Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Hey Mama


Drawing I did of my mum(Neo Lerato Gariba) and I. She keeps guilting me about never finishing any paintings for her lol I always end up hating them half-way through! Anyway this is inspired by old pictures of her and I .Tried to make it look like a dream. I'm slowly trying to get used to using photoshop mostly using pictures along with drawings(the fabrics used on the dress and the blanket are SouthAfrican and Ghanaian :D) .Hopefully I'll start drawing more layouts and actually painting in photoshop. Hope u like it ma! Enjoy.Critiques welcome.
-GG

Monday, September 27, 2010

Pics of New Stuff, Finally

Well, it's been ages since I posted anything about my collection, so I'll make up for it with a deluge of pictures. This is some of the stuff I've acquired over the past few months, starting with the more random items.



I finally got around to buying the Collector's Editions of all Depeche Modes albums from Speak & Spell (1981) to Exciter (2001), and the Best of Depeche Mode dvd set, all for the documentaries, which have been absolutely fascinating. Also picked up a bunch of DVD singles I was missing from the Playing the Angel album. Apparently I forgot to put A Broken Frame and Best Of in the picture, and Exciter hasn't arrived yet.







The best part is that via VideoLAN my laptop can actually play the PAL format DVD singles, so that was an added bonus to buying them. Still missing three live DVDs, or perhaps it would be easier to say of the four released I only have one. New live DVD set comes out in November, I'm totally buying it, since I didn't make it to the concert when they were here.



Firefly Companions vols 1 & 2. Finally was able to pick these up on eBay for cheap ($15 shipped for both and the DVD set). Good to have them along side the Serenity Companion. Nathan Fillion is sexy enough that I can overcome my homophobia enough to say that I have a man-crush on him.



I loved How to Train Your Dragon, almost as much as I love The Incredibles and Toy Story 2. Had to pick up the second version of this figure when the reviews I saw said it wasn't too bad.



I also loved Predators, and so was unable to resist picking up the figures when I came across them. Hope I can find the others.



I stopped buying Halo figures a loooong time ago, but a review of the Halo Reach preview set convinced me to pick them up, and they do look good, so I'm happy with them.



And I'm still buying GI Joes with the Pursuit of Cobra line. I thought I had pictures of all the wave one figures I bought, and wave two, but all I can find right now are the two hardest to find from wave one.



And misc Joes from discount stores.



I caved in and bought the DCUC Green Lantern 5 pack, when I heard Guy Gardner was selling for over $30 on eBay. It looks like he's dropped a bit, and I wonder if I could buy them individually for cheaper than the retail price. But I'm probably too lazy to do it.



And finally on to Transformers, which have been a much bigger focus lately than perhaps they should have been. Oh well.



ROTF Fracture (Classics Mirage repaint)



Custom ROTF Voyager Ultra Magnus



KO Classics deluxe Magnus



Generations wave 1, 2 and 3




Hunt for the Decepticons Voyagers: Battle Blades Prime, Banzaitron, Sea Spray



ROTF Mail Away Recon Ravage



FansProject Munitioner and Explorer



iGear Nemesis Leader and Masterpiece Ultra Magnus



Henkei Dark Skyfire



Animated Prime, Classics Storm Cloud



Classics Cliffjumper, Sunstreaker and Astrotrain



Classics Mirage, Sideswipe, Hound and Ravage



Classics Hot Rod and Cyclonus



ROTF Bruticus and Classics Devastator

Big Kids

Saw pics of some of my homies that I grew up with in Ghana hanging out on my facebook homepage .Drew this up right after. Pretty sure we're all gonna be big kids forever lol

Friday, September 24, 2010

Born to run


Trying to get into capturing moments between characters .Past few weeks have been pretty intense but I love it. Except the fact that I haven't spoken to some friends and fam properly in a while my bad :/.Drawing this reminded me of a friend , see if you can find your name in the image lol. Critiques are greatly appreciated .Enjoy
-GG

Thursday, September 23, 2010

New Depeche Mode DVD - Live in Barcelona



Since my previous post was on Depeche Mode, instead of me doing a new post with all the toys I've bought lately, it seems fitting to mention them again.



On Nov 8, 2010, Depeche Mode will release another live concert, Tour of the Universe - Live in Barcelona. The video will contain 21 tracks recorded over two sold out shows in Barcelona on Nov 20 and 21, 2009.



It will be available in three formats, 2 disc Blu-ray (for those video snobs that have Blu-ray players and hi-def TVs. I wish I cold be a video snob), Deluxe 3 disc set (DVD + 2 CD), and a Super Deluxe 4 disc set (2 DVD + 2 CD), with a bonus DVD of rehearsal tracks, music videos, and a documentary video. (Visit the Official Depeche Mode website for more info)



Guess which one I'll be getting...



And, since my Depeche audio collection is nearly complete, I guess I should start focusing on completing the video collection. I need the DVD sets for 101, Devotional, and Touring the Angel - Live in Milan.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

She'll blow your mind


More lunchtime fun with PS. Started to give the characters I draw names it's makes em' more interesting I find .This mischievous lady's name is Kami which I think means natural force in Japanese , sorry if I'm wrong lol. Critiques welcome.Enjoy
-GG

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Bird Brained

This is Mr.Davis. He lost his mind a long time ago...Been having too much fun with cs5 lately lol .Critiques welcome. Enjoy.
-GG

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Bye Bye Summer

Hate to watch her go...Love to watch her leave .Critiques welcome.Enjoy.
-GG

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Thanks


Done this morning after I realized I had 41 followers DOOPPE ! Inspired by Morrow. Just wanted to say thanks to the people I know and those who i don't :) ...Stay tuned ! Enjoy.
-GG

Le Diable


Haven't scanned any new stuff here's a character I was developing for a friends comic "Blue-Gold". New stuff soon.Enjoy.
-GG

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

"W" rappers

Queue Lil Wayne "Lollipop" lol. I'm sure loads of people have had the same idea . Drew a couple but I figured skittles(TM) are my favorite so might as well start with those.The grape ones are also my favorite ...no racial...More to come.Enjoy.
-GG

Saturday, September 4, 2010

La Belle et le Bad-Boy


In an attempt to not forget my French I've started to listen to french rap again...Cuz I don't read enuf English books I doubt I'd pick up a French one. " La Belle et le Bad-Boy" is an awesome song by Mc Solaar(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwEH6LYr4-U) .Made me wanna paint a sad looking hottie wiping tears out of her eyes...I also wanted draw in another style. Critiques are always welcome .Enjoy.
-GG

Friday, September 3, 2010

La Revue Negre


Soon after moving to France,Josephine Baker joined a group of Jazz musicians and dancers known as "La Revue Negre".They were famous for doing the opposite of the most popular type of dance at the time which was Ballet. They "broke" the form and broke-it down from the sounds of it lol. The painting was a bit bigger than the scanner which is why they don't have feet, I'll fix it when I get a hold of a better scanner. Critiques are welcome.Enjoy.
-GG

Thursday, September 2, 2010

The Radiant Child


Getting more and more into Jean-Michel Basquiats' work after seeing a couple of documentaries. Didn't really get what his art was about before, haven't actually seen the movie "The Radiant Child "yet but I've seen a couple of interviews and I really want to. Critiques are always welcome.Enjoy.
-GG

Zudatanna

This was a page I did a while back as part of a pitch to do original webcomics featuring DC superhero characters on DC's Zuda site. I and a handful of other webcomics creators were approached and given free reign to come up with a short pitch featuring whatever DC character we wanted, continuity-free. After a lot of thought I settled on Zatanna, in a kind of Buffy/Twilight-style story aimed at teen girls.

Sadly, the pitch never gained any traction and Zuda has since been shut down, but maybe this might pop up again somewhere in the future. I think it would have been fun to write.

UPDATE: Ramon Perez has posted his Mr. Miracle and Big Barda pitch page over on his blog.

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

I'm Not Dead...

I've just been very busy! Since last I posted I won the 2010 Eisner Award for my webcomic Sin Titulo, had a couple of new projects announced (Thunderworld, Suicide Girls), and been deep into work on Assassin's Creed: The Fall #1 and Batman & Robin #16. Phew!

Thanks to everyone who came to see me at Fan Expo in Toronto!

Here's a random bunch of drawings I did recently. If you're following me on Twitter you will likely have seen all of these already, as that's usually where I post stuff first. If you're not on Twitter, these will be new, so enjoy!

Sketches in the front of my Too Cartoony sketchbook:




A couple of excerpts from Batman & Robin:




And some girlie drawings: