A53: MERRY CHRISTMAS

It's the most wonderful time of the year!

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Holidays, Feliz Navidad, Happy Kwanzaa, メリクリ, Hail Festivus, and for our lovely ladies here, Many Virtues be with you!

A52: LET'S MOTOR

Roll out! More backlog material, some mechanical design pieces here. Gotta be able to visualize at multiple angles.

A51: FULL EXTENT OF THE JAM

More to review -- some posts from the other side of the globe, on my Pixiv.net account (which has gone long unused, like DA :( Take heed though -- the new year, I hope to have new art up there too!)

A50: WINTER FASHION SHOW 2009

It's December! Time to recap with some unreleased art posts! We start with recent works, some costume designs and cute chibi DM's stuff.

A48: HIJACKED

Oh noes! Works in progress from AUSA this past weekend. Love the atmosphere in both of them!

A47: IBARA

Ibara Sorekara is a game I'm dying to play. I loved Ibara and Battle Garegga to death for the brief times I was able to play them. Good graphic, tough gameplay... and yeah, hot chicks piloting giant boss mechs. I was hoping to go to Japan this winter with a comic in tow, and although that's not going to happen till next year, if there is one doujinshi I'd like to have my name on, it's the Ibara series.

[Erased the 2nd page, as I still am pretty poor at katakana. It's "Deisendo" (Descend), not "Deihindo" (whut?)]

A46: ROUGH

National Novel Writing Month is already underway, and much writing's already been clocked in months beforehand. Not much at the moment, but it will be worth it in the end.

ALSO!

For the past few months, I've been going to the Video Game Zombies Podcast. It's every Wednesday and Sunday night at 9pm. Beware, as it's invasion already garners thousands and thousands (and thousands) of listeners! Maybe! http://www.livestream.com/vgzlive

A45: RAPTURE

Witness the Rapture. (l. to r: XY type A, XX type B, XY type negative, XY type positive, X neutral)

Happy Halloween.

A44: HADES ERUPTION

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZJYIVGN9

Mp3 format. 2:35 minutes long
5 files -- 2 complete tracks & 3 channel cuts.

-"Hades Eruption", remix of boss 4.
-TFIII boss 4 drum & bass channel only
-TFIII boss 4 lead & guitar channel only
-TFIII boss 4 all tones, no rhythm only
-TFIII medley of boss themes 4, 5 & 6

A43: BUTTERFLIES

Just something quick. It's nice to sketch.

A42: VALKYRIE BRIDE

A rough sketch for a wraparound cover image. It's to the wedding program book for one of my best friends. Designing the "Valkyrie Bride" robot was the most challenging, but most fun part of it all.

A41: ROCK ON

Dive bomb, baby. A bigger, more badass Tara embracing her inner heavy metal dark angel.

A40: DM'S UNSCRIPTED -- Dogged Day of Summer

A39: ASSORTMENT

No words, just sketches.















And another DM's Unscripted!

A38: FIRE WARNING

The very center of the Evil Range has gone for centuries unexplored, unseen, and unrecorded. From the most remote long range nanospy satellites deployed by the Gradius Royal Army, only this composite image could be extracted. Seconds afterwards, the palm-sized nanospy carrier body was destroyed and the signal automatically cut off before it could give away position to the Bacterians.

Early estimates put the Bacterian megafortress at over 4500 kilometers across it's widest point. The black ring that surrounds it potentially matches Planet Gradius' own circumference -- the ring itself comprised of ... billions of Core Warships, many unclassified and unconfirmed.

A37: HANGOVER

Truth be told, it's been extremely rough since San Diego Comic Con.

I willfully go with unpaid leave from work, because... well... it's San Diego Comic Con! The kinds of people I meet there, the places I go throughout Southern California, I make back in epicness what I lose in paychecks! This year I was smarter -- saved up more and budgeted for rent's sake. But losing a week's pay still hurts like hell. Especially after my car gave out on me.



I've tripped up a little, gotten pretty sullen over how much still needs to be done. But looking back, it's still been a hugely productive year. This next three months is the last big push to finish strong.

Look forward to (fantastic) news on "The Demon Mages", some doujinshi projects I've been itching to finish, and at least some words back from Anime Weekend Atlanta, New York Anime Fest, and the last minute scramble to get to Tokyo this December.

A36: RAY OF HOPE

Right now:

-Working on Demon Mages #2 through 4.

-Got another work-for-hire assignment!

-Trying to clear my desk of commissions.





Not much in the way of doodles or drawings lately, but it's not for lack of effort.

I meant to ask though, any of you out there picked up the Darkstalkers Tribute book yet?
It's REALLY REALLY good! (And I'm not just saying that because I'm in it!)

A35: OFF THE CUFF

More of the plucky Guardian, Sylvie. I was playing The Guardian Legend/Guardic Gaiden over the SDCC week, and fell back in love with it. Let's see where this goes, eh?

A34: THE GUARDIAN LEGEND

Just a quick post. SDCC was a kick in the pants, and I hope to have all my goods together later this weekend. But I mean... c'mon! It's Miria, the Guardian!

EDIT, 08-01-09: Miria's not alone! The many looks of the blue Guardian, "Sylvie."

A33: GREETINGS FROM SAN DIEGO!

It's nice out here. ALL THE TIME.
Posting up new stuff to make up for the radio silence leading up to SDCC. Got lots more to show, including pics from the con -- as in photographs!
















Tara is having TEN TIMES more fun at SDCC than last year!
















Tess could use another look, analysis is a bit too premature.















ARMS INSTALLATION IS COMPLETE, GOOD LUCK.

A32: PRECIPICE

More as Otakon/SDCC approaches. These were FUN!

A31: PRISM & SPARK

The road to Otakon and SDCC opens up today! I hope to rally some of my best new works and want to flex my muscles with OpenCanvas. Enjoy!

A30: SHOOTING STAR

My tiny nymphette Radan is just BEGGING to be a nendoroid/chibi figure of some kind! She'd be so awesome to have on my desk!



















Don't you dare stare! You betta move! Don't ever compare -- [Ari] to the rest, they'll all get sliced and diced -- Competition's payin' the price!

A29: VERTIGO

A huge batch of sketches happened between last Monday and today. Also Anime Mid-Atlantic 2009. Lots of fun had, lots of kind words and great comraderie.



















It shouldn't be this rare to cook up interesting beasties and characters.

















The "Branded Beast" ROCKS. A bit generic but still a kick in the pants to sketch.















Five points and control of the board to anyone who can guess what these three are based off of. Protip: What's my favorite genre of video games?

A28: ANIME MID-ATLANTIC

This weekend, off to another convention. Rallying artwork and gathering resources for the storm of activity come next month. Otakon 2009 and SDCC right behind. Then maybe a month after that, Comiket 76, and four months later... well stay tuned, my friends!

A27: EVERSION

Following up on the Gundam pic. Note the drastic pose change on the Acguy on the far left.

A26: SIEG ZEON

Been waaaay behind on commissions in favor of comics and staying MOTIVATED. Seems harder and harder as the months go on, which is honestly really scary. I chalk it up to more overblown expectations than absolute lack of work. I AM trying often to juggle three or five different projects at the same time.

The mood here is PERFECT. Linework, not so much. For three UC era Zeon underwater mobile suits, they're short on looks, so I had to pump up the attitude.

Also this:















What looks more and more like a definite doujin project BESIDES THE OTHER TWO is a Gradius Gaiden else-worlds take. I love the Viper and all, but she's gotta have a home away from home. That's where the battle ready, 1,300ft wide Cerberus-class supercarrier "Faraway Reach" comes into play.

A25: STAGE 1

A supreme desktop idea, and I'll be submitting updates as this thing takes shape.
Already the OpenCanvas work file is at it's layer limit for this rough image. But already the mood is here. Hope I can maintain it.

A24: KISMET

Dark elf belly dancer for this week.

A23: DANCE AND ZEAL AGAIN

Cute meido in powered-armor-like gear, ready for shmup action. I'm down.

A22: CUTTING ROOM FLOOR

First up, check out photos from Psychosako's recent update. DO EET.

NEW! Airi, from last night's paintchat session. I'm a fan of meido, what can I say?















Rozalin, from Disgaea 2.












Re-upped shooting girl Mizuho. Much better!

A21: DESTROY THE SWORD CORE

More Gradius! My frothing demand for a next-gen or retro Gradius VI cannot be sated.

About 50 frames of animation. Very happy with the juicy bits like the mini-explosions, the electricity -- always felt confident at animating electric arcs -- and the fade-in-fade-out debris. In hindsight, I could have spruced it up with a more interesting background, but the focus was getting the frames and timing together.

A20: THE FINAL FRONTIER

A Gradius-themed Friday post. YOU NEED SOME PRACTICE.