digital ink and color.

an example of what i do at work, clean up digital "inking" in illustrator.

i can't post what i've been working on professionally until the show airs, but here is my own character in the same technique:

b&w lines:

... and painted!

b is for...

... brian "butch" o'neal.

can't really have marissa without the ex-cop turned slayer slayer.

"... and there will be one to bring the end before the master, a fighter of modern times..."

kick buttowski!

this is the show i am currently a part of!

it is a really amazing group of people, and we're all hoping the show will totally kick butt when it premieres in february!

check out a short teaser here:

with more clips available on the disney xd youtube channel:

http://www.youtube.com/com/user/disneyxd

poses.

playing with some characters:

kitten.

just a kitten:

trying out some new brushes for a softer feel.

i also had some fun making fabric  textures!

sketchbook.

some recent sketchbook scans:

see ya after the holidays!

marissa.

" she might not have any clue who she was, but better to be lost and searching than shoved into a social box by someone else".

life drawings.

the last life drawing class of '09.

flying monkey.

i wish these guys were real...

i'd ask for a pair for christmas.

jared.

a new kind of coloring... trying to find a way to make gradients not look so cheesy.

amelia.

a summertime cowgirl for a wintertime day:

the sponge brush is awesome for chunky backgrounds and soft shadows.

now where can i get those boots?

sketches and inks.

a busy weekend!

some sketchbook:

a few ink pen doodles:

i love this site: http://www.jetpens.com/index.php/cPath/221

for a really awesome selection of brush pens!

tubby buddy.

if you ever need a faithful sidekick, buddy here is your guy:

rough sketches are fun to nail down in color:

trike.

oh you know, you can never have too many dinosaurs.

messing with texture:

rough color and sketches.

argyle!

there's an invisible trampoline, can't you see it?

and some sketchbook:

horace greeley.

here's the unsung hero of stephen king's newest book, "under the dome":

horace greeley the corgi.

loyal, stubby, and always hungry.

just for fun, here's the sketch and illustrator build i worked from:

rehash.

posing out some characters.

busted!

when i broke my leg in sixth grade, i was happy it was in the summer, so i could wear skirts and one sandal at a time.

imagine what i'd have to have done in the winter: cut one leg off of my jeans?

life drawings.

i will i will i will go to life drawing more.

it's so good to get back into practice on these things:

andre.

just a quick colored ink drawing today.

mr pug and boston

the cutest dogs have crushed faces and bug eyes!