P is for Pilar

P is for Pilar, another character from a-NOTHER story I'm planning.

Pilar is a Hispanic woman who suffers an immense life changing tragedy. She joins a Muay Thai kickboxing gym in the hopes that it'll help her relieve stress and give her something to do, but she never anticipated how much she would fall in love with it. The story is about finding purpose in your life again after life cruelly rips purpose from you. It's going to be a lot of fun, I hope, filled with fights and drama and I hope, actual warm hearted stuff. I know I write a lot of tragedy and sad stuff but I do like seeing these characters happy. Sometimes.

Tools: Zebra brush pen
Paper: Stillman and Birn gamma sketchbook

Akuma

Akuma meditating. This was a sketch request for a customer who is awesome as heck! I hope he likes it!

The chi is painted with Daniel Smith Shadow Violet, which has that awesome granulation in it naturally. I was hoping it would give the look of some ethereal substance so i hope that comes across. For his body, I mixed a similar tone Ultramarine Blue, Alizarin Crimson and Payne's Gray and was able to keep the granulation only in the energy. I finished it off with a Caran D'Ache supracolor pencil to add in some lines to his head, mainly the jaw line and his nose.

Materials: Daniel Smith and Sennelier watercolors
Paper Stillman and Birn Beta Paper.

K is for Kal

K is for Kal, the A-Z character thingy goes on. I'm still having fun so that's good.

Kalypso is a Dominican woman who has led a hard life. She found herself learning Muay Thai to defend herself, but soon became enamored with the art. After leaving her home and her troubles behind, she and her lover started their own Muay Thai gym where she teaches others, men and women, how to defend themselves and to push themselves further than before. Kal is a tough woman and is a fighter who has earned the tiger stripe tattoos on her back and arms.

These drawings of characters who haven't been drawn in comics yet are so much fun. I haven't yet started the drawings for this story, so a lot of the character designs are sort of floating around in my head. Drawing them like this makes them more solid and I can now better imagine her in the story. I hope you'll enjoy it when I draw it!

Tools: Pentel pocket brush and Permapaque marker
Paper: Stillman and Birn gamma sketchbook

H is for Hameon - A to Z Character Challenge

H is for Hameon, another vampire from my old webcomic, The Wolves of Sariel. If you're feeling like looking thru some cringe-worthy old comics, it's still out there on Smackjeeves.

Hameon was an orphan child who caught the attention of the Wolves of Sariel. he was quickly brought into their coven where he finally had a family. Hameon was a cheerful guy but wouldn't ever question the violence of his life or of his family's "business." As the story went on, Hameon becomes a much more important figure, becoming the center of a war between the religious Wolves of Sariel and the anarchic Crusaders. I didn't get to draw all of his story, but it would be fun to get to one day.

Tools: Pentel Pocket Brush
Paper: Stillman and Birn gamma sketchbook

F is for Frey - A to Z Character Challenge

F is for Frey! Another character from my series Wolves of Sariel.

Frey was a Mexican American man who became a very important member of the Wolves, which is the same group of psuedo-religious vampires that Delilah was a part of. Unlike Delilah though, Frey saw the importance of having an organization as he knew that power is often the only language that people can understand. A potent boxer before he was turned, Frey's existence on the streets made people think twice about crossing the line into evil, and his use of a bizarre object to create white flame meant that every body he left behind was a torch to remind people that he was out there looking out for good people. Unfortunately I didn't get to draw all of the most interesting scenes of him, but maybe one day I will.

Tools: Zebra brush pen and Pentel pocket brush
Paper: Stillman and Birn gamma sketchbook