Texas Pin-Up

Likely going to be selling some prints at this years Vet Fest, so figured this was a great excuse to get back to some of the more patriotic art I used to make much for often.  Being that I've been in TX over a year now, I thought I'd dedicate a pinup to the Lone Star State. 

This was created in Photoshop from concept sketch to final render.

Altered Beast: Neff

This is my submission to the KKG Artbook from Gamers for Good.
http://www.gamersforgood.com/KKG-Artbook

Altered Beast was one of the lowest games on the list for submissions, and I have a great deal of fondness to both the Arcade and Genesis versions of the game.  I can't wait to see all the submissions once the book is put into print.

Good luck Kevin, we are all sending you the best of wishes in hopes that you beat this thing!  A big thanks to Gamers for Good and the Coopers for putting this all together.

Undead Ed

I have been doing sketches of zombie cowboys for a few years now, and awhile back I thought...I should make some sort of character from this idea.  So this is just a little something I threw together for the fun of it.  I thought it might be cool to do this piece like a trading card, so who knows...maybe there will be more?

Project 1776 Lead Female Character

I have had a 2.5D side-scroller in my head for years now that I gave the code name "Project 1776".  I have pretty much lost hope in the idea of ever making the game, as making a game of its size just isn't realistic without a staff of talent.  I think many of us in the game development world love to dream about making our "perfect game", but the longer I work in the industry, the more I see just how much work and manpower it takes to make even the simplest of games, let alone something the size of extra large, 2.5D,  Metal Slug.  It just isn't possible while maintaining a full time job.

The basic premise of the game is that it would be a side-scrolling shooter (Contra, Metal Slug, Gunstar Heroes ext...) made in very high end 3D graphics but with the camera locked into a 2D angle, just like Street Fighter IV, Mortal Kombat and many of the Nintendo Wii games like New Super Mario Bros. and Donkey Kong Country Returns.  The gameplay would revolve around firearms and doing fancy combos while jumping, sliding and taking cover.  The story is loosely based around some of the popular conspiracy theorists and their ideas of a future where the government would fail us and there would be a revolution.  The game follows two young, new recruits to this rebellion against a corrupt government.  ...never decided on names for them, so we'll just call them Player 1 and Player 2.  :P 

So here is a concept of Player 2, the female lead character.  I'll likely share some more things from this idea over time, I still enjoy making characters and weapons for the game idea...just a fun excuse to make cool stuff. 

1911 Competition Shooter

Was in the mood to do something a bit more comic book illustration style this weekend and ended up creating this image of a competition shooter.  It was a fun drawing and I'm still teaching myself new things all the time which is always good. 

The Yankee Marshal - Comic Version

Here is another image I have made of The Yankee Marshal, one of my favorite people on YouTube.  The last image I made was simply a recreation of his current logo, and all I really did was take what he has and try to make it look more like him.  I thought this time I would make something of my own design that reflects his fun and more "nerdy" side.  Yankee is a big comic book and cartoon fan, so I thought I'd put a bit of a Superman treatment on the logo.  If you see this Yankee, hope you get a kick out of it! :)

Watch The Yankee Marshal here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheYankeeMarshal

Street Fighter Toons

More game toons!!  So as you may have seen in one of my earlier posts, my wife and I did a series of paintings with some Street Fighter characters a couple years back.  After going through and digging up some of the cartoons we never did anything with and posting them up here on my blog, I got to looking at the Street Fighter characters and felt I could touch them up and make them a bit "cuter".  Also I had an Akuma (Gouki for you SF purists out there) toon that never got put onto a painting.  So, keeping with my recent sharing of these cartoons, I thought I'd put them all together, re-touched into an all new image.  Hope you like!!

"You must defeat Sheng Long to stand a chance."
                                                                    -Ryu

Resident Evil 5 Toons

Here is a set of RE5 toons that I'm finely getting around to posting.  I originally drew these back when the game first came out but they were never posted up or finished.  I dug them up last night, re-touched and colored them and thought it's due time they saw the light of day. 

"You were almost a Jill sandwich!"
                                -Barry Burton

YouTube Gun Channel Logos

I love myself some YouTube!  Although I watch variety of different things on YouTube like most people, I spend most of my channel surfing on the firearm channels.  YouTube really is an amazing source of knowledge when it comes to firearms and there are a lot of great people out there who take time out of their week to share their knowledge and experiences.  Recently I reached out to a couple of my favorite gun YouTubers and offered to do some logo work. 

I did this image for a YouTuber who goes by The Martian Summer.  He's a newer channel but I have found his videos very insightful and he's just a good guy with a good head on his shoulders when it comes to firearms and his viewpoints on guns in society.  He sent me an image of himself to work from and it was cool to collaborate with him on the final design.  He liked the design so much he is now putting it in the begging of his videos.  He was even nice enough to give me a shoutout which was very cool of him and unexpected. 

You can find his videos here at the link below, I highly recommend them.
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheMartianSummer

Here is another logo I made for another gun YouTuber, The Yankee Marshal.  His channel is very educational and he's also quite a character!  His videos  tend to be on the lighter side and very entertaining.  He likes to keep his guns clean and pretty, so a lot of his videos are on firearm maintenance and modifications.  He also does a bit of prepping and gun range videos.  Just a really cool dude!

Watch The Yankee Marshal here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheYankeeMarshal

Axe Concepts

I had done some sketches for a Darksiders II contest a couple months back but never got around to creating the 3D model.  I came across those sketches and thought I should take the best ones and render them out for my 2D portfolio...so here they are! :)

1911 Concept

Digital painting of a "Drawn with Lead" edition 1911.  Been watching American Guns and I always enjoy seeing the cool customized hand guns they make for their customers...I guess you could say this might be what I'd have them make me if I was every so inclined. ;)

DrawnWithLead Draws: Shay Carl & Katilette

Playlist Live 2012 in Orlando; got to meet Shay Carl and his awesome family!!  They are really great people and it was a lot of fun to create this drawing for them, I sure hope they like it. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6VHKntET60&feature=g-all-u

DrawnWithLead Draws: Omar

Playlist Live 2012 in Orlando; We met up with Omar at the Maker Studios Booth.  Omar was pretty stoked about the drawings I had done of Shay and Kassem so I told him I'd make one for him too.  Didn't get footage of me doing the drawing this time, but Jess still put together a cool video for this week.  Check it out below!!

Live from Channel 6 News!!

I just sort of got this idea for a April O'Neil wallpaper one day....so I made it.  I wanted her to come off as a bit more hot version of the April from the 90's cartoon series.  One of the more fun pieces I've worked on for sure.

DrawnWithLead Draws: Kassem G

Jessica and I recently went to Playlist Live 2012 in Orlando.  While we were there we met up with Kassem G and I showed him a sketch I drew of him while he was on stage doing his thing.  I told him that I would color and finalize the image and send it to him....so hey Kassem, here you go! :)

Check out the video Jessica made here: