Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

See ya in 2013!

Transformers Prime : Ironhide sketch

OK, so these three characters (previously posted Wheeljack and Bulkhead) will composed into a single new image, that will be the center 2x page for Sketchbook Vol. III.

Unbelievably, even to me, this is the first time I've drawn Prime Ironhide since designing him back in 2009.  Hopefully I'll find time during the break to finish this image, and post it in the new year.

Transformers : Prime Bulkhead sketch

Transformers Prime : Wheeljack sketch

HULK sketch

Hulk is hard, I never know if the feet/ankles and hand/wrists look right.  So that's it.  I might turn this one into a painting if I get the time.

That being said, it's just going to be sketches for awhile.  Lots of end of year work, and personal festivity preparations for the holidays is keeping me pretty busy.  Of course, my convention season starts super early this year, so I better start getting some content ready for Sketchbook III!

Lil' Bats, in color.

Isn't there some kind of Batman show being released on VHS home video or something today?

Here's the penciled version, posted quite awhile back...hopefully I can soon get around to designing a Batmobile to go with this guy:

The Road Warrior

Alright, until I get this properly photographed, this will have to do.  It's a giant, 30" across, 40" tall.  I'll give some making of shots, with a few close-ups, until I get a real pic of this thing.

Here it is after the underdrawing and blacks were completed.  This time I went back in with some white to bring back in the sun glare.

This has most of the warm colors painted, skin tones and costumes...

...and the the full color.  This was achieved both with the airbrush, and a large brush, used to create the yellowish orange wash coverage.

This is the first pass of colored pencils on top of the paint.  Everything is covered and detailed, and at this point it's really a matter of finding balance, going back and forth with paint, pencils, and airbrush to get to the final at the top of the post.

This is a pre-final pic of the Gyro Captain, painted and penciled, but still unbalanced.

Same with Max's best friend here.

So there you have it, bad photo and all.  On to Superman...