HERO BOT CON

 Hero Bot Con

TOMORROW!

I will be there with prints and books to sell - 

get your copy of ISSUE #2 of Adventures in Crapville!

Hope to see you there!

For more info:  Hero Bot Con

RRE Update

I will be these upcoming events:

River Road Expo

http://www.riverroadexpo.com/

Hero Bot Con

http://www.pageoneentertainment.com/herobotcon/

And a couple images for fun:

AiC Deluxe Issue #1

ISSUE #2 at HeroBot Con!

I'm planning on drawing sketch commissions at RRE, stop by the table to get one! 

Here are a couple from previous events:

See you soon!

RRE

THIS WEEKEND!

Upcoming Events and Sailor Moon

There are some amazing events happening in the next few months! CHECK THEM OUT:

Tails Vol 1 Release Party:

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Writing and Illustrated by Ethan Young, Tails vol 1 is almost here!

Come hang out with Ethan. 

Get your copy of Tails signed by him!

Pick up some prints, or artwork by Ethan! Don't miss this great event.

www.tailscomic.com

http://www.facebook.com/Tailscomic

http://www.facebook.com/events/471701216188573/

ART FIGHT:

Saturday, September 1, 2012

7:00pm at the Elmira Elks Lodge!

 Doors Open at 6:30pm!

http://www.facebook.com/events/131892633620941/

River Road Expo:

Saturday, October 6, 2012

11:00am - 6:00pm

Tioga Downs Casino

2384 West River Road Nichols, NY

http://pageoneentertainment.com/herobotcon/index.html

Hero Bot Con 2012:

Saturday, October 27, 2012 - BACK FOR YEAR #2 Going to be AMAZING!

http://pageoneentertainment.com/herobotcon/index.html

And finally, to show that I have been drawing and not just slacking off (AiC is coming along!!) here is Sailor V and Sailor Moon because I love them.

See you soon!

10K & California

Wow 10,000 page views - that's crazy to me! Thank you all for visiting and checking out my art!

This unfortunately will just be a quick post as I am currently counting down the hours until I will be on my way to CALIFORNIA! I'm incredibly excited to see college friends, go to the beach, and make a quick stop  at a little shindig known as San Diego ComicCon. I can't wait to go, and I'm sure I'll be so overwhelmed by the enormity of it all that I'll just end up wandering around for 8 hours but it will still be amazing.

I have been working on new art, I swear! (Although you wouldn't know it from the lack of activity on here). I hope that upon returning from California I will have lots of art and photos to post to make up for lack of consistent posts. Until then I leave you with part of a design, and a sexy summer lady, that ended up on a tshirt that you will see when I get back!

Groundhog Killer

Daily doodle of my friend Deanna who talked about offing some woodchucks/groundhogs who are the enemy of my mother's garden and used to try to kill our horses (I'm not a big fan).

Swanburger

Pick up your copy Sunday, June 10th at the Mini Bot Art Party!

ELMIRA ELKS LODGE #62 4:00-8:00pm

Upcoming Events!

Ross Campbell Book Signing! 
Saturday, May 26 2:00-4:00

Q&A: 6:30-9:30

Ross Campbell is the writer and artist of: Wet Moon, Shadoweyes, Water Baby

Interior art: TMNT: Leonardo, Glory, Fraggle Rock, House of Mystery and more!!!

Join us at Heroes Your Mom Threw Out on Saturday, May 26th.

Get your books signed by Ross. Then join us for another great Heroes Q & A Session later in the day at the Elmira Elks Club! 

http://mooncalfe.deviantart.com/

http://www.greenoblivion.com/

...and then...

Say Hello to Summer with an Art Party!

Mini Bot Arty Party - Sunday, June 10, 2012 at 4:00pm

Ethan Young! www.tailscomic.com

F. Boley! www.greatbattlesamericanlore.com

Andrew Wales! www.andrewwales.blogspot.com

Joey Schichtel! www.joeyvegasics.deviantart.com

Dan Morris! www.mycheerfulnightmare.blogspot.com

Emily Swan! www.aswannamedemily.com

& MORE!

Why Mini Bot Art Party is going to be special:

It is a pre-release party for Ethan Young's Volume 1 of Tails. If you pre-order the book, he will sketch for you, anything your heart desires during the party! (THIS IS AWESOME, because his sketches are way rad).

It is the premiere of F. Boley's Great Battles #1 comic! He will also have pages of #2 for you to check out!  The premiere of Artist to Artist #1 shot from Andy Wales!

*Hey look - me!* It is the premiere of SWANBURGER #0! From the talented Emily Swan!

(who is probably drawing pages for it right now)

Fresh new artwork from Dan Morris and Joey Schichtel! 

It's at the Elks Lodge! Cheap booze! Loud Music!

What else is going on in your life on a Sunday afternoon?

I will miss you...

Thor is understandably upset. I'm sad to be missing the midnight showing of Avengers - but unfortunately big girl work forces me to be responsible and wait to see it a little later.

Also, I would like to note that in real life I'm sure I could not even reach Chris Hemsworth's chest as he is OVER a foot taller than me.

HP Luna

So I'm still working on putting together my stuff from the Pittsburgh trip, but while you wait, here's a picture of Luna from Harry Potter

Upcoming Event!

Celebrating the RE-PRINT of Issue #1 of Adventures in Crapville. Hooray! The new print will include amazing pin-up art from wonderful artists and preview art for Issue #2.

The Boob Window

In response to the change in Power Girl's costume, and the great comic editorial on Gutters (http://www.the-gutters.com/comic/256-fabio-redivo ).

I will miss you.

"Adventures in Valentine's Day"

A few teaser images that I was playing around with for issue #2 of Adventures in Crapville - perfect for today.
What's in store for Andy & Leah?

"Cartoonime"

Poster for upcoming classes! Generic so I can fill in dates and times as needed.

I think the image is the one I'm going to use on my new batch of business cards. Thoughts?

Drink and Draw

On Saturday (February 4th) I participated in a Drink & Draw at the local comic shop (Heroes). Unfortunately I was fighting a nasty cold and couldn't drink BUT I did draw and I had a great time.  It was awesome to be in a space with so many artists creating art in incredible and varying ways. Really great time all around.

Here are a couple photos of the piece I did. *Nods to Norman Rockwell for the hand painting.*

Ok I lied...

I forgot, since I took the photos on their phones, to post pictures of the lovely cos-play my friends had at comic-con. This is the easiest place to find them:  http://sketchsaloon.blogspot.com/

You may recognize them from a piece I posted earlier in the blog.

Randel as "Randy" from Neo-Angelique

Randel & Kristen from Neo-Angelique

"New friend" from the above art.

 Their costumes looked awesome! It was neat to see the people who approached them either knowing who they were or just admiring the costumes.

And I think that is finally it on comic-con photos and art. I've got some new art to post in the next few days, stay tuned!

Hawaii gift

My friend had the opportunity to continue her studies in athletic/sports related training, therapy...something (? I think) in HAWAII; needless to say I was incredibly jealous. And after taking some crap from the UConn footballers I figured this is exactly what studying in Hawaii should be like.

Comic Con Part 4

The last post from Comic Con!
For those of you that talked to me after I went you know there was TONS of stuff that I babbled on incessantly about but I feel like I covered a pretty good amount here in the blog. I got a camera for Christmas this year - so now when I go to conventions I can not only take 3x as many photos but they will also be a bit nicer! (My camera abilities are really poor so I make no promises about the photos themselves but the resolution will be sensational).
This last set is of a couple of cos-players who not only hung out and chatted with us (and were cool dudes), but indulged my taking lots of photos. Also, one of their friends who was not in costume was a huge Pittsburgh Penguins fan - so we were buds immediately. Go Pens!

Bane needs a moment to conduct business.

Uh oh Bats...

It's on now.

Defeated!

Hold for applause. 

Rocketeer!

The helmet went the way of batman.

Moral of the story? Bane and Rocketeer were awesome. Comic Con was amazing. Here's to more in the future!

Christmas Pause!

Before I post the last set of comic con photos, I wanted to put up the Christmas card I drew for this year. The idea came from Jared (http://momthrewout.com/) (who also wrote Adventures in Crapville); he shot me an email with the idea asking if it was something I wanted to work on and 2 days later I saw him at the shop with a nearly finished version. I mailed/handed out a bunch of them but it case you didn't see it here you go:

NYCC Part 3

Artists in Artist Alley!
As silly as it may sound, with part of the cast from the Avengers being at the con this year, but the people I was most excited to see where the hundreds of artists in the alley. It was my chance to meet the people behind the art I buy every month, hang on my walls, and obsessively track through various art related websites. It was also my chance this year to gain feedback on my own art and maybe get my name out there just a little bit.
There aren't as many photos as I was talking with people and didn't have my phone out.

Alvin Lee
http://www.alvinleeart.com/

Daniel Sampere
http://danielsampereart.blogspot.com/

Awesome "Death" print I got.

Jonboy Meyers
http://www.jonboymeyers.com/

This guy was so awesome - I bought his sketchbook and he did this really detailed drawing of...(something from warcraft?) I may have not known what it was - but it gave me a great chance to just talk with him while he drew.

Ryan Benjamin
http://www.ryanbenjamin.com/

Ryan is the artist on the new Batman Beyond comics and I love, love love his stuff so to watch him draw this amazing commission of Terry as Batman and old Bruce behind was just incredible.

I stood and watched him draw for a while.

I didn't get a photo with Brad Guigar (see post about Evil Inc.) but as I mentioned in a past post - we had a great conversation and talked probably the most about my art. There were so many artist that I talked to and didn't snap photos of, but all in all amazing time.

One more set of photos after this, and then it will almost be time for another con season!