Warm-up Sketch...

This is a warm-up sketch I did in about twenty minutes of Dominic Monaghan, who plays "Charlie" on LOST. To be quite honest, I am not at all happy with this sketch. I think a good measure of the problems I have with it stem from the fact that I attempted to draw him completely from memory, rather than utilize any reference photos.

Regardless of how ineffective the result is, I chose to post it anyway – as my main ambition for this blog is to enhance my abilities through criticisms both negative and positive. For me, there’s no integrity or growth in posting only work that I’m happy with. Therefore, if you have any critiques, please fire away!

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

As I’ve mentioned before, every year Pro Wrestling Illustrated calls on me for their PWI Annual. Basically, I create 12 full page cartoons illustrating the "big story" from each month of the preceding year. Well, the issue covering 2007 has just hit newsstands. Above are a couple of cartoons appearing in this issue. Just a taste of the twelve you’ll find inside. I also have posted a pic of the cover. so you will know what your looking for if you decide to go out and pick one up. You know, support your favorite former WCW/WWE Wrestler, Illustrator and Cajun!

Caricature Sketch...

This was a quick caricature sketch I did this morning of my friend the Invisible Man, Frankie Garfield. I am extremely pleased that I was able to capture such a great likeness. Frankie loved it!

Chris Benoit Tribute

This is a tribute I created for THE WRESTLER/INSIDE WRESTLING after the death of Chris Benoit. Despite the horrific facts surrounding the case, it is impossible for me to remember Chris as anything other than the warm hearted family man, friend and mentor that I personally knew him to be. As a result, I decided to depict him in a manner that I felt wasn't overly positive or negative, but allows everyone to draw their own conclusions. Hence, my inclusion of the names of the family members and the question that I think was on every fans' mind, "Why?".

You can click on the image for a closer look.

Warm Up Sketch

This is a quick sketch of my best friend, Cooper, and his lovely wife, Amanda.
I love doing caricatures. There’s something extremely satisfying about capturing a good likeness in a humorous way. Especially, if the person is instantly recognizable to family and friends. You can’t look at a good caricature and not smile!



Have a great weekend, everyone!

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

Every year, Pro Wrestling Illustrated calls on me for their PWI Annual. Basically, I create 12 full page cartoons illustrating the "big story" from each month of the preceding year. The issue covering 2007 should be hitting newsstands any day now.
One of the highlights of January, was The Undertaker winning the Royal Rumble. As an homage to the great Norman Rockwell and his painting "The Tattooist", I drew The Undertaker having his opponents names tattooed on his arm and subsequently crossed out.
I thought it might be fun to give a little glimpse of my work in progress. So, I've posting some images of the illustration from the initial sketch phase through some of the color work. I'll post the final artwork once this issue hits the bookstores.

"Cowboy" James Storm

This is the poster/T-shirt art I created for professional wrestler and TNA star "Cowboy" James Storm. It was a little of a departure for me, as the decidedly comic book feel is a style that I don't often get a chance to do.