So a Funny Thing happened When I tried to use my scanner Today...

The damn thing did not work!! But I was so hell bent on posting today that I went ahead and took a picture with my phone. I am not totally happy with the picture quality, but it will have to do for now. In honor of the the new SSF4 news I decided to draw "Gutta Trash" Dudley. I will post a better picture as soon as I can get my scanner up and running again

This is the start of "40 days of posting". I made a resolution to draw/paint at least once a day... even if it just a sketch. And to keep myself honest I will be posting an image a day for the next 40 days.

So stay tuned to see me out right succeed ... or ... epically fail. Let's hope it is not the latter. And as always, comments are always welcome.

Inspiring Words for 2010...

"May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't forget to make some art -- write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.

...I hope you will have a wonderful year, that you'll dream dangerously and outrageously, that you'll make something that didn't exist before you made it, that you will be loved and that you will be liked, and that you will have people to love and to like in return. And, most importantly (because I think there should be more kindness and more wisdom in the world right now), that you will, when you need to be, be wise, and that you will always be kind." - Neil Gaiman

Happy New Years everyone! Stay tuned... more new work coming down the pipeline.

Mail Call...

So this weekend I recieved a package in the mail. What was it you ask?? It was the published copy of a The 8 Cylinders of Success complete with the Illustration I did for it on the inside. I don't know about you, but for me it is always a rush seeing my work in print.

It is now speeding up to the end of 2009, and I must say it has been all and all a good year. Sure things have been hectic and sometimes feeling a little out of control, but I am thankful that I am still able to do what I love. It has been a while since I have updated my website, but that only means I have been very busy. I am still creating and I do not plan on stopping any time soon. So as always stay tuned.

Brought to you in Colour...

Here is a quick post for you all. This is the colored version of the drawing I did for CHOP SHOP SHAPES. I liked how it turned out. What do you think??

Speaking of the CHOP SHOP... A new shape is up, and there are a few new contributions to go along with it. I will be posting my image before the week is out, so keep and eye out. And as always.. stay tuned.

AWWW HELL....

I just wanted to let everyone know that CHOP SHOP SHAPES is back in business, and here is my contribution to it. For all of you that have no clue what the Chop Shop is; here is a brief description.

"The mission is to create a character or two or three, etc. . . using the shape The moderator has posted. The only rule for this one is that the shape has to be a major part of the characters design. You can do human, animal or some made up creature."

I urge you to take a look at the blog. It is a great idea, and a great way to flex your creative muscle. If you like what you see and want to contribute from time to time feel free to contact me. The more contributors the merrier. In the meantime I will be coloring this image, and working on a few other projects. All of which will be posted here. So as always ... Stay tuned.

SO a Funny thing Happened...

As promised here is a post explaining the process that went into the particular piece I put together for the Canvas + Chaos show.

I was sent the above image a week before the show. What you see is a very rough sketch of the garment, as well as the color that it would have been.

Because the sketch was so rough, I took it upon myself to clean it up. The reason for this was so I could have a better template to work from. I originally had a totally different concept in mind before this one.. but sadly it was not even worth posting. So day before the actual show I scrapped the original idea, and started over. When everything was all said and done, I was a lot happier with this final concept. Now here is where things become interesting....

I recieved an email at 4am from the producer of the show that morning. It stated that due to a conflict, both my model and color of my garment had be changed. No real worries though. Things still worked out really well. I just made some last minute color and design adjustments. Also...I had no clue my Model was going to have an afro before the show, but when I saw her I decided on the fly to make the female on my original design a loose likeness of her. It was amazing how things just seemed to fall into place.

I have to give a lot of credit to my model for hanging in there for an hour and a half. She was so good that during the painting session she would automatically adjust her pose to allow me better access to the area I was concentrating on.

Well that is it for this particular post. In a few weeks the painted garments will be going on auction. And when that happens...I will post the link and information on this blog. In addition to that I still have a few other projects in the works. So as alway Stay tuned...

After the Paint has Dried...

So Rock the BLock 2009 has come and gone, and all n' all it was a great success!! Thanks goes out to Butch Diva, my friends, family, and supporters that came out. Also, much praise to the fellow artists of the Canvas and Chaos segment. And now with out any further distractions, here is a video and a few pictures of the event. Enjoy...

Lastly...because I did not want to make this post to long, I will be showing the process of how I came to my final design in the next post. It is actually a pretty interesting story how everything came together. So stay tuned.