Air Kuta

Done for the homeboy Sean Galloway. Awesome character, I had a lot of fun doing this. The backstory behind this illustration can be seen here.100% done in Photoshop.

Ode to Jessica Rabbit

"I'm not bad; I'm just drawn that way."

My life changed the day I saw Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Apart from being one of my favorite movies of my childhood, it introduced me to Jessica Rabbit. Jessica Rabbit, the one woman who has single handedly influenced my art more than any other woman.

I saw Roger Rabbit when I was 9 years old. I think I was in North Carolina for the summer, my Grandmother took me and my cousin Byron. I loved the movie of course; the mix of beautifully done 2d animation and live action was masterfully done; the Alan Silvestri score; seeing Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny on screen at the same time. It was all so perfect and bigger than life to me. I knew this movie was special. I wanted to live in Toon Town. But the thing that put it over the edge, the thing that really, really stuck in mind. . . . .was Jessica Rabbit. Never had a line drawing created such a . . .stir in me. I was only 9 years years old, but I was in love. She just oozed sex appeal. The way she walked, the way she talked. I tried so hard to recreate her, and failed miserably every time. I didn't understand women and I couldn't capture what it was that made that figure so appealing, but I was determined to one day figure it out. And I've spent the next twenty years trying to do just that, haha.

I still don't think I have it down just yet.

But one day Jessica, one day. . .I'll figure it out. I promise.

P.S. Cool World gets an honorable mention. But I mean, let's face it: redheads are hotter than blondes.

Powergirl

Warmup drawing/sketch, trying to get more comfortable with using my Cintiq tablet for lineart. Done entirely in CS3.

MOCCA!

What's good all. Just wanted to put it out there that I will be doing a convention appearance this weekend (6/6-6/7) at NYC's MOCCA Art Festival 2009 I'll be set up at Table #203 and I will be selling Black Books and my new Pimpjooze 2009 Sketchbooks. And of coure I'll probably be doing some sketches and whatnot. So if you're in the NYC area you should most definitely come through and say what's up, MOCCA is one of my favorite cons and always a good time. Holla!

Also, yes I know I have been lacking on updates. Part of that is I haven't had much stuff that I can show you guys right now. And part of that is I've been busy ramping up my new DeviantArt page. But I've got some pretty cool stuff in the works, so as soon as I can post it all up I will. :)