I'm BAAAACK.

Okay.. Two months since I posted..

Another case of too little time.. I haven't stopped drawing- just haven't had loads of time to scan.


Well to start things off: here's a pinup I did for James Mason, creator of Urban Shogun..

89: Bats...

88: The Meet

Kinda like that first day at college, and that first girl that catches your eye.

Battle Tech

General Baxter: House of Liao

Xenephobia

 

Drop Ship

Here are some pieces that I completed for a Battletech RPG recently.

87: Dragon Punch

86: Herc Ullyssess, Ninja Redneck.

85: more Wilson Fisk

84: Kingpin sketches.

Just felt like doing my own rendition of the Big Guy.

I was in the Gutters recently

Really. Literally in the gutters.. I've included a sample of the comic, but go to the Gutters website to see the full entry.

Sketch a Day 83: Street Fighter

Ryo Making Fireball

Chun Li

I actually did these over the Christmas Holiday.. well.. it was a sketch on THAT day..

Daredevil Doodles

Am I back on the wagon? I really can't say, but I do have a stack of sketches I've been wanting to scan..

Here's the first.

Daredevil.. no explanation needed I hope..

Hey- I'm in Layers..

Not "layered" in a deep kind of way.. I was just one of the featured artists in a layered article by Paul Hebron.


I had the awesome opportunity to work with Paul years ago when he was the Art Director over the Star Wars Miniatures line for Wizards of The Coast/Hasbro. He did an awesome job on that line, not only with the figures, but he used his graphic design skills to really improve the packaging.

When he asked me to write some words on the art of networking, I didn't know it was for such a widely read design publication, but you can see my words below.. Thanks again to Paul for including me in a gallery of much better artists than myself.

Unfortunately the issue this is featured in is the LAST issue for the Layers Magazine.. But I think it will continue as an online magazine if you're interested. 

Snake Eyes and Helix

I bought an issue of IDW's GiJoe a while back, and the leading characters in that issue were Snake Eyes and Helix( the woman). I did a quick sketch of a composition I liked and then went forward for the final image.

It took me several passes and reworking the composition to get something I liked.
I have to thank Bernard Shepard for taking on the inks( especially since my pencils were heavy, complex and sometimes not totally plannd out) He did a great job- you can check out more of his work over at StudioRevolver.com.

After the inks were finished I also struggled with the colors as well, but in the last leg everything came together.

Bezerker Cap

Okay,.. I haven't been around for a while, but I've been working on a lot of freelance work lately. When I can I'll post up that stuff just as well.

Inception Comic Cover contest over at Deviant Art

DA recently had an inception inspire contest.. They provided a script that explained the run up to the Inception movie.. Basically the end scene of the script is the beginning of the movie- it details how they figured out how to get into Saito's head.

I had to pretty much do the whole thing in around 5 hours, so I didn't have time to make things really pretty, buyt I like the overall composition.

Do me a favor and click on this link to DA, and help me bump up my view count for this..

Thanks,

riq.


Inception Cover B by *riq on deviantART