my website riqart.com and my Redeemer comic at The Weekly Revolver.

Monday, March 31, 2008

The Spirit

Supes


I'm trying to do quick paints now. At least 2-3 a a week hopefully.

Thursday, March 6, 2008

Zorro


I did this headshot for David at the Baltimore Con last year. He was kind enough to send me a jpeg of it.

Saturday, February 2, 2008

White Wolf Illustrations.











Some months ago I did quite a few illustrations for a couple of White Wolf books. The books are finally on the stands, so I can show and tell.

I had a fun time doing these and discovered a few new techniques in the process. I did 19 portraits for Fall of the Camarilla, and 5 for the new Scion book.

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Redeemer layouts.










More Redeemer Stuff. My Layouts for the Redeemer intro.

Friday, December 21, 2007

Sketchy Doodles



Scarlett from Gi Joe.. I did a quick layout for Scarlett and then took 2 months to finish it.. It really doesn't look much like her.. I'll give it another go in the future.

And here is my very "bright" version of black cat.. I might fill in some black on her one day..

Character Sketches








I've been working on a 9 page preview for a proposal I'm doing with a writer. I got the thumbnail for the comic finished, and then realized I should actually design the characters.

Hopefully the pictures speak for themselves.

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Redeemer Character Designs


I'm still working on the sequential pages, but I took some time to flesh out the look and feel of the two main characters.

Lots of design ideas and coaching from John Christopher.

Sunday, December 9, 2007

Orion Quick Sketch


I did this Orion sketch upon request. It went in the back of a sketchbook I sold. (Thanks Jerry).
Absolutely my first time drawing a New God. Luckily I had just saw an episode of Justice League with Orion in it, so I had some understanding of the character.

Cyborg- DC card art


I can finally add this piece that I did quite a few months ago. My studio mate Tom Feiser hooked me up with this. They needed the image ASAP, and I knocked out this baby overnight. I did the whole shebang: pencils, inks and colors.

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Get Carter



Here is a commission I did for Craig Zablo at StalloneZone. Sly from Get Carter.

Sunday, November 18, 2007

Going ape..


Just wanted to draw a simian looking bloke..

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Fire in the Hole


Quick sketch for fun- ala' Sgt.Fury etc...

Monday, October 29, 2007

final cards

Here are the final inked and toned cards.
Here are the final inked and toned cards.

Friday, October 26, 2007

Card Commission


Wow.. It's been over a month since I last posted.. I have been drawing-quite a lot. And that's the reason that I haven't had time to post. I have some stuff I'm itching to share, but alas, I signed some silly contracts with some non-disclosure clauses in them.

But.. I've got a great opportunity to do some sketch cards for Michael DiBenedetto. Here are the cards in the sketch phase.. keep posted for the finals- coming soon.

Friday, September 28, 2007

One Uncouth Dude


Been working on some RPG illos.. this is a sketch I created in the process..

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

New commission


I just got back from a whirlwind trip to Baltimore. Along with the convention, I took some time to visit family.

I got a chance to do a fun commission for Bill Nolan. It was a pic of Captain Marvel, and I threw in Billy Batson to add some fun to the piece. (I've swiped this image from Bills comicartsfan page, but I don't think he'll mind)

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

The gang is all here: Marvel Masterpieces




Sketch cards for Upper Deck.. My approach changed quite a bit as I got deeper thru the stack, and I ended up doing the latter cards with marker.. And then I went back and added marker to the first one's I did. I definitely loosened up as I progressed thru the cards.. It was a fun project.

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

More excerpts from my sketchbook

Nightwing, Lacey( from "The Ride"), and Katana(from "Outsiders").

Thursday, August 23, 2007

More sketches

One is a test image I did using watercolor.. I had to gear up for 19 portrait images I'm doing for an RPG right now.. I wanted to work out a, somewhat, consistent approach to the series. I've done OK so far, but some pictures beg for a slightly different treatment.. I'll actually be repainting one, just to match it with the style of the others.. That's always been one of my challenges.. Stylistic consistency.