Continue reading »]]> As you know from my previous posts, I participated in the Cartoon Art Museum’s Sketch-A-Thon at the SDCC2011.

Most of the time we created original art for a donation to the Museum for an individual, but sometimes we did drawings that were just examples while waiting for a customer. A few of mine that did not sell I was able to borrow from the Cartoon Art Museum to Scan and return.

YOU can buy a drawing if it’s still available for a donation of $10+ (plus shipping and handling if needed) and all proceeds go to the Cartoon Art Museum.

All characters are © there respective owners and these are only done as fan tributes and not for reproduction.

I did a few drawings that were “Kick Butt” version of Disney Princesses. This one is Princess Tiana from the “Princess and the Frog” who I saw as a warrior with voodoo powers. (below) To see my version of Belle from “Beauty and the Beast” visit my previous post.

Another Disney character I drew is the mysterious Hat Box Ghost which was a character in the famous Haunted Mansion attraction at Disneyland. The character did not last long in the ride and was removed shortly after it opened making it a mystery that the fans love. Me too.

The last piece of art is my version of DC Comics Superman as a steam punk hero.

Continue reading »]]> So here is the second chunk of photos from the first day of the Cartoon Art Museum Sketch-a-Thon at the San Diego Comic-Con 2011. We were doing a fundraiser to help the museum by having artist rotate ever hour and create original art pieces for donation of $10 or more. As you can tell that most folks got their money’s worth.

To go back and see PART 1, FOLLOW THIS LINK.

Anthony Hon busy drawing.

Scott Shaw’s Captain Carrot.

A drawing I got of Fred Flintstone as Batman.

Another amazing drawing by Mike Dubisch.

Scott Shaw and Chari Pere busy drawing for their fans.

Anthony’s awesome Hulk drawing.

Dirk Tiede draws Batgirl.

Museum Curator, author and artist Andrew Farago draws his version of Daffy Duck.

Brad Rader’s drawing of Goliath from the TV show Gargoyles which he worked on.

Wow, someone got a drawing by Chari and Scott. Lucky lucky lucky.

My first ‘kick butt’ Disney Princess drawing.

The amazing Jamaica Dyer gives us the mysterious adversary of Batman, Poison Ivy.

And one more from Seamus Smith.

To go back and see PART 1, FOLLOW THIS LINK.

Continue reading »]]> I will be teaching again this Summer at Chabot College in Hayward CA for the Kids on Campus summer program.

Cartooning: Star Wars Art (and beyond)
This class helps you to create your own Space characters by learning to first draw characters from the Star Wars universe. The class will teach skills like constructing figures with 3D shapes, facial expressions, costumes, action poses, and how to take the knowledge and use it to create characters that are all your own.”

Kids on Campus – Summer Camp 2011
Weeks of June 20-24 and June 27-July 1

Sign-up at: www.chabotcollege.edu/comed/kidsoncampus/kidsoncampus2010/

Continue reading »]]> Wondercon this past weekend was really great. I got really good response to my NEW art prints and I did quite a bit of art while I was at the table. Some of the art was commissions and some was just to kill time during lulls. Over this week I will post some art and photos I took at the convention and share some of what happened too.

All the pieces were penciled in blue and then inked with a brush and acrylic ink then colored with watercolors.

For today’s post is some of the art I created at my Artist Alley table.  I was asked to draw some well known characters and this batch is all DC Comics related.

note: all the characters in the art below are ©DC Comics

Green Lantern is on many a mind at Wondercon with the new block-buster movie coming out soon. Sorry the photo is washed out.

SOLD

Flash drawn in someones sketchbook. NFS

Green Arrow. SOLD

Blue Beetle III. SOLD

Blue Beetle II. FOR SALE $20 (including shipping) – contact me if you are interested by comment below (email space is hidden and I will use it to write you back)

And last, but not least is Superman. I really was pleased at how this one came out.

REMINDER: the Tiki and Creature prints go on sale in the webstore on April 6, 2011.

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I guess posting 6 images of rabbits 6 days in a row is enough and it’s time for something a little different. I love the ‘silly’ yet so retro cool Japanese Metal Hero Robot Detective K from a 1973 TV show. How many robots can wear a bright red blazer and yellow cap with so much style.

I have drawn Robot Detective Kenji before, but just realized that the images posted here had gotten lost when the website was upgraded a few years ago since the drawings are from 2008. Here they are.

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Continue reading »]]> Last night was another Dr. Sketchys here in San Francisco and it featured cosplayer Quicksilver modeling as both Black Cat from Marvel Comics and Zatanna from DC Comics. It was a lot of fun. And I finally won the grand prize (well there were 2 of us) which was a nice Watercolor Sketchbook, paints, micron and a brush. Next month they are planning two sessions since the popularity has sky rocked in the last year. You can find out more on the official site HERE.

Here are some of my favorite drawings…

Here is the winning image the model selected…

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Bizarro is a bizarre, imperfect copy of Superman. He is everything that Superman is not–literally. Every thing Bizarro does is deliberately backwards or the opposite of normal.

– from www.comicvine.com/bizarro/29-8312/

I love the character since he can be categorized as a villain in the DC Superhero universe, but he really is just dumb and crazy. I have seen him treated more like an anti-hero recently, where in a recent SuperGirl comic he was trying to communicate with her more clearly. He’s the kind of character I see as a weird hero and a failure of a super villain.

The drawing was done at the last Cartoonist Conspiracy SF meet with a Pentel Pocket Brush Pen and then scanned and colored in Photoshop. I am happy with how some of the texture on his faces came out.

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M.O.D.O.K. is an acronym for Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing. He has a plethora of psychic powers, which he used to take control of AIM.

from http://www.comicvine.com/modok/29-3709/

Modok is one of those weird Marvel Comic villains that hearkens back to the days when things did not have to be so serious or ‘cool’. In many ways he seems like he would better fit with the weird villains from DC Comics. He is usually drawn with glowing pupils-less eyes, but I did not realized that at the time. Of course you get better acting when the eye pupils are seen anyways.

The drawing was done at a Cartoonist Conspiracy SF comic jam with the Pentel Pocket Brush Pen and then scanned and colored in Photoshop.

Modok is a huge fan favorite with many art collectors commission industry artist to draw him. For example, take the art collection of Kasra Ghanbari. They have 16 themed galleries with Modok artwork. There is some great stuff, so check it out.

Here are a few link to start with…
–> MODOK – adverts, posters, and more (14)
–> MODOK – as (in)famous people/things (17)
–> MODOK – commissions (18)
–> MODOK – convention pieces (13)

Continue reading »]]> The Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyland just turned 41 and to celebrate I thought I would post some fan art inspired by the attraction.

There is an event in Anaheim held by the 1313 clube that I wished I was going too next week called the Marvelous Mechanized Magic Kingdom.  They will have on displays actual Animatronics from Disney themeparks as well as have speakers like actor Neil Patrick Harris, designer of the monorail Bob Gurr, the voice of Wendy and Alice Kathryn Beaumont, costume designer for Pirates and Small World Alice Davis, script and song writer Xavier Atencio (‘grim grinning ghosts’), animator/artist Floyd Norman, Garner Holt
who’s company does all of Disney’s ride animatronics now, ride concept artist Larry Nikolai, Chef Mayhem of DoomBuggies.com, and many more.

Find out more at: http://the1313club.com/Main_Page.html

OK, now onto the art….

First off a painting from 2003: (click for bigger image)

and some of the artwork I did for the fan podcast “Story of the Haunted Mansion” that was created by Patrick Hurd. The work below is only about half of what I contributed.

To watch the final video podcast and find out more about the project, visit http://atomicbearpress.com/2009/05/01/the-story-of-the-haunted-mansion/

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Continue reading »]]> Fan art I did for the ladies of the Moustalgia podcast. I had been given a promo ball point pen at Wondercon by hosts Dave and Jeff, but their co-hosts Becky and Kristin could not make it so I drew these fan-drawings for them with the pen I was given.

If you are a fan of Disney theme parks and Disney in general you should give it a listen. They have great discussions of different subjects as well as trip reports, interviews and other goodness.

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This is my artwork I created to celebrate DC Comics 75th anniversary for the San Diego Comic-Con program book. A friend just texted me that she picked up one (Karen you rock!) and it’s on page 107. I really appreciated her picking me up a book since I can’t make it to the con this year.

I decided to focus on the supporting characters that are part of the DC comics mythology.

Exciting.

Continue reading »]]> Hey all. Due to a family emergency I will not be at Wondercon 2009 for the rest of the time. I am sorry to miss all my friends new and old, but it’s more important that I am with my family at a very emotional time. I hope that I will see many of in the near future. If you visit table AA 47 tomorrow, Sunday, there might be a special guest filling in for me.

Anyone intersted in getting an art comission I will be avalible soon to do so. you can contact me at staff Atomicbearpress dot com.

Here are some of the artwork I created at the convention on Friday.

An elaborate scene of a Robin Hood type character.

A full color scene currently is $60. I really like how the character came out.

Full Color scene of a Dragon.

Full Figure of Martian Manhunter.

A Color Head and Shoulders drawing of WonderWoman.

Watchmens’ Night Owl in a head and shoulders piece.

A scene of Spiderman and Mary Jane.