Kid Hercules makes his dramatic return in these four, full-color illustrations for weeks 17-20 of my 52-week drawing challenge. You can check out my progress so far here: 52 Week Drawing Challenge
Tag: comics
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The Return of Kid Hercules
Heroic Kid Hercules battles the iron-clad criminal Chrome-Dome. Kid Hercules struggles to prevent a science lab generator from falling on Vidya as one of Dr. Finkenstein’s killer robots approaches. Young superhero Kid Hercules is faced with safely calming Big Baby. Kid Hercules confronts the deadly, hydra-headed, Mega Venus Flytrap! How will he escape the lashing tongues and crushing jaws of his many-mouthed foe? -
Inktober 2018: Week 4
Here are the last of my Inktober illustrations. I had such a great time doing these and am a little bit sorry to see this year’s challenge come to a close. Drawing challenges are a great way to improve as an illustrator, as I learned awhile back when I did my first 365 Drawing Challenge. I’m already looking forward to next year’s Inktober! Until then, here’s a couple of my favorites from week four:
You can see the rest of these in my Inktober 2018 Gallery.
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Inktober 2018: Week 3
Happy Halloween! Even as October comes to a close, I still have plenty of Inktober illustrations to share. Here are a couple of favorites from week 3. You can check out the rest in my Inktober 2018 gallery.
Dad can’t stop himself from eating all his child’s Halloween candy. -
Inktober 2018: Week 2
So here I am with another week down in this year’s Inktober challenge. I felt like I got into a nice groove with these. It helps that I have been keeping to my Halloween theme for all the official word prompts. My first hang-up so far with that was for the prompt on day 12, “whale.” I have to admit I was completely stumped as to how to stick to my Halloween theme for whale. In the end, I decided to go for a bit of a Charles Addams approach. (You can see my solution for that one here.) So maybe not directly Halloween-themed, but certainly odd (if not potentially quite horror-filled!).
Below are a few of my personal favorites for Inktober 2018: Week 2. Visit my Inktober 2018 gallery to see them all!
Exhausted | Inktober Day 7. Out-of-shape zombie has a hard time getting a fresh meal. Flowing | Inktober Day 10. Electricity and life flowing into Dr. Frankenstein’s monster! 
Cruel | Inktober Day 11. The unholy terror of the man who gave out broccoli on Halloween! -
Inktober 2018: Week 1
Here are a couple of my favorites from Inktober 2018: Week 1. This marks my first time participating in the yearly Inktober drawing challenge, and so far I am having a real blast! I am sticking with a standard, kid-friendly Halloween theme, working from the daily word prompts compiled for this years’ challenge. You can learn more about the challenge and its originator, Jake Parker, at inktober.com. Be sure to check out all of my Inktober illustrations in my Inktober 2018 gallery.
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Comic Book Style Numbers | Client: SCBWI
I had the wonderful opportunity to illustrate a set of twelve comic book style numbers for the upcoming issue of SCBWI’s mid-Atlantic magazine, The Highlighter. The numbers were for an article on twelve tips for writing graphic novels, by Eisner Award-winning author Paul Tobin (Bandette, Plants vs. Zombies). I have to say it was a real honor to be able to prove artwork for such an accomplished writer!
Many of the number designs are inspired by popular superheroes, such as Superman, Batman, Iron Man, The Human Torch, and X-Men’s Nightcrawler. Admittedly, the Fantastic Four one is a little on the nose but I’m still happy with how these all came out. You’ll have to be a SCBWI member to read the article, but you can check out larger versions of my artwork in the gallery below!
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Wonder Realtor Part 6: Best of C-ville Winner 2017
The illustrated ad campaign I’ve been working on for the past couple of months came to its dramatic conclusion last week in Wonder Realtor Part 6: C-ville’s Best Realtor 2017. My client, Heather Griffith of Nest Realty, was nominated for the title and wanted to do a series of fun, comic book style ads to encourage voting. I’m so happy to have my work appear in C-ville Weekly’s much-loved annual Best of C-ville issue. It’s such a great resource for discovering new places to eat or shop, and is the one issue people in Charlottesville hang on to. I am also pleased that the ad celebrates a happy and diverse community, particularly in the wake of our recent tragedy. C-ville Weekly’s annual Best of C-ville for 2017 is on stands now.
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Wonder Realtor Part 5 | Client: Nest Realty
I got a happy surprise after completing part four of the Wonder Realtor ad campaign. Turns out, everyone was so happy with the ads that they decided to go ahead and have me do one more. Heather thought it would be nice to show her and her family expressing their thanks to everyone who voted for her. (Heather was nominated for best realtor C-ville Weekly’s annual Best of C-ville.) I figured this was a great opportunity to show the whole family as having super powers, and help gives the ad a little more of a narrative flow beyond a simple “thanks for voting.”
I had so much fun working on this ad campaign and am super-grateful to have had the chance to do an additional bonus Wonder Realtor ad. And who knows? If Heather wins in August, I may get to do one more!
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Wonder Realtor Part 4 | Client: Nest Realty
Wonder Realtor Part 4 came out yesterday in this week’s C-ville. It’s the last of a four-part comic book style ad campaign for Heather Griffith of Nest Realty, who was nominated for Best Real Estate Agent in C-ville Weekly’s yearly Best of Charlottesville. I had so much fun working on this campaign! While I’m a little sad it is over already, the good news it that Heather is currently ahead in the voting and may very well win. If so, I’ll have a chance to do one more final Wonder Realtor ad announcing the win and thanking all the people who voted.
Below is a shot of the ad from the magazine.
