Friday, October 25, 2013

AbeBoxx

I'm a huge fan of the Oddworld video game franchise, and it is easily one of my biggest influences as an artist. In particular, artists Farzad Varahramyan and Raymond Swanland inspired me in ways I could not put into words.

The original Oddworld team (Oddworld Inhabitants) is no more, but a UK-based indie developer known as Just Add Water has picked up where the original creators left off. J.A.W. is exactly what an indie company should be; games made by the fans for the fans.

One such fan, who I met in the early aughts through an Oddworld fan forum, now works as J.A.W.'s studio coordinator. He approached me with some graphic design work that their in-house artists couldn't complete because they were bogged down by other responsibilities. The opportunity was too good to pass up.



Dat sexy emboss.

I was almost certain J.A.W.'s ceo, Stewart Gilray, would have some revision notes for me, but he didn't! All the feels when someone tells you your work is perfect. I may or may not be working on a few more of these in the future. I'll be sure to post about them here if that ends up being the case.

Sunday, October 13, 2013

Sid



I was totally unaware of Tank Girl when I first came up with this character. Honest!
A lot of problems with this drawing structurally, but I'm happy with the color.


Moleskin 2


Thursday, October 10, 2013

Autumn Snooze

Autumn is easily my favorite time of year, and the pumpkin cache grows every day


O mah gourd! 

I'm picky when it comes to muh gherkins, especially this year. Some of these beauties will be starring in a short film I'm working on. More on that soon, assuming I dedicate what little free time I have to personal enterprises and not Dark Souls (or Dark Souls 2).

Still up to my hairy nipples in work, and there's really no end in sight. Oh well.
Gotta keep burning that midnight oil so that I don't wake up in a puddle of it the next morning.

Waking up next to your dog is okay though.