The blog is closed..

Okay.. I had 3 posts in 2012, and none this year..

I think it's fair to say this blog is closed.

I might post some announcements and updates, but I can't see putting any new artwork here anymore.. Along with Facebook, twitter, and my other personal websites, I just don't have the time to make new updates.

If you want to see my new work, goto  www.riqart.com, and I will have a weekly updated comics at www.theweeklyrevolver.com.

So check me out at those links, and I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Thanks,

Tariq.

space pope

Space Pope. Done for newest Eclipse Phase RPG

Here is my submission for the Project Rooftop Fantastic Four redesign.

Over a year in waiting.. I haven't stopped posting, I just have too many social outlets.. Personal website, Studio Website, Facebook, Twitter..

I just can't update them all... With that said, I'll do my best.. and I'll at least post when I have updates elsewhere.

Here is the painting I did for the Heroes Con art auction.. Cloak and Dagger no less..

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

Eclipse Phase: Gate Crashing

I got the opportunity to work with Rob Boyle on Eclipse Phase again.. I did three images for their first book, but only one chapter opening this time around.

It was a fun assignment, an I tried a new approach this time around.. One of my first commissions when I did everything digitally.. I got to spend some time on a friend's Cintiq, so I went from concept to final all in Photoshop.

Here's a quick overview of the plot of this RPG,

Gatecrashing takes you through the mysterious Pandora Gates:
* The 5 solar system gates and the factions that control them
* 30 extrasolar locations of interest to Firewall
* Exploration operations and hazards
* New morphs, new gear, and rules for gate use

Learn more here on the Eclipse Phase blog

here are some of my steps thru the process:

Here are the thumb nails that I sent out to the Art Director. I had more, but I felt these two were the
strongest. And unless I got direction to do something different, I wanted to go with these.

After the initial concepts were approved with some small notes on compotion, I started with a BW tonal painting.. I pushed and pulled the forms and toyed with the composition until I came to a final image that I liked.

This is on the way to the final image.. I played with the "Pandora's Gate" ( depicted at the bottom of the composition) I had it on a separate layer, so I could push pull and stretch it until I got a composition that I liked.