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Studio Stuff/Influences: Vinland Saga by Makoto Yukimura

Well, the monkeys are back in school, so I’m back in the studio! How little time I managed to get in here last week during their vacation has me a little concerned about what summer will be like, but I’ll deal with that when that happens, just like every summer (though now I have a website to maintain and keep current, along with my personal goals). Maybe I’ll have to spend my night owl time in here rather than trying to relax and make myself fall asleep, cuz really, who needs sleep? I did spend a little time at my

Tags: #graphicnovels, #influences, #kodansha, #makotoyukimura, #manga, #studiostuff, #vikings, #vinlandsaga|

Studio Stuff/Influences: Katsuhiro Otomo’s AKIRA

The kids are on vacation this week, so I’m not sure if I’ll be able to stick to my regular update schedule. I’m also trying to use the time to tackle some house projects, so even my studio time might suffer. However, I will give y’all at least this one Studio Stuff update to tide you over.

Two thumbs up, even. Waaaaaay up.

Sometime back in the early 90s, my dad took me (and probably my brother, I can’t quite remember on this specific excursion) to a comic book convention (I think in

Tags: #akira, #darkhorsecomics, #influences, #kaneda, #katsuhirootomo, #referencebooks, #studiostuff, #tetsuo|

Gallery Update: Plunger Monkey Against Cancer

This might be a slightly awkwardly crafted blog entry, as I’ll be talking about one of my dear friends and her battle with cancer. I won’t reveal names out of respect for her and her family’s privacy, but my friend just passed the half way point of her chemotherapy treatments, so I thought maybe this would be an appropriate time to make this post and to share the image I made for her.

Plunger Monkey knows cancer doesn’t stand a chance.

This is an image I created for my dear friend who is

Tags: #kickcancersbuttagain, #plungermonkey, #plungermonkeydynamo, #PMD|

Gallery Update/Current Projects: The Evolution of Ostogri

I don’t have any new art to post at the moment, though I have been generating some. I’ve been plugging away at those t-shirt designs (all the while learning cool new Photoshop tricks to stream line things), which I hope to have done…sometime. I’m looking forward to having a good smattering of designs for sale and art I can add to the gallery here. I’ve spent some time working on a logo for a youth leadership program my cousin and his wife are heavily involved in. It was very different from what I normally do, but another opportunity to learn

Tags: #art, #conceptart, #conceptillustration, #drawings, #galleryupdate, #illustration, #oldart, #oldstuff, #plungermonkeydynamo, #PMD, #revery, #wilhelm, #wilhelmconceptart|

Gallery Update: Current Projects

I’ve been working on a few side projects the last few weeks (like that single comic book page for Bill Gauthier), but I’m finally back to working on “my” stuff, which currently is coming up with some more t-shirt designs. I have a ton of ideas floating around in my head, a ton of fodder for ideas jotted down as notes, but only a small handful (5ish) of “finished” designs that are ready to be set up to sell. Those 5 designs are currently Plunger Monkey Dynamo related (with one squid), and while I think they’re cool…not everyone

Tags: #art, #cubscouts, #drawings, #illustration, #summercamp, #tshirts|

Studio Stuff/Gallery Update: Double the Fun

In honor of the fresh chicken egg I had this morning (well, one of the five I had this morning) that contained TWO yolks, I’m giving you a Studio Stuff and a Gallery Update this Monday! Rejoice!

…dirty laundry?

Okay, yeah, I don’t use the traditional easel all that much these days, but that’s not why there’s clothes hanging off it. For starters, that pair of cargo shorts and that Star Wars shirt (I know you can’t tell, but trust me, it’s a Star Wars shirt) is what I wear as a character

Tags: #art, #collegeyears, #drawings, #galleryupdate, #illustration, #jorjandtoby, #lasertag, #oldart, #oldstuff, #revery, #studiostuff, #umassdartmouth, #umd, #whatsthis?|

Gallery Update: Shades of Black and White

As I’ve mentioned before, I’m working on, like, 32 things right now (one of which is that 10 Things children’s book, which is thankfully not 32 Things). I have lots of stuff floating around in my brain that I need to get out. But, when a dear friend contacts me and wants to do a small collaboration, I can’t say no.

Trying to emulate Sin City…

One of my best friends, Bill Gauthier, is an uber talented author (when he’s not engaged in his day job of teaching or tied up being a

Tags: #art, #billgauthier, #comicbooks, #comics, #darkfiction, #drawings, #horror, #illustration, #sincitystyle, #supernaturalfiction|

Gallery Update: Look! Up in the sky! It’s…whales?!

Some back pain flare ups and my eternal struggle with getting computers to like me kept me from making this post last week, so the regularly scheduled Monday Studio Stuff post will happen some other time, hopefully this week. But for now, a little blast from my past…

Look, flying whales! Nobody’s ever drawn THAT before…

First off, after a little digging, I’ve discovered this photo is the only copy I have of this image in color. This was another example of my early dabbling with incorporating digital into my workflow by scanning

Tags: #art, #conceptart, #conceptdrawings, #conceptillustration, #drawings, #fantasy, #flyingwhales, #galleryupdate, #illustration, #oldart, #oldstuff, #whales, #wilhelm, #wilhelmconceptart|

Studio Stuff/Influences: Hayao Miyazaki’s Nausicaa and the Valley of Wind

For this Monday’s Studio Stuff, I thought I’d showcase another creator whose work continues to influence me. As I’ve mentioned before, I have tons of influences artistically, and I’m not writing about them in any particular order. I’m basically following what my mood dictates and what I happen to glance at on my shelves when I’m planning a post. These posts also aren’t meant to be reviews or synopses, I’m just going to talk about my connection to the work or the creator and how it has affected me.

(And yes, I know I can find better pictures online that are

Tags: #hayaomiyazaki, #influences, #nausicaa, #nausicaaandthevalleyofwind, #referencebooks, #studiostuff, #whatsthis?|

Gallery Update: Some old “Wilhelm” Concept Art

Prior to my wife lovingly strong-arming me into the digital art world, I had been tentatively dipping my toes into those waters for several years. Like many, I had started out by doing traditional graphite or charcoal drawings and then scanning them and trying to color them digitally. This process was clunky for a lot of reasons, but a major road block for me had been trying to do all that Photoshop coloring and whatnot with a mouse rather than a stylus. At one point I tried to incorporate another traditional aspect one of my college professors, illustrator and teacher

Tags: #art, #arttechnique, #conceptart, #conceptillustration, #drawings, #drawingtechnique, #galleryupdate, #illustration, #oldart, #oldstuff, #paintingtechnique, #sketches, #wilhelm, #wilhelmconceptart|

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