Ralph McQuarrie Tribute

I was super sad to hear of Ralph McQuarrie's passing earlier this month. He was by far one of the Godfathers in film and entertainment design. One of those rare artists who was equally talented when it came to creating characters, creatures, environments, vehicles, aliens. And amazingly he not only did concept and production art, but even matte paintings used in original StarWars films. I always felt an amazing heart in his work, he definitely was a great inspiration.

I know St.Patrick's a month off, but here's

to wishing everyone a little good luck!

One of the best things about living in the city is all the great food!

From good eats to little 'hole in the wall' spots it's hard to stay thin. Here's

a thanks to all the great cooks out there.

Here's a bit of an up date on Hellboy, gotta have tentacles!!!

Thanks for the comments, dig the portrait Phil :)

Happy new year!!!

Saw the Muppet movie recently, got a little inspiration to

draw the members of Electric Mayhem. Here's Dr. Teeth

Yet another from the set, Go Spartans!

Thanks for all the comments on the last piece. By the way I was completely unaware

that HellBoy met his end in the comic :( but was excited to hear he'd be living on in

the new series HellBoy in Hell, with Mignola returning as full time artist :)!!!

The number one Red Man, a stylized take on a great character.

Yeah Boy, Hellboy!

Had a bit of my work shown on some great sites

ComicsOdissey and Trend Hunter, peep em' if you get a chance.

Thanks for the comments guys. Here's another piece from the set, Mr. Skywalker. Also kicking around the idea of putting together a little sketch book with some of these pieces and the original sketches.

Thanks Jimmy for the heads up on Boba begin posted on the cool art illustration blog SuperPunch. A lot of good work, peep it here.

One on a set of pieces we did for a special event this past weekend. Huge thanks and hugs for everyone who helped make it a wonderfully fun and memorable time!!! We couldn't have been happier!!!

Gotta love that Sauce!!!

Been a bit busy lately, but here's a piece I did in for a friend.

He then got it printed for his one and only on a board for her birthday.

Hugs guys!!!

Thanks for the comments!

Here are a few sketches I was doing for a friend.

And yet another face :)

Let's go Giants!

Here's a bit of work in progress for a piece I'm kicking around.

Let's go garlic fries.

Thanks for the comments! Phil dig your work just as much man, Nat I still owe you a drawing, TJ, good to hear from you, love to see some posting on the dope sheet :), Crambo glad you dig it!

Here's a piece I did for some friends. Big congrats guys!!!

El Capitan!

or

Oh Captain

Bob, we'll always have Gorillas :) For the rest of you who haven't had the Gorilla BBQ experience you owe it to yourself! Peep it here. Three meat combo, with corn bread and two sides, prepared in a train car? Yes please!!!

Ja'dacus!
Here's to a killer artist I had a chance to briefly work with. Have a great time on the next chapter in your saga. Take no prisoners! :)

Here's a quick piece I did for a friends birthday, a wise all knowing character. Excellent! :)

Birthday Bot! :) And... if you get a chance check out The Force Unleashed 2, out today! I was lucky enough to work briefly on this project with a amazing team. Amy, Matt, Stephen, Jia, huge thanks!

Thanks and Obrigado for the comments. Here's a little something for some awesome friends, congrats!

Dynamite! A piece I did for a friend, Gosh.

A few sketches from the beach and coffee shop, gotta do more of these. :)

Here is some early concept I did for the final level in Lucidity where Sophie is eventually reunites with her Grandmother. A touch of dreams mixed with the night sky. If you want to see more Lucidity art by Andrea, Molly, and Jeff just go here and look around a little.

Thanks so much for the comments! Here's another quick piece I did for a buddy, yup Optimus Prime.

Here's a set of characters I did for my friends wedding. They had a really cool idea of having a different character for each table at the reception instead of numbers. My girlfriend helped me out by painting the Ninja, you can see her blog here. The wedding was a blast!

Here's a little "get well" piece I did for a friend. He's not this

hurt, I exaggerated it a bit, a humor's the best medicine thing.

:)

Batman! Here's a piece I did for a friend who's moving on to great new spot at a fantastic studio!
He'll be missed, but we're all excited to see what he comes up with. I included a few of the sketches I did before the final. Pinata!

Here are some art I did a year ago for MISE. I had a great time working on this, with an exceptional team. Keep an eye out for MISE 2 coming out soon.

Here's a piece I did for a coworker, great friend, and mentor who is taking an exciting new step with what he's doing.

Here's a little piece I did for a Co-worker. I've been jumping back and forth between stylized and realism, gotta say I dig them both!

Hi everyone, I just wanted to say a huge thanks to everyone for the support on Monkey Island SE and Lucidity. I'd like to thank the concept art team who I worked with during those projects whose work is posted below Andrea Rhodes, Molly Denmark, and Jeff Sangalli (Art Director)

You can see more of their great work at the links below.

Molly Denmark

Andrea Rhodes

Above is a bit of the work I did on Monkey Island Special Edition from online.

Today a great little game comes out from LucasArts on Xbox Live, titled Lucidity. A wonderfully creative and imaginative dash through the dream inspired landscapes of a little girl named Sofi. I had the privilege of working with a group of wonderfully talented artists Jeff Sangalli, Andrea Rhodes, Molly Denmark, Jeff Brown, Saul Ruiz, and Jesse Harlin on this endearing new IP.

If you get a chance please check it out, this game has a huge heart!

Check out the LucasArts Workshop blog for a look into the development of Lucidity, including Podcasts about the Art, Original Music, Design, and Enginerring

http://lucasartsworkshop.wordpress.com/

If anyone is down at Comic Con this weekend please swing by the LucasArts booth I'll be there every day from 11:00-12:00 with the Monkey Island Special Edition crew, Jeff Sangalli, Molly Denmark, and Craig Derrick, signing and chatting. :)

The Secret's Out
The Secret of Monkey Island Special Edition has just been announced! Check out the post below to see a bit of the "making of" video, turn on the sound if you need to!

Here's a link to a great interview about the game by executive producer Craig Derrick. With a bit of nice concept art behind him. :)

http://e3.gamespot.com/story/6210601/the-secret-of-monkey-island-special-edition-first-look

It has been a while! I've been keeping super busy with a bunch of great projects, but my personal art hasn't been getting much love lately. Here's a quick sketch I did near work.

Here are some photos of a piece I did with a great group of artist that go under the title 218. This is bit different than how I usually work, I started out just wanting to do some character designs over a fixed silhouette. And since I've always like the shapes bottles (great silhouettes). I combined the two and this is what I came up with.

I had a blast working on this and with the 218 group, I'd do it again in a heartbeat.

I little while back I caught the Totoro Forest Project show at the Cartoon Art Museum and needless to say I was blown away by the collective work of all the great artists who contributed to it. It was inspiring to say the least.

Afterwards a few of us stopped at Mel's for a bite and I did this little sketch in between eating my burger and munching on fries.

Happy new year all!

I did a gallery show last month with a great group of artists. There was a great turnout and I had a lot of fun being part of it. One of my pieces was a pencil drawing and if you take it out of the frame this is what you'll find drawn on the back. A bonus feature of sorts. :)

Here's a Bunny Pirate I did for a couple friends who have a special day coming up. I'm still thinking of adding some small details in the background like a few treasure chests full of carrots or something, any suggestions?

Again thanks for your comments and crits, I really appreciate it. From Peters crit on the Wicked Witch I did a while back I tried to show more material change and texture in this one. Thanks!

When the world is in dire straights the only ones capable of saving it are a secret order of short order cooks. From across the globe this ancient order of short order cooks will use it's ninja cookery to... ah I don't know. I just wanted to come up with a project that had no solid logic behind it, but would be fun as heck to concept out.

I also want to thank everyone who has been leaving comments, you rock! And as always crits are welcome too, thanks!

Return to Oz

I haven't had as much time as I would like to do personal work. Here's my attempt to get back to the Wizard of Oz designs I started once upon a time. Aside from the main cast, I also want to explore the rest of the people who populate Oz.

This is just a little thing I'm working on with a great group of artists. I'm hoping to share more info about it over the next few months.