A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad." ​Got the color pencils finished on this GameCube controller. Still gotta hit the background with some watercolor and pop those highlights with a Posca, but I'm saving that for the final pass.

"A sword wields no strength unless the hand that holds it has courage." ​I've got that Palace theme from Zelda 2 running in the background. Seriously such an underrated tune. I'm glad they've kept it alive in the Smash Brothers series since Melee as the Hyrule Temple theme. It still goes hard...

"It's dangerous to go alone! Take this." ​Inks are finally locked in on this Link piece. I'm gonna be diving into the colors today. Also dropping a reel of the inking process in real time if you want to check that out here in the next hour.... .

"We are all puppets, Laurie. I am just a puppet who can see the strings." ​ This "11x17-ish" triptych is finally ready for the color phase. I use pink as the base, this specific magenta gives me that perfect middle ground between warm & cool when I start layering markers or colored pencils.

Here we go again... Inking this Manhattan piece is pure Zen. There's a real flow state that happens when it's just you, the nib, and the page. He's a massive, buff dude taking up the whole left side with that pointing pose. I'm just over here watching the forms emerge from the ink. It's a trip.

Warmin' up...

Yo check it out, dropping the color guide for this Dr. Manhattan piece. ​Basically I’m using this digital setup as the map but the final’s gonna be copic markers and some color pencils plus maybe some Posca hits here and there. It’s pretty much my convention style just dialed up.

Watchmen commission lines are locked in. I kept the Rorschach disintegration simple since I'm gonna handle the heavy lifting with the effects in the colors. It's a triptych with three individual cover-sized pieces that link up. Printing these out to wrap it up. Here's the left side.

Got these Spawn Kills Every Spawn trades in. Threw some splatter on the logo and gave it a scribbly punch‑up the way I do. Will I end up drawing Spawn again? Maybe. Spawny likes to roll back in out of nowhere yelling “I’M HERE NOW DO THE THING” and I’m just like yeah alright BUD, calm down.

Wonderman rules. Straight up the kind of tone, character focus, and emotional clarity the MCU needs right now. It’s sharp, it’s sincere, it’s actually about something. More of this, please. Can't wait to see what Destin Daniel Cretton does with Spider-Man. 👏👏👏

I'm so glad I became a "fuck the govt" veteran and not a "they can do no wrong" veteran. Abolish and prosecute ICE.

Blocking in a little Ozymandias. Just wanted to drop him right through the glass and let the shape language do the talking. Diggin' the cape, added some gears to the BG.

Haaaaaaaannnnnddddssss...

Got some Dr. Manhattan block-in goin’. Super fun messin’ with the shapes on this guy, tall, weird, kinda stiff in a way that works when you break the joints up right. Might end up doin’ more Watchmen stuff down the line, just to play with some shapes that don’t follow the usual serious structure.

Fuck ICE, buy some marbles.

Merry Christmas, gang. Baked cookies for friends, fam, and anyone who needs a little light right now. The world’s dark, but kindness still counts. Let’s keep showing up, one small good thing at a time. That’s how we push back. 🍪🎄

The only thing that should’ve been redacted are the names of the victims.

Throwback Thursday: Main Man Mode. Drew it right after a few months working on Overwatch 2. That whole experience left me feeling skill-less, like maybe I didn’t belong in this industry. And yeah, he’s holding a gun that turns into a motorcycle. Straight from Santa, it’s the kind of stupid I love.

Get a grip!

Drawing cubes...

This is just the digital color guide for my Link Zelda piece. The lines are pretty much locked in. I’ve got a couple extra little components I’m gonna add in that I’m keeping secret for now. And like all digital color guides, it’s just a guide. Things always shift on the page.

Had the privilege of sitting down with artist Rob Duenas @sketchcraft.bsky.social to talk about his wild days at GameFan magazine, check it out (if you have two spare hours)! youtu.be/sSMcC4OLJRk

Remember when a Campbell’s Soup exec admitted their food was made in a lab and engineered as “poor people food,” something they wouldn’t even feed their own family? Yeah. That was two weeks ago.

Pssst, if you're using AI to 'animate' your art, it looks like garbage. All of it.

New 12min Harley and Punchline scribbly demo is up. I break down the tools, the layering, and how I keep the sketch swinging while I push the forms. Real markers, real pencils, real draw session energy. The 3+ hour cut with Uncle Jerk commentary lands Monday. . youtu.be/zy8bgiqay9E?...

Working this Zelda Link piece out. Went with a chunky Master Sword this round. My theory is it’d grow bigger like the Sword from Thundercats. Also gave Link a longer nose, I wanted something that leans more into my Ankama and Dofus influences than the usual Twilight Princess design.

TURN THE VOLUME UP!!

Start calling it the Epstein Ballroom.

Wrapped up this Gunslinger Spawn Scribbly. No saucy bg on this one, just color pencil over Copics & ink. I’ll probably stick to the full color bgs in the future, not the biggest fan of all the white space. The spinning gun was a blast to color. Mostly like the attitude that came out of this one.

Laid in the first wave of inks on this Gunslinger Spawn piece. Still in that wild west stage where the lines start talking back, asking if I’ve got the guts to push it further. Gonna wrangle in some color next and see if I can keep it from shootin' the whole page apart.

Someone said, "He's more burger than king now" Boise agrees.

We all out here in Boise just sayin' No to Kings.

Our lawyer went through point by point saying (in legalese), “This is bullshit and here’s why.” [more details at link] www.gofundme.com/f/support-gr...

Good morning campers. America has No Kings. The horrors persist, but so do we.

Working on that Gunslinger Spawn commish. These are my ruffy lines, where I let the shapes breathe and the attitude come through. I blob in a few details like the hands and gun, just enough to guide the final pass. Gotta lock in the swagger before the cleanup.

I'll never stop laughing at how my self-hating Latino brother joined and was kicked out of the CBP for being incompetent within a year. Watch this and think how bad you gotta be to get have them throw you out.

IYKYK.

Who's your favorite Jedi?

Trumps pumkin glow face isn't mission ready either. His orange bronzer wouldn’t pass morning formation in the military. Army Reg AR 670-1, para. 3-2: “Cosmetics must be conservative, complement the natural skin tone, and not be eccentric, exaggerated, or trendy.”

Final colors are wrapped up on this Harley Quinn and Punchline piece. I went full scribbly style with a saucy BG and it landed pretty much the way I hoped. The color clash feels fun and sharp, and I’m happy with all the little details tucked in there.

Laid down the inks on this Harley Quinn / Punchline mash-up & still at that point in the process where the whole thing starts muttering back at me half “finish me,” half “don’t screw this up.” Gonna let the colors duke it out over the next couple passes and see who walks away with the belt.

I have friends everywhere.

Harley & Punchline on deck. Digicolors and roughy lines are squared away, so now it’s time to slap this on the board, drop the inks, and start chewing through the scribbly colors by hand. This is where it stops living on the screen and starts turning into a real piece, layer by layer.

This week my hard drive decided to cosplay as a brick. Whole lotta blah blah blah tech drama but none of that matters. Back on track, laying down this Harley and Punchline commish, going heavy on the stylized figure design. Sometimes you just gotta drown computer nonsense in ink.

Last night was the closest thing we’ve had to a dress rehearsal for his exit. And for a few golden hours, the internet was nothing but joy.

Choose your online engagement.

Eight months in, folks and this is the vibe. The Jill Stein and single-issue martyrs who sat November out handed us this chokehold, while my Latino fam who voted Orange Turd made sure the grip got tighter.

Here’s a ruffy comp for a Punchline and Harley Quinn commish I’m working on. Still early, just laying things in. Punchline’s pose is definitely a work in progress, but I don’t try to worry too much about nailing that perfectly at this stage. Right now it’s about locking in the vibe.

Super rough ruffy of Dr. Manhattan. First time I’ve drawn anyone from Watchmen, even though I bought all twelve issues back in high school. Final’s gonna be finished in my Convention Sketch style from the site, this is just me roughing out the pieces before I comp it together.