from me this past week, they need me to help finish a project, bummer for me...BUT I will get that week of vacation later, so with that free time, I decided that I want to take a trip to the east coast, go see some museums. I definitely want to hit up the NC Wyeth museum, maybe the Frazetta museum, then go to Boston and see some Rockwell and Singer Sargent stuff...Art trips ROCK!

Explosive update...

Yes...I am a weak blogger, I check everyone else's daily, but always neglect my own... well, here is a super fast fun sketch just to keep the hand moving,... drawing is fun, and so is playing with dynamite!!!

Sketchies

I have nothing new to say, I just wanted to post some sketches I just did, ...nothing special, nothing great, just some quick stuff to keep the hand flowing and my brain mowing (I dont know what that means, but it rhymed... Well, I am leaving work for tonight, I need to get home and watch Lost, hopefuly I will post more often...