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Murdergirl Strip

2012-01-30T14:09:00.000-08:00

For all of you who've been wondering what Murdergirl is all about here's something of an introduction to her. I warned you....

and since blogger is fucking shite you'll have to go to deviant art (link) to see it at reading size

2012-01-26T08:45:00.001-08:00

here's a Squidgirl wallpaper. You can download the pack with different resolutions over on the Diskordia blog link. Instead of the usual Diskordia weirdness i opted for something more mundane and relateable. And whats more relateable than playing Zelda on gameboy on a slow afternoon :D

Summer Nights

2012-01-22T13:24:00.000-08:00

This is a personal piece for fun. Although it does feature an old character of mine. One of my favourites in fact.

The Small Life & The Big Death

2012-01-22T13:21:00.001-08:00

well here's the first work of the year (although i'm posting it a bit late) The cover artwork for the upcoming 3rd chapter of Diskordia

Jackal & Squidgirl Character designs

2012-01-05T16:40:00.000-08:00

just some semi random outfit designs

The Long Road taken

2011-12-14T06:51:00.000-08:00

A wallpaper Design i did for Diskordia.

Witches' Parade

2011-12-06T05:09:00.000-08:00

Parade of the Sky Witch

Rivenis The King of Nightmare & Stuff

2011-12-05T16:45:00.000-08:00

here's a fun quick one i did. Haven't really used myself as a subject in a very long while. So what the hell.

Sky Witch concept sketch

2011-11-28T05:02:00.000-08:00

Random sketch for a character you'll probably be seeing more of in the future.

Interview

2011-11-16T06:03:00.000-08:00

An interview i did recently with painting Dtuts: link

Throne of the Burlesque

2011-11-15T06:08:00.000-08:00

new Zencii piece for the 5th year running. (its kind of how i track my progress as a digital artist. You can find the previous two if you look around but the two before that are bloody shit so thats less likely)

Zencii is another character from my novel Diskordia

DISKORDIA

2011-10-02T06:33:00.001-07:00

This is a Promo poster for the first story arc of Diskordia my graphic novel. It was also done as artwork for the new Diskordia blog that you can check here

Squidgirl's Story...

2011-09-13T10:48:00.000-07:00

Here's a couple of pages from Diskordia chapter 2

Red Scarf Rampage

2011-08-23T09:34:00.000-07:00

here's the final. I ended up making alot of lighting changes. I guess i still have a ways to go. But i like how it turned out. Very kinetic.

New Piece WIP

2011-08-23T09:01:00.000-07:00

Here's the pencils and the grayscale from the image i'm working on. I'll be posting the final soon. :)

Romantic Love

2011-08-11T17:35:00.000-07:00

here's a quick one just for fun cuz i wanted a new profile pic for facebook. (got tired of seeing my own mug) About 2 hours of scribbling in photoshop.

Murdergirl

2011-08-09T10:26:00.000-07:00

Looking at it now i can't help but notice i've been WAY too influenced by things like Scott Pilgrim and Kickass. Oh well, still a fun character, as long as you're not staring down the nozzle of her .357

Threnedy

2011-08-01T07:58:00.001-07:00

this is an old character i finally got around to painting in all her glory. Isn't she just lovely?

Iverna D interview

2011-07-21T12:13:00.000-07:00

here's a little preview from the next chapter of Diskordia

Diskordia Chapter 2

2011-07-11T19:08:00.001-07:00

The Cover for the long awaited Second Chapter of Diskordia

God in an Apocalypse

2011-06-30T10:30:00.001-07:00

Well here's the resultant painting from all those concept sketches. I learned alot about environment painting. I still have a long way to go though :P

God in an Apocalypse Concept art

2011-06-19T11:38:00.000-07:00

Here's what i'm currently working on. Concepts for my next Painting: God in an Apocalypse. Part of the Apocalypse suite series i'm working on (duh) I went through quite a bit of concepts as you can see from the pic. But i pretty much settled on number 1 (it was the last one i came up with but the arrangement on the page ended up having them look like that) The final will have him looking a little different since i made some more changes to the concept but its basically as you see here. Look out for the final image soon.

2011-05-23T10:05:00.000-07:00

Here's My Piece entitled Via Purifico. As you can see from the WIP when i started Death was originally supposed to be clothed. And i got pretty darn far with the rendering. But i realised i preferred the naked look because it gives a the image a more primal and natural feel. Another problem was that the clothes restricted her form from view and the shape wasn't favourable. It was a pain pretty much having to start over but it was worth it, and who doesn't enjoy drawing a naked female body :)

Marked

2011-05-14T15:52:00.000-07:00

Newest Piece derived from a meditation induced vision. Found myself a new crush too :)

The Making of Jack & Jill

2011-04-06T10:40:00.001-07:00

Open publication - Free publishing - More tutorial

A tutorial i did for my last piece. Hope it proves helpful

Apocalypse now

2011-04-06T10:33:00.000-07:00

Okay here are parts 2 and 3 of the apocalypse series i'm working on. Symphony Insomnium being part 1. part 2 is called 'Mothers'(piece at bottom) and part 3 is 'Jack & Jill'

Cover For Bobby Fischer Graphic novel

2011-03-21T08:45:00.000-07:00

Just like the title says ;)

Aria of nightmare

2011-03-21T08:42:00.000-07:00

This one's called Symphony Insomnium. A piece created for the Cgsociety Dreamscape challenge. My plan was to scare them into giving me the master award :p

Diskordia online

2011-01-10T07:51:00.000-08:00

Diskordia is now online and can be read here

Winter Village

2010-12-21T09:44:00.000-08:00

Here's an attempt at something a little different to give my portfolio some needed variety.

Ravenous 5 card art

2010-12-21T09:37:00.000-08:00

here's some artwork i did for Ravenous 5 the zombie collectible card game. All work copyright IMI game studios

Fleur-De-L'Abattoir

2010-11-18T11:08:00.000-08:00

been working with a game company for the past few months and here is one of the character cards i designed. The game is called Ravenous the collectible card game and you can find out more about it here

Rivenis Black Art

2010-11-12T03:13:00.000-08:00

I was honoured when video editor Jacob Sound approached me saying he wanted to do a vid compilation of my work. I think it turned out great too. Thanks Jacob!
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150306337385720&saved#!/video/video.php?v=10150306337385720

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u78fj6kIfGs

And in Pieronymus Art Network
http://pieronymuskosch.ning.com/video/rivenis-black-art

Meathead

2010-11-09T19:28:00.000-08:00

newest piece, and boy was it fun to do.

Afterglow

2010-10-17T17:55:00.000-07:00

Lately i've been real busy doing illustrations for a game company. I can't talk about it though. Fortunately i was able to take a break to paint a portrait of my girlfriend Vivi for her birthday. I like how it came out :)

Diskodia chapter 1 pages

2010-10-17T17:50:00.001-07:00

Working hard on chapter 2 when i can find the time :S in the meanwhile i thought i'd post four sequential pages from the finished chapter 1, enjoy!

2010-09-04T20:14:00.000-07:00

Here's a pretty commercial looking piece. Its part of a pitch to a local beer company for use in their pin up campaign. I like how it turned out, but feel i missed the lofty image i had in mind. Bleh the need to support myself has forced me to neglect Diskordia somewhat :(

The Unreality Tour

2010-08-03T08:55:00.000-07:00

A promotional piece for the comic. I'm working on the second issue now

Pages preview

2010-07-22T08:34:00.001-07:00

i'm pretty much finished with the first issue of Diskordia. So here are a few random preview pages. Enjoy.

Pumpkin Genie

2010-06-16T07:24:00.000-07:00

Here i am supposed to be working on my comic, but i keep getting distracted to do these stand alone illustrations. I have zero discipline. Oh well, my speed is definitely improving.

2010-06-08T14:39:00.000-07:00

Diskordia cover

2010-06-07T14:15:00.001-07:00

The first issue cover for my comic

Coming Soon: Diskordia issue #1

2010-05-21T21:09:00.000-07:00

Stay tuned....

Just Jack

2010-05-02T15:54:00.001-07:00

This is a concept illustration for my upcoming novel. This is a little different from my usual stuff because i used a much more desaturated palette than usual. For some reason i just saw it in my head as this misty sort of thing, like a flashback. I like how it came out though

Cassidy close up

2010-04-15T19:25:00.000-07:00

2010-04-15T19:17:00.000-07:00

new stuff. The Fountain and Look out for falling things

Diskordi issue 1 page 1

2009-10-29T19:46:00.000-07:00

well here's the very first page of my hopefully long running graphic novel, enjoy. More to come soon

The Magic house

2009-10-01T19:27:00.000-07:00

well, this is something i stumbled across while digging around old files. One of my ill-fated comic ventures. Done a couple of years ago, i managed just a page before having my mind wonder...kinda sad.

The Kaili Kaos Campaign

2009-09-13T18:53:00.000-07:00

new stuff!!!

Rouge Roulette

2009-08-21T15:26:00.000-07:00

Bleu's brains and perceptions worked quickly, as they always did when she sensed danger. She could feel from the way the four men that were escorting her carried themselves: the way they moved, the way they unconsciously patted the almost imperceptible bulges in their jackets, these were no mere casino bouncers. Bleu knew paid killers when she saw them. They had disturbed her game of craps where she was giving the house a good run for its money under the pretence of inviting her to the VIP suite. She wracked her brains. How could she have been made already? Was there an error in her briefing? Or was there a traitor within the organisation? Whatever the reason, she thought, it didn't matter if she wasn't alive to investigate it. The thug in front pressed the button to the elevator. She needed to be away before it arrived or her chances of survival would dramatically decrease. The elevator door opened, she heard a telltale click from under the jacket of the one that spoke "After you miss," He said in a way too polite manner. Bleu returned with her warmest smile. "No, after you," She replied, and quicker than lightning she let out with a powerful kick, jamming her three inch stilleto in the man's jaw. Without losing a second, she kneed the next man close to her in the stomach to halt his attempt to grab her. Bleu took off at full speed back the way she came. Grabbing her small pistol from her purse she bolted full speed into the main casino, it was time to make a quick getaway. From the hurried footsteps behind her, she knew she was still being pursued. Shedding her cumbersome heels without a second thought the spy hurdled a large roulette table in the way. Bleu gritted her teeth made a solemn vow that if she got out of this one, someone was going to pay: pay her back for all the craps winnings she had just been forced to leave behind.

Parade of the Fallen

2009-06-15T14:55:00.000-07:00

The queen has Arrived.

Obsessive and tasteless perfectionism

2009-05-28T17:06:00.000-07:00

okay, the tweaks and changes i made to this are so minuscule that i'm sure no one will notice them. They're more for my peace of mind anyway. Lets just wrap up all this endless nitpicking in an attractive little package and call it a directors cut. So i'm reposting Cirque Du Dischord with extremely minor changes. I've got issues man i know it. God i better not look at it or i'll find something else to mess with.
Anyway, someoen asked me what the significance of death was with this piece. My answer was simply that death was just another thing to add to the show, just like any other improv act. Kinda a statement from me about it all. Don't worry if that doesn't make sense to you, few things that issue forth from me do. Perhaps i'll do a tutorial on this at some point if laziness doesn't defeat me.

2009-05-25T15:59:00.001-07:00

ok heres the other stuff. From the top we have 'Summer' 'Squid Girl' and 'Swan pond' Enjoy

The clean up

2009-05-25T10:12:00.001-07:00

this one's from the beginning of the year. Death riding a soul vacuum

Let's begin

2009-05-25T09:31:00.000-07:00

well this is the beginning, and lets start off with some recent artwork to get things running. Soon enough i hope to be working on a very trippy comic. Pretty much all my personal art will in some way tie into this long and sordid story :P Okay, the one with the girl and the pig is entitled 'Angels & Devils' and the dark one is called 'Cirque de Dischord' More to come when i find the pics which are on another computer. I'm gonna enter these along with a couple of others for ballistic publishing's Exotique 5