ILLUSTRIOUS BITS WEEK 40: THE FANTASTIC FOUR

Here's my entry for week 40 on Illustrious Bits! The theme for this week was any character from Fantastic Four. I couln't decide on just one member though, stop I decided to do all four of the original. :)

Fantastic Four (c) Marvel Comics

ILLUSTRIOUS BITS WEEK 39: ANY CHARACTER FROM FINAL FANTASY - LULU

Here is another late post on a sketch from Illustrious Bits for week39's theme of "any character from Final Fantasy". I honestly don't know anything about Final Fantasy, so I picked a character that I found interesting visually. This is Lulu is from Final Fantasy X and specializes in the art of Black Magic, using various dolls to help cast spells.

Lulu and Final Fantasy © Square-Enix

ILLUSTRIOUS BITS WEEK 38: ANY CHARACTER CREATED BY CHRIS CLAREMONT - ROGUE

I'm really late posting these last few submissions for Illustrious Bits on here. But this is my submission for week 38's theme "any character created by Chris Claremont". Originally, I planned to do my Classic X-Men collage for this, but I realized after I finished that Claremont did not create every character I drew. Luckily, I did all of the art in pieces and individually.

So, I decided to color Rogue and use her alone as my entry for week 38.

Rogue © Marvel Comics

NEW YORK COMICON - ARTIST ALLEY TABLES N12 and N13

This is just a reminder that I'll be at the New York Comicon (NYCC) this weekend along with the creative team from NEVERMINDS, Jamie Fay and Danielle Alex St. Pierre. We'll be selling comics, figurines, prints, original art and taking commissions at the show! Please stop by and say hello! We'll be in Artist Alley at tables N12 and N13! Hope to see you there!

And just to give everyone a laugh, here's my poor puppy, Harlee, in a costume bought by my sister hoping she would get to go to comicon.  :P

DRUMFISH FIGURINES SERIES 2 - SAMANYA AND TEMPLAR

The second set of Drumfish Production figurines have arrived! Samanya from NEVERMINDS and Templar from SENTINELS look AMAZING! We're very proud of these statues and are excited to have them for NYCC this weekend. Each are $40 and we will be selling them at the show and also online. Note us if your interested in getting one or all!

CLASSIC NEW X-MEN PRINT!

Here is the latest print that I've done just in time for this week's New York Comicon! I had a poll on my DeviantArt page and asked followers what I should draw for my next print and a majority of them voted for the classic New X-Men team by Claremont and Cockrum. I really love that era and the characters are some of my favorites, so it was easy to get into drawing it. I decided to add Rogue in there as she joined shortly after and I wanted another female character in the picture. I was lucky to have NEVERMINDS artist, Jamie Fay, help me put this all together in Photoshop (I drew each character seperately this time) and then lucky again to have SENTINELS artist, Luciano Vecchio, agree to color this for me! Thanks again, guys!

X-Men (c) Marvel Comics

NYCC THIS WEEKEND AND NY TIMES PANEL

Lots of stuff is happening here!! Jamie Fay, Danielle Alexis St Pierre and I have been working VERY hard to get issue #3 of Neverminds done for the show. And it's at the printers now. So, fingers cross that it looks as amazing pritned as it does on the computer screen. Jamie and Danielle really stepped it up a lot and have done the best work I've ever seen from them. Honestly, it's the best issue yet. We'll be premiering the book at NYCC (the New York Comicon) this week!

We're also premiering the second set of Drumfish figurines at NYCC. Templar from Sentinels and Samanya from Neverminds are scheduled to arrive today (I'll post pictures later!).

Right before the big NYCC show, I'll be on a panel at the New York Times. It's a diversity event for the GLBT and Allies group. They'll be discussing GLBT characters in comics and since they spotlighted Phazer from Sentinels earlier this year, they asked me to take part. It's also interesting timing as with the latest issue of Neverminds, we reveal that team member Samanya is a lesbian. It's really great to see that she is such a fan favorite and I hope this makes her even more unique and interesting to people. She's one of my favorite characters.

I'll be in Artist Alley at NYCC at tables N12 and N13 along with Jamie and Danielle. We have lots of books, prints, the figurines and original art that we'll be selling. If you're at the show, please stop by and say hello!

ILLUSTRIOUS BITS WEEK 37: ANY CHARACTER WITH GREEN SKIN - MS MARTIAN

This week's theme on Illustrious Bits was any character with green skin. I actually picked this week's theme and intended to do a few different characters. But this being the week before the 2012 New York Comicon (NYCC), I have a ton of things to do and was only able to get one sketch done. I decided to draw Ms Martian from Teen Titans (and later the Young Justice cartoon). Not wild about the background pattern I did and this was kind of a rush sketch.

Ms Martian © DC Comics

ILLUSTRIOUS BITS WEEK 36: CATCH-UP WEEK

The latest theme on Illustrious Bits was "Catch-Up Week", menaing revisiting any of the previous week's themes and drawing something from them. I decided that I was going to do a bunch of Batman villains, since I sell a lot of those character sketches at conventions and NYCC is coming up fast! But with eveything I've had going one recently (just returned from Italy, trying to get NEVERMINDS #3 finished and get the two new Drumfish figurines back in time for NYCC), I was a little too busy to get many done. Still, I got two of the more popular characters done. Here are Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy. Love these ladies!

Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy (c) DC Comics

DRUMFISH PRODUCTIONS SERIES 2 FIGURINES: SAMANYA AND TEMPLAR

Here are the final versions of the second set of figurines from Drumfish Productions! Samanya from NEVERMINDS was designed by Jamie Fay and Templar from SENTINELS was designed by Luciano Vecchio! WE're extremely proud of both figurines and expect to have them in time for the 2012 NYC Comicon. WE hope everyone will enjoy them as much as they did the first series (Alanis from NEVERMINDS and Firebomb from SENTINELS). All four figurines are available for order by contact us on our Facebook page, here, or by email at sentinelsmail@aol.com .

The figure stands 6" high and is hand painted. It comes with a stand, which has the company logo and character name on the bottom of the stand. This is a very limited edition figurine and anyone interested in buying Samanya (or any of our other figurines, Alanis Munroe, Firebomb and Templar) please contact asap.

The price of each is $40.

Alanis Munroe, Firebomb, Samanya, Templar, Neverminds and Sentinels © Drumfish Productions

ILLUSTRIOUS BITS WEEK 35: PIXIE

The pick for this round on Illustrious Bits is Pixie from the X-Men. Not really my fav of characters, but I still like the way this one turned out. I used to like Pixie when she first appeared in New X-Men, but then they had her join the main X-Men team and they sexed her up. Seriously, she went from like a teen to a full grown woman in one issue. It was really bad. I decided to draw her in her original look because it was more unique and she didn't look like every other female out there. :)

Pixie (c) Marvel Comics

NEVERMINDS #3 COVER!!!

Here is the amazing cover for NEVERMINDS #3 drawn by Jamie Fay and colored by Danielle Alexis St. Pierre! I honestly can't wait to get this issue out because Jamie and Danielle are really doing the most beautiful art I've ever seen from them. And this issue is FULL of surprises, seriously, things really heat up on the story and a lot is revealed. 

Written by Rich Bernatovch
Art by Jamie Fay
Colors by Danielle Alexis St. Pierre
Back Cover by Nei Ruffino 
NEVERMINDS © Drumfish Productions

A FEW SKETCHES

Here are a few great sketches that I haven't had a chance to post before now.

First up is Templar from the 1st Gen SENTINELS drawn by Yasmin Liang. Yasmin has a really great grasp on brush work and I love the effects of it. Please check out more of Yasmin's work at www.yazmeanie.com .

Next up is Heartache from the 3rd Gen SENTINELS drawn by Mike Roll at the 2012 MOCCA Con. Mike had a really fun and interesting style that I thought was very unique. He did this sketch super quick! Please check out more of Mike's work at www.mikeroll.blogspot.com .

The last two sketches are a bit older. One is by NEVERMINDS artist, Jamie Fay, and is of Yemenja from NEVERMINDS. We have some interesting plans for this character! This sketch was the first time that someone requested Jamie draw for them of her. Cool, huh?  The other sketch is of Alanis Munroe from NEVERMINDS and I honest can't remember who drew this one (sorry!!!), but it was posted by someone on DeviantArt.

ILLUSTRIOUS BITS WEEK 34: ANY DISNEY VILLAIN - MALEFICENT

The theme for week 34 on Illustrious Bits is "Any Disney Villain". I wasn't sure how my style would translate to Disney characters, but I defintely knew who I wanted to draw. Maleficent is easily the most striking Disney villain to me. She just has an odd beauty and evilness to her that I don't think many other Disney villains have. I'm excited to see the live action movie with Angelina Jolie when it comes out!

Maleficent (c) Disney

SAMANYA FIGURINE PROGRESS UPDATE

Here is an updated progress look at Samanya from second set of Drumfish Productions' figurines. There are still some things that need to be fixed on her, but we're getting closer to seeing her finished. She's looking AWESOME!!

Design art by Jamie Fay and colors by Danielle Alexis St. Pierre

Sculpt by Gensen

PROMOTIONAL BOX ART FOR SAMANYA AND TEMPLAR FIGURINES

Here is the box art for Samanya and Templar from the second set of Drumfish Productions figurines! The Templar art was drawn by Luciano Vecchio and the Samanya art was drawn by Jamie Fay and colored by Daielle Alex St. Pierre.

ALANIS MUNROE BY BEN HARVEY

This sketch of Alanis Munroe from Neverminds was drawn by Ben Harvey at 2012 Wizard World Philly Con. Ben is a super nice guy and very talented artist. I was wowed by his art the moment I saw it and quickly asked him to draw this. Check out more of Ben's art at www.graphitebite.blogspot.com .

NINA BY EMILIO J. LOPEZ

Another awesome sketch from Emilio J. Lopez draw at the 2012 MOCCA Con in NYC. Emilio had drawn one of the Sentinels previously, so I thought I'd have him draw one of the Neverminds characters this time. He picked Nina to draw and did a great job. Please check out more of Emilio's work at www.e-mann.deviantart.com .

NEVERMINDS BY JAMES BOYLE

This sketch of the three main characters from Neverminds was drawn by James Boyle at the 2012 Wizard World Philly Con. James' art was very impressive and I love what he did with the ladies here! Especially Samanya! Please check out more of James' art at www.jamesboyle.com .

NEVERMINDS BY DAVE PERILLO

One of the first people I met when I started doing conventions was Dave Perillo (and his partner in crime, Scott Derby). I've been a big fan of Dave's ever since and often get sketches from him at cons. Here are the three main characters from Neverminds drawn at the 2012 Wizard World Philly Con. Currently, Dave (along with Scott Debry and Tom Whalen) are part of a art big show in NYC as part of "C...razy 4 Cult" which runs from August 9, 2012 to Spetember 1, 2012 and is at the Gallery1988 NYC Pop-Up Store located at 64 Gansevoort St., NYC, NY 10014. Check it out if you have a chance! I loved the show and plan to see it again (opening night was crazy crowded!)