C2E2 2014 Sketch Commissions

C2E2 has come and gone for another year.  Some great Cosplay, Galaxy Hero IPA from Revolution Brewery, Overpriced Gyros, and Sketching were to be had!  Good time, good friends and good food were to be had.

Next Stop: Springcon in Minneapolis, MN May 17-18.  Accepting sketch requests before and at the con as usual.  See you there!

Post C2E2

Well, C2E2 was a fun time to be had, glad to meet lots of fans (some mistakening me for Jeff, natch.) Signed lots of copies of Star Trek/Legion and did some sketching for peeps.  I also met some people who might get me off mah lazy butt and get some more prints out.  Enjoy the sketches though. :)

First up is a fan's character in Mass Effect 2 Armor, which sometimes can be a PitA to draw. :P

Followed by doing some more "Magic fer Johnny." An original anime style fairy.  Colors seem a tad all over the place, and I got carried away on the background again, not good because it sucks my markers dry.

 These two are actually 1 commission that was paid for but never picked up.  The gent wanted Martian Manhunter, but I neglected to ask if he wanted the comic version or the animated version.  I had some time on my hands so I did both.  Might ink them up to make them look a-really-nicee!

 

Some Star Trek sketch covers drawn up by my bro, Jeff, then inked traditionally with brush. I really like the Spock out of the batch.

Lastly, I didn't draw it, nor own it, but just had to share, a Playboy Bunny rendered in marker and watercolor by the fabulous Stephane Roux who sat next to us.  Simple and Elegant, I think I'm trying too hard.

Post C2E2

Monday Morning and recovering from C2E2. It was a blast, albeit, a bit expensive to have the con so close to Downtown Chicago, but Man, what a view. Setup on Thursday was extra nice, being sunny and 80. The rest of the weekend was also sunny, but a bit on the nippy side. That's Chicago for you. ;)

I kept some friends company who went to the Kick Ass premiere at River East. They didn't have tickets, just wanted autographs (which they got, though they look more like squiggles to me. :P) from Aaron Johnson and Chloe Moretz. Fun and interesting to hang out though. Ate out at P.J. Craig's after and drew on the butcher paper while waiting for mah Chicken Pot Pie(!).

The con itself was good for a first time, I hope they continue and put pressure on WW. Getting down from Downtown Chicago to McCormick place was a bit of a hassle on Friday with the morning rush, but Saturday and Sunday was easier getting the shuttle and moving on the roads. Even though I only live about 50 minutes away, I don't get into Chicago nearly enough as I'd like to. I love taking pics of the buildings. Though I think I need a new camera, one that takes better long exposures for night shots. But a Big Thank You to the C2E2 staff for putting me on their list for Artist Alley. :)

On to Sketches! I had a fun time doing these, Jesse Quick (though I did have an idea for "Flashing," maybe have to do that later. ;) ) Did some Magic for Johnny in the form of an Anime Schoolgirl, a PPG sketch for John Metych's (Sniper and Rook) son, and a nice Animated Batgirl. There's one other commish, but that's NSFW, and I didn't get a pic of the Stick Figure I drew for some guy's sketchbook theme. A lot of free quickie sketches went out to Kids on Kids Sunday.

I did take a couple of commishs to do at home, just to do a better inking job on it with mah pro tools. And I did get another Bunny pic mostly pencilled out, this one of Ms. Marvel to compliment the one I have in mind for Rogue. I'll post those when I get them done, or should I?? Noone would buy the book then. :P

Anyhoo, back at home and had a great time at C2E2! :)

Marvel Heroes

New work (maybe some semi regular work) comes in the form of inking over one of my favorite pencilers John Royle. This is a cover for UK's Marvel Heroes mag, I'm not sure what issue number. Still being done old school, traditional inks over blueline. Still not ready to jump to the Cintiq.

C2E2 is coming around Chicago this weekend, I hope we get a good turnout being it's the first one. The room we're in faces the Lake, so at least we'll have some nice calming scenery to look at. I hear it might rain, that's too bad because it'd be really nice for congoers to take a break outside. :)

I've also gotten word that Jeff and I will not be Guests this year at Anime Central, though we'll pop our heads in to spend some bucks and talk to the Con peeps about next year. Sorry to the regular fans that normally get us to do some fun sketches at Acen, I am accepting Mail Order commissions for those who don't want to miss out.