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..

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.

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

Sinestro.

I've been working on this painting for sometime now.. Not everyday, just a little here and there. Everytime I tried to make an end rally to finish it, I never liked it, so I ended up repainting quite a few time.. And then it just became too much time spent. so I scanned it and did a paint over in photoshop..

I plan to repaint the original based on this photoshop image. The model for this was Chris Burns

Blast from the Past. Gen 13 Submission

I did this 4 page sample around 91 or 92 when I was living in Japan..  I lost the originals when a crap load of my stuff was stolen when I was moving out of my apt back in Osaka.

Luckily a friend of mine had already put these on the web( I knew almost nothing of how to do webpages at the time) Of course a few months later I put together my own website in Go Live- so I wasn't that far behind the curve..

I still like these pages, but I think their biggest short coming is story.. Not only story telling, but the actual story is pretty boring.. I'm driven to draw better stories now-a-days.. Even if I do samples I feel compelled to do an entertaining story,,

Another Kerebos Sneaky-Sneak.

I liked this page a lot too.

Sneak Peek to Keberos

Here's one of my favorite panels from the story I'm currently working on with Director/Actor Kely McClung.. It's a prequel to his independent movie Kerberos..

Check out the movie page here.

Kerberos comic

I'm currently working on the comic prequel to the movie Kerberos.. It's directed by Kely McClung, and he's also the starring actor.. It's been picking up awards at film festivals across the country, so take a look at the website

Here's a sample page.

Blast from the Past..

I have a deskful of work, and when I'm not doing stuff that was due yesterday, I'm hopping on stuff that's due in 5 minutes.

so to keep the blog rolling foward,, I'm going to post up older work that I still like..

This blast from the past is from a comic proposal I did with a friend around 2002 or 2003.

Bad Kids Go To Hell- Cover pencils

I really liked the pencils( before the final inks and colors) of this cover.. If the client had been open to it, I might have colored it from the pencils and used some tones.

Bad Kids Go To Hell. TPB Cover.

I recently got the opportunity to do the cover for the TPB of Bad Kids Go To Hell. It was a pleasure to do, and part of it is because these guys know what they're doing and were very clear and organized about what they wanted..

This cleared me up to really jump into the artwork and try a few different things.

Sketch 40: Hawkeye and Mockingbird

I used to like these characters when I was a kid.. I like the new revamp too! Great covers, great interiors.. I guess I should try reading it sometime..

Here's my take.

The ole' college try..

Project I tried out for.. But didn't make it.. No worries- I'm up to my eyeballs with work right now.. I won't miss the all-nighters.

GL Remix

Took the Recent GL painting into photoshop. A few filter, textures, and a brushstroke here and there.. and voila. I'm a old fashioned analog guy, but you can't beat the digital msg of photoshop.

New GL Painting

I still have a little post work to do in photoshop.. I'm not loving the BG, but I put a lot of sweat and tears into this one.. I wanted to do as much as possible on the paper..

I got to my limit one I put down colored pencil- one a thic coating of Prismacolor, the painting won't take many other mediums.. except I guess, oils.

I'll post some of the thumbnails and comps I did for this.. I didn't take any WIP's, because I didn't have much time, and I was bent on finishin ASAP.

Redeemer page 4

If you want to learn more, click on the Redeemer link below.

Redeemer Pg 6

Another Redeemer page.

New Redeemer page3

One more page from my redeemer comic..