Bein' "Sketchy"

90th post ! Wattup to evryone (old and new) :) thanks for stopping by .Some sketches from the cafeteria, the royal winter fair...Boring classes. Can't be asked to do any work tonight I'm beat ! Anyway,critiques are always welcome . Enjoy
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Nightmare before Christmas

Went to see Tim Burton Yesterday -He's a lot less quirky than I thought, it was cool. Here are a couple of sketches I did of him while he was answering questions ( i dunno why he came out so chubby haha didn't notice till later) oh, and a sketch of my buddy Freddy who was there too (http://www.freddycarrasco.com/) dope artist. The title of the post is more relevant to how I feel than the fact that it's a bunch of Tim Burton drawings lol .Enjoy
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LOUD

Rihanna looks like Road runner+an Alien Princess+Ariel+Ostrich but hot.I love her sense of style she's really fun to draw. A sketch I scanned in earlier-Need to finish my projects so i can finally get ready to go HOOMMEE -(Ghana) for the holidays -not gonna be posting as often . Thanks for stopping by Ps: listen to "Man Down" off of her new album it's sick.
Enjoy.
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Rain Dog

A quick portrait of Tom Waits done as a gift...

Monsters and Dames

A different kind of drawing today.  I was invited to be a guest at the Emerald City Comic Con next March, and they ask all the artist guests to contribute a drawing to an art book they publish to sell at the show to raise funds for a local children's hospital. A great cause and a chance to do something outside of my usual work. The theme of the book is "Monsters and Dames":

A bit more cutesy than my usual stuff but it's for a children's charity. ;)

Keep on Keeping on

Scanned in painted in PS tonight... Yep.
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To Steffany

I Owed you :) . R.I.P
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Where I am now...

Lost deep in the wastelands of Arizona. Why, you ask?

So do I.

Fantasi

Gothick

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"Gather round children, Zip it. Listen!"

Just listened to "My Dark Twisted Fantasy" started this as soon as the second song started , took about 2 and a half hours . Everybody should hear it, and buy it! just cuz...It's all FIRE! Critiques Welcome. Enjoy.
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Assassin's Creed: The Fall Released Tomorrow

Tomorrow is the day that Assassin's Creed: The Fall #1 hits stores. Frankly, the buzz around this project in the comics community has been disappointingly low, I think mainly because a lot of people are still - understandably - put off by the idea of a comic based on a video game.

My co-creator Karl Kerschl and I (and our colourist Nadine Thomas) have really worked hard on this book, and we've poured a lot of effort and energy into it, because we wanted to do something that wasn't just a shallow, cash-in spinoff. Believe me, I've worked on that type of project before, and I can admit that I've half-assed it for the paycheck. But not so here - with the amount of creative freedom granted us by Ubisoft, it really feels like this is a very personal project for Karl and I and we're very proud of the final product. We've tried to make it accessible for non-gamers, engaging for people already familiar with Assassin's Creed, and above all, the kind of comic that we'd like to read.

This is my first published work as a writer, too (aside from Sin Titulo, which is technically self published), and so it's a new phase in my career that's very exciting and I would love if it started successfully.

Assassin's Creed: The Fall #1 is out in stores tomorrow, November 10, and is available at comic shops, Target, and GameStop*. I'd very much appreciate if you would consider purchasing a copy, and letting me know what you think here. Thanks and I hope you enjoy it!

*NOTE - the edition sold in Target and GameStop is slightly altered than the direct market version, for bad language.

Gambar Gothic

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"Gothic women"

Scott Pilgrim

Watched Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World for the first time this weekend, it was a fun movie .Michael Cera looks like a bird...More fan-art soon.Critiques welcome.Enjoy.
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Roman Zolanski

Midnight sketch of Nicki Minaj's alter ego "Roman Zolanski" (http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4116/4793285801_837ce8c64a_b.jpg).Whenever Nicki goes in on a song it's usually as Roman "Monster", "Roman's Revenge feat .Eminem"...Also , just watched Scott Pilgrim Vs.the World -it was a really fun movie: awkward Michael cera sketches soon :).Enjoy .Goodnight.
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Batman & Robin 16 - Black and White

Hey everyone, the final issue of Grant Morrison's run on Batman & Robin is out in stores (to much media fanfare, with its SHOCK! change of the status quo), and here are my pages, unlettered and uncoloured. I would have loved to do the entire issue, but sadly the schedule simply didn't allow it so huge thanks to Frazer Irving and Chris Burnham who helped out with their amazing work!

Unfortunately, none of these pages are for sale...as they don't exist! I did this issue completely digitally, so there are no physical pages. However you can still buy pages from my previous run on Batman & Robin over at Splashpage Art.

Song of the Week 5

Wild Mood Swings - The Cure - 1996

Wish is definitely possibly the greatest Cure album, and it was also very well received by fans, selling roughly four million copies. I delayed many years in buying the follow up album, Wild Mood Swings, having heard it was not well liked by Cure fans, and that it was a big departure from Wish. I recently picked it up for $4 (or free, depending on how you work the buy 2 get 1 free deal I got), and wow, was I glad I did. I am saddened I waited so long to buy it (much like my experience with Songs of Faith and Devotion, where the first track, I Feel You really through me for a loop, it didn't sound like the Depeche Mode I knew, so I didn't get it for a few years, but once I did it became my favorite album - that long rambling sentence was to lead into the follow) because two of the tracks are definitely two of the best tracks The Cure has ever produced. Granted there are a couple I don't really like at all, but for as good as most of them are, this album deserves to be better liked.

I really feel like Want describes me, almost to a T. Especially the first line.

Want - Wild Mood Swings- The Cure

i'm always wanting more
anything i haven't got
everything i want it all
i just can't stop

planning all my days away
never find new ways to stay
never feel enough today
tomorrow must be more

more drink more dreams
more bed more drugs
more lust more lies
more hate more love

more fear more fun
more pain more flesh
more stars more smiles
more fame more sex

however hard i want
i know deep down inside
i'll never really get
more hope or any more time
any more time
any more time
any more time

i want the sky to fall in
i want lightning and thunder
i want blood instead of rain
i want the world to make me wonder
want to walk on water
take a trip to the moon
oh give me all this
and give me it soon

more drink more dreams more drugs
more lust more lies more love

however hard i want
i know deep down inside
i'll never really get
more hope or any more time
any more time
any more time
any more time 

And again with two tracks this week - Treasure is possibly the most depressing Cure track I have heard. It is right up there with, and possibly more depressing than, Apart (from Wish, To Wish Impossible Things, also from Wish, is also very sad). For as often as I say I have a cold, black, shrivled up heart, incappable of feelings, Apart and Treasure are very moving songs.

Treasure - Wild Mood Swings- The Cure

She whispers
"Please remember me
When I am gone from here"
She whispers
"Please remember me
but not with tears...
Remember I was always true
Remember that I always tried
Remember I loved only you
Remember me and smile...
For it's better to forget
Than to remember me
And cry"

"Remember I was always true
Remember that I always tried
Remember I loved only you
Remember me and smile...
For it's better to forget
Than to remember me
And cry"