Manus in Wonderland Re-do

As I learn how to paint things and improve, I am going to be tempted to go back and rework stuff that I have already done. A friend of mine is starting a blog/site and asked me to do a piece for him, so I said "of course". When I went back and looked at what I did however, I was not happy with it at all. So, of course I re-did it. I am super happy with it, but I am sure that I will learn more as time goes on.

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Manus In Wonderland Almost Done

Manus in Wonderland WIP2


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Sonic!

Here is a piece that I just finished....Sonic the Hedgehog...done in digital paints (photoshop)

 See ya…

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Digable Arts Fest Prints (Oct.15th and 16th)

Next weekend I will be showing my work in the Digable Arts Fest exhibition. This is a two day long art fest that will be showcasing a number of artists in a huge massive gallery, along with music, installations, sculpture and bands. In preparation, I printed up a number of large scale prints for the show. These are prints that I made from old posts, paintings and other work that I have been posting on this blog over the past one to two years.

I found a place that make large scale matte prints (nomrally made for photos, but in this case they work equally well for paintings and such done in photoshop. In addition they didn't cost me an arm and a leg to make. Before the show next week, I will have them foam mounted, so that they can be easily hung.
The work that I am showing as as follows:
-Oil refinery:
http://murdockink.blogspot.com/2010/12/litm-group-show-submission.html

-Metroid:
http://murdockink.blogspot.com/2010/03/samus-aran-metroid.html

-Marcus Garvey:
http://murdockink.blogspot.com/2010/02/black-history-month-bhm-marcus-garvey_17.html

-Robot (show) Fight:
http://murdockink.blogspot.com/2011/02/robot-snow-fight.html

-First Street
http://murdockink.blogspot.com/2011/09/first-street-ver-2.html

-Charles Bronson (which I forgot to print)
--oops..
I am still missing one print, but I will post all of the work once I get the last print in.

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Sunset

A view of the sunset from my street done in pen and ink and photoshop

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Have you seen the movie “Hobo with a Shotgun”? No? you need to, it’s awesome! (not for the squeamish though)…
Here is my tribute!

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Stuff That I Draw That is Awesome?

A few weeks ago I had mentioned that I am cooking up an idea for a book for the next MOCCA fest (which is the small press comic show in April). Last time around (last year) I did a mini comic, and although it came out pretty well (printing-wise) I think that this time around I am going to put together a collection of sketches that I have done over the past few years. Maybe a Vol. 1 to start and then put out more books as time goes on [unless I get another idea of course].


I mean, I sketch and draw, and I sketch and draw A LOT! I have keep sketch books since college (when I was super into comics) and have held onto these books all this time.
So why not, dust them off, put them together and compile stuff for show? It will be interesting too to see how my style has changed a lot since then (for the worse haahah?) I don't have a title (yet) , but will post progress as I turn stuff around.

The painting class is going great..but as always, more practice is needed....I just finished up a painting recently and will probably be posting that for tomorrow...my first full fledged painting, but not my last of course. See ya!

Thulsa Doom

I know that the new trailer for Conan came out recently, but I am still an uber fan of the original. Not because it’s a great movie as much as the nostalgia. So here is a quick work up of Thulsa Doom…i’m trying to get used to the new Photoshop and have been playing with the new painting tools. Looks seriously awesome…I just like the way that it renders a lot..