Student Work/Work for Students

Recently, I have been drawing caricatures for my students here are some...

Some bizarre boy band, Mindless Behavior?

For the boys and my friend Stacy.

There is a reason for that blue on Amare's glasses...

here it is...

Artwork from a sweet girl, Bahiyah, from my art volunteer program. 

I like her drawing of me, I will be doing the program again next year!

Don't forget Wade!

These are very quick doodles I did for my students.

I enjoy the fact that the kid made Goku and African-American,

I dig that.

This is a character from their nutrition book, Brian Broccoli and he is very strong.

Of course! Mermaids!!!

Regular Show drawing (sorry about the quality of pic)

This is a drawing I was able to recover from my stolen sketchbook. I found

out who took it, but sadly I did not get it back... Long story, don't ask!

I will upload more stuff later, take care!

Caricature Gig

It has been awhile since I had a caricature gig. I'm glad I did it though it could lead to future gigs.

The people at the party really enjoyed my drawings and were very motivational.  I have been drawing lots
of caricatures of students at my school, but I can't show those because I may get into trouble.

It's nice to hear people enjoying my drawings. When I worked at Camden, my caricatures sucked and
I definitely was told things there.  I was fortunate enough to have a good mentor/boss to guide
me through those days.  Thanks Rick!

I still have a lot to improve on and I would like to dabble in color soon. 
I will update more caricatures later, goodnight!

Animation in Progress

Hey, I did this animatic for an upcoming animation I'm working on.  You can watch it, keep in mind this is the pre-animation so it is not complete yet...

Here are some backgrounds for the animation

Sadly, I lost my sketchbook.  But, I will upload more art soon...

Thanks for stopping by!

Boardwalk Empire, Freelance, and Jerry

I'm a big fan of, "Boardwalk Empire," and I drew these scenes fromthe first episode of the new season. The first pic is Nucky's Back, Steve Buscemi, from the intro. The intro always reminded me of these two Magritte paintings...

The intro to the 1st episode is great. The song in the begininng, you only love something until you got it,( I think that's the title) really set up for the whole season. For Chalkey, it was his business in whiskey, for Nucky, it was Ms. Shroeder and his business, for Ms. Shroeder it was Nucky, and the list goes on. This first scene of Ms. Shroeder was shot very well and reminded me of the famous pearl earring painting...

Next, I drew a scene from this episode. The scene when the KKK broke down Chalkey's door was excellent and set-up for the start of this season. Here is my storyboard version of the scene...

Ended with Chalkey's scared face of almost dying.

Agent Nelson is another character I love or love to hate. Either way, his lust for power and respect got the best of him in the end. I haven't finished drawing out this scene yet, but it's the part where he cracks down on a restaurant that serves booze.

Both Nelson and Jimmy's desire to kill Nucky led to there downfall. I enjoyed this season, not as much as the first and I am excited to see what happens in the future, especially since they will be inroducing Bugsy Siegel to the cast.

Here is an ad I worked for when I was at a Vintage Shop in Brooklyn. I enjoyed drawing the sailors because I got to make them old timey and I am nostalgic for the past.

This next piece is for a friend's band, and I'm still working on it. It's cartoony now so I will make it more "illustrative." It's pretty much a guy shooting death and I got the character's face by relooking at Chester Gould's, "Dick Tracey."

Lastly, here are studies of Jerry that I copied and later inked.

That's it, I will update my animatic soon with more drawings. Stay tuned!

Nostalgia: MAT Thesis Show

Below is a description of the show. In a nutshell, my show is called Nostalgia. It is a look back into my childhood when I started making comics. For this exhibit, I decided to recreate a comic I did when I was eight. You can see all the images from the show below the description, including the ones that I did when I was a child. Perhaps later I will update images of the display of the show.