Johnny Dombrowski

No Man's Land

2011-11-21T10:01:00.001-08:00

Image with Pulp magazine Adventure logo

Earlier this year, for about two months, the Society of Illustrators had an exhibit of Robert Lesser's Pulp Art collection. To this day, it's the one show that really stood out to me while working there. I was amazed by these oil paintings- quickly slapped down by artists like HJ Ward, Norman Saunders, Rafael De Soto, etc. And despite some reviews here and there I've read about the work, I think the craftmanship is remarkable. Sure, they are a bit rushed, but they had to be in order to survive in that line of work. Ever since that show I've been wanting do something along those lines.

Doing a Damsel in Distress/ Femme Fatale on the cover only seemed right. At the same time, to go in with my heavy blacks and leave them with the job of defining shadows in this creepy jungle. Despite the lure of a sexy figure, that trail can't lead to anything good.

Final image without text

Initial thumbs and reference from my sketchbook

Pencil sketches under a layer of inked tracing paper

Linework

Also, don't ask me why, but after inking this, I realized those two bird have appeared in drawings of mine before. I can't help it. I like those two birds.

Speaking of birds, Happy Thanksgiving! Hope everyone has a nice week. I'll be in touch.

The New Gold Rush

2011-11-15T19:26:00.000-08:00

Here's a new illustration I did for a recent issue of Penthouse. It was for an interesting article about 20-30 year olds going back up in to the mountains above LA to pan for gold just like the 49ers use to. With the economic crisis we've been in, people are willing to try anything to get some extra money. I, personally, think it's an awesome idea.

Big thanks to Art Director John Faraci

Sketch

Layout

Backpacker | Gone Astray

2011-11-02T20:54:00.001-07:00

Here's another illustration I did for Backpacker's Survival Quiz. This issue's theme was the risk of becoming lost in the wild.

Layout

Big thanks again to Jackie McCaffrey for the awesome Art Direction!

Sketchbook

2011-09-26T09:04:00.000-07:00

Finishing up a few personal things that I'll post soon. In the mean time you can take a look at a few of my sketchbook pages and how obsessive I am with filling the page. Be it with drawings or pointless rambling.

Homo Ferus | Cracked Sky

2011-09-04T15:27:00.000-07:00

Hope all is well with everyone. Especially after the hurricane for those on the east coast. Fortunately, I've been busy with a good amount of freelance work lately. Unfortunately, I can't show any of it to you. Yet. All in good time.

In the mean time, here is the new Homo Ferus. And one of many more to come, I might add. Every time I finish one, I think of three more to draw. Trying to concentrate on the essentials of survival, hunger and food for the first two, I now wanted to approach shelter and exposure to the elements.

I've been considering posting some detail shots everyonce and a while. Maybe I'll do it for this one. We'll see.

Linework

It's got to that point where I've begun to describe the series to other people and even with only three pieces finished, this boy is certainly growing as a character for me. While only those three are done, I have his entire story, perhaps even life, planned out.

Thumbs/Sketches

And yet at the same time, I haven't given him a name. To be honest, I'm somewhat against it. I only refer to him as "Boy" or "The Child." Even in the original photoshop files. He's never had a name and frankly, doesn't even know what a name is. Doesn't matter to him so why should it matter to me.

In addition to that, I don't want to give him the personality that comes with the name. Because of my initial argument, there is still something missing in him that would bring him to that point. The point where he's completely human. There's no developed thought present in that head of his. And that reminder is a bit unnerving.

Backpacker | Arachnid Awareness

2011-08-11T18:54:00.000-07:00

Here's a recent illustration I did for the September issue of Backpacker Magazine, which just came out a few days ago. In every issue there's a section call Survival, and in that, a Basecamp Survival Quiz. Each month has its own theme and topic.

Sketch

Jackie McCaffrey, the Associate Art Director over at Backpacker, asked me to run with the idea of Spiders. I had a bunch of fun working on this, of course. A big scary spider? What more could I ask for? The sketch was approved so I went to the final. Same process as usual- I do the linework in ink and then color digitally. Big thanks to Jackie and everyone at Backpacker!

Layout

Maxim | Modern Monsters

2011-07-27T09:21:00.000-07:00

Another group of illustrations I did- this time for the August Issue of Maxim. With the Modern Monsters Theme, I had to illustrate celebrities/ reality tv show stars as mythological creatures.

Art Direction by Eric Ku.

Click image for larger illustrations or go to:
http://www.johnnydombrowski.com/illustration/maxim--mondern-monsters/

(layout)

I'm not a Terminator, I'm a princess!

2011-07-24T16:05:00.001-07:00

http://johnnydombrowski.com/illustration/wired--true-salvation/

Two new illustrations I did for the August issue of Wired that just came out recently. I had to illustrate two directors' viewpoints on where the Terminator franchise will go. One would be an all out epic while the other would combine with the greatest movie of all time, Kindergarten Cop.

Art Direction by Alice Cho!

Sketches

We opted for the second and fifth versions for the two, with adding some palm trees in the background for the epic and bring over some of the background from the other versions for Kindergarten Cop.

Layout

You should be cleaning the diapers. You should be reading stories about bears that go shopping!

The Roaring

2011-06-27T18:16:00.000-07:00

http://johnnydombrowski.com/illustration/the-roaring/

A personal piece that started as my Sketches for "The Great." A image of warning between the Great War and Great Depression. After finishing, it didn't seem as menacing as I originally thought it would, so I renamed it for the Roaring Twenties.

Made with Ink and Digital Color/Collage

I chose the Flatiron Building because- beyond being my favorite building in the city- to me, it's the best representation of Old New York City. The Empire State Building wasn't completed until the early 30's so I felt that The Fuller building on Broadway and 5th had a better feeling with just as much or even more character.

I've been busy with a few jobs so I'll be able to post those as soon as they publish. More coming soon.

Homo Ferus | Strength in Numbers

2011-04-10T17:54:00.000-07:00

Better quality version: http://www.johnnydombrowski.com/illustration/homo-ferus--strength-in-numbers/

Just finished this tonight. With the amount of feedback I've received for the first Homo Ferus, the urge and pressure was on to continue the series. I've been going through a long dry spell so it feels good to break out of it. Sketch: About 6 1/2 x 9 inches.
One part of my work that I don't tend to show you is all of the tracing paper I go through. While I'm working on a piece, if I have the slightest bit of doubt of how I should draw something, I'll always sketch it out over the drawing. Before having him jump on the back of the elk, I originally drew him running behind- which you can see in the initial sketch. Along with a few drawings to get his hand right, you can see what the original pose looked like.Above: Original pose for the boy around a few wolves. Below: A few variations of his hand with the final version on the bottom.
Coloring it was also a challenge. Unlike the first, I had no idea what time of day I wanted to set it in. With a few ideas in mind, a dense fog quickly became the winner. I'm already working on sketches for another idea. I'm going to step away from Homo Ferus for a bit but he'll be back. Also, I may be working on a short comic soon but I'll keep you posted on that later. All the best.Inked line work: Around 18 x 24 inches.

Moleskin pages

2011-04-06T20:34:00.001-07:00

Coloring a second Homo Ferus illustration. It's starting out slowly but getting there. Much harder to figure out the lighting in this one compared to the first. In the mean time, here are some more pages from a new(er) sketchbook...

Left are some thumbs for an idea I'm working on at the moment. (You can see the page in my sketchbook in a photo from an earlier post!) It was for an illustration about the return to normalcy and the eventual great depression between the two wars. Graphite with inked tracing paper.
On the right is a quick sketch I did during the Society of Illustrators' sketch night this last Tuesday. Most of the time, I'll just hang out by the bar and do the crossword but every once and a while, I'll spot a pose I love and draw it in. This being one of them. That model is great too- love her hair.

One thing I tend to play around with in my sketchbook is design. Though I never find a way to incorporate it into my work, I love typography and play around with it as much as I can.

And this is what happens when I don't draw in pencil. Not a pretty sight. I hated it so much I had to either rip the page out or draw it again. An interesting before and after though.

2011-03-20T19:27:00.000-07:00

Working on a few things lately. Along with doing a bit of coloring, I'm also working on another addition to my Homo Ferus series. It's been fighting back, but it'll get there soon. Looks promising, too. I was drawing for most of the morning when I found myself in a serious block. Nothing seemed to work so I decided to take a break with final work and loosen up in my sketch book for a bit. These four were my favorites out of the bunch. All of them were done with Pentel brush pens.

Scholarship Show and more...

2011-02-12T19:45:00.000-08:00

Some good news happened the other day. Two of my pieces were accepted into the Society of Illustrators' Student Scholarship show. The two that got in were Kumaon and Passerby:

In other news, besides finishing a few other projects, I'm starting up some more personal work- which means more posts for everyone to check out. Whether it's process shots, finished work, or just other posts, I'll be sure to start posting more frequently. I know, I know, I sound like a broken record. I'll believe it when I see it...
A few call for entry deadlines are coming up, so I've been mostly working towards that. American Illustration is the next big one. Don't think I made it in to Communication Arts but I'm not entirely sure. Oh well, if not, there's always next year. I'll keep you posted. Hope everyone is keeping busy. All the best.

Hardboiled

2010-12-06T21:50:00.000-08:00

Better quality version on my website: http://johnnydombrowski.com/illustration/hardboiled/

Hardboiled fiction- mostly concerning crime- is a literary style that tends to have an "unsentimental portrayal of violence and sex." Shooting a man face to face was just another day on the job. I've been reading who knows how much of Raymond Chandler and he's quickly becoming my favorite author. On top of that, I've been watching a bunch of movies like The Maltese Falcon and, maybe one of my favorite movies, In A Lonely Place. All of that detective fiction and film noir, definitely helped spark the piece.

Since I had so much fun drawing smoke in some other illustrations, I wanted to rework it as an aesthetic instead of working as a big part of the storytelling. And one thing they did do, was smoke. That's all those movies were made out of, anyway. Shadows and smoke.
Taking a little break from my Homo Ferus ideas, I wanted to illustrated a moment that could be considered either raunchy or violent. And most importantly, him not caring either way. Characters like Marlowe could be beaten within an inch of their lives and yet still manage at being a smart ass. Whether they can get themselves out of trouble is another story.

I may be posting some detail shots soon. Depends. Also, I've been thinking about blogging on more than just new artwork. It's a blog, after all. Why not use it to its full potential? Hope all is well.
-Johnny.

SOI 53 Annual

2010-11-19T11:48:00.001-08:00

Some good news popped up recently- thought I'd share it with everyone. I found out this week that I had two pieces accepted into the Society of Illustrator's 53rd Annual Exhibit and Book! Really exciting. The two pieces that got in were Homo Ferus and Passerby- my two most recent. -Johnny

2010-10-28T15:05:00.000-07:00

I'm really slow with adding new posts but I am working on stuff! More work coming hopefully soon. Halloween= watching scary movies and drawing all weekend.

Homo Ferus | Desperation

2010-10-04T18:34:00.000-07:00

As always-for a better quality image- view the piece of my website:
http://johnnydombrowski.com/illustration/homo-ferus--desperation/

I'm back from the dead! Here's a piece I just finished tonight. It'll hopefully be the first of a series following feral children. Children who grow up in the wild or in complete isolation from any form of social contact with other humans. Homo Ferus was a term coined by Carl Von Linné (I believe, correct me if I'm wrong) which places the feral child in a stage between animal and man. Not quite either. What makes us man? Is Nurture really that much more important than Nature? It seems like it, yeah. There have been cases of children being locked in a single room for years at a time to the more legendary examples of kids actually being raised by wolves. These children would tend to walk on all fours and even bark and act like dogs.
During the sketch stage, I wanted the first image to put the child alone fighting against the elements, and in this case, hunger. With no options or knowledge for another way out, he resorts to desperate grabbing of fish in a nearby river. I stayed pretty faithful to the sketch with the hair being the one exception. As the idea developed, I wanted the boy's face covered up in this, and most likely, in every illustration from the series. Since we relate to someone the easiest through their eyes or face, I wanted to take that safety net away from the viewer and portray him as, in a way, just another beast in the wild. That's when Ian Laser Higginbotham, a friend and fellow artist, mentioned the idea of having his hair soaking wet and dripping over his face. Perfect! After the ink drawing was done, I colored it digitally in photoshop as usual.I'll keep in touch- more where this came from. Let me know what you think! Talk to you later.
-Johnny

Stage Fright

2010-07-24T19:17:00.000-07:00

Ink, Acrylic, Chalk

What started out as a simple piece about theft, turned me into that experimental artist living inside of me. It may not be much visually but for me the thought is there.

Since narrative is such a strong focus in illustration- the part of me that wants to make it incredibly abstract is usually taken out of the picture. In fact, it only really shows up when I'm working in my sketchbook. If you look back and some of my personal work like Hugo or Son, you can see what I mean.

I had originally planned for this piece to be about the fear or anxiety before committing a crime. I'm a bit fascinated about criminal psychology. For example, how certain criminals can rob the same place or store over and over again. I guess we are creatures of habit. Even when it comes to somethings as extreme as stealing or holding someone and gun point.

Southwest

2010-07-10T08:07:00.001-07:00

For a better quality image of this, check it out on my website: Southwest

Hey everybody, here's a new illustration I just recently finished. Hope you like it! There wasn't much of a concept behind it. It may even be cliche but I don't care. I had fun. Time flies when you're having fun! Also, below are the color studies I played around with before I started to paint the line-work. Most of the time, I usually jump in head first and fool around with colors- like I did for If and When- but for this I wanted the color palette to be really simple. I figured I would test it out in photoshop first. You know, dip my toes in, if we're going to keep up the water analogy. And hey! The picture has water in it! Coincidence?! Yeah, it was.
I'm heading back to Connecticut for the weekend to see the family and hang out with my sisters which ought to be fun too. Fun flies when you're having fun! Okay. Up next I'm going to start a series I'm working on with a few friends. So more info on that when it starts to manifest itself. Talk to you guys later.
-Johnny

If and When

2010-06-30T20:59:00.000-07:00

If and When
Inks and Acrylic

Hey everybody, sorry for the lack of posts. Hopefully that will be stopping soon. Here's a new illustration I finished recently. I'm trying to move away from Digital at least a little bit, but most importantly, I'm trying to loosen up. I always tend to be very precious with my work. While some care in that area is good, too much can really hold you back.

The times when I honestly and/or totally wreck a piece and just go crazy with it, tend to be the moments I really have fun creating work and end up with some of my favorite pieces.

Stop being so precious.

Be more daring.

There's always been this craving to buy a motorcycle in the back of my head. Especially when I was a kid. One thing that really struck me was a comment someone in my family made. It's not a question of if you'll get into an accident, but rather when. It's seems like that cliche one-liner at the end of every History Channel natural disaster TV show, but it stuck with me for some reason. The last place you want to get in an accident is on a bike. I wanted to play around with my approach so I thought it would be a dynamic image to play around with. Hope you like it! I'll try to keep posting work- be finished illustrations, sketchbook stuff or otherwise. I'll keep you posted.
-Johnny

Death Upon Death

2010-06-01T15:15:00.000-07:00

An illustration I did for "The Book of Skulls" a book that Faye Dowling is putting together at the moment. It seemed like it was right up my alley so I thought it would be fun to try it out. And it was! She's considering it for the book so hopefully I get in! I'll keep you posted...

The Skull has always been an iconic image connected with things like change, fear, and of course, death. Whether is was used as a symbol of mortality or just plain evil, it was an image not to be trifled with. Lately however, It's become more and more trendy. In fact, it's become one of the most common features in art today. We can only use something so much before it comes a cliché. Before it becomes yet another feature in that big stereotype parade.

Is the skull doomed to walk the same path as the wilting flower or the snuffed out candle? And with that repetition, are we shattering everything that the skull originally stood for?

I always try to throw in, at least a bit of symbolism or metaphor into my work and it seems like the people most successful are those who take those clichés and present them in an unexpected way. There's so much pressure to be brand new and unique in illustration and it's comforting to think that we don't have to come up with absolutely everything we put down on paper or canvas.

As usual the image on here is a bit washed out and even blurry. If you want to see a better version of it, check it out on my website:
http://johnnydombrowski.com/illustration/death-upon-death/
-Johnny

Jonathan Weiner

2010-05-27T14:31:00.000-07:00

I recently did a illustration for the Village Voice! A portrait of the Pulitzer Prize winning author, Jonathan Weiner. The article was an interview with him on the idea of immortality. I felt that, with his previous books and the idea of rejuvenating or even perennial life in nature, it would be an interesting setting for the portrait.

Art Direction by John Dixon

Motif | Thought Processor NYC

2010-05-23T21:40:00.001-07:00

Hey everybody, The Thought Processor was really cool. A bunch of cool looking people showed up. I wasn't there for long- just passing through. It's still up so if you have the chance you should check it out.

I did this piece for the show. It's untitled there but I've since named it Motif. Sorry for the confusion. Hope you like it. Some of you may have already seen it and if that's the case... look at it again! It's 18 x 24 and done in Ink and Watercolor. All of that aging or... I guess just damage, is actually on the paper. I've played around with watercolor washes over some smaller pieces but never with some as big as this. When it started to happen- you could say I went into a bit of a panic but I later decided to embrace it and push it even further. Fortunately, the results came out looking pretty interesting.

Anyway, I'm trying to keep busy. I'll keep you posted with anything I'm up to. More coming soon.
-Johnny

More work coming...

2010-05-16T15:58:00.000-07:00

Hey everybody! Sorry I haven't been posting all that much lately, I'm working on a few jobs here and there and I'm trying to do some personal stuff on top of that. In other words, I'll have some to put up hopefully soon.

Thought Processor|NYC Series

2010-05-10T23:37:00.001-07:00

Hope to see you there! I have a piece up along with a paper doll I designed and put together. The doll was a bit hectic to build but the final outcome was worth it. Like it says in the invitation, the show opens May 21st and the opening party is from 6 to 9. All of the pieces and dolls will be on sale so maybe you'll find something you can't leave without or just go for the... atmosphere. Sure! I'm starting a few more things this week so I'll keep you posted.
-Johnny

Naturally Violent/Violet

2010-04-20T21:54:00.000-07:00

Hey everybody, Here's a new Illustration I did for portfolio class. It's on the topic of whether we've inherited violence through out evolution from chimpanzees. After coloring it, I was playing around for a bit and took away the linework and ended up with the second image. I thought it was pretty cool! Named it "Naturally Violet" for the fun of it. It's fun! Wordplay is fun!

Also, I'm noticing that blogspot is washing out the images A LOT, which is usually the problem here. So if you wanna see cleaner versions of them- check them out on my website: http://www.johnnydombrowski.com/illustration/naturally-violentviolet/

Which one do you like better? Let me know what you think!
-Johnny

Ubasute

2010-04-14T19:13:00.000-07:00

"...refers to the custom allegedly performed in Japan in the distant past, whereby an infirm or elderly relative was carried to a mountain, or some other remote, desolate place, and left there to die, either by dehydration, starvation, or exposure."
Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia

My latest and last assignment in my portfolio class was to illustrate "The End." What it's the end of? Well, that was for us to decide. Coincidentally, my teacher in human nature mentioned how Inuits and Japanese have folklore concerning the abandonment of elders in the mountains or out on the ice. The idea haunted me and seemed like a perfect topic for the piece.

Also, you might see that I'm trying to play around with a signature. For the longest time I've never dreamed of signing my own work and even now, it's been added later on. In the realm of commercial artwork, it seems preposterous to sign your name. Instead, the most you usually get is credit in the fine print. Certainly better than no credit at all, of course...

Leagues

2010-03-17T00:57:00.001-07:00

What started out as a cover for 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, went a bit on it's own direction. It's been really interesting and yet, difficult to color my stuff recently. With the detail I put into my linework, it gets to a point where I can't really render anything. It'll only take away from the illustration. It has to get to a point where the color will only add to the scene, and in this case, add another level of intensity to it. At first, my plan was to color it in shades of blue... Ocean=Water=Blue. Seems simple enough.
But as I thought about it, the cool blues didn't fit with the scene at all. This surrounded diver fighting for his life. I always love to lay down a few shades of one color and then experiment with the Hue and Saturation. When I got to the red, it seemed to fit perfectly and gave it even more potency.
In the process of this- after the playing around with an infinite number of color palettes- I was trying to add some soft elements here and there, but they never worked. One, for example, the light shining out of the helmet was a much softer, more blurry element around the diver. Against the sharp flats in the rest of the image, it just didn't seem right.
Anyways, I like how it came out and the flats were just fine for me. Let me know what you think!
-Johnny

35th Humana Festival Poster

2010-02-22T20:25:00.000-08:00

Hey everybody, I finally got around to coloring my typewriter image and added text as well. I wouldn't be surprised if it was too late to submit it to the festival but regardless, I like the way it came out.

For Tomer's portfolio class, we had to design a poster for the 35th Humana Festival of New American Plays incorporating the writers imagination and creativity somehow. Below is the original version I submitted which was, unfortunately, very rushed. I may still write an email to the people at the festival at least to show them the updated version. No strings attached.
Like night and day, right? I was pretty upset with the first version since, as you can tell, it's not very good. Oh well, at least I had fun making the second version! Let me know that you guys think! Thanks, and I hope to hear from you soon!
-Johnny

Kumaon

2010-02-01T18:43:00.000-08:00

In Tomer's class, we were assigned to pick any topic of our choosing and illustrate four images surrounding it. Though at first going crazy with the infinite amount of possible ideas, I finally decided to go with my gut reaction and concentrate on the Man-Eating Tigers in the Kumaon district in India. On top of that, following Jim Corbett, a colonel in the British Indian Army known for killing a bunch of those big cats in the early 1900's. That's one heck of a gut reaction...

Anyway, I've pushed myself to up the ante and do these four on 18 x 24 paper- which is a pretty big feat for me since I tend to caught up in the details. Here's the first or four:linework (ink)
I opted to color it much more simply than other pieces I've done. Since the drawing is good enough on it's own, I didn't want the coloring to make it too busy.
color (digital)
Also, something really cool: I was playing around with color palettes and narrowed it down to two. One being the red/grey palette I chose as the final, and a blue/orange combo. I was switching back and forth between the two when, just for the hell of it, I switched back and forth faster and faster. One thing lead to another and I made the GIF below. It gives it that awesome stereograph, 3D feel to it but the line work isn't actually moving at all. Pri-tty cooooool.

Hope you guys like it. The other three will be posted in the upcoming weeks! Talk to you later...

Humana

2010-02-01T18:32:00.001-08:00

Here's an image I did for Tomer's Portfolio class. We had to design a poster for the Humana Festival of New American Plays. Though I'm thinking about coloring it, there's a big part of me that loves it just in black and white:

Barn Owl

2009-12-06T19:21:00.001-08:00

Ink & Acrylic

Age

2009-12-06T19:19:00.000-08:00

Ink & Acrylic

New URL...

2009-11-21T00:13:00.000-08:00

Hey everbody- hopefully this gets to everyone that's following my blog... As some of you may know- I've switched the url of my blog so please change links, bookmarks, whatever. I'll hopefully have so more stuff posted soon. Sketchbook stuff along with some illustration work. Talk to you soon. -Johnny.

The Invisible Man

2009-11-11T19:39:00.000-08:00

Crow's Nest

2009-10-21T20:24:00.001-07:00

linework

digital

The Nightmare of a Fisherman's Wife

2009-08-24T20:38:00.000-07:00

Ink, Watercolor & Gouache

After Digital

Son

2009-08-08T14:40:00.001-07:00

Ink

Jack Nimble

2009-08-08T14:36:00.000-07:00

Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor & Digital

Felt like playing around with colors on it and that's what I came out with.

Iris

2009-08-08T14:34:00.000-07:00

Graphite, Acrylic & Watercolor

A

2009-08-08T14:33:00.001-07:00

Brushpen

Gold Head Bold Head

2009-08-08T14:32:00.001-07:00

Sharpie & Gold Acrylic.

More...

2009-07-27T18:07:00.000-07:00

Hey everybody, for those who have been stopping by, sorry for the lack of posts, but I'm workin on a few things that I'll post soon. Also, I may switch around the the blog a bit... we'll see. I've been drawing, sketching, painting, writing, reading, etc. So I'll show you some stuff soon. See ya

Canto- Colored

2009-07-03T19:11:00.000-07:00

Very happy with how this came out! Because of Dante's innocence throughout these different worlds, I'd pictured him as a baby while Virgil is more of a parent figure, guarding Dante, playing a part of protection and also human reasoning. On top of that I like to picture Hell (or at least parts of it) to be very cold and wet- which is why I opted for the cooler colors. Let me know what you think!

Canto

2009-06-30T20:22:00.000-07:00

Linework for a Dante's Inferno drawing I'm working on. Coloring it... should be up soon. I'm posting it for a group art blog up here that everyone should check out and follow! Each week we choose a theme and can choose between doing either an illustration or a comic.

Check it out! No Brain No Pain

Natur

2009-06-27T14:08:00.000-07:00

Hugo

2009-04-25T21:16:00.000-07:00

Hugo
Acrylic & Chalk on paper
11.5 x 16

Alaskan

2009-04-25T21:12:00.000-07:00

Alaskan
Pencil, Pen Brush, Blue Acrylic Paint bleeding from opposite page.
8 x 11.5

Captain

2009-04-02T20:30:00.000-07:00

Sketch

Graphite

8 x 9.5

Linework

Micron

11.5 x 14.5

Final

Photoshop CS3

12 x 15.5

Faust

2009-03-15T21:50:00.000-07:00

Linework

Micron

8.5 x 11

Painted

Acrylic

8.5 x 11

Came out a bit darker than I wanted it to. Oh well, I'll keep that in mind for later on. I also may paint over the skull- Not liking how it looks painted...

Raven

2009-03-05T19:20:00.001-08:00

Another sketch painting

Acrylic, Gouache, & Pastel

11.5x16

Red Head Dead Head

2009-03-04T23:01:00.000-08:00

Quick Sketch in the ol' book

Acrylic & Gouache on Paper

11.5x16

Thesis

2009-02-17T19:36:00.000-08:00

Three-legged Wonder

2009-02-08T19:01:00.000-08:00

"People are occastionally born with extra toes or fingers. Frank Lentini was born with a whole extra leg projecting from his back.
Frank always insisted that the extra limb didn't bother him in the least. However, he couldn't walk on it because it was too high up. 'But he could use it as a stool,' said Harry Lewiston, who worked with him in the circus. 'He was the only man I ever knew of who could sit down any time, any place, without bothering to drag up a chair.' The leg was functional to such a degree, Frank could even kick a ball with it, which provided a good tag for his part of the show." -Very Special People: The Struggles, Loves, and Triumphs of Human Oddities by Frederick Drimmer.

Holy Magician

2009-01-30T19:53:00.000-08:00

Ignore the big unfinished hole in the back wall...

Artificial?

2009-01-20T23:44:00.000-08:00

Do you like our Owl?

World Of...

2009-01-20T23:42:00.000-08:00

Acrylic over Ink

Jim~

2009-01-13T06:02:00.000-08:00

White Camera

2008-11-20T22:12:00.000-08:00

Proposals and Second Hand Smoke.

Third

2008-07-04T17:29:00.000-07:00

Omen

2008-06-30T18:34:00.000-07:00

"...In fact, here it's appearance in dreams is considered of ill omen and allied to fear of misfortune. It is also the great black bird of the Romantics, hovering over battlefields to feast on the bodies of the slain."

Bride

2008-06-27T22:04:00.001-07:00

Accident.