Thunder Cats...Thunder Cats...HOOOOOOOO!!!!

Its been a long time since I have actually watched the ThunderCats, but with the new animated series that just came on television I might start back up again. There have been all kinds of shows of our past starting to resurface their heads. A perfect example of this is the new Captain America movie that just came out, along with the Smurfs that hits theatres today! With that said, I have decided to place this one-of-a-kind Lion-O artwork on Ebay. Hopefully, it will sell for as I know there are a lot of fans and collectors looking forThunderCat items and this would be a perfect fit. You can check out the listing here http://cgi.ebay.com/Lion-O-Original-Fan-Art-ThunderCats-Poster-Hand-Drawn-/130555207616?pt=Art_Drawings&hash=item1e65b25fc0 If you would like to own an original, by yours truly...here's your chance!

           

Casey Anthony Mask Sold For What?

Holy Crap!!!! I can honestly say that i'm in the wrong business! I just recently read that a company made a mask of Casey Anthony which sold at auction for a whopping 1 million dollars.....

It has been in the news that Casey Anthony was asked to do a sit down interview and has been offered 1.5 million to hear her side of the story. It seems that we as a nation already knows how this goes, so who came up with this price? Do you think its worth its price tag? 

Let me hear your thoughts!

Do you believe in BIGFOOT?

I know what your thinking! Fred has finally lost his marbles...we'll maybe! On a serious note, I have been watching this show on television called " Finding Bigfoot ". The show has a group of professionals who travel everywhere and anywhere to find evidence that Sasquatch do exist.

It actually got me thinking! Since there are so many sightings by different people all over the world this creature has to be real right? I understand that some of the sightings are faked by people looking for attention, but it can't be all of them.

The logic behind my thoughts is due to the remains of a giant ape that was found in China a couple of years back. These giant apes ( Gigantopithecus ) were still alive 10,000 years ago. I know that seems like a long time, but face it, Earth has existed millions of years and who really knows what has roamed this planet!

So I ask the question do you believe is Bigfoot? I know that I do, and I know that most people believe  its all just a joke. We'll one thing is for sure for me, I plan on adding " Trying to find Bigfoot " onto my bucket list. With any luck I'll be the first to actually prove that they exist, or maybe you'll find footage of me being hauled off by the beast and the camera will remain....like that Blair Witch movie!

With that said, I love to hear everyone thoughts!

Casey Anthony....To-Do List

I found this neat picture of Casey Anthony on the internet with her eyes wide open, which I used for a reference when I drew this cartoon.

I had this idea of her holding a To-Do List cartoon in my head now for the past couple of days, and as luck would have it I found time to draw it up.

I'm still angry that she got away with the crime. There was so much evidence against her that I was certain she was going to get a death sentence, but we all know how that turned out!

In the end, I wonder to myself if these people couldn't find her guilty for reasons unknown, then who did do it? I can honestly say that I didn't watch every second of the trial....so I wonder was there other suspects besides Casey? I know that at one time her parents came into the mix as possible suspects, but you could see in the grandma's eyes that she didn't do it, and the effort that they put forth to get the message out about Caylee's disappearance was either the greatest acting job, or the real deal.

So I guess the question still remains....Who killed Caylee Anthony? It makes me sad to type this, but the world will probably never know! 

CASEY ANTHONY NOT GUILTY!.....YOU GOTTA BE KIDDIN' ME...

I have been really busy of late, and haven't had much time to blog about freelancing adventures, but I am taking the time to post about this subject. First things first, the reading of the verdict  was a bunch of  BULLS&*T and we all know it! 

Lets chalk up another one! Another american killer who got away with it! I mean come on, this is just like an instant replay of the O.J Simpson trial. We watch this stuff on tv, or on the internet and we hear all the evidence, but some how these people get away with it. 

It seems like if you want to get away with murder these days all you have to do is kill the victum, report them missing thirty days later, lie to police about what you know and make up a few names here and there,  go to trial, and become free! 

Now that I got that off my chest...I did a quick cartoon of Casey even though it made me sick to look at her picture that long. I'm pretty sure I'll a few more cartoons of her before the weeks out!    

The Creative Mind At Work!

I get asked from time to time on how I create my characters. Well, here it is! This is a screen shot of a character I designed in Adobe Photoshop CS5. The first image in the top left is what artist call the blocking in stage. Its were we take the simple shapes like spheres, cubes, triangles, and squares to create a basic skeleton of our idea. Once all the elements are in place, I begin sketching in the details (bottom left) I want the character to have. Lastly, with the pencil lines in place, I proceed to ink the drawing, add the color, highlights, shadows, and all the other little fun stuff until I have the finished character!

There is more to it than this. There are tons of things to get into like color theory, shading, perspective, and balance, but I'll save those things for another day.

A Blast From The Past.....Sort Of!

Every once in a while I find things that I forgot even existed! In today's case its an old business card from 2006. I can only assume I wasn't very good back then, as I still have this business card lying around.....LOL!

On a good note my email address hasn't changed, but for all of you who think it would be funny to prank me...uhmm sorry, the phone number is wrong!

In the end, it's cool to take a look back on how things use to be. Is a great reminder of how far I have come as an artist, and how much more I still have to learn. I know that I have had different business cards over the years, but I think this one probably sticks out most in my mind as it was create in the beginning of my career.

For all you people who might read this, can you guess who the character/caricature person is on the card?
Lets see how many people can get it right!

Character Design....

It seems that I have missed bloggin' the last couple of days. I have been trying very hard not to miss a day, but things happen and being really busy doesn't help matters either!

I was asked by a client the other day to draw up some sketches of a character he was creating for a novel/comic book.

He gave me the run down of the story line which was about a retired sheriff ( back in the old west ) who is found by some outlaws that he helped put behind bars years earlier. To make a long story short... they find the sheriff, put him in an old wishing well to die. He doesn't die, but instead figures out a way to climb out. After being left for dead, and nothing left to lose he goes after all the outlaws to seek his revenge.

Here are my sketches that I whipped up. Typically, most artist draw their character profile in a front, side, and back view. I tend to draw the front view, a head shot, and a action shot. This helps give the writer/employer a good idea of what the character might look like and help spark so more imagination!