On the Horizon

A lot has happened this past month.  I've moved to Utah, found a job and bought an iPhone.  I'm not sure which one is cooler.  The iPhone is pretty kicking.  For all the tech geeks out there that have a hankering to see the newest in cool gadgets just go down to AT&T and check out they're interactive hands on demo versions of the iPhone.  If playing on the demo version isn't enough, then just buy the real deal like I did.  Apparently the iPhone is a status symbol for the wealthy (which I'm not so I've confused quite a few people).  I've also done some pretty cool illustrations in my free time, but since they're not in print yet I can't post them just yet.  So like always I'll just post a comic (which I hope everyone "gets") to fill in the gap between now and the next illustration post.  Peace out (and Happy 50th Anniversary to the peace symbol)!

A Sad Confession

For those of you who don't know me, I love to play video games. For the past year or so I've been playing the highly addictive MMORPG game, World of Warcraft (or WoW for short). I'm not going to promote the game here, just mentioning it to preface the posted comic. Blizzard, the producers of WoW, host monthly comic contests on their website. The comic must be somehow related to WoW. The posted comic here is my entry, that so far has not won. Since they probably won't ever post it I thought I'd at least post it here for my own enjoyment.
P.S. - For those of who don't play the game or know anything about it (which is probably everyone who reads this blog) I apologize for the foreign content.

YSA Comic #6, Phone Number Change

Hello everyone!  I've just posted the latest comic I've been working on.  This comic has nothing to do with my personal experiences whatsoever.  I still have my original phone number way back from when I first got a cell phone.  I've just often wondered why people would change their cell phone numbers.  

My birthday was not too long ago and that was exciting.  I'm 27 now (so old, I know).  I did get a new pair of shoes and a new jacket though, so that was pretty sweet.

Phone Licker!

YSA comic #5 here.  This one was inspired by a good friend of mine who actually licks her phone to clean it (disgusting I know).  But she isn't the only one with this habit.  Apparently there are several people in the world today who use their tongues to clean their phones.  Are you a phone licker?

Vector Crabs

As a continuing project with the crabs, I was asked to make vector versions of some of the crabs to be put on a banner.  So I went to work in Adobe Illustrator and produced these lovely little crabs.  The lines for the crabs are converted ink lines I made using the program Inkscape.  It's a fun program to mess around with.  Check it out!

Crab Fest!

At last, an illustration piece to post!  This is from a project I did for a graphic designer friend of mine.  It's going to go on a postcard inviting people to a Portuguese Crab Fest, hence the crabs. It was done in my normal style of ink and watercolor.  Hadn't done this kind of thing in awhile so it was nice to ink and paint again.  I had fun doing it, hopefully you all enjoy it.

YSA Comic#4

I swear I'm doing other things than just comics, but the turn around time for a comic is so much faster than illustrations and such. I like coloring the comics in Photoshop now because its good practice. I have a few books with tips on how to color comics so doing these YSA comics is a good way for me to try out the skills. I hope someone out there is enjoying these. I'll post my other finished projects soon. Hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Years!