Happy New Year

Happy New Year  to all my friends and family, 2010 has been one hell of a ride. I made no resolutions for 2010, so I gonna do same thing again foe 2011. 

So let the chips fall were they may and I will continue to live for moment.


blaque


I will be back next year with a few new surprises, I promise. 

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Headshot, headshot

Back with more soon,

Blaque

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New Powerman,


I really have not had time to get in to the new powerman that marvel has presented,  but I did like that this one actually has a costume.

 

 

Back with more soon,

Blaque,

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Just something from the vault, 

Back with more;

Blaque.

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Here another one of unearthed concepts that I  drop everyonce in while.

He may or may not be for a an ip I am developing

More one the way.

Blaque

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damn  I was gone from this blog for a sec, but I back with some new ish.  I am gonna to try to post some new work over the next few day, weeks and maybe months. I am tying to break out of this artist/designer funk I am in.   but that whatever.

Black Panther X Storm

Back with more

Blaque

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Another Warm-up this on was inspired by the countless peices done by Terry Dodson.  Hands down Terry Dodson and Adam Hughes can draw female characters like no other.

White Queen

I will be back with more soon.

Blaque

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Sometimes sketches don't always come out like they are supposed to  this is one of those cases.  And unlike most I am not afraid to  show it off and get it ripped apart.

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Just something to get the creative juice flowing again. A little warm-up.

Luke Cage and and Iron fist  Fun 

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Okay, So I think alot few of you know about the issue I have with batman.  I love drawing the character an all but for some reason I never feel like I do him justice. I am have the same issue with another character.    Mr. Terrific,  I have draw him countless time but  never feel that I captured him correctly,   But here is a pencil and ink sketch I was playing around with .

Back with more later.

Blaque

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Well apparently I have some more art to show.  So here is one of my favorite  X-men characters

Definitely Got some more on the way.

Blaque

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Don't get used to this but here is another raw sketch.  This one was found in the archives and though what the hell,'Throw it on blog.'

I'm out for now more on the way, may be

blaque

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Wow, another update, now this is the kind of trend I like, but we all know I this won't be a permanent thing, I wish it would stay, but alas I am to damn lazy to keep this kinda of pace going.

So here is a new random concept art sketch,  i think this was a quick 5 min sketch i am not mistaken but  probably am. 

Back with more as soon as I feel like it. lol

Blaque

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Well here is another Unearthed Concept piece. Even though I still think its cool as hell they promote Luke cage some much, I still hate that he does not have a costume. So seeing Raheight redesign on DA, it sparked my interest in doing it again.

Luke Cage is property of Marvel Entertainment
Art is mine.

More on the way,

Blaque

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The old layout has to go, it was getting on my nerves really and I need a change.

but that is not what you are hear to see at all. So, with that said here is an unearthed raw sketch that I worked on some time last year but never go around to posting anywhere at all.

Ares ( The Marvel Comics Version) 

I will probably put the pencils, inks, and final color up on DA and maybe even my redesign website (whenever I get around to updating it.)

More on the way, sorry for the wait.

blaque.

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Excuse my  absent, but I been grinding,  really hard on this new job a have got.  I would love to say it is a dream job, but it is just a job that ocupies my time and causes me all types of stress and anxiety.  but what ever here is a new  pair of new raw sketches from the sketch book.

 

And then...

 

 I steadly getting back to my normal life as a re learn and re-assess a lot of things.

Back with more soon I hope.

Blaque

R.I.P Frank Frazetta

I know I am kinda late, but I have been  knocking around a reason to post something.  I don't want it to seem like I am posting something because everyone else is, but I just wanted to say he will be  soarly missed, the man is a legend and damn near created the fantasy art genre.   With out him I don't think most of the art and image I see and draw today would be what they are.

Thank Frank.

PS  R.I.P Lena Horne

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I totally forgot I did this one. I had dead time at on contract I was working on know this out a few minutes.

Back with more soon I am back on the job hunt as well as try to finished up  a project.

blaque

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I have been kinda on the low for a while I am back on the trail a new job and some things have been slacking my part.  But here is a little diddy had on the HD.

 I will be back with more soon.


Blaque

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Back with another update. This time is the lovely harley quinn.  I don't know why but I have been chomping at the bit to draw here for some reason. It maybe because i saw the lovely Arie Monroe of DrawLikeCrazy.net knock out like 5 in week and wanted to try my hand at it.  This was just my first attempt at this character I plan on doing a real version of her shortly.

This peice is also special because it marks the my first completed sketch peice with ArtRage 3.  Actually, its ArtRage Studio Pro that  I got a chance to demo and must say I am so going in on this program.  It is by far leaps and bounds above it predecessor, it is not even funny. As soon as i open it up and saw all of the new brushes and settings I almost lost it.  I found myself wrapped up in the water color brush and  some of the other tools as well.  There is so much to explore and do with this program that I still have not had the chance to go through and try everything.   I have been having endless amount of fun exploring what I can do with this program.

I am a bit amazed at the cost.  At 80 bucks this program is on par or at the same level with some of the other natural media programs out there today.   

Now I just have to get my hands on a Cintiq and I will be in artist heaven. But that is on far off, dream. 

With the said let me say that there is so much more to come,  especially with the new artrage.  I may start having to post more the just raw sketches. maybe,

Blaque

R.I.P. Pat Carlucci

Not going to say alot but want to say,  he was an amazing guy from few time I got to met him at the cons.

He will be missed.

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Blade Meister Sketch

Random Idea that got way to serious. I don't have any why I did a background but, whatever.

more on the way, been way to busy with my new job and working on a long term project. more on that coming soon.

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Damn I am been away for a minute, and I really did not mean to do that. But the good news is that I finally and I mean finally found a new job, not exactly what I want but back in the game no less.

So things will be touch and go here for second, between this job, comic book I am working on for someone (more on that soon) and my own artwork. Besides the fact that I am also working on other clients work as well as trying to get few art book out the door with a few other artist. I am stretching myself very thin.

So enough with the me, me, me bs here is a quick pic I did while at work. I was bored so I had to do something.

No Clue on a name just randomness from the mind:


I got some much more of the way please stay tuned.

blaque

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As I am one of many that is stuck inside because of the big "SNOWPACALYPSE". I decided to upload something relatively new, I mean you all have not seen. This one was a rough for a character I have been playing around with. I wanted to do a fully digital rendering of it, however I am not sure when I will get back around to this one.

so enjoy, I am get around to the full render one day and maybe even upload the full body turnaround.



More on the way.

Blaque

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Back again this time with Sam Guthrie ( i think I spelled the right), AKA Cannonball.

This was a real quick one actually, I just don't remember how much time it took



Cannonball in property of Marvel Entertainment
Art is mine

Pardon My babble ...

...but I seem to be going through a crisis of an artist nature. I produce a a lot of works form illustration to graphic design, comic book art to web design, T-shirt apparel design to Vector illustrations concept art to 3d character models. So I have lot of work and in recent years I have been holding off on pushing any of it because I wanted to put it in an artbook. But, it is increasingly hard on me to look at my art I have set aside for an artbook or a sketch book that is almost 2 years old and see good work or work that represent what I can do.

So my question, my queue is if you think one should hold showing the artwork to be shown exclusively in an art book or just put it out and if an art book comes up collect your best put it out. Don't worry about exclusivity and just be an artist.

Just something that is knocking around in my head. I sitting here on 200 or so various art works for projects that may or may not happen. I'd rather be see that than wait to see them if a book or two get out.


blaque

SpeedPainting 2.0

So as some of you know this was supposed to be a site for purely sketches but I want to throw some other rough/ unfinished type works out there. This is another speed a painting I did of an older ork sketch.



I'm Out
Blaque

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The Ghost who Walks (AKA the Phantom)

First ArtRage digi sketch of the year, Well Actually the second. The first is some weird sketch the kinda looks like lebron james and I have no idea why.






More the way, still on the job hunt and working on multiple projects.


blaque

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Another in a along line of rough concept art that I have in the vault. No idea what this one was about, but whatever. It was real quick from what I remember.

blaque

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Well according to bloggers clock this will be my first official post of 2010. What ever here are to sketch that Have been up on hard drive for some time. i am constantly going over them for some reason or another, but at the end of the day their just sketches and that that.

Quick Alien Sketch



Train sketch





Back with more soon, still on my grind hunting for that job and stepping my art/ design game up.

Blaque

2010 and Beyond

Damn I am late in the updates but wanted to wish everybody happy holidays and definitely HAPPY NEW YEAR.

And with one big breath good bye to 2009, you have not been the best year.

but New Day, New year, New Decade, Lets Go.

On to the art as I do every Year, I knock out a single piece of art at the stroke of midnight. This years is IMMFHO is 100x better that last years, In fact I may color this one. I have yet to do that on any of the pieces I have done at the beginning of the year. Last years art was utter crap and basically that's the way the year went.

No name but I love the way in turned out and even slapped some grungy old paper on it for fun.

hope 2010 is great for all we all need to be in one way or another.




blaque