D06: MARCHING ON

DM's for everybody!


Glad this month is almost over. April is coming and some big events lie ahead!

C07: SEE ALSO

Been neglectful of the blog lately. Let's fix that.


Yeah I'm hype for the Nintendo 3DS. Yeah I'm going to get a Japanese version for Senran Kagura. Did I forget to mention I like ninjas? And platforming/fighting games? And cute moeblobs? A lot?!


Tara, actually doing her job as a medic in a rejected image. She's extra skinny here, but still very cute. I like the earnestness in her face.



I've got a lot on my desk right now, so you get to see some of the stuff that didn't make the cut here! Huzzah! The rest you can check out at Pixiv and Deviantart.

C06: CLEAR SKIES AHEAD

YES! Day job has returned to normal! Money is in the bank, a trip to New York City this weekend is in the works. Things are already looking up!


[A selection from my still-being-worked-on commissions list.]

-That said, unfortunately San Diego Comic Con is off the books. There was no way between getting set for Japan, and the events afterward for me to put in for attendee badge or pros applications. I miss California already, but another time... 2012...

-I'm deferring to the trifecta of Otakon (end of July), Anime Weekend Atlanta (late Sept.) and New York Comic Con (mid Oct.) to make my presence felt. Really it's always the fall where my work picks up, so things should work out just fine.

-Still an unhealthy stack of work to finish, so maybe this place in April will be my checklist.

B36: MUCH THANKS

Much thanks that I'm back in the saddle and ready for 2011!

Much thanks for hindsight that says "I did a lot of really, REALLY impressive artwork this year!"

Much thanks to the people willing to take a chance on me, whether it was a success or a failure.

Much thanks for having nothing but sheer persistance and a bitter refusal to quit.

Much thanks to everyone who follows my work, no matter who you are. Who are you anyway!?

B34: ALL IS NOT LOST

For Ari is here, fresh from Nekocon! It was actually a pretty strong table presence there! Angry Viking Press was there in form, if not spirit. A good way to end a good year.

Sketchcards will definitely be a fixture of regular drawing, much less conventions from now on!

B25: PERFECT!

August is over! Thank goodness, 'cause that wasn't fun! What WAS a ton of fun was this gift art for a special friend of mine... Tasty looking parfait, huh?

B11: DM's FLYERS #3 -- TESS

B08: GROWL, FROM THE DIGITAL HAZE

Chalk up one finished commission. 100% digital work. Go me.

B06: DEBTS TO SOCIETY

I think this all-in-one image format should work out fine.

Here, clockwise from top to bottom is a color example of the current commission I'm working on. Next is the brutally delicious Tira, from Soul Calibur. And, with maybe a better sized version later is a design sheet for my mecha musume, Hikaru. Hard to believe, it's been nearly a year since I played with those characters...

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!

A43: BUTTERFLIES

Just something quick. It's nice to sketch.

A41: ROCK ON

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

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.

A24: KISMET

Dark elf belly dancer for this week.

A19: THE FRIDAY NEWS ROUNDUP

Element Daughter Ai, from Dodonpachi Daifukkatsu.











More on goth-loli-bot Ophelia. Her robot parts are hawt.



















Crazy Goddess Virgo, descending on some poor freedom fighter; RefleX by SiterSkain is the reference.

A13: LUCKY

Managed to get something blog-worthy up in time before Monday's end!

A10: MEIDO-SAN MOE?!

Now, this is blog worthy. In the past four days, I've done 12 sketches, retraced 7, developed and corrected the first and hopefully by the end of the day, I'll have three more inked. This work-for-hire assignment I'm on comes hot on the heels of possibly my best lineart and color work in a LONG time, turned in ON TIME to Udon Comics. Even before that, I did another piece as the cover of a convention handbook, and completely redid the cover to my comic book! Productivity since the Valentine's Day weekend has gone THROUGH THE ROOF -- OH YEAH, and I did two, count'em TWO dakimakura design submissions! Lace-chan here is one of them!

Right now, to cleanse the palate (not palette) of all the cartoony artwork this week, I'm going to try and put together some sketches for a friend who wants to draft a game proposal. Whew! I tell you what -- a week of being 200$ in the negative really changed my perspective.

A09: HOLY SMOKES!

Queen's Blade! Just for sake of posting and sticking to the Monday gig -- I just finished my UDON submission this past weekend, got my work-for-hire stuff started and am pounding through art at a much higher pace than normal. Hopefully through this week I'll have DM's stuff or more of the shmup ideas. Stay tuned!