Chongqing Burning cover

Looking for a good thriller based on events that transpired in the Communist Party of China last year? Then check out Chongqing Burning. It's great, only $2.99, and I did the cover.

Here's the wordless version:

Django Sketch

Man I had a lot of fun doing this sketch. I loved Django Unchained so much that I bought the soundtrack on iTunes as soon as I got home XD Easily one of Tarentino's best.

I've been working on a lot of different things but haven't experimented much lately, so I devoted some time to that in this piece. Went for a sort of Red Dead feel for this study. Also wanted to experiment with glow effects as I'm planning on using them in some paintings soon. And I also tried out some new brushes that Sandara on deviantart uploaded (http://www.sandara.deviantart.com/#/d5szaqj). I mostly used the canvas brush for the background and the multi-purpose square brush for Django. Photo I used for reference: http://itsjustmovies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/jamie-foxx-django-unchained-wallpaper.jpg

Some work from Christmas

I was kinda poor for Christmas this year so I did a bunch of art for people for Christmas. Here's some of it!

San Francisco Sketchbook

Here's some drawings I did while I was in San Francisco. I find the moleskin sketchbook surface a bit too smooth for my drawings, but I'm forcing myself to fill it up anyway.

Plein air work from the summer

A couple of plein air paintings I did on Nantucket this summer. Done in acrylic on canvas board. It's been a while since I've worked in acrylic and I'm way better with it on printmaking paper. I'm not too happy with the way these came out but I'd like to get into using traditional media more often and mixing it with digital. Got a few sketches I did downtown too.

Pokemon Fan Arts

Have this guy just in time for Thanksgiving! One of my favorite parts about Thanksgiving is Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. I wake up each morning on the holiday just to watch it. Some day I'll make it to the actual thing T_T. Anyway this was a fun project to tie that parade in with Castelia city from the most recent Pokemon games, which is based on New York itself. It only seemed fit the Pikachu balloon was showcased there too! With some of my most recent Pokemon fan art, I've been attempting to make the world feel more believable. Hopefully that comes through! I'm going through a huge fan art phase right now so expect more on the way soon.

In addition, I recently started a new mini fan art project called the Pokemon Watcher's Sketchbook. In line with trying to make the Pokemon world more believable, I'm imagining myself in the role of a Pokemon watcher, attempting to capture Pokemon in the field on page. Here are my first two examples and I hope to update with at least 1 new page each week.

Yuki-onna

I am very excited to finally post this painting! I did this as a submission to Anime Boston's Yokai Art contest. If it wins, it will be used as advertising for the convention and I'll secure a free Artist Alley space to sell my work! Even if I don't win though, this piece was a major leap in my creative career. I don't think I had created a single piece before this one with so much unity and technical skill. I'm really pleased with it and excited to use it as a benchmark for future work.

UPDATE: Unfortunately, it did not win. It did make Honorable Mention though. Here's the results: http://forums.animeboston.com/viewtopic.php?t=15942