duplicating the kiss

copying picasso's the kiss... fun times at painting lounge in brooooklyn!

sketch 048 - bday hulk

happy birthday, peter

sketch 047 - harrowing

i present to you... mr. richard harrow from boardwalk empire.

sketch 046 - oliphant

a floating decapitated head of an elephant.... HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

get the print here!

sketch 045 - kamandi

hey, look! kamandi says "hi!"

"Hi!"

sketch 044 - herr johann kraus

i. love. bprd.

sketch 043 - cheshire

a request!!!

sketch 042 - prince tuftan

i've been reading lots of kamandi - kirbylicious!  here's prince tuftan of the tiger people...

sketch 041 - fabio moo!

my favorite weekly comic book award show, awesomed by comics (listen to them, y'all), told listeners to draw fabio moo... so here's my fabio moo...

note: the o's are moon-shaped. mwahaha

"m o o o o . . . "

check out the real fabio moon here.

sketch 040 - caught 'em

Pika-chu

sketch 039 - hookah

mmmm mmmm hookah! played around with photoshop... if you're interested in buying a hard copy... go here: dA Print Store

sketch 038 - chefish

sketch 037 - big brain vs venom

big brain from futurama versus the ever-so-popular venom...

"braaaaains... mwaaaa"

sketch 036 - goblin

POST #50!!! YAY FOR ME!!!

sketch 035 - aqualad

one of my favorite new characters from this past year... young justice's aqualad... the coloring is inspired by ba and moon's "daytripper" --- amazing book, get it!

sketch 034 - ancient joe

one of my favorite comics of all time... c. scott morse's ancient joe... here's a portrait of joe chillin in a beach

sketch 033 - my sweet tooth

started off planning to draw sweet tooth but i decided to just stick with the buck... sorry, gus - next time

sketch 032 - posh andrew

another interesting photo from new york magazine fall fashion issue.. this is andrew from andrew andrew fashion blog

(actual picture from mag right below - photo by james mollison)

sketch 031 - carla

new york magazine fall fashion issue got some interesting photography.. this is carla sozzani

(actual picture from mag right below - photo by james mollison)

panel 004 - journey into mystery 626

kid loki is definitely my favorite in marvel comics... love what kieron gillen is doing with this character...

here's the original panel from the crazy talented doug braithwaite from journey into mystery #626...

panel 003 - tintin - the shooting star @#!$!@#

who doesn't like some tintin?  well, here's cap'n haddock...

a panel from tintin - the shooting star by herge... original panel below

sketch 030 - legion of runaways!

chris sims and the high-minded one, matt wilson, from war rocket ajax podcast (LISTEN TO THEM) mentioned that their fantasy amalgam series (marvel + dc) would be legion of runaways... THAT IS GENIUS!!!  so here it is...

from L to R: old lace, phantom arsenic, lightning man, ultra girl, black witch, brainy, wild lucy

gert + phantom girl = phantom arsenic
chase + lightning lad = lightning man
molly! + ultra boy = ultra girl
nico + white witch = black witch
alex + brainiac 5 = brainy
karolina + wildfire = wild lucy

p.s.: old lace is a mechanical albertosaurus found in a cave in the outskirts of gotham city.

also check out matt digges's amalgam reborn tumblr.

batman inc 005 - mall security batman

it's mall security batman from dkr v. penny-snatching mutants

inspired by mr. dan hipp's work (i had a tough time figuring out the angle of this sketch until i browsed through some of his sketches). enjoy!

"You're MINE, punk!"

panel 002 - "how are you gonna rock my world, dr. strange?"

steve ditko is the man!  here's the original panel... from strange tales #110 (1963)

batman inc 004 - tiki batman

alcohol business is recession-proof.

ps: i loooooove painkiller

panel 001 - criminal - the last of the innocent 2

can't seem to draw hilarious batman tonight so i'm starting my "panel" work... i take a random panel from a favorite comic book or oldie-but-goodie (i'm eyeing those DITKO panels...).  this one is from ed brubaker and sean phillip's latest criminal arc (criminal: the last of the innocent #2 to be exact).  i fucking love sean phillips!  (here's the original panel)

batman inc strip: recruitment drive!!!

first time doing a comic strip - big thanks to darren shan for the storyboard/writing!

batman inc 003 - exploring diversity batman

"I think Ron's lying..."

batman inc 002 - lumber-bat-man

the batman inc series continues...

"I'm a lumberjack --- I'm okay!"

batman inc 001 - tax consultant batman

you think it's easy to start a corporation?

"Mmmrrrrrrr..."

sketch 029 - barong mask

having some fun with the brush markers... this is a balinese barong mask.  here's a link to a quick fact about the myth behind the mask: wiki.

session 004 - july 27, 2011 drink-n-draw at 3rd ward

*yawn* that was a nice break...  i went back to 3rd ward again to stretch out my drawing muscles.  i decided to approach the drawing with very linear and angular look.  these are all done in 20 minutes each.  hope you like 'em!

sketch 028 - summer of 3011

From L to R: Ferro Lad, Lightning Lad, Saturn Girl, Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Wildfire, Kid Quantum

memories from summer of 3011 - here are my favorite legionnaires... that's right, no cosmic boy!  cosmic boy hates fun...

anyways, i'm also attaching the black and white version of picture above below - fun coloring activity for the kids out there!

hope you guys enjoy!  i'm kinda proud of this piece...

sketch 027 - honest abe and friends

abe sapien!!! who doesn't love this guy?

session 003 - june 16, 2011 drink-n-draw at 3rd ward

another interesting session at the 3rd ward... this time, with FISH NETS!  here's a few things i liked from the night's session...

sketch 026 - octopus

i think i'm missing two arms...

sketch 025 - spidey

here comes the spider-man! inspired from watching tekkon kinkreet - amazing anime showing great dynamic animation... it should be how spider-man the anime looks like