Eric Canete

ELECTRIC MAYHEM_commission by *KAH-reload on deviantART

WOW!

Eric Canete rocks my socks! His fluid and majestic sense of line and space is amazing. So organic and filled with energy! It also doesn't hurt that he seems to always take on some of my FAVORITE characters and interprets them in ways that makes them fresh and new without having to re-interpret their costumes or personalities! Great stuff!

HELLBOY and WONDERWOMAN by *KAH-reload on deviantART


TONY STARK_commission by *KAH-reload on deviantART

Michael-Kadir Nelson

I have been a long time fan of Kadir Nelson. This is a great new piece of artwork that is an inspiration! Kadir was commissioned to do the new Michael Jackson album cover. Which releases all the newest material completed by Michael. Kadir is a great example of the many places that Illustration can take you. We just have to keep improving our game.

I only want to get better and better so that more and more opportunities will open themselves up to me! So congrats again to Kadir! I always anticipate more work from him!



Album artwork is yet another avenue that many Illustrators may have forgotten about where potential work exists. A friend of mine, Derek Gores, did many GREAT album covers for rock bands for years! Great business and a great way to promote yourself in venues across the globe! How many of us had posters of the album covers we liked when we were younger?

Really get to know the industry and see the potential avenues that exist within it. Then set your sights! All of the venues have their own sets of rules and obstacles. But in the end the more you explore the more likely it is you'll find a niche that you can stand out and shine!

New Books!!

I just got two of my latest books/workbooks. They are for the educational company, Curriculum Associates. I was not the only Illustrator on these, so it's neat to see how other artists visualized similar materials.



Getting published work is a great time for me! I've had enough time between completing the work and seeing the finished published work to get a decent amount of separation from the artwork. This allows me to be much more subjective about it. What was done well, what could be improved and what I will never do again! Ha! As artists this is integral to us improving and becoming better at what we do. Every opportunity to learn and grow must be taken! Our skills need to always be honed and advanced!



If I'm lucky I will never have a job come to me that I am completely satisfied with.

Never Say No to A Panda

I'm still not sure what the association is between a Panda and a Cow, but Hey!

How To Work with an Illustrator!

Cool little video that takes a new client on a basic tour of the process of working with an Illustrator! Enjoy!

Banjo Pig Sketches-2

Some more sketches for Dueling Banjo and some other stuff!

Art Techniques from Frank Quitely

I posted this video on Facebook a while ago. So now I am posting it here too! I'll continue to post art videos and tutorials from other professional artists. If you run across any good ones send me an e-mail. Here's a link to the original article.

Frank Quitely - Digital Drafting from Gavin Lees on Vimeo.

Eventually I plan on doing some of my own!! :)