Death of the Bounty Hunter

Hey folks!


It has been a while since I've posted anything here (I say that a lot). I need to update the portfolio section and post much of the work that I have done since the last time I was here. I will do that! I'd still like to use this as my portfolio site (since DA is unprofessional and Tumblr, god bless it, is fun but messy and has a lot of my scribbly sketches on it in addition to complete illustrations).

ANYWAY.

This past weekend was the 25th anniversary of Nintendo's "Metroid" series of video games, one of my favorites. So naturally, I decided to do a tribute image. Nothing says "happy birthday" like drawing the thing you love being munched on by an energy-sucking parasite. Sorry, Samus!

Anyway, enjoy.

~Drew

Note: DO NOT REBLOG THIS ON TUMBLR FROM HERE!!! I will be posting it to my Tumblr tomorrow afternoon and you can reblog it from there at that time. Thank you.

Ridley Vs. The Boos

Hey folks!

A late night/early morning post this time, since I need to update my blog.

Big news:  I have a Livestream page!  You can go there to watch me draw live every now and then (I'll make noise about when I'll do it).

To kick things off, I created my celebratory Halloween image from start to finish throughout three live events on my streaming channel, and I think that despite some technical difficulties experienced largely during the coloring stage, the experience was a positive one.


Let's start with the finished image, I s'pose:

The image features one of my own original characters, gamer geek Ridley Duncan, dressed to resemble Mario. Some Boos and a mid-transformation coin block were thrown in for good measure and "scary" fun, to keep things Halloween-y (lawl).

Here are the process shots:

I started with an idea of what I wanted to do on the air with a quick and dirty sketch. Off-air, I made some edits and even added more background elements to flesh out the image and make it way more interesting and closer to the theme. Back on air, the concept was polished when I inked my sketch in Adobe Illustrator, and later that night I colored the image from start to finish live. I topped the piece off with some glows on the Boos and gold elements and a subtle color filter to bring it all together.

I hope you dig it! Lemme know your thoughts!

~Drew

Zelda Double Feature!

Hey folks!

Here, have a couple of Zelda images from me.




The first one was just a fun time-killer. This is the kind of Link I would draw if I, say, were to do a Legend of Zelda comic or something. Like that'll ever happen.

The second was a commission for a friend, her third in fact! Midna is a truly-awesome character, so much personality. Shame she'll probably never show up in another Zelda game (see the ending of Twilight Princess and you'll understand).

Enjoy!

~Drew