November 2008 Archives

So last week I bit the bullet and signed up for a YMCA membership.  I'd been doing some research about gyms and found that the Y is basically the cheapest way to attend a gym, and it's also the best bang for your buck facilities- and services-wise.

Anyhow, today I finally went.  I'd been hoping to get my free introductory consultation with a trainer, but all of today's slots were filled up (and apparently no trainers are in around noontime anyway).  So I decided to do a fairly light workout instead and see how out of shape I actually am.

Apparently I am not all that out of shape because I had no trouble doing the whole "keep your heart rate at 150 for thirty minutes" thing on the stationary bike after I'd warmed up.  Honestly most of what I know about doing exercise properly I learned from high school gym class, though, so talking to a real trainer will definitely help me.  Especially with weightlifting.  I did a little with the free weights today but I didn't really want to push it without getting professional advice.  You can really hurt yourself weightlifting if you do it wrong.

One of the interesting side-effects of exercising is what is known as the "runner's high."  It has been so long since I had hard, vigorous exercise that I had forgotten what it felt like to have your body totally flooded with endorphins.  It's like all your muscles are vibrating with wild energy.  I left the place feeling like I could strangle a lion.

Tomorrow morning I get to see the trainer.  I have the whole week off for Thanksgiving, so I'm using that time to start myself in the habit of using that Y membership.  I won't be satisfied until I can armwrestle Seth-Brundle-style.

Easily the most badass of the bunch.

David Faulkner gives you the bedroom eyes and you love it.

Of popular band Mason Proper. And this was after a gig that went as planned.

Adrian got by far the coolest pose out of all of these.

I figure if I'm gonna do this, I might as well go all out.

The car is an early '70s model Aston Martin DBS. Needless to say it is much more impressive than my real car (a Toyota Yaris). I also do not own a Desert Eagle, but it is the most awesome-looking handgun in the whole world.

Cathy is here to shoot some guys.

For Max, the best part of being a secret agent is the gin. Only gin martinis for him. None of that vodka junk--that is not a real martini.

I got inspired by the new Bond film and started drawing my friends as international spies.

Quick ink sketch. Anatomy's funky but I still like the drawing.

Watchmen fan art again. This is a tiny little sharpie sketch that I admit to being exceptionally fond of. Ozymandias did not have any real friends, so he made one by using science.

Gentle readers, my fickle nature has led me to once again create a new website.  Let's hope my satisfaction with this one lingers for a while.  It is a great deal easier to update than my previous site, and it's a bit more elegant, too.

I've just finished uploading all of my decent-looking old art up to this point in semi-chronological order (with a few mistakes).  Beyond this point, you can assume that, unless otherwise noted, the art you're being shown is truly new.

Introductory posts are always difficult.  There's so little to say.  At any rate, take a look around and please pardon the dust, as things are still being hammered together around here at the time of this writing.

2008. Photoshop.

More Watchmen fan art. Yeah, it's a spoiler, but only a little one.

2008. Because I like Watchmen and am also seemingly incapable of drawing Rorschach in a way that doesn't make him look cute.

2008. Ink and digital.

The drawing I used for the front page of this site.

2008. Watchmen fan art that has nothing to do with the book at all, possibly because I'm incapable of taking anything too seriously.

2008. Ink and digital.

T-shirt design for Colorado Pit Bull Rescue.

2008. Ink and digital.

T-shirt design for Colorado Pit Bull Rescue.

2008. Ink and digital.

T-shirt design for Colorado Pit Bull Rescue.

2008. Ink and digital.

T-shirt design for Colorado Pit Bull Rescue.

2007. Sketches from a trip to the museum in Toronto.

2007. Ink.

Print for sale here.

2007. Ink.

Sort of attempted from life--turns out dogs don't hold still, so alas, it's not exactly realistic. Still looks all right, though.

2007. A character I used to roleplay on a MUCK many moons ago. A lean, hungry desert deity.

2007. Pit bulls are the happiest-looking dogs in the whole world.

2007. Mostly scanned for the thumbnail of the butcher pig. I ought to do something about that.

Obesity Cat is another favorite.

2007. Cartoony sketches. The one in the bottom right is Volk from the Russian cartoon "Nu, Pogodi!"

2007. Brushpen.

2007. Acrylic on canvasboard. This one is small, 5" x 7". I gave the original away to a friend. Print for sale here.

2005. Acrylic on wood frame and bristol board.

A picture frame I made for a photo of my two rats.

2005. Pencil.

Drawing of a hamster I had at the time.

2005.

2005. Photoshop.

2006. Ink.

Inside cover for an old sketchbook.

2006. Oil pastel.

This was used as a back cover on an issue of the Michigan Gargoyle.

2006. Old ink sketch.

2006. Ink.

Unfinished drawing, intended to be an illustration of a scene from Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH.

2007.

2007. Cartoony sketch of my ever-fearful guinea pig, Captain Fitzgerald McPiddles, Esq. (now deceased).

2007. Ink.

Drawn for the "Saturday Night Special" at my first GargAlum gathering as an official alum.

I think the Michigan Gargoyle reprinted this later.

2007. Ink with digital background color.

Originally drawn as a back cover for my last issue of the Michigan Gargoyle, to complement the capitalist fish on the cover.

Print for sale here.

2007. Ink and watercolor, with a bit of digital tweaking.

My last cover for the Michigan Gargoyle.

2007. Photoshop.

This particular Gargoyle Magazine cover was kind of a rush job, but I still like it.

2006. Photoshop. Another Gargoyle cover. My personal favorite out of all the ones I did.

2006. Photoshop.

2006. Yet more concept art for that game. This was an idea we didn't wind up using--that one character could put on a mask of another character's face to temporarily gain that character's powers.

2006. More of that game concept art.

2006. Concept art for a small game I worked on with a team in college.

These were early sketches of how I thought the sprites would look. (I wound up animating them all by hand on paper, which was quite painstaking.)

2006. Concept art for a game I worked on with a small team in college.

2006. Concept art for a computer game I made with a small team in college.

2006. Concept art for a little computer game I made with a team in college.

2006. Photoshop.

2006. Ink.

Originally drawn as a stinger page for the University of Michigan's Gargoyle Magazine.

Print for sale here.

2005. Ink.

Drawn after the death of my silver rex rat, Shiva.

2005. Ink.

Part of the effort to raise money for victims of Hurricane Katrina by offering commissions in return for donations to charities.

2005. Pencil.

Part of the efforts to raise donations for victims of Hurricane Katrina by offering commissions in exchange for charitable donations. In this case the person requested an image of an otter, so I drew the first otter I thought of: Philippe from Achewood. Wearing a straw hat and holding fish for some reason I do not remember.

2005. Pencil.

Part of an effort by a group of artists to raise donations for victims of Hurricane Katrina. We offered commissions in return for donations to charities.

2005. Pencil on paper.

Part of an effort among a group of fellow artists to encourage donations to relief efforts for Hurricane Katrina. We offered commissions in return for donations to charities.

2005. Ink and watercolor.

Cover illustration for the University of Michigan's Gargoyle Magazine.

2004. Ink and watercolor.

2004. Watercolor and ink.

2004. Ink.

A small logo created for use in the University of Michigan's Gargoyle Magazine.

2004. Ink and digital.

Created as part of a cover for the University of Michigan's Gargoyle Magazine.

2006. Quick sketch of the early 1940s incarnation of Tom from MGM's Tom and Jerry shorts.

2005. Dalton the bull terrier lost his job as a mannequin in children's book illustrations, so he sells Fuller brushes.

2003(?). Quickie drawing from back when I was really into Jhonen Vasquez's work. I still rather like the sketch despite the fact that I should probably feel mildly embarrassed to have drawn "fan art" of a real person.

2001. Drawn from life.

You have no idea how hard it is to make a cat sit still for this kind of thing.

2001. Drawn from life.

2001. Sketch from life at a family Thanksgiving.

I framed this and gave it to him for Christmas that year.

2004. Ink and digital.

A drawing of the world's saddest man.

2004. Ink on paper.

Portrait of an ex-boyfriend, from a photo.

2004. Ink and digital.

Initially a throwaway drawing for a friend who likes crows and old-timey cartoons. It grew on me.

2004. Ink and digital.

Cover for the spring 2004 issue of the University of Michigan's Gargoyle Magazine.

2003. Ink and digital.

Cover for the fall 2003 issue of the University of Michigan's Gargoyle Magazine.

2002. Graphite on paper.

From life with embellishments.

2001. Watercolor and ink on paper.

An old one I still like. These were characters I intended to do something with at some point, but I just never got around to it.

2003. Acrylic on wooden table.

I wish I had some better photographs of this one. It was done in my last year of high school art class specifically as a piece to auction for the benefit of a local PBS station. The painting actually wraps all the way around the table and there's a little landscape underneath. I used to lay under tables as a small child, and I often wished the undersides of tables looked as nice as the tops.

2005. Photoshop: pixel art. Portrait of my pet rat from a photograph.

2005. Photoshop.

Dalton the bull terrier has been transported here from another dimension. He looks suspiciously taxidermied.

2006. Photoshop.

Bubsy T. Bobcat would like to ask you a question.

2005. Photoshop.

The dinosaurs from popular game Bubble Bobble.

2001. Ink on paper.

Gollum from Lord of the Rings and the One Ring.

This drawing is featured as part of the online game Age of Fable. Check it out!

2003. Acrylic on artboard.

2002. Acrylic on canvasboard. Painted from life.