Character Design single panel cartoon

Our most recent project for Professor Goldsmith's character design class was a single panel cartoon and I settled on a bit about tattooing loved ones. Right now the main question is, Is that mom or girlfriend?

dangers of internet browsing

Here is an illustration centered around the dangers of surfing and shopping on the internet. I've attached my rough concept piece and my first stab at color. There will be a bunch more as narrowing down my palette is giving me fits.

Too much partying during Halloween editorial

I'm currently working on an editorial based around L.A.'s wild Halloween party scene. In the article there is a list of party goers arrested so here is my take and on debauchery and Saint Hallows Eve. The rough has a police officer on the left and a guy in cuffs on the right. The final due date is fast approaching.

Kurt Vonnegut editorial

This is the rough and final for a Kurt Vonnegut short story entitled Harrison Bergeron.

character study of a giant robot for Jason Parker's "The Mission"

Here is an early concept sketch for an animated movie currently in development.

Wallace Turn Around sheet

Here is a turn around sheet of Wallace as he carries his gym bag and shot put.

Wallace and Fletch

I'm taking Doug Goldsmith's character design course and we just wrapped our first project. Here is a comparison sheet of Wallace the Scottish track and field athlete and Fletch, the  neurotic old hippy. 

intelligence and plants

Here's my take on mother nature for Christopher Darling's editorial class

editorial spot

I'm taking an editorial class at KSU and we just wrapped up our first editorial spot. The topic is the supreme court and how they protect police  in lieu of recent questionable shootings. Attached is the first draft as well as the final

Unending Worlds columns

Here is the Unending World's Cover final in process with two different pillar styles to decide between

Mission character studies

Here are two character sketches of our protagonist done in copic marker and finished roughly in photoshop

The mission next draft

Here is the mission poster with the face finalized and the craft roughed in

skateboard deck illustration

Here is a board deck illustration in process for Tommy Anarchy boards. 

Unending Worlds cover

Here are 2 black and white roughs and one color mockup for Steven Carrol's Unending Worlds novel. 

Final poster process

Going into the final stretch for The Mission poster. I took some screen grabs of my color process as well as an awkward personal photo reference. Next up is our protagonist's clothes and the surrounding technology.

Round 2 of SciFi concepts

Here is the next set of poster ideas for Jason parker's The Mission.

After looking at the previous roughs, we are focusing on the protagonists experience rather than an abstract image

movie poster roughs

Rough concept posters for an upcoming animated short written by the very talented Jason Parker.

Apoc characters study

2 character studies for an upcoming boardgame

The DCXC Distance Project final

Here's the final cross country event poster with text help from my older bro and runner modeling help from my wife.

color rough for upcoming DC cross country event

The next draft for the upcoming DC cross country event poster