Jason and Katherine as Zombies, 2007 ink/inkwash. Sadly, I was overwhelmed outside trying to lock the gate and destroy the staircase after it became apparent that a rash of riots and public attacks were the beginnings of a full-scale Class-3 infestation. After I "turned", I caught Katherine by surprise and bit her arm. Together, we fed hungrily off local hipsters, coffee shop swine, and filthy, filthy hippies for days before finally being laid to rest by incredibly accurate headshots from a 62 year-old ex-marine's carbine rifle.

Ice Troll (completed), 2007 inkwash. Finally finished this ugly bastard. Successfully used no pen for line distinction, but it's a hard habit to kick. I'm used to coloring inside the lines, so long as the lines are made by myself. Overall, I'm kind of happy with this one.

Goran Ironbelly (complete), 2007 inkline with colored pencil. Finishing him was a struggle, as the pencil was behaving differently, and by this point I was feeling burnt out on this method of coloring. On the bright side, despite his being too large to fit on my scanner, I managed to make two seperate scans, then merge them (kind of, it's a little off) in Photoshop. Fow now, I think I'm done with inkline, colored pencil.

Bloodthorne the barbarian, 2007 inkline and colored pencil. Another portrait from the now-defunct D&D group. His garment is SUPPOSED to be chainmail, which I'm having a hard time rendering. It's either draw each individual chain link and then die of carpal tunnel, or go for a more impressionistic look and fail, as I did here. It may seem cheap, but I really like using a simple Crayola black colored pencil for shading. It's not greasy and smudgy like a Prismacolor, and has a nice smooth effect. Again, there is significant choppage to fit most of the image onto my tiny scanner. Time to just bite the bullet and haul all this shit down to Kinko's and have it fully scanned properly.

Alnoen the half-elven ranger/sorcerer/cleric 2007 ink line and color pencil. Another portrait from my now-defunct D&D group. I'm enjoying the inkline/colored pencil technique and will probably use it to finish Goran, below.

Goran Ironbelly (incomplete), 2007 ink. Another character portrait. he's not waving gang signs, when he's fully shaded there will be some kind of magical spell effect swirling around his hand and arm. Again, no feet due to my sad little scanner.

Must See TV, 2001 multimedia. Not a political statement, I loves me some TV shows.

??? 2001 multimedia. I really don't know what the story is here.

Mean Fighter, 2006 ink and wash. Some churlish roustabout of the blade.

Ice Troll (incomplete), 2007 ink wash. Just some poor troll being shot at with arrows. I'm starting to realize that I am lacking in "action scene" pieces and will now lean more heavily into that arena.



Elias, 2007 ink pen. Another D&D portrait, this time for the NPC that I run as a companion to my players (to replace the ill-fated Avram). He is named after, and modeled after the Elias from the movie "Platoon", which is one of my favorite cinematic characters. Elias is a  highly specialized archer and more than likely put those arrows in the troll above. Sadly, my desire to work on larger surfaces is not compatible with my pisspoor 8.5" x 11"  scanner, so we can't see his feet, which is too bad because frankly it's one of the better renditions of "booted feet in grass with arrows sticking into the ground" that I have done.

Agonach, 2007 ink pen and wash. Again with the cut-off feet. Fine, really considering I fucked up the boots royally with a Sharpie(tm) experiment and ended up gluing fresh paper over the totally black boots and starting over. Agonach is actually one of my player's characters. I am attempting to determine which mediums work best for me at this point, which is on display in the three above pieces. The Ice troll is the direction I think I want to explore: no ink pen, just watercolor and ink with a brush. Hard, as I am used to the definitive outlines provided by a pen, which brings us to Elias. To me, the drawing is simple and plain without any shading, he'd look much more interesting with the "color" provided by washes. Agonach here is closer, but the harsh pen lines still seem to clash with the softer watercolor effects. I think as time progresses, I will ultimately begin moving away from pen and into the dangerous, shark-infested waters of inkbrushing.

Skeletal Warrior, 2006 mixed media.

Brother Avram, 2006 mixed media. I've begun doing character portraits for the players in my Dungeons & Dragons campaign that I am running. Avram was an NPC that I played to help the players. Sadly, Avram was killed holding off a legion of skeletal warriors (see above) while the others escaped. I'll post the other PC portraits as I complete them.

The Sheriff, 2002 mixed media.

Imperial Guardsman, 2005 mixed media. From the PC game Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War.

Alien for Star Wars, 2002 mixed media. Part of a portfolio submitted to West End Games, the original publishers of the SW RPG.

Alien head, 2005 ink and bristol. I like doing alien portraits, they are very gracious and, in general, have more patience to hold still than humans.

Lenny the Ogre, 2002 mixed media. He only wants to pet the rabbits...

Trans World Research abomination, 1999 ink. Done along with many other illustrations for a roleplaying game developed by a group of friends. The game dealt with defending earth from paranormal and scientific threats. When the game reached near-completion, the group and its collective efforts collapsed like a neutron star, sadly the game never saw the light of day.

Creepy Guy with a Fly Coming Out of His Mouth, 2002 mixed media. I don't know where this comes from but I know it's why I didn't date in high school.

Red Naked Guy, 200? mixed media. He's red, he's naked, he has a long tongue and a tiny little weiner. I'm sometimes amazed that i am gainfully employed.