"Family Guy" art show comic

On Friday, June 12, I submitted the above comic for the "Family Guy" art show, themed Great Moments in History. The strip was a collaborative effort between me and my friend, Andrew Dowis. Andrew was the first and only person that came to mind for writing for my submission, since his sense of humor practically mirrors that of the show. That, and I knew I wouldn't be able to pull off any sort of joke that would feel even remotely "Family Guy"-ish. Not to say that I don't have a sense of humor, but my jokes (if you can even call them that) tend to be more on the innocent and playful, or even disturbing, side.

The strip sold for $100, which was obviously freakin' sweet for the both of us. And Andrew was so pleased with how the comic turned out that he decided to color it:



Coloring completed two days ago with Photoshop. Other materials used were Col-Erase blue pencil and Copic pen on Japanese comic book paper. I can't stress enough how much Copic pens rule. Seriously. They're awesome.

Figure sketches

Last month, I got back in the figure drawing game after three years of absence from either classes or sessions. Gotta hand it to Fox TV Animation for holding sessions every other Wednesday. They're really a lot of fun to attend. Two hours of figure drawing in the "American Dad" conference room minus registration fees and the like. What could be better?

The sketches I've done so far from these sessions suck, though. Not a surprise, considering how long it's been since I've done figure drawing on a regular basis. So instead, I'm just going to share three pages from my current sketchbook. These drawings were done during my free time at work using references from photos on DeviantArt.

KiraYumi tegaki

This morning at work was slow, as most of it was spent waiting for Peter Shin, one of the supervising directors on "Family Guy," to prepare the work that I'm currently doing for his show. The wait wasn't boring, though, as I used it to fool around on Tegaki E. The result? A little something for kirayumi, a Livejournal community co-modded by yours truly for Kira and Yumichika of "Bleach." I seem to be getting better at this, I think.

Late night Tegaki E post

Haven't posted in a while, so I thought I'd break the trend with a stupid, little drawing of Yukari Hayasaka ("Paradise Kiss") I did on Tegaki E. It's one of those Flash thingies that act kinda like Photoshop, except everything is done on one layer. Some people can work wonders with the program, but I'm a n00b, so I suck at the moment.

Group pics can be such a pain

It's late, so I'm going to keep this short. The drawing above is a birthday present for my friend Jeremy Polgar. The characters depicted are ones that appeared in a flyer he made to advertise his birthday party. Originally, I wanted to color this, but as I said in my last post, I'm just not feeling it with the colors right now.

Happy belated birthday, Jeremy!

Yoko x Yoko

Does anyone here have an easy time drawing people kissing? Because I don't, and it's really sad. And this drawing? Well, it's the first time I've ever drawn people kissing in a more serious and professional manner, so forgive me if this thing is made of fail. As Charles Kettering once said, "One fails forward toward success." I'll get it right someday.

This drawing is my second submission for Draw Off #16: Gainax. As it turned out, the deadline for #16 was extended to until #17 is announced, whenever that may be. "Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann" is once again the anime of choice, and Yoko is the subject, femslashed with...herself. It is based off the beautiful drawing of two Nurse Yokos in the "Gurren Lagann: Yoko Portraits" art book.

To be colored at a later time. Honestly, I'm not in much of a coloring mood these days, so we'll probably be seeing sketches and cleanups from me for a while.

Draw Off #16: Gainax

My friends Kalia Cheng and Matt Bordenave like to participate in these drawing challenges dubbed the Draw Offs, where the resulting artwork must relate to a theme chosen for that particular Draw Off. This is my first time participating in the challenge.

The theme this time around is Gainax, chosen by yours truly. For my submission, we have Nia Teppelin from "Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann," an anime series that I haven't seen, but find inspirational with its character designs and talented fan following. Originally, I wanted to post this drawing up after I had completed the background (yes, there's a background that goes with this) and the coloring of, but to be honest, I've lost interest in it. And by that, I mean for completing it by this Wednesday's deadline. I know, I suck. But we'll get to seeing a completed version of this someday.