clicking on Conor Grisly will take you to my dA entry page.

this charming fellow is my entry for this Scott Pilgrim Contest over at deviantArt. you can read slightly more about him at my entry page. good luck, Conor!

• PNN Issue 1 inked pages: 18/23
• playing: Spore
• baking: cranberry pecan granola
• just keep: inking inking

latest commission done for a friend for a friend. as usual, click to embiggen!

sorry i’ve been gone for so long! it’s been nothing but Pins N’ Needles for me for the past so many weeks. i promise to have a super blog week this week to make up for some lost time!

• reading: The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson (just finished, good read!)
• playing: Super Street Fighter 4 as Juri
• PNN Issue 1 inked pages: 3/23
• baking: snickerdoodles!

from left to right: Needles, Pins, Blue Streak, Rodrigo, Peking, Poodle click to see them all huge!

getting my character design on for the 1st issue of Pins ‘N Needles! i have a good feeling about these guys! i’m experimenting still with screen tones, but i’ll find what i’m looking for soon. stay tuned for more 1st issue progress reports, etc.

as a side note, i’m delaying my 100 days of animation project until after Long Beach Comic-Con (Oct 31). i want everything to be ready and awesome and i can only pick one sequential art at a time.

• PNN Issue 1 Character designs: 6/6
• reading: The War at Ellsmere by Faith Erin Hicks
• current obsession: the coffee at 7-11
• need to finish: Bioshock

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commission i did of the original character, Turtle Mcgee and her dog that suspiciously looks like a cat. i tried a lot of new stuff out with this one. i love commissions for this, they let me work out my style and try new coloring techniques. let’s keep em coming!

i wanted the cleaned up turnaorunds to have their own post! these are my main characters for this animation. no to make them move…don’t forget to click for big view!

i tried so hard not to become a fan of One Piece. there’s nothing wrong with liking it other than it’s 455 episodes and counting. it’s a commitment. but unfortunately, i kind of love it, so here we are. just a little at a time. anyways, here’s Luffy dancing with Penelo, pirates of the air and sea.

now you know what some them look like! click for bigger.

a long time ago i had a dream i was in an arcade, and i was obsessed with playing this shooter game involving Shelties in Outer Space! they drink whiskey to get gun power ups, use jet packs to move around the screen, and eat poptarts for health. i’ve been trying to draw them a ton, in different styles to see which i like the best.

the top pair were the first and they have no personalities, the  middle pair are more cartoony so obviously i like them best, and the bottom pair are colored like actual shelties. i will probably combine the bottom and the middle to see what i get. the middle pair look like they’re from opposing teams, but i was just trying to pick a logo/title. i like the “Shetland Spacedogs” logo, but i like the title “Shelties in Outer Space” much better.

in any case, not a bad idea for when i get into action scripting…also, i miss poptarts! i haven’t had one in 4 years.

commission i did for the character, Raver J.  i found the glittery bokeh texture from Regular Jane on deviantART. i can’t get enough of light that is out of focus…