Super Suit Up!

Mother Deer-est

Mother's Day card I made for my mom. Mom likes deer.

Jor-El & Lara

This is a concept sketch that I'd like to make into a fully rendered piece.

This is the first of what I might make a series of drawings to tell my own Superman story. The image represents what might be Kal-El's memory of Krypton and his biological parents from the view of the interior of his space pod.

In my version of the story there would never be any direct reference to Krypton--It would all be speculative, with only small flashes or glimpses that would exist only inside Clark's mind.

This image shows a Jor-El and Lara that are very human-like in appearance, though I don't believe they would have looked this way at all in actuality. However, Clark's memory will have been altered greatly by the biases of his adoptive home world. The memory is representative more of a feeling than of an actual event, and perhaps more true in that sense.

Pikachu VS Blastoise

A fairly quick drawing I did of Pikachu fighting Blastoise for my girlfriend's little brother for his 6th birthday. I gave him an 11" x 17" copy of this version. I'd like to go back sometime and work on it some more, however, and see what I can do with it further.

Superman Returns

Brandon Routh as Superman, with some slight personal alterations (i.e. his hair, "S" shield, and minor changes to facial structure). The black & white render is mostly finished. Planning for the finished to be colored.

...Okay! I know I'm posting a lot of Superman! I'm a Superman fan, alright?! ...This one is actually kind of coincidental. I came across the magazine with this pic on the cover, while looking for some other reference material, and just thought it'd be fun to draw...

Superman Giant Key

Appropriately titled, this my rendition of silver-age Superman about to open the door to his arctic abode, the Fortress of Solitude. Still in the preliminary stages, of course.

Solar Power

Hello, All, and welcome to my newest creation! I came up with the idea recently of doing portraits of my favorite superhero characters in scenes where you might likely find them--or, perhaps more accurately, scenes that really depict their personality.

This is a portrait of Superman (of course) that I think really embodies the character. Superman is virtually indestructible, and capable of flying from the Earth to the Sun and back--he is the epitome of resilience. Still, you can see that he feels the mind-bending heat and struggles under the immense, raw power of the Sun, the same Sun that provides him life-giving energy. To me, this is Superman. Superman is unstoppable not because he is unusually gifted, but because he refuses to give up--he refuses to stop going, regardless of how challenging things become. He endures all obstacles because he chooses life. He represents the unlimited potential of human beings; he is determination and will incarnate--which is why he's always been my favorite. Superman, regardless of being an alien from another world, is truly the most human of characters.

I plan to work on the piece further. The original vision I had for the picture is more hyper-realistic. Still, I like the somewhat comic-booky look the piece has now.

Below are the stages of the work in progress:

4. Here, I blurred the original Sun background slightly and added a solid color yellow layer that I put as an "Overlay," to make the Sun look brighter and hotter.

















3. This is the original Sun background. It was really easy to make, using my giant "Cosmos" picture book as reference for the Sun's surface.


















2. For this image, I refined the tonal layer of the drawing and changed the layer to a "Luminosity" layer, making it blend better with the color.


















1. This is the solid color background and preliminary color sketch. The color layer for this and the second image is set as an "Overlay" to blend easily with the background. In the final image, Superman is re-colored.