Posted in Books, Fig Art, Movies, Television, tagged Art, Cloud, dany targaryen, Drawing, ellie, ffxii, Game of Thrones, Minecraft, omar, The Last of Us, the wire on July 25, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Meta drawing. In 2013, when I got a new graphics tablet, I drew a pool party containing character requests from some Facebook friends. In 2014, I redrew that pool party to showcase my skill progress. Here I am 3 years later redrawing the pool party again benchmarking my progress. It has been an incredible journey and I can’t wait to keep going.
What’s also fun is how some of these characters have grown in that time period. Ellie is older and Dany’s dragons have gotten considerably larger.
Posted in Books, Fig Art, tagged Art, beast boy, DC Comics, doom patrol, fan art, teen titans on April 11, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Books, Fig Art, Movies, tagged Art, Batman v Superman, DC Comics, diana prince, Drawing, gal galdot, wonder woman on April 1, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Books, Fig Art, tagged Art, cos, dccomics, Drawing, kara zor-el, supergirl, superman on October 27, 2015| 1 Comment »
In celebration of Halloween and CBS’s Supergirl, I drew Kara with some holiday flair!
The pilot was a little rough (what pilot isn’t), but I’m sure we’ll be on track for another great superhero tv show.
Posted in Books, tagged Batman, DC Comics, flash, Green Lantern, infinite crisis, omnibus, superman, wonder woman on May 15, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Hey everybody! Here’s a quick videoblog summarizing my continuous journey to catching up on the best DC Comics has to offer!
Posted in Books, Movies, Television, Video Games, tagged Geek, nerd, podcast on April 21, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Hi everyone! This is a podcast I did with my friends. It’s a geek oriented podcast where we talk about what things we’re excited about when it comes to comics, books, movies, and television. It’s our inaugural podcast and we’re very excited to interact with our viewers. So if you have time, give it a chance and hopefully we’ll be on itunes soon so you can carry us wherever we go!
Feel free to drop comments in either the Youtube or this comment section. Thanks so much everyone!
Posted in Books, Fig Art, tagged Art, bamboo, captain cold, cintiq, DC Comics, digital, Drawing, flash, gorilla grodd, photoshop, reverse flash, wacom on March 14, 2015| 3 Comments »
The Flash has risen in popularity over the past couple of years. In thanks to the great comic book restart during the New 52 event, the rising CW television series, and the eventual Flash movie starring Ezra Miller. This year marks the 75th anniversary of when the Flash hit the panels, so I did some quick fan art depicting the Scarlet Speedster doing what he does best. Running.
Gonna celebrate some Robin 75 in my next drawn.
Posted in Books, Fig Art, tagged adobe, animal man, Art, Books, buddy baker, comic books, comics, DC Comics, Drawing, illustrator, justice league, manga studio, photoshop on February 23, 2015| Leave a Comment »
So I’m catching up on Animal Man and I’ve really begun to like Bernard “Buddy” Baker as Animal Man. I’ve been meaning to write an article about how amazingly different and utterly disturbing reading Animal Man has been, but I settled with this drawing for now.
Enjoy!
Posted in Books, tagged brian buccellato, captain cold, comic books, comics, DC Comics, francis manapul, gorilla grodd, heat wave, new 52, the flash on February 21, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Some time ago, I kinda panned several comic books for selfish and silly reasons. With regards to The Flash, I called the first book generic. I called the Flash boring. I called out the lack of growth…Truth be told, I had not finished the book by the time I had wrote the article. I had only read about half where it focused on Barry’s relationship with his self cloning friend. It wasn’t a fair enough shot. By the end of the second half, the book really picked up and I was compelled to buy the second volume. And after that, let’s just say I get why The Flash is such an amazing character with many levels complexity. Not just in the character, but a nice insight into why Flash’s mythology is heralded as much more than ‘running fast’. Especially for someone who doesn’t know much about The Flash.
Posted in Books, Fig Art, tagged adobe, Art, buffy, comic books, comics, Drawing, fray, illustrator, Joss Whedon, manga studio, melaka, photoshop on February 10, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Finished Fray a while back. Inspired, I drew the gorgeous and deadly Melaka Fray. Quite the exercise in background too. Very satisfied with this one. And I recorded this drawing that I enclosed below.
So the last bazillion things I’ve drawn are all strong and gorgeous women. Time to amp up the testosterone. Thinking of some Animal Man/Swamp Thing…in chibi form. Maybe. Not sure. It will come to me.
Posted in Books, Fig Art, tagged Arkham Asylum, Art, bamboo, Batman, book, Books, cintiq, comic books, DC Comics, digital art, Drawing, harley quinn, illustrator, Joker, manga studio, photoshop, wacom on December 29, 2014| Leave a Comment »
My obsession with Harleen Quinzel continues as I use her as my object for trying a new style. I took a painting + blur tool on this one versus my normal style. I really liked the shading that can come from it and how it looks without the line art. Expect more experimentations with this.
I kinda set it vaguely at Arkham Asylum, hence her orange jumpsuit. I’m going to say Harley found her infamous collar (and ultimately the calling card to get her to be recognizable) amidst a riot where she wrestled away a police baton. She also found her old name tag and set out to correct it to better reflect who she is now. And of course, she’s always equipped with that absolutely adorable smile.
Posted in Books, Video Games, tagged Batman, Books, Comic book, comic books, comics, DC Comics, injustice gods among us, issues, justice league, Reviews, superman, trade paperbacks, vertigo, Video Game on December 27, 2014| Leave a Comment »
There are many instances of where video game universes are continued as comic books. I’ve heard only good things from things like The Last of Us’s “American Dreams” and there are plenty of Halo, Assassin’s Creed, and Mass Effect ones that I know people enjoy. Today I’m giving a special shout out to Injustice: Gods Among Us. Here’s a comic book that’s based on a fighting video game that’s based on comic book characters who often fight each other. How weird was that?
This article isn’t as much about the video game itself (which is free for Playstation Plus members this December), but rather a comic book that acts as the prequel to the events of one of the game’s timelines. DC and comic books in general often operate in alternate realities and the basis of this comic book follows Superman’s descent into becoming the world’s dictator. The DC universe prides Superman as being incorruptible. But what happens when the Joker tricks him into murdering his own pregnant wife?
This is how the comic book starts out. The initial story is lightly treaded on in the video game itself, but the game jumps ahead FIVE years after this event. In the game all we learn is that Superman has established a dictatorship of the world under the guise of maintaining peace. There is an underground war against Batman and his thin alliance of other insurgents. But how did this happen? How did the heroes line up on each side? What happened to certain heroes and villains? The comic book promises to cover all of these and more, making an entertaining and shockingly dark romp.
I’ve picked up only Year 1: Vol. 1 of Injustice. I’m very excited to read Vol. 2 this January. Here’s a review.
Posted in Books, tagged Art, DC Comics, Drawing, illustrator, manga studio, photoshop, wacom, wallpaper, wonder woman on December 23, 2014| 1 Comment »
Quickly drew some Wonder Woman fan art. I’m adjusting to a new computer, so I’m keeping my drawings relatively simple for now. Hope you all enjoy it!
Posted in Books, Video Games, tagged big bad, bigby, dc, fables, snow white, telltale, the wolf among us, vertigo on December 4, 2014| 4 Comments »
I had a wonderful time with Season 1 of Telltale’s The Walking Dead. After so much critical praise, everyone was curious about what the next step was for Telltale. They ultimately headed in a direction of a lesser known comic book than The Walking Dead called Fables. Fables is a comic book by Bill Willingham. By the time the series was announced, I had read the first third of the series and fairly enjoyed the story of how society’s beloved story time characters live in a separate society from the rest of the world. While the series kind of fell off for me, the hype around Telltale’s The Wolf Among Us may have just pulled me back right into the world. The first episode was released in October 2013 and has gained critical buzz until the first season of the series concluded in July 2014. It was only this past month when Telltale released the whole 5 episode package on the PS4 and I immediately attacked it. With my background knowledge on the Fables universe and familiarity with Telltale’s story medium, I thought I was prepared for The Wolf Among Us. I was wrong. On so many enjoyable and juicy levels.
Here’s how I was absolutely blown away by The Wolf Among Us and its titular hero: Bigby Wolf
Posted in Books, Fig Art, tagged Art, cintiq, Drawing, lying cat, saga, the will, wacom on November 1, 2014| Leave a Comment »
A different, if slightly violent style. Pretty sure I ran the nib down pretty far on this one. I’m pretty in love with Saga right now, with these two at the helm as some of my favorite characters (but honestly, who isn’t my favorite).
Posted in Books, Fig Art, tagged Art, Batman, Books, cintiq, comic books, dc, DC Comics, digital, Drawing, fan art, harley quinn, wacom, wallpaper on September 15, 2014| Leave a Comment »
A piece I tried with a thinner pen. I hadn’t drawn Harleen in a while so I figured it was time for a new piece. More comic book-ey, less cartoony. I like the results. Slow pieces will continue to make their way to Banana Scoop.
Posted in Books, tagged comic books, comics, dc, fables, hellboy, icon, Marvel, powers, the goon, vertigo on July 3, 2014| Leave a Comment »
I’ve collected a large number of comics over the years. I primarily chose them based on recommendations I’ve read over the internet. Not all of them are immediate winners though and some series require a bit of stumbling before they hit their stride. My normal purchasing routine is buying the first volume of a series and if I legitimately enjoy them, I continue. I’ve taken some interest in some cult favorite series and purchased the first couple of volumes of each to test them out. Unfortunately today’s post is about five series that haven’t really kindled a fire underneath my stomach enough for me to continue the series. I’m asking you the reader to back up some of these series that you’ve hopefully read and persuade me to continue reading.
Posted in Books, tagged Batman, batwoman, Books, comic books, comics, DC Comics, Drawing, Reviews on June 28, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Even further from mainstream then the string of Robins, Batgirls, and other obscure Bat villains is the recherché Batwoman. When people hear Batwoman’s name, they think that maybe she’s a Batman copycat who is a possible love interest for the Dark Knight. What they don’t know is that Katherine Kane aka Batwoman might be comic books’ most popular LGBT superhero, who kicks ass and doesn’t take questions from anyone, including Batman. After hearing how awesome Batwoman is on the internets, I took it upon myself to look into Batwoman and her comic series. After reading her first New 52 volume, Hydrology, I became instantly hooked and may have a new contender for favorite superheroine, [sorry Diana]. I took time out of my not so busy day to draw a new wallpaper as tribute to one of my new favorite characters and write a small review on Batwoman New 52 Vol. 1: Hydrology. I really hoped to catch her edgy, gorgeous, but ‘don’t f*ck with me’ attitude.
Posted in Books, Fig Art, tagged Art, Batman, cintiq, comic books, comics, dc, jason todd, manga studio, red hood, robin, wacom on May 23, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Jason Todd was found by Batman breaking into the Batmobile as a kid. When Bruce saw potential in the young boy, he made him his second Robin. Jason was fueled by rage and revenge, which led to his painful death at the hands of the Joker, leaving Bruce distraught. After he was resurrected [because comics logic], he returned to Gotham as the masked vigilante Red Hood, where he takes an ultraviolent approach to dealing with Gotham’s criminals. Red Hood and the Dark Knight have butted heads ever since, debating on whose justice system is working for Gotham better.
If interested, read or watch the DC story arc: “Under the Red Hood”. It’s really good.
Taking a small break from the Robins to do some original content. It’ll be up in a couple of days.
Posted in Books, Fig Art, tagged Batman, comic books, comics, dc, red robin, robin, tim drake on May 19, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Drew Tim Drake as Red Robin.
Really happy with the shading I’ve done here. I’ve got 3 more Robins down the pipe.
Decided to throw in a little background to those who don’t know who this is and kind of care. If you don’t, meh, move on to the next thing in your newsfeed.
Tim Drake was Batman’s third Robin after Dick Grayson [the first Robin] became Nightwing and Jason Todd [the second Robin] died, resurrected and became Red Hood [because comics]. Blessed with a detectives mind that rivals Batman’s, Tim Drake earned the right to be Batman’s next Robin by persuading the stubborn Dark Knight into believing he needed a Robin after he couldn’t get over the death of his former protege. Tim eventually outgrew the mantle and became Red Robin and serves on Teen Titans.
Hope that was a fun read. Tim’s probably my least favorite Robin, but he’s still pretty neat.
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