Hey look it’s Elika from Prince of Persia 08! I’ve been playing this game with my mom sitting nearby and we both laugh at the repetitive Persian phrases that they use as “spells” or whatever. I thought it was cute at first but after hearing “In the hands of Ormazd!” “Trust in Ormazd!” “Fly!” “Elegance!” “Save him!” etc in awkward Persian I kind of needed a rest. By that time the game had finished and it was all okay. At the end of the day, the character designs and concept art for this game make it well worth it. Not to mention the flirtatious banter between the two main characters. Dayyum~~

(was messing around with the new Photoshop brushes, done in a couple of hours)

They were completed (in their current state, at least) from left to right, top to bottom. I learned a LOT about photoshop in the process of making these. A LOT. How to erase the white from pencil line art, the mask tool, opacity and flow, using the pen pressure tool and not going overboard with different brushes…lessons I needed to learn! The most important lesson, and one that still hasn’t been drilled into me enough, is to not be afraid to use references, especially for light sources. *whistles* If you want to know more about them contact me, but I’m just going to let these pieces speak for themselves.

Voila, an illustration I promised my friend Jae many a month ago, featuring Heero Yuy. It had been at least four or five years since I’d drawn Heero. The obsessive Gundam Wing fangirl within could never forget that hair, though, so I pretty much worked from memory and all was good. This is one version with a little bit of a dreamy blur going on just because I felt like using filters. Jae, you’re welcome to share all the versions I sent you wherever you choose .

A very silly thing I made Nagler for his birthday. Michael gave me the idea. I kinda sorta went with it. Woo!

Another piece colored from David’s sketch. His original looked like Kristen Bell; my coloring made her look like Diane Kruger. Uh, I don’t know. Done mostly in Photoshop, with blending done in Painter. (Photoshop is really poor for blending, unless I’m mistaken?)

This is David’s character Bethany from his books. He drew the picture and I wanted to get some practice in so I decided to try coloring it. I learn more and more with each piece; that’s all I’ll say. Going to go to I-Con this week! Maybe I’ll meet some really rad illustrators and suck out their talents.

A front cover illustration for The Press I did for Vol 31 Issue 9. It was done in about 20 minutes. You can probably tell. Buuuut whatever. I’m not going to miss drawing Wolfie. He’s terrifying.

I did this for The Stony Brook Press. Click the above for the full comic. It needs a very basic knowledge of the TV show LOST to be fully understood. Or just a desire for peace and quiet and tidiness (I know I couldn’t survive on that island, trufax).

You can read the whole issue here: http://www.sbpress.com/2010/03/volume-31-issue-10/

This is Barquiel. He’s a character in Jacqueline Carey’s Kushiel’s Legacy books. He’s a snarky bastard. I’m not sure blue is really his color, but the magic of ~digital coloring~ is that I can always go back, I guess. Stupid Courcel Blue.