My World

"My World" 
(Self-portrait)

It's been a long while, but I'm finally feeling that welcoming invitation to art, again. For a moment, I thought it was gone for good...
This was the first piece of full color non-commissioned non-fan art I had done in almost 2 years.

August 9, 2012
Micron pens, Prismacolor markers, colored pencils
on 8.5x11" cardstock

Earthsphere

"Earthsphere"
(Amuro Ray and Char Aznable from Mobile Suit Gundam Char's Counterattack, Banagher Links from Mobile Suit Gundam UC, Kira Yamato and Athrun Zala from Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, and Setsuna F. Seiei from Mobile Suit Gundam 00 ~A wakening of the Trailblazer~ / Commission)

I was given the characters and space restrictions for this one, and simply worked within that. This piece went through two drafts, because I tried something different with Char and Amuro, but also lacked proper lineart for Banagher. The second one fleshed them out more proper, and coloring was a cinch, after that.
The background image is a random uncredited stock image I found, since there was going the main body of the website there. But I still did the lighting on the characters, accordingly.

EDIT: Here is the site using this, "The Hergula." It's used in the Mobile Suit Gundam sub-heading of their site, as well as all Gundam-related articles. 

February 17, 2012
Micron pens, Photoshop 7.0 and Photoshop Elements 7.0
1845x920 pixels

Paula - Heavygun Ver.

"Paula - Heavygun Ver."
(Original)

A rather fun one that came up, as a former-co-worker had appeared on one of those "zombie apocalypse" things on facebook where it randomizes your friends list to assign their jobs... Paula is a -at best- 5'1" Japanese girl (and adorable, to boot), so when it assigned her as "heavy gunner", we both knew this had to be done. I got to use my almost-otherwise-useless knowledge of heavy artillery, and did not waste a of effort making sure this looked as ridiculous as possible.
Note: She wanted the Chinese conical hat, despite it being culturally inaccurate... *shrug*

August 27, 2011
Micron pens and Prismacolor markers
on 9x12" vellum bristol board

Always and Forever

"Always and Forever"
(Portrait)

One of my only attempts at photo-realism, this was done for the wedding of my best friends, Kelli and Darryl McGee. This was the second ever piece I did using Photoshop for the colors, and despite some issues (mostly with my tablet), I feel turned out a little better than I expected. I'm not really a fan of photo-realistic art, but I feel they deserved it.

August 26, 2011
Pencil, Photoshop 7.0
2550x3150 pixels

Gerbera X Tiger

"Gerbera X Tiger"
(Gundam Astray Red Frame Kai from Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Astray VS.)

Using my Master Grade kit as a reference, I did this piece with the intention on truly showcasing the samurai-esque aspect of the Astray RF - My favorite Gundam, period. This was also my first piece done solely digitally, using no lineart or sketchings. It's not a method I'm fond of, however, as this one took me well over a month to finish...
The "Lowe" and kai symbols were actually scanned from the model kit's decal sheet, with minimal clean up, and placed in the background.

April 3, 2011
Photoshop Elements 7.0
3000x1940 pixels

Heaven's Return

"Heaven's Return"
(Original Character)

This was only the second ever picture of my OC's that I've ever done traditionally, and the only reason I did this was because my work was bugging me to have a piece hanging up there. (lol)
I decided to go for something I feel would look awesome for a CD jacket or something like that.
This is, sadly, the only piece I've ever done that I've had framed, simply because my job supplied the frame for it.

July 8, 2010
Pencil and Prismacolor markers
on 9x12" vellum Bristol board

Shippu Doto ~Dairen'oh~

"Shippu Doto ~Dairen'oh~"
(Dairen'oh from Gosei Sentai Dairanger)

I have to admit I cling to my childhood rather tightly than I feel I intended to. But something about this mech has always been just pleasant (Although, I remember it as the Thunder Megazord from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Season 2). I decided to run with the old rice paper painting style aspect for this one, however making the Dairen'oh more prominent by giving it stronger shading.
The "stamp" at the bottom was also a fun little addition to the piece, which actually is quite messy, from an aesthetic standpoint. ^__^;;

January 20, 2010
Micron pens and Prismacolor markers
on 11x17" cardstock*

 *Note that the paper texture was added digitally in Photoshop, as I had no means to obtain rice paper to complete this as desired.