Drake Rider

This is an old pencil drawing from 2009, which was painted over digitally. I recently touched up this artwork in 2024, mostly bringing it into focus, making some slight color adjustments.

Ink Portrait Sketches

These are sketchies from 2014 done for practice.

Bar Refaeli Portrait

Digital portrait painting done in 2010 for practice. Years later, Bar Refaeli still looks amazing.

Portrait Sketches 2011

These are pencil sketches from 2011, some modifications were made in Photoshop to the second one.

Rudolph's Nose is Red for a Reason!

Yes, it's red because he rips faces off!

Merry Christmas card from 2011!

Demon Wing

Ink sketch from 2011, which has been modified in Photoshop to give it a more 3D look.

Sorry

This is my interpretation of a character from the Malazan Empire series of books by Steven Erikson. The story begins with Sorry, also known as Apsalar, and she indeed becomes a massively powerful character as the story progresses.

Acid

This is a creature I designed as part of a challenge on conceptart.org with the prompt "Deaf, Blind, Acid Spitter." The idea I had about the creature is that it really wasn't blind despite not having eyes. The spikes on its head are hollow and function similar to antennas, such that they can pick up vibrations. The creature is able to sense the vibrations around it and actually have a very good sense of its surroundings. This creature is not actually too large, but is extremely fast and dangerous. Its sharp teeth and claws can shred flesh instantly, and the acid spewing, spike covered bulge on the tip of its tail is a weapon able to crush hard targets and inflict acid and deadly toxins into the bloodstream.

This started as a pencil drawing in 2011, which was then painted over. This was also a pivotal drawing for me, as it caused me to leave the CG Society website. This website was a great resource, but as I went to post this article into my profile it was not allowed because of of the admins there was a royal cnt and had it out for me. Rather than try to seek clarificaiton I just left the website and never looked back. I did see the entire portal went down recently, hope the worst for that admin. For anyone who was around that website, you can probably guess who I'm talking about.

Morgis the Dragon Knight

Back in the day I used to read quite a lot of fantasy. Years ago it was normal for me to get on a stair-mill in the gym, crack a novel open, and do slow burn cariod for hours while reading away. Sadly this habit has gone away. I rarely do stairmill now, and usually spend time on the treadmill these days. Running is much harder for me though, and I can't read while doing that, nor can I last as long even at a slow pace...

This is a pencil drawing I made in 2012, of a character from a novel by Richard Knaak which is part of a the Legends of the Dragonrealm series. I vaguely remember bits and pieces from these novels, probably need to read the books again to get the details. What was really interesting to me regarding this particular series were the dragons and some of their abilities. The ruling dragons had distinct elemental abilities, and one of the outcast dragon kings was Blue who I believe was an ice dragon. In the series, some dragons could transform into humanoids. They were still dragons, just looking like giant heavilty armored knights. Years later, I don't remember as to why the dragons did those transformations, perhaps to help them make themselves more relatable to the humans. I did find Morgis the Dragon Knight character interesting enough to draw him though. He appears in some of the earlier books, and later becomes a major character in one of the books. Very powerful, if I remember correctly Morgis was actually a son of Blue, and there was a failed love angle in his story that did not have a happy ending. I like it when some endings aren't happy...

Either way, this drawing has been slightly tweaked in Photoshop, but not to the usual extent I like to paint over my sketches. It is actually fairly large drawing, much larger than the usual format for my sketches. I did intend to paint over it, but as with many of my failed paintings, never got around to it.

Anime Twinblade Girl Design

This was a character I designed and drew sometime in 2012. I'm not good at this art style, haven't really studied it either. However, I like the way this turned out. It's not meeting the initial goal, but looks cool! I believe this did start as a pencil drawing that was painted over digitally.

Dragon Attack

Pencil sketch from 2008 which was painted over in Photoshop. It was one of my first "epic" dragon paintings. Doesn't look so hot now, but I loved it at the time.

Hellguard

This is a pencil sketch that got painted over in Photoshop, made sometime in 2008. At the time I made this it was among my better illustrations and showcased my level as an artist. When I look back at it now there are many things I would change. Maybe this just needs to be redone!

However, this drawing was a huge step up for me in may regards. First off it was inspired by the work of an artist who went on to work for Blizzard. While making this illustration I feel like I actually learned a lot, even though it didn't necessarily translate to a better artwork.

This is also one of my first images I started doing WIPs for.

Daniel Craig Pencil Portrait

I did a lot of portrait painting back then using photos as references, this is one of my better ones. Slight modificaiotns made in Photoshop for highlights.

Witchblade

I made this sometime in 2006, colored from a pencil sketch. It was wildly successful considering my lack of skills at the time, but showed what could be done with Photoshop if applied the right way.

Forkrul Assail - Sister Calm

This is a digital painting concept art of a member of the Forkrul Assail race of humanoid creatures described in the Malazan Empire series by Steven Erikson. It's my take on it at least. Originally this image was NSFW but it has been "cleaned up."

At the time I made this drawing I would consider it one of my more polished up character designs. Really enjoyed working on her.

Fog and Dreams

Pencil drawing made in 2012, color was a simple overlay in Photoshop. I liked how it turned out so I left it alone...

Mog Sketch

Pencil sketch of one of my favorite video game characters. Made in 2012, kuppo!

Jamie Eason Figure Study

This was a digital painting made in 2007 for practice, using a photograph as a reference. Jamie Eason is a fitness model who became rather famous in the 2000s for her amazing looks and aesthetics. She's still around and looks great. I've always admired women with muscle, and this woman is aboslute perfection when it comes to appearance. Cheers!

Cowboy Pencil Drawing

Pencil drawing made in 2007, used a Marlboro ad as a reference. Believe it or not, those used to be a thing... Marlboro ads!

Portrait of Jennifer Lopez

Entirely done in Photoshop in 2007 using a photo as a reference (possibly album cover?)

Fiddle Duel

Pencil drawing from 2007, inspired by the song Devil Went Down to Georgia by the Charlie Daniels Band.

Bowling Cocks

This was painted in 2021 as a logo for a bowling team for one of my friends.

Dryad Queen

This was a digital painting done for one of my favorite art streamers Stumpyfongo. He used to stream a lot in the midst of COVID, and I hung out there quite a bit while trying to do other stuff in the background. This specific drawing was done as part of a Lost Woods challenge, where participants had to draw characters they would find in a deep fantasy forest. I loved it!

The original concept sketch, I settled on the left one.

And here's the WIP GIF.

Terra - Final Fantasy 6 Fanart

I made this drawing in 2021 entirely in Clip Studio Paint. Final Fantasy 6 is one of my favorite games of all time. Such a classic...

Ashley Graham Portrait

Portrait from a photo of Ashley Graham, actress and model. She's pretty amazing.

This was done in 2021 entirely in Photoshop. I used to do a lot more of these practice portraits in the past but I've really been slacking over the years due to ... laziness?

Friends

This is a digital painitng done entirely in Photoshop sometime in 2021 as part of a Mermay challenge.

The actual drawing was done in black and white only, the colors were strictly done in overlays. This was an entirely new approach for me and the result worked very well. I actually didn't spend very long on this painting considering the level of detail that got painted in.

Ascendant

Digital painting done in 2013. The hero and armor were inspired by Torchlight 2 video game, fun little hack and slash. In the background is a painting of K2.

Redhead Practice Study

Digital painting using a reference, done in 2013.

Spike Head Girl

Pencil drawing from 2013 that was reworked in Photoshop.

Armored Freak

This was an ink drawing from 2013 that got reworked in Photoshop.

Eye Sketch

Birds do it. Bees do it. And sometimes we all do it... Drawing an eye that is! Photoshop sketch from 2014.

Model Pencil Portrait

I made this drawing sometime in July 2007 using a photo reference... I wish I knew who she was now.

King of Men

Digital painting made during Hurricane Ike exile in 2008.

Cyborg Marine Pencil Drawing 2009

I've always sucked at drawing elaborate armors and clothes, over the years I've improved on that, but this was one of my first successful examples.

Tree Dragon

Done sometime in 2009, as part of a COW #154 (Creature of the Week) challenge on conceptart.org with the prompt of "Hanging Upside Down." This was all painted in Photoshop.

Beholder Drawings 2009

This was the year in which I went back to an old concept regarding Beholders, having these really bright burning central eyes. The drawing above was done for COW #156 (Creature of the Week) prompt on conceptart.org with the prompt "Red Hot Doom." Below are a couple of sketches with the same theme.