Deceitful Empress

"Deceitful Empress"
Mobile Suit Z Gundam / Commission/for Mobile Suit Breakdown

This was my final piece for 2019, but being a commission, I had to wait for them to publicly unveil it first. This is one they wanted me to keep my own personal stylings but using the villainous Haman Karn and her signature mobile suit, the AMX-004 Qubeley.
It took some work to get their poses to work with one another, especially with the Qubeley's unique geometry, but I think its perspective does its menacing presence justice.

You can find their official post on their patreon here!

December 9, 2019
Sakura Pigma pens, pencils, Prismacolor Markers, colored pencils, charcoal pencils, and POSCA paint pens
on 9x12" smooth bristol stock.

Builders

 

"Builders"
(Char Aznable, Haro, and Amuro Ray from Mobile Suit Gundam / commission)

This was a commission requested, once again, by Falldog over at Otaku Revolution, done for his Layman's Gunpla Guide page for his 6th year anniversary. Sadly, that was a year ago, and I missed the deadline by a tremendous margin, due to alot of RL issues, several consistency problems with the art itself, and a complete drain of my motivation. Thankfully, he was extremely patient with me, and when I started feeling motivated to work on art again, I knew I had to get his pieces done.

The two characters were drawn individually as separate illustrations and compiled into a single banner. Drawing the runners on Amuro's image proved to be the biggest pain, while coloring something as complex as the box and manual on Char' image had no issues. Kinda weird, but whatever. (lol)

*watermarked per request for usage protection.
April 15, 2015   
Illustrations: Micron pens, Sakura Pigma pens, Prismacolor Markers, colored pencils, and gel pens,
on two 8.5x11" cardstock.

Banner: Compiled and edited in Photoshop 7.0 and Photoshop Elements.

Year of the Comet

"Year of the Comet"
(MS-06S Char's Zaku II / Commission)

Another commission by Tom Winnicki for his and Ashley Moore's 3rd year anniversary. The theme was, obviously, Char Aznable's infamous "3x faster" trope, so I seated the couple in the captain's Zaku cockpit. A few interesting challenges from this included keeping the attire in the realm of U.C.0079, doing the decals and graffitti on the Zaku itself, and lastly, doing a sky with hazy colony interior visible. Despite my best efforts, this one ended up being a bit late due to unforeseen health and work issues, but still managed to tough through it and get it done for him.

Jun 11, 2014
Ink pens, Micron pens, Prismacolor markers, colored pencil, chalk pastels, and gel pens
on 11x17" cardstock

Under the Violet Shade

"Under the Violet Shade"
(Original characters for commission)

The last commission I had done for 2013, and the longest to complete, as it was commissioned back in May, and only finished in December... The characters are original to the client, and she loves the idea of purple trees, I ended up on doing a lavender tree for reference, given the winter setting. Doing the characters was quite trying because of their size on the paper and making sure they had enough detail to not look lazily done, and the tree itself took the longest, and probably created the long gaps between sessions with this piece. There was a lot of daunting elements about this, and to be quite frank, I'm not completely satisfied with the final product. If I just had some more colors...
Kelli, if you read this, I'm game for a re-do in the future! XD (But I am glad you're happy with it, so that's all that should matter to me)

December 20, 2013
Micron pens, Sakura Pigma pens, Prismacolor Markers, colored pencils, chalk pastels, and gel pens
on 11x17" cardstock.

A~!

"A~!"
(MS-06S Char's Zaku from Mobile Suit Gundam / Commission)

A commission by Falldog from Otaku Revolution, its a simple (and adorable) image of an SD Char's Zaku getting your attention! Like the Gundam one previous, this was a fun little departure from my more recent string of full serious illustrations. This and its sister-image will be used on his site in the near future, so look forward to it!

*watermarked per request for useage protection.

August 3, 2013
Sukura Pigma pens and Prismacolor markers
on 8.5x11" cardstock.

Yatta!

"Yatta!"
(RX-78-2 Gundam from Mobile Suit Gundam / Commission)

A commission by Falldog from Otaku Revolution, its a simple (and admittedly cute) image of an SD Gundam giving a thumbs up! Not really much else to say, but this was a fun little departure from full, more-serious illustrations. This and its sister-image will be used on his site in the near future, so look forward to it!

*watermarked per request for useage protection.

August 3, 2013
Sukura Pigma pens, Prismacolor markers and colored pencil
on 8.5x11" cardstock.

Waiting

"Waiting'"
(Original character for commission)


There's not a lot I can say about the character, himself, since this is an OC by the client (and what little I know, I'm bound to an NDA).
Like with Peer-to-Peer, this was another very experimental commission, where I tried my hand at weather effects. While painstaking in it's execution, the result is actually quite satisfying, and making sure everything was "flowing" in the same direction challenged me quite a bit.

June 14, 2013
Micron pens, Sakura Pigma pens, Prismacolor Markers, chalk pastels, and gel pens
on 11x17" cardstock.

Peer-to-Peer

"Peer-to-Peer"
(RX-178 Gundam Mk-II and MSZ-006-3 Zeta Gundam III / Commission)

This one was especially interesting, as I got to stylize two real-life people into a Gundam illustration. But, more noteworthy, I am probably the first person to draw the Zeta III in classic 1985 style. XD Everything from the lighting, the sky, scale and proportions, and even the time crunch was a challenge on this piece, but I loved every minute of it!
Commissioned by Tom Winnicki for his and Ashley J. Moore's 2-year anniversary together!

May 22, 2013
Ink pens, Micron pens, Prismacolor markers, colored pencil, chalk pastels, and gel pens
on 11x17" cardstock

A Walk

"A Walk"
(Original / Commission)

This piece was an interesting challenge mostly because of the more natural tone and the addition of a background - something I had yet to do since working with Prismacolor markers. considering the level of precise detail I was given with only the smallest bit of artistic liberty, I am extremely proud of this piece, and hope to do further things like this. It's a good change of pace from the usual anime/video game fan art I'm used to.

April 2, 2013
Ink pens, Prismacolor markers, and colored pencils
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