Nude portrait drawings with pencil on 9×12 & 12×18 paper- studies range from 1 minute to 45 minutes. Training in real life to help my imaginary people look that much better, and as always a great exercise, especially when you are on a time limit!
“Aizan” – Pinup; Pencils
This is a pinup that I am doing for Shawn Alleyne ‘s new project Aizan. Right now he is doing a kickstarter to raise money for the project “Aizan the Demo”, so I am contributing this pinup of the main character- Aizan, described by Shawne as “Rebel. Anarchist. Superhero. Savior. “Aizan, The original hip-hop sci-fi ninja superhero.” Shawne is a really cool guy that I have been lucky enough to meet at some of the conventions that I attend, and I am really honored to contribute to his project with this pinup. Some notes- I struggled with what the layout would be, and I settled on the top down view with the soldiers lit in a spotlight with Aizan in freefall. Not only does this give the piece some movement for the eye, the image also tries to tell a small narrative tale with this one image of the soliders discovering the vandalism on the wall, and the Aizan coming to attack them (simple, but something!) . Some of my ink experiments (see prior post) gave me some ideas to be more creative with my and shading- so look for alot of black that fades to the small lit circle in this to move the eye! Right now, Im challenging myself to get more creative with my point of view on projects and to get away from the straight on POV that is a crutch of sorts sometimes and to move my “camera” to different points in the picture. The genesis of this piece was doing one hyper extended leg (Aizan’s left leg) and I had that laying around for months, and when this project came up, I took the leg and built everything from it- sort of like Adam’s Rib creating Eve- I took the leg and built Aizan and her action environment in this pinup. Enjoy!
Painted Ladies of San Quentin; Page 1- Pencils
The first page of my next story with David Paul for UGLI STUDIOS PRESENTS #2- “The Painted Ladies of San Quentin”- our western grindhouse story… welcome to the mean streets of SQ and our main character Elijah Holman….
OGLAF Tribute Artwork: “Mistress and Laser Falcon”
One of my new favorite comics to read is OGLAF which is published online weekly by Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne– I highly recommend it, thanks to my Color Goddess Dani Kaulakis for introducing it to me! Trudy and Doug are super talented folks who are not only making a beautiful looking weekly web comic, but a really sharply written one as well that makes for a great read every time! I did this piece originally as one of my nude figure studies on 10/4/12, but when asked to do a charity piece of artwork for an auction, I modified my nude study into one of my favorite characters from OGLAF, “THE MISTRESS”. It was simple process to add one of her classic outfits from the comic strip to the nude figure model, then I added her Deadly “LASER FALCON” to complete the transformation into a complete OGLAF scene. I thought it was a fun take on two great characters to do them in my style and make them both a bit more realistic than their normal stylized cartoon forms. This original pencil piece will be at the ROCCON convention Ill be at later this month on 10/28/12, framed and on the selling block to raise money for Autism Research! 
Jason’s Take on Mistress and Laser Falcon…
Doug and Trudy’s First appearance of Laser Falcon with The Mistress! (with all credit and Love to OGLAF!)
10/4/12 – Nude Figure Studies in Pencil with Model- At Art Alliance of Central PA
Nude portrait drawings with pencil on 12×18 paper- studies range from 2 minutes to one hour. A great way to catch up on a classic artistic exercise and study some real life anatomy up close.
“Death Goddess” – Pencils
Since the original Derby Goddess has been scrapped to a more PC “Good Girl” art, I took the original and stripped it down to make her evil twin “Bad Girl”- the Death Goddess. Now she has a purse of faces stitched together filled with human bodies, the doll parts are real parts now (heads and arms/hands) and she has all the blood added back to her face and blade. The interesting thing is to see how the Derby Goddess (Bottom Right) turned into two different pieces, (Good Girl- Bottom Left and Death Goddess, main top image) so that’s kinda neat to see three iterations on the same theme/piece.
S.C.A.R. Derby- Happy Valley Dolls vs. Crown City Rollers – Nov 10th, 2012 Bout Poster- Pencils with New Edits v.2
Another round of edits to make this piece more politically correct. Most of the detail has been removed, sword, doll heads, doll parts are out, skulls are now altered to be more “friendly”
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S.C.A.R. Derby- Happy Valley Dolls vs. Crown City Rollers – Nov 10th, 2012 Bout Poster- Pencils with New Edits
This is the updated pencils on this piece- fixed up the hands, altered the nose, and fleshed out (no pun intended) the skulls as opposed to heads for the necklace. Also, changed the arms and heads being held in the left hand to doll parts- a little “lighter” violence I suppose? Keep up with the ladies of SCAR Derby as we move closer to “November to Dismember”!!
The Painted Ladies of San Quentin- UGLI STUDIOS PRESENTS #2 Front Cover Closeup- Pencils
This is a close up of the Front Cover of UGLI STUDIOS PRESENTS #2- The Painted Ladies of San Quentin- featuring Our Hero- Elijah Holman (only hero Ive ever seen with a beard!) and the Villainess – Jessica Belmont! The Flag is an 1850′s era American Flag…. and the bruning building is central to the plot and conflict of the story which is set in 1850 California!
The Painted Ladies of San Quentin- UGLI STUDIOS PRESENTS #2 Back Cover Closeup- Pencils
This is a close up of the Back Cover of UGLI STUDIOS PRESENTS #2- The Painted Ladies of San Quentin- featuring Sheriff Tom Potter, Xi Chou Long and the Mexican Bandito gang led by “El Alacran” The Flag is an 1850’s era American Flag….
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