Monday, September 25, 2006

Secret Agent Frank N Stone: A cautionary tale of woe


Long ago, I had this idea for a Frankenstein comicbook. It took me way too long to get my abilities up to snuff to realize it. Come to think of it, I'm not sure if I could do it justice these days either. When I was getting my master degree I thought I'd finally get the chance to make it a reality. Ironically, the same summer, there came a ridiculous number of Frankenstein themed comicbooks ( Mark Wheatley's Frankenstein Mobster and Steve Skroce's Doc Frankenstein amongst the popular ones.) So suddenly this somewhat original idea of a Secret Agent Frankenstein's Monster became old hat as if I was hanging off the coat-tails of these other Frankenstein comics. (As opposed to the coat-tails of Mary Shelley, James Whales, Boris Karloff, and Ian Fleming). Just a cautionary tale of woe of dreams unrealized. Here is the cover to the Sketchbook ashcan I made and the proposed cover to the first issue of the comic. I'll be the first to admit that the finished pages of the first issue weren't all that great to begin with, so hopefully, this will be all anyone ever sees of this project.

Weekend Drawing Group


I mainly draw backgrounds and environmental studies at work so I attend this weekend drawing group. It's about the only chance I get to draw the figure. Here are a couple of the studies. They took a couple hours give or take.

Monday, August 28, 2006

La Senorita

Fun drawing. Thanks to reference from www.characterdesigns.com.

The Twins



Playing off of stereotypes. It'd be cool to see identical twin Chinese guys. As for the costumes and the ponytails, this is a western. I might have just set my people back 100 years with this sketch.

The Englishman


playing with shapes. Thinking about sharp-shooters of the old west: Guys that could shoot the fleas off a dog with their pitsol.

Monday, August 21, 2006

Bartender


The bartender in the storage cellar.

Friday, August 18, 2006

Victorian street scene.


Inspired by a Dover Book called, "Camera Work" to paint this scene. Perhaps some big city slickers can populate the wild west too.

Native American


Warrior.

Thursday, May 25, 2006

Daniel Cheng's first post




Painted these quick. Lots of fun.