Chou-Ho

"Chou-Ho"
(Super Shinken Red and Shishi Origami from Samurai Sentai Shinkenger)

Another Christmas gift for another friend of mine (although completed very late). I assumed a lot of trouble with the Origami since it's blocky and static by-design. I think despite that complication, I made it work. I decided on using Super Shinken Red rather than his other variations because it sets a different tone and allowed me to have him contrast the pose of the Origami better. The scan drowns it out, but the emblem in the background was colored using a Gold Sharpie, which gave it a really nice metallic look!

January 17, 2013
Ink pens, Micron pens, Prismacolor markers, gel pens, metallic Sharpie
on 8.5x11" cardstock.

The Glow of Youth

"The Glow of Youth"
(RX-78-02 Gundam from Gundam: The Origin, Gundam 00 [Q]an-T from Mobile Suit Gundam 00: A wakening of the Trailblazer, Unicorn Gundam from Mobile Suit Gundam UC, and Gundam AGE-FX from Mobile Suit Gundam AGE)

A commission art for Gundam Guy for his website banner, used for the month of February. This piece became a testbed for a lot of experimental traditional methods never used before by me, including using chalk pastels to replicate the Unicorn Gundam's luminescent pschoframe effect. 
*Watermark was place per request.

December 7, 2012
Ink pens, Micron pens, Prismacolor markers, colored pencils, and chalk pastels 
on 11x17 cardstock

Violet Kiba

"Violet Kiba"
(GekiViolet and GekiWolf from Juken Sentai Gekiranger)

A Christmas gift art for a friend. This was my first Super Sentai/Power Rangers illustration I had done since I was a child (and I could hardly call those "illustrations"). I like the over-all composition and for doing an animal-based mech, I feel it turned out very well. It's a piece I was proud of, and am glad it's in hands of someone who probably loves it just as much!

October 30, 2012
Ink pens, Micron pens, Prismacolor markers, and gel pens
on 8.5x11" cardstock

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