Styl.us is an artist forum which I am a member of. A little while back we put together an art book with contributions from various members. After some technical snags, it’s finally ready for print! Check it out here!!

I got a job! It’s a contract gig and only for 4-5 months, but it’s cool and interesting work. For the past week I’ve been working for Demiurge Studios doing UI for a secret project that is very secret and secretly very exciting!! It’s a great opportunity and I know I’m going to learn a lot from this experience. Oh and don’t worry. I haven’t completely abandoned Outlands. I have plans for my webcomic to be coming soon!

And it sucks.

But one thing I’ve discovered is that contentment kills creativity.

One Art Director who can draw, paint, and animate anything for hire here!

Here, we start with the thumbnail sketch which is sent to the editor for approval.

I was having some trouble finding the exact angle of the starship Enterprise that I wanted (google image search failed me!), so I made my own reference in 3DS Max.

Here, I rough out the background.

Here is the pencil version of the ship which I drew on tracing vellum over a print of the 3d model.

Inked with a #3 and #1 watercolor brush.

And the final inked version! I actually did the background in Painter since it’s easier for me to get the Kirby crackle digitally, and the colors added in Photoshop.

here’s my first entry. Left is a character created by Tim Taylor. On the right is my guy who I’ve dubbed Cat Zola.

Here’s the second round:

My interpretation of a character by Colin Kahn

And a guy by me:

I don’t know what I like better: the music, the animation, or the way they synced it all together!