Well... I did it again. Where I go too tight with my pencils/sketch. And you know what else? I'm gonna do the same friggin' thing when I transfer this to the board. Because I'm a silly goose, like that. But I'm having fun, and that's all that matters.

Did some Juggernaut sketches. I'd like to make a finished piece from the first one.

Just did another rewatch of "Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight" (1995, now streaming on Shudder), which I LOVE. I got to the end, like, after the credits, and thought: is this the first movie to have a post-credits scene? I have to imagine it's happened before, but probably only a few instances

HUGE thanks to @chrissamnee.bsky.social and his wonderful wife, Laura. I received my Thing illustration, yesterday, and it was perfectly packaged. Always love seeing these pieces, up close.

All done. Doc Robot, from Mega Man III. Drawn on 9" x 12" bristol board. Ink, white paint/washes, white paint pen, and a sheet of gradient screen tone, with some highlights scratched out. Start to finish progress shots in comments.

Ok. I think I'm done with the inks. I'll make another post with the process pics. I imagined the MM2 weapons as almost holograms. So I inked them, and then did several thin washes of white paint over them. This is something that would benefit from a talented colorist. Might add screen tones, too.

More progress. White paint splatter before I do the MM2 weapon effects. I had a couple large drops of watery paint land, unintentionally. But I quickly dabbed them with a paper towel, and noticed it made an ALMOST "lens flare" look. So I repeated it a few times. Old Joe wouldn't have tried that.

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?! I've been on such a Japanese jazz fusion kick the past couple years. Ever since I learned that the genre was a big inspiration for video game soundtracks of the '80s and '90s. Casiopea, TSquare, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Masayoshi Takanaka, etc

Holy cow, this is awesome! I love the work of @yashiro-manabu.bsky.social

Masterclass

Got lucky this time around, with the @chrissamnee.bsky.social art sale. Brings my track record to 3 pieces for 6 attempts. Really pumped to have scored this Thing.

This piece from @mynameistran.bsky.social is absolutely GORGEOUS

Some inking progress on this Doc Robot piece.

I love Return of the Living Dead

...a MUST!

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social like:

Look at this amazing Kamen Rider sculpture from @kancho9999.bsky.social!

Pencils for quick Doc Robot piece. Also, my new mechanical pencil from Leuchtturm. I used it to tighten up some of the more faint lines.

Gotta have the 2 fingers touching when it comes to Mega Man illustrations

@heyoholls.bsky.social is killing it with these little robot designs!

This is so sic! I love this drawing from @yashiro-manabu.bsky.social! By the way: I saw Superman with my dad, and my 2 kids, yesterday. I thought it was excellent. It even made me cry a few times. Highly recommend.

Sketch vs final

It's Ultra Man day?! Here's my only (so far) drawing of Ultra Man. Drawn on 11" x 17" board, using blue pencil, Copic Multiliner pen, black ink, traditional screen tones, and some white paint.

Also, for the weightlifting crowd, hit another two PRs, today. 241 lbs on the Hammer Incline Bench machine (3 sets, 7, 6, and 6 reps). Ignore the unflattering facial expressions and grunts. Hit 238 on the quad/leg extension machine, as well (3 sets, 7, 8, and 8 reps).

Physical media day! New 4k release of COBRA, from @arrowvideo.bsky.social

548lbs on the leg sled, today. That's 2 personal bests. Before I managed 3 sets of 236lbs on the incline bench machine (7, 7, and 6 reps)

Attention @philhester.bsky.social!

Here's the one, tiny, Toth original that I proudly have in my art collection. When I bought this, there were dozens of other pieces, filled, end to end, with sketches. But this was one of the few signed pieces.

Back to back movie days! This time, William Friedkin's "Sorcerer". I had heard how good this movie was, for years. But I had a hard time finding it. Wasn't streaming anywhere. I wasn't easily finding a good copy to purchase. When I finally saw it, I went in knowing NOTHING. It was phenomenal.

Brody King is selling "Abolish ICE" shirts. All proceeds will go to the families that have been impacted.

Hell yeah! The Pyun cut of Captain America arrived today!

No matter what the courts say, we are not going anywhere. Our fight continues. 📸 Will Martinez Jr

i’ve read histories of the transgender child and know for a fact jules gill peterson put forth an incredibly detailed amicus brief explaining that trans youth healthcare is neither new or novel and is in fact over 100 years old. they don’t care. they just want us dead

This new 4k edition of The Nice Guys is, well... really nice. The companion book is pretty dense. Looking forward to giving it a read.

There's a lot of really cool details here, even in its simplicity. The pupil shapes (hell, all the shapes), and the little, square pixel highlights... it's really clever stuff

A couple friends and I were extras in the film "The Wrestler". After the scene was filmed, we made our way behind the building where the crew and Kraft Services were set up. Aronofsky and Rourke walked by me and I gave Rourke a little nod.

Are there any leftist/left leaning candidates/politicians offering to pardon anyone arrested during these LA protests? Because that would be pretty rad.

All done with this little boss select screen. Pretty happy with how it turned out. Again, I'll be opening up some of these select screen commissions in the near future. So keep an eye out.

Almost done. Working on screen tones, now

Hahahahahaha!!!

Inking progress. Just tried out a couple different things on a photocopy before going back to the original. I like to measure twice, and swear once.

I love this Rodan piece!

So friggin' good! Really fun Capcom art from @dylrburnett.bsky.social

I actually want to go to Haunted House MORE than I want to go to Aqua

Gorgeous Nightcrawler, here, from @davestokes.bsky.social

Two of my favorite anthology horror movies. Highly recommend if you haven't seen them. They're usually available on Tubi.

Hell yeah!

X-men teams that I drew through years.

I don't like hacks. Which is why I enthusiastically backed this project the day it became available. There's still a little less than 2 weeks to jump in! And there have been so many excellent stretch goals that have made my initial pledge even better.