“Justin, you make painting look easy” That’s what people who have seen me do artwork either in person or in a video say. In reality it is a lot of work, from the planning to the final artwork, Recently I recorded this video of my illustration process. In the video I shows the basic process…
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Octo-Samurai Chapter 2 Preview
I’m back to working on Octo-Samurai. The next chapter was very fun to work on. In the first chapter I left the story at a cliffhanger (if you missed it check it out here) . Octo was in a losing battle outnumbered and hurt. It didn’t look good for our hero… This is where most…
The Wait Is Over. The Octo-Samurai Comic Is Here
After a lot of work and time. The Octo-Samurai Comic is here! As I have said in my earlier posts, Octo-Samurai started as sketch for a drawing challenge last year and evolved into something larger and more personal. After the sketch, it became a promotional postcard illustration. Now it has become a comic. My day…
THE OCTO-SAMURAI COMIC IS ALMOST HERE
The Octo-Samurai comic is just about done! On my last post I spoke about working on a new personal project. When I started the comic it was to do artwork with my students. After my sketches turned out better than expected I decided to make it into a more finished short comic. Above is the…
Octo-Samurai Comic Coming Soon
What do you get when you mix sea life, over-the-top anime, and motivational pep talks ? You get my new Octo-Samurai comic. Octo-Samurai is a character I made up as part of a 30 day sketch challenge I did with Bea a year ago. Ever since the challenge it has been a reoccurring character in my…
Where did Creative Book Review #6 Go?
I’m saying it because debates are taking place in cinema, painting, dance, fiction, poetry and theater on issues where Christians have something to give, and yet they are not even being heard. – Steve Turner Don’t you hate it when you work hard on a project you can’t use? If you follow me on social media,…
Inktober 2015: Best of Inktober 2015
Last month I participated in Inktober a month long event where artist post ink drawings throughout the month on social media. Here are some of the best drawings and sketches from the month.
Inktober 2015: Week 5 Upcoming projects
Over the past month I have been posting ink drawings and sketches for #inktober. For the final week of inktober, I decided to do drawings of things I have lined up for the future. The sketch above is part of the process of the illustration for a book review of “Die Empty” I plan to release next…
Inktober Week Four: Tales From The Back-burner
This week I put more effort into the sketches for this time. I spent more time on these so I only have three to show for this week. The drawings this week are things I wanted to do a serious illustration of but I didn’t find the time to do it. The first sketch (above)…
Inktober Week Three: People
Inktober continues with week three. This time around my theme was people. The set is mostly casual drawings done on my breaks between teaching classes.
Inktober Week Two: Tea
I’m back with another set of #inktober drawings. This week I chose tea as my theme (because I’m a huge fan of drinking tea). Next week I will have a new theme with more pictures.
Inktober 2015 Week One
Every October artists from around the world take part in an event called Inktober. During Inktober artists produce ink drawings and share them online everyday… that’s basically it. I’m not sure how much time I will have to do drawings but every week this month I will be posting drawings and sketches done in ink. …
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