Adam's Blog

I started messing around with different smude brushes in Photoshop and decided to play on a sketch by Frank Cho.

I was going through my archives and ran into this Fangoria cover. If you haven't heard, Fangoria went belly up a month or two ago. I was never paid this cover. But then again if no one ever screwed you, would it still be freelance?

No story to this one, I just wanted to do something this morning.

Just messing around before I have to act like a parent.

A color study.

I decided to study a little Don Flowers. I swear if that guy was alive he'd be an inker like Scott Williams or Joe Weems. Or he'd be a fashion illustrator somewhere. Or he could be strung out on a prescription drug somewhere...you just never know. Oh yeah, and don't ask me why she's holding a personal massager.

When I was in San Diego I was stopped by the creators of Bootywoman. At first I thought with a name like Bootywoman it was probably just porn. Then the creator explained her powers such as "Invulnerabutt", "kinetic ass control", and bootyhealing capabilities". I couldn't quit laughing. The more he explained the more I kept laughing. So this is my homage to Bootywoman. ...who says I don't support independent press? LOL

This was a cover I painted over pencils (not my pencils) for a custom book Marvel did with Triple A baseball. I had to do it in like one afternoon so it really sucked because I would have loved to been able to put some real time into this.

I call these my first Con sketches. I decided months ago I was going to go old skool. I had some Copic markers, bristol paper, and a pencil. LIke with my Wacom I couldn't think of anything to draw in two days but I do now understand the hype of Copic markers--they were really nice.

I don't like these two drawings but they did help pave the way to learning how to do what I want with the markers. I guess that's the point right?

This is my tribute to all the new female jungle comics that have came out in the last year. I love women in bikinis in the Amazon as much as the next guy but let's face it. Most of these characters don't care about men and there's not a razor in site for miles. Yeah....it's like that. LOL

Just messing around with Painter before bed. I brought it into Photoshop to do a few things to it. I need sleep.

My wife's cousin asked me to draw his video game character a long time ago and I have yet to do it for him. So I did this sketch in the mean time. I'll probably take a stab at a finished drawing this weekend.

A revision of girlfriend. I wanted to see if I liked her a little more comicky and I actually kinda dig how I did that last version. Although this look is a little more consistent with what me and Alex are looking for.

This was a custom book I colored for some video game tie in I think. I weirded-out when I had to color Torch yellow but after looking at him a while, I actually like him that color too.

I plan on doing some drawings to raise money for SaveComics.org. I started a She-Hulk sketch and could not get a gesture (or anything for that matter) I liked. Then when I remembered I still had to paint something today for my painting-a-day sweepstakes I decided to do something.

I started this sketch earlier and the only reason I even have it to post is because I didn't throw away my trash yet. I did this sketch this morning and never did like it so I said I would do something else for my quick sketch today. Well now it's nighttime, I mowed my lawn and I don't feel like painting ANYTHING. So I'm posting this crap so I can have inner closure. All together now, Wuuusaaaahh.

Hey look, ice without a woman in a thong blocking the camera. Who would have thought?

I was reading about this artist that makes himself do a painting a day. I figured I would try this for a week or so and see how much I can learn from fumbling around.

Me and Alex are working on a story for a comic and this is the first draft of our character.

This is probably the first drawing I have done in ink in almost a year. I admit it was nice using a brush again instead of worrying about computer programs.

I did two of the stories in this book and since this page is now on Newsarama I'm going to post it. This story was funny because almost every panel had a Spiderman in it. This eight page story is truly for Spiderman fans.

Decided to study some snow. If it just so happens to be a woman in a thong in the way of the camera, it's not my fault.

I'd thought I'd do something stupid before I go to bed. This is stupid...I'm going to bed.

Decided to sketch something before I went to bed. The ref. came from the talented Mjranum at Deviant Art....again. :)

The baby woke me up then went back to sleep. What kind of crap is this? So I decided to do some studies before she woke up...again.

Actually the baby woke me up and then went back to bed. I started gesture drawing and it turned in to a color study of the photo.

There's a talented photographer by the pen name mjranum over at deviant art. I decided to do a quick sketch while the baby was in the bath. Detect a trend? I don't know how parents with multiple kids get anything done.

I had to paint around the house today so apparently my fragile mind couldn't take it. LOL Don't ask. I used custom brushes for the trees and clouds so I took the lazy route.

This started out experimenting with brushes and about 10 minutes later it became this. I guess technically this is my first speed painting.

Just another Latex experiment.

I did some more sketching of Fiona's head and I'm pretty much going with this.

My brain is fried! I am SO not motivated to draw anything today. ...so I made myself anyway. I wanted to toon her a bit which is why her head is larger but her body is the same. I'd would have fixed it but sleep is much more important right now.

Here is my character for a comic concept that I am doing that is more naughty than nice. :)

Well I do drawings before the baby wakes up and I do drawings before I go down. I played with a photo for about 40 minutes...now I'm going down.

I was supposed to do a sexy pinup for Brutmagazine.com and I came up with this. I got paranoid because my initial sketches were sexy--in that Jenna Jameson kinda way--so I scrapped it for the more innocent looking pic here. We both agree I need to bring sexy back.

Well a gentleman at Deviant Art told me I couldn't draw Kiva with a big butt. ...I won. :) I've never seen this character before so I have no idea what she looks like normally with the exception of my two ref. pics.

I drew Kandi like three or four hours today. I think my issue has been getting her to look sexy (yet borderline trashy/Brittney Spears) and still not slutty. Slutty is easy, the previously mentioned is another matter. :)

Started looking at the Yeagle books and started sketching.

Hey, look at me. Another post before I let three months go by. Guess those Zig Ziglar tapes are paying off. LOL Not. Another attempt at my girls...still got a little work to do.

I usually try to cram quick sketches in before the baby wakes up. I had a few minutes to myself and so I decided to put some color on a gesture drawing I did.

It's been a while since I drew the Chicas. Since I decided to take them mainstream I want them to be a little more animation influenced. This is the first pic I've done from start to finish digital so maybe that's why I crapped out and did the same old same old. I drew them with too realistic proportions (which is how I drew them before). I colored it because I wanted to make it a looser style than I'm used to. ...didn't do that either. Maybe next time.

Sketched it in Photoshop, inked it in Manga Studio, and colored it back in PS.