TEMPLAR BY RYAN OTTLEY

Ryan Ottley is the artist on the hit Image comic, Invincible. Ryan has been drawing Invincible for a few years now and I've been a fan of his work ever since he started. I was lucky to have seen Ryan was a few tables down from me at the Baltimore Comicon last weekend, so, of course I hit him up for a sketch. I gave Ryan the choice of picking whoever he wanted to draw from SENTINELS and he didn't disappoint. I love his rendition of Templar. He even has those classic Ottley teeth, lol. Gotta love it. See more of Ryan work on his Deviant art page at www.wya.deviantart.com .

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BEATDOWN AND KICKBACK BY JOE HALEY AND T.J. DORT

One of my favorite parts about going to conventions is meeting new creators and seeing their work. I meet Joe Haley and T.J. Dort last year at the Wizard Big Apple Con and I immediately loved their art and comic, the Underburbs. So, when I saw that Joe and T.J. were going to be at the Baltimore Comicon, I knew I was hitting them up for some sketches, lol. I got a few from them and all are equally great. This first one is another funny sketch (like Ziggy's that I posted yesterday). I like that people have been putting some humor into their sketches they've done for me lately. Check out Joe and T.J.'s comic at www.underburbs.deviantart.com . I'll be posting the other sketches they did for me soon!

BOLT BY ZIGGY BLUMENTHAL

I'm back from the Baltimore Comicon and I had a GREAT time there. It was a short convention though and I really wish it was longer. I got to see and hang with a lot of people I haven't seen in a while and the crowd was super friendly and nice. Thanks to everyone who stopped by and purchased SENTINELS and checked out the NEVERMINDS previews. It was a blast seeing everyone. I didn't get a lot of sketches this time, because I was really busy at the table, but what I did get was an awesome haul. The first sketch I'm posting is by my buddy, Ziggy Blumenthal. Ziggy is responsible for the Indie comics; Operation Pajama Pants, Sidekicked and Chris Wnuk:Secret Jew. I really love Ziggy's art and sense of humor and wanted to get a sketch from him for a long time. I made sure to have him draw something this time and couldn't be happier with the results. I don't know how he thought of doing what he did, but it's funny, lol, and I don't have anything like this in my sketchbooks. I like when artists do something different. And this sketch is only a little taste of Ziggy's work. But don't take my word for it, check out Ziggy work at www.fakemccoy.com and see for yourself. Be aware that some of it is adult humor though, especially Cornerkicked. You've been warned, lol! Thanks again for the hilarious sketch, Ziggy!

BALTIMORE COMICON!!

This weekend we'll be at the Baltimore Comicon! I'll be there along with Jamie Fay and Rey Arzeno, the awesome art team on our soon to be released NEVERMINDS. We'll have some preview art there to look at, Jamie and Rey will be doing commissions and I'll have copies of all 5 SENTINELS books, my sketchbook and a bunch of the original headshot sketches I've done this year. Jamie Fay and I will be in Artists Alley at table A126 and Rey Arzeno will at table A88. Stop by and say hello!

MORE ARTWORK!

The 2010 Baltimore Comicon is this weekend and I've been trying to get a few more sketches done for the show. Here are a few new ones as well as a few old sketches that I still had from my "sketch a day" project and decided to color.

NEVERMINDS PROMO 3

We weren't going to show this new promo image this soon, but the art was just posted on the NYC Comicon's artist alley list, so we figured it was best to post it now. Pictured above is another of our lead characters in NEVERMINDS (drawn by Jamie Fay and colored by Rey Arzeno). Wait until you see her in action! I can't wait to show some pages soon. Jamie and Rey are kicking butt! We just want to wait a little longer until we're closer to the release date in October. Stay tuned for more promo art!

"Appearances can be deceiving..."

TEMPLAR "WAR OF THE INDEPENDENTS" TRADING CARD

A few years back, my friend David Ryan, began the ambitious task of doing a crossover featuring comic's independent creations. It's called "War of the Independents" and when you think about it, there are thousands of independent creations out there and to say the project is ambitious is an understatement. It's almost crazy! But David is pulling it off and doing amazing work. The first issue of the book is scheduled to be released at this years NYC Comicon in October and Luciano Vecchio and I are very proud that David has included our character Templar from SENTINELS in it. I'm excited to read the story and see so many great characters interact. And in addition to releasing the crossover, they are also doing a trading card set featuring many of the characters from the series and Templar is featured on one of those cards. I was given permission from David to show the art that Luciano did for the card. It's great to see Luciano draw Templar again and obviously from the costume he's wearing, this would fit in between SENTINELS book 1 and 2. Cool, huh?

NEVERMINDS PROMO 2

Another promo image! We wanted to pace these out a bit before we posted too much. Jamie Fay, Rey Arzeno and I have been working hard on our comic NEVERMINDS and this second image shows a character that has a big part in the book. As we posted before, we started all over at the beginning and completely reworked the entire book. We did this for a number of reasons, but the important thing is that we are all REALLY excited about it now. We plan to release the first issue at the NYC Comicon in October. Stay tuned for more promo pieces.

The heat is on!

MORE HEADSHOT SKETCHES

We're gearing up for the Baltimore Comicon in two weeks and we'll have lots to show, especially new Neverminds work, but I've also been doing marker-colored headshots to sell at the Con. Here are a few new ones:

FIREBOMB BY MIKE MCKONE

Here is the last of the sketches I got at the 2010 Wizard World Philly Convention, this time it's Firebomb from SENTINELS drawn by Mike Mckone. I've gotten a few sketches by Mike in the past and he never disappoints. His line work and facial expressions are incredible and he puts a lot of detail into everything he does. It doesn't hurt that Mike's also a super nice guy who always makes time to chat with fans. Currently, Mike is drawing Marvel's Avenger's Academy which is getting great reviews.

SPLASH BY DAN SEHN AND WICKKID BY DAVID T.ALLEN

Here are two fan art pictures I've been meaning to post for a while. The first is by Dan Sehn who is the creator of Argo Comics. Dan has been a great friend at comic conventions for a long time now. Recently, he invited Luciano Vecchio and I to take part in his new Argo 5 Anthology which is scheduled to be released later this year (more on that later!). In it, we get to contribute four pages of all new SENTINELS work, where you'll see the team meet Dan's Argo 5 team. It's a great story and I really look forward to seeing it printed. Luciano and I had a blast taking part in the cross-over. As a gift to me, Dan did this colored sketch of Splash! Thanks, Dan.

The next sketch was done by SENTINELS fan David T. Allen a while back and I apologize for just posting it now. David is a BIG supporter of Drumfish and I love the energy he put into this pic of Wickkid from the 3rd Gen SENTINELS. Thanks, David!

A FEW MORE HEADSHOTS

We're working very hard on NEVERMINDS right now, but here are a few headshots I was able to sneak out recently. I'll be selling these at conventions, the next of which is the Baltimore Comicon this month!

HARLETTE BY REY ARZENO AND JULIAN CARDOZO

This awesome drawing of Harlette was done by Rey Arzeno a while back, but he just sent me this colored version colored by his friend Julian Cardozo. I really like it and think his choice of colors are really cool. It gives her a real upbeat pop feel, lol. Cool, huh? You can see more of Julian's art at www.zombieville2000.deviantart.com/.

NEVERMINDS PROMO 1

Finally! Jamie Fay, Rey Arzeno and I gearing up to release our comic NEVERMINDS and we wanted to start releasing some promo pictures. Due to circumstances, we started all over at the beginning and completely reworked the entire book. We did this for a number of reasons, but the important thing is that we are all REALLY excited about it now. We plan to release the first issue at the NYC Comicon in October. Stay tuned for more promo pieces!

It's not what you think.

ELECTRON BY MANNY MEDEROS and TIMEOUT BY KEVIN GREAVES

Here are a few more of the sketches I got while at the 2010 Wizard World Philly Convention. Electron was drawn by Manny Mederos. Manny drew Electron in his SENTINELS Book 1 look, and I don't think he was wild about it. He couldn't remember it on his blog, lol. I thought it was cool though.

Timeout from the 3rd Gen SENTINELS was drawn by Kevin "Kevtoons" Greaves. I really loved Kevin's style and his digital work really makes his pen and ink shine more than you can see here. Check out his work at http://www.kevtoons.deviantart.com/.

COOL BLOGS TO CHECK OUT

Every now and then I realize that I need to pimp out some friends and family work that I don't do as much as I want. In case nobody noticed, I have a few blog links on here, just under the covers of the Drumfish books you see on the right of the page. They've been the same for a while and definitely need to be updated. So, I hope to change that and add some new ones (make some suggestions to me too!) and fix old links.

H.C. Noel used to have a blog, but started doing his webcomic TARA NORMAL and mostly post on his blog for that now. So, his link has changed. Check it out. It's a great webcomic! http://www.taranormal.com/?cat=4

A new addition is Eric Guerrero's blog. Eric is a friend from Deviant Art who's work I really like. I think he has a unique style that is developing nicely. His blog is dedicated to him re-focusing on his art and doing sketches and character studies. It's something I can relate to, especially since all of last year it's pretty much exactly what I did doing the "sketch a day" project. http://drawdammitdraw.blogspot.com/

Another new addition to my blog links is more personal. It's my sister's blog, lol. Jackie is majorly into fashion, make-up and all those kind of girlie things. She just started blogging suggestions and her favorite tips and other girl things I'm oblivious about, lol. But I love that she's doing it. (She was also Glamora in SENTINELS Book 2: Masks, lol). http://glamorousgoodies.blogspot.com/

In a few days I hope to post some update on all the Drumfish projects. I know it's been a while, and I hope people are still checking this out and hanging in there with us. We're working! I promise.

With this post is another headshot (Scarlet Witch) that I did and will be selling at next month's Baltimore Comicon. And to everyone going to the San Diego Comicon, have fun! It's crazy there, but totally a fun experience.

SHIMMA BY KEN BRANCH

Catching up with posting some sketch I got this year, here's Shimma from the 1st Gen SENTINELS drawn by Ken Branch. I had the pleasure of sitting next to Ken at this years Wizard Philly Con. Ken is a talented guy and had a lot of really great art he was selling. I figured it'd be nice to get another of the 1st Gen that I hadn't gotten in my sketchbook before. I think Ken did a great job and I love the way he draws women's faces. He gives them a really sensitive look that's also strong. Check out more of Ken's work at http://www.kenbranchart.com/ .

ANOTHER GROUP OF HEADSHOTS

FIREBOMB BY CHRIS FEQUIRE

I love it when I get a sketch that really surprises me by how awesome it is, and that's exactly what happened with this sketch by Chris Fequire of Firebomb from SENTINELS. When I saw Chris's work, I knew whatever he drew was going to be great, but I didn't imagine it'd be this incredible. I love his use of color and technique combined with his design skills. He turned out a really terrific piece. Check out more of Chris's work at www.cfequiere.blogspot.com .

STILL MORE HEADSHOTS

Here are a few more headshot pieces I did in preparation for the Baltimore Comicon! These have become pretty fun to do, lol.