New Work

New work for APE, very different from what I've done before.

Spektra: Primary Extinction

Hey Everyone, A fellow artist and friend by the name of Ryan Martin has written a fantasy novel and is looking for backers to pledge any amount they can on Kickstarter to get the project printed. Below is the link to the project site and lets get this book printed! Spektra: Primary Extinction

Figures in Graphite

These are from about 4 months ago from the Figure Friday sessions.

Some More Figure Paintings

These are from the past two weeks of Figure Friday and the end of the spring session. I'll post up some of the pencil and charcoal drawings I did earlier in the session at a later date.

Figure Painting Sessions

For the past few months I've been attending a figure drawing group in Sacramento as part of my "don't get rusty" campaign. I was mainly working with charcoal when I first started attending but have recently moved on to using acrylics. These are about 2.5 hour poses, but more around 2 hours if you minus the breaks in between each sitting. This year also marks the 10 yr. anniversary from when I attended my very first figure drawing class at CSSSA back in '02. A lot has been learned since then and I continue to enjoy every line and paint stroke that is made.

New Sketchbooks

New sketchbooks will be available at the CCA Spring Fair this Saturday, April 21 from 11-3p.

From Ink In the Gutter: Working on Short Stories and Comics

Ink In the Gutter: This week we'll be looking at the midway process o...: "This week we'll be looking at the midway process of developing an illustration for one of the short stories called, 'The Cold Front'. After ..."

Back to Puppets

Hello all, and thanks to everyone who purchased sketchbooks and prints at APE. Future projects are being planned with a writer for more comics and illustrated stories. But for now I go back to working with marionettes in Oakland for the Halloween show at the end of October. Here's a drawing from the sketchbook.

APE AT LAST!

Haven't posted any updates in about a month, mostly because of the comic I've been finalizing. But finally I've finished the comic and all the screen prints for APE this year. I'm going to have free promotional buttons and handouts from the comic to help market the comic Cacy Duncan and I worked on. If you're not able to make it to the convention you can still take a look at the comic here inkinthegutter.blogspot.com. There's tons of screen prints which means I can sell them at a low price for all who are interested. I will also have a misprint section of screen prints at a very low price, practically giving them away!
I'll be sharing a table with Michael Manomivibul, he'll be selling awesome prints and screen printed t-shirts. Also down a few tables Grim Wilkins will be selling his self-published mega comic.
So if your in the bay area this Saturday and Sunday make sure to stop by and check out all the cool artwork, and don't miss out on all the fun.

Drawing and Learning

pen and ink on paper

Today I spent about six hours at the Bodies Revealed exhibit in Sacramento. I learned a lot about the different aspects of human anatomy, I especially enjoyed looking at the baby fetuses and craniums. I would highly recommend visiting the exhibit before it leaves at the end of October. I'll most likely spend another day at the exhibit before it leaves, if anyone's interested let me know.