Fantasy and Horror Author
NYCC was a blast. I hope everyone has as much fun as I did. We saw some awesome things, hung out with old friends, and met some great people. I hope you all enjoyed it, too.
I uploaded some new color work. Check it out here.
Also, stay tuned for a how to article called “Making an Iron Man Glove.” The alternate title being “Why I am the best girlfriend ever.”
The Avengers DVD release is very close, so I thought I would throw this out there to hold me over. I wanted to do a fan poster for two of my favorite characters: Hawkeye and Black Widow.
Back from San Diego Comic Con!
Before I get down to business about the con, I’ve got some new art on the site. Here is just a small taste, so be sure to check around for more.
All right! Back to the con!
First, let me just get this out of the way: it was awesome and everything you will ever dream of. We met some awesome fellow fans and some really cool exhibitors. Everyone was just happy to be there. The good vibes were flying.
So, as some of you may or may not know, I hung out at the portfolio reviews on the first official day of the con (it went well, thanks for asking). While I was sitting there, I thought about how I wish I knew more of what to expect. Each con has their own way of doing these, and sometimes it can be exhausting keeping what’s what in line. I decided to do a write-up of the whole process. I’ve had a few awesome artists give me some helpful advice or materials along the way—shout out to Mike Deodato, you rock!—and if this helps anyone prepare I’ll consider it a job well done.
For some thoughts and musings on the portfolio review scene…. Continue reading “Post-San Diego Comic Con 2012”
I spent most of the day thinking about how to write this or if I even should. Something that should have been a fun night was turned into this horrible tragedy. I go to midnight movies, and I know many people who do. We look forward to doing these fun things. I’m at a loss for words to really describe it.
So I would just like to say my thoughts are with those whose lives were affected. If you pray, pray for them. If you don’t, send good thoughts that way.
This isn’t a political thing. This is a real tragedy. Let’s not trivialize the loss by arguing semantics.
Other updates coming soon. But I wanted to take the time to talk about this.
Things are in the works. Hopefully big things.
It’s been a busy spring. I designed makeup for and oversaw the work on two productions,and have been working on building up my comic portfolio.
We’ll be heading out to San Diego Comic Con this summer, so stay tuned for accounts of ridiculous adventures. The countdown has begun.
So, since you all have been so patient waiting for me to update, I have a lot of new art. Be sure to check out the traditional, digital, and fan art sections.
But since tonight is the season finale of Game of Thrones, here’s Cersei Lannister. Because who doesn’t love a dangerous, hot blond?
Finally. Some awesome shots of my effects makeup from the haunted house this year. We had a pretty good year, so thank you to everyone who attended, and thank you to my wonderful cast and crew. Show them love by checking out their pretty (horrifying) faces.
Check out more on the Make up page! You’ll find even more pictures from this year.
More Hunger Games Fan Art!
In honor of Oscar night, I decided to draw Katniss Everdeen in her interview dress. Suzanne Collin’s described it as being made with gem stones, and looking like fire, so I took it and ran. I wanted her to look pretty, but not sexy. Katniss says she can’t pull off sexy. But I still wanted it to function as a dress, too, and not be this wispy thing. Gem stones are not wispy.
So, the girl on fire dress from the Hunger Games.
I had a nice article written about my Hunger Games Fan Art. Check it out here!
Also, for a look at that Hunger Games art, check out my Fan Art Page.
Buffy and Faith, from Joss Whedon’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer. This was a commission for a friend, but I really enjoyed putting this piece together. He wanted the two women and somehow incorporating ying and yang. So I took that and ran with it, having Buffy and Faith themselves being the symbols, and mirroring it with the sky and the fog.
I feel artists are more vulnerable than most to the dark side of the internet. Art work is stolen and reproduced without permission, and money is made off the artist’s hard work, sometimes without them ever knowing.
Piracy is bad. There is no argument there. SOPA and PIPA are not the answer. They have far reaching ramifications that should not be allowed to happen. Â Deviant Art lays it out pretty well with the following:
“In both proposals, if they became law, the government of the United States would determine on application if a website was primarily engaged in unlicensed distribution.  A court might hold a hearing but only if the people who run the website showed up.  Otherwise, the site would be blocked by an order directing all websites in the United States with search capabilities or links to refuse to resolve any results or clicks to the blocked address.
“Blocking addresses is hard to do without damaging every address on the Internet.  The blocking methods suggested in these two proposals would completely confuse existing Internet functions. They would encourage multiple hacks to get around the blocks (and the proposals, it turns out, would be ineffective against very simple work-arounds).  Maybe a few copyrights get saved but the price is opening massive wormholes in the Internet permitting hackers to re-direct traffic all over the place — to malware, spyware, and phishing operations.” (deviantart.com)
This also opens the big debate of who decides what these infringes of copyrights are. Where is the line drawn? Is a screen shot from a movie piracy? What about rifftracks or “how it should have ended?” Is fan art and fanfiction a violation? What if some one decides your original character looks a little too much like copyrighted material? It’s a dangerous, scary road.
Please, take the time to contact your senators and representatives. Let them know that censorship is not the way to go.
Wikipedia has a wonderful setup for you to let your government officials know. Check out the link. Be heard.
Also, I think the Oatmeal has a wonderful gif on the subject.
For those who need a little more info on subject, there is a summary and great discussion going on over at deviantArt.
