Lions and tigers and Newts?

Attached are some Blizzard Cards that may or may have not seen print since I don't have proofs of them but I've been given the OK to show them. They date back to 2009 and 2010.

While at the zoo yesterday (sorry no good sketches) I saw a Newt. Not the animal but presidential hopeful (yuck) Newton Leroy Gingrich. I think he wanted to yell at the foreign wild animals for taking away jobs from all the white God fearing American wild animals.

Also posted is a study from yesterday that just wasn't going my way from the get go. I know you should only show your successes but this bitch was so frustrating she needs to be seen and NO Valentines day wasn't a factor. Jesus, weren't you people satisfied in trying to buy each others love in December?

The Warriors did it!

In my last post I said I didn't follow comics but that was a lie because I realized that there is one comic I definitely follow every week and that is Skadi the Barbarian at dummcomics.com. Every Thursday I surf over to dumm comics and read the newest Skadi strip. Katie Rice and Luke Cormican are incredibly talented and funny. I also have a secret crush on Katie. Our children would be attractive and artistically talented because of their mother and most likely get short sightedness from me because I used to wear glasses before I paid a Doctor to shoot lasers into my skull.
This Skadi fan art is my second attempt at being productive with my insomnia so instead of just watching movies till I pass out as usual I did a little oil painting to go along with my evening ritual. In hindsight I should have drawn something up first instead of stumbling into the painting to see what would happen. Skadi's a little too vampy and I couldn't decide on what to do with the background which is too red everywhere. I was watching the movie The Warriors while painting this and was pretty much done with it before it got to the "WARRIORS COME OUT TO PLAY-AY!" part. Everything has to stop once you get to that part of the movie.

Also posted is a drawing my little Nephew made. He's already a fan of Monty Python and he doesn't even know it yet.

Strong enough for a man but made for a Woman

As big a nerd as I am I don't really read or follow comic books outside of the movies anymore at least not since High School which was a long time ago. This is probably why I don't make fan art outside of commissions. Today I felt like painting a nekked lady but for some reason she ended up turning into Wonder Woman and you know what? It was the most fun I've had painting in oil in ages! I should do more fan art. I was watching Street Fighter (Sonny Chiba) and Street Fighter's Last Revenge while painting this so I guess it took me 4 hours.

Also attached are some cards I did for Blizzard last year. I have proofs and the original oil painting of the Gilblin Plunderer for sale.

Why Watercolor?

When I found my cool used easel at a second had store early last year it also had some bonus watercolors shoved up in it. In late November I finally decided to use them and this is what was shat out. Above are my first 4 experiments with watercolor ever.
CHANGE BAD! RAWWWR! -Frankenstein's Monster

Little bit of fun

I haven't posted in a while and to be honest I'm wondering the necessity of this blog. But here are some quick oils I've done recently. I have some Legends of Norrath and WoW oils to maybe post but those may still be under contract hold. Plus they weren't all that good anyway and required a lot of digital touchups. These on the other hand were for fun so they don't have to be good. Each took about an hour give or take. I was watching a movie while painting each one and I finished each before the movie ended.

Oh and vote for my new design I submitted to threadless.com. It's a revision on an old design I did.

New WoW proofs

I just got some proofs from Blizzard today. They are Power Word: Absorb, Stained Shadowcraft Cap, Camouflage, and Hammer of Retribution. If you want a signed proof or original art let me know. The original oil painting of Hammer of Retribution is available for purchase as well.

Killin' time

I seem to never finish an oil painting. Digital, that's different because its mostly work. Oil paintings on the other hand are supposed to be fun and when it stops being fun I stop painting. Here are some 1-2 hour oil doodles I did this last week. That thing with the leather jacket is supposed to Joey Ramone which was 3-4 hours. I was watching the Dark Knight and a little of Unforgiven at the time so I can't clock it exactly. I can't bring myself to take it any further because it feels like a velvet painting joke now.