Return to Animation Mentor! A Race to the Finish

I am back at animation mentor once again! This is my last quarter and I get to clean up and polish all the things that I have been working on up to this point. I am really looking forward to getting back into my scenes and finishing them.

I have moved all of my animation work to my animation blog, when looking at people's portfolios last week, I noticed my own blog was very hap hazard and everywhere and the animation stuff detracted from all of my other work. I feel like it will be easier to direct people where I want if I separated them. So for all my animated work go to the new blog and for all the digital paintings and painting and other strangeness continue here. I have also started posting my regularly on my sketch blog.

A Modest Proposal

Last week the greatest thing happened.

Last week I got some good news at work so  Laura and I went out for dinner at the local sushi restaurant. Over dinner we talked about how happy were were that moment and about our plans for the future. I decided it was the perfect moment to pop the question. So, I asked Laura if she would marry me (something that I had been planing to do with more grandeur later in the year). She said "YES!"

I didn't have a ring so I grabbed one of the edamame bean pods that we had been eating and wrapped it around her finger like an engagement ring. It was a magical moment and we are very happy. 

Don't worry the real ring is coming later in the month, so I can I get to propose again, next time less spontaneously.

Comic an Hour Day - Comic Number 7

Workin'

 This is what I imagine my monitor sees all day.

Comic an Hour Day - Comic Number 6

Coffee!

Comic an Hour Day - Comic Number 4

Soup spoon from Whole Foods cut my lip.

I was not a fan.

Comic an Hour Day - Comic Number 3

 You are what you eat.

I had soup for lunch.

Comic an Hour Day - Comic Number 2

Lunch Time... I think it's lunch time.

I think I need to figure out something more fun or all of these will be me sitting at my desk.

Comic an Hour Day - Comic Number 1

Going to try and do a quick little comic or drawing every hour today... because it is Comic an Hour Day!

Got a Philz and cupcake this morning

EPIC WIN!

2012 Selfportrait

I am trying to start making art early in the morning, and I am usually dressed and look kinda like this. This Year I have resolved to post art more regularly on my blog and I though that the new year required a new portrait. Also in an effort to make art more regularly I am going to try and do some 30 minute or Less digital paintings in the hopes of being faster and having the bar for completing art being lowered so I get more done.

Christmas Card 2011 Mr. Royal and the Electric Mayhem Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone!
Well this year I just barely made it under the wire for the getting the Christmas Card done "on time" this year as in I got the card done before Christmas.
This year no one really had any ideas on what should be going on in the card. Then Laura, Alex, Uncle Ricjard, Nathan and I saw the Muppet movie for Thanksgiving so my mom threw out the idea that we should all be Muppets in this years card. So I drew us all as our own Muppets.

 (Rough Sketch with us as Muppets)

 I also had the idea to make us into Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, the Muppet Show band.

 

I decided to ink this version and make it clearer what was going on.

Every one liked the Dr. Teeth version better so I went ahead and worked on that version. I found it really hard to find time to devote to working on the card this year with school, work and being a procrastinator. 

I wish I had thought out the layout better, but over all I am really happy with how the card turned out.

Pen and Ink Skull Self-Portrait

I know I already posted something like this that I did digitally, however, I really like it and want to make more of them. Here is an inked version from my watercolor moleskine, that I still plan to paint.

Moleskine Self-portrait painting

I start all of my sketch books with a self-portrait and that includes my water color Moleskine. Laura thinks this portrait is creepy.

Re-Animation Mentor

I have returned to Animation Mentor. This quarter promises to be challenging and I know I will learn a lot. I hope that I can keep up and do a good job at school and at work at the same time.

Zombie Nerd Artist 1

The Fat Knight Returns

This is a picture of Laura and I as Batman and Robin from the Dark Knight Returns.
Laura recently dyed her hair blonde and her new look reminded me of the Robin from Dark Knight, so to go with my drawing of myself and my friends as Batman (circa 2006) the Fat Knight has returned.

I recently purchased a new set of pens for a characture gig I did for a high school grad night. I noticed that a lot comics already have the greys in them before colors, so I started to experiment with drawing, inking and shading my drawings with markers and then coloring them in Photoshop.

Lub Kiss

It has been too long since I posed anything so I thought I would quickly share a little doodle I did for Laura.

FAF: Chewy and Chewy

The pet name I have for Laura is Chewy,
So I drew us as Han Solo (Laura) and Chewbacca (Eric)
So this is "Chewy and Chewy"

Pokemon Valentine

Poke'mon Valentine
with Eric (SNORLAX) and Laura (CLEFAIRY)
HAPPY VALENTINES!

The New Eric for 2011

Figured I needed a new portrait to start out the year!
Got some hobo gloves for Christmas I love them!

Christmas Card 2010

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.

Family portrait time again. It has been a couple years since we did a family portrait and my mom and I thought it was time to do another one. This time we did something a little more fun and had us all flying in Santa's sleigh being led by the families two cats Mr. Wiggles and Sammy.