My 2011 SketchBook

Happy New Year Everyone! Here is my sketchbook from the past year.

Skyrim Target Practice

My Skyrim character, Magnus StormWeasel, couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn with a bow and arrow if his life depended on it, so last night he decided to do a little target practice on a mammoth. This seemed like a pretty good idea because a mammoth is, after all, a mighty large target. Unfortunately, this particular mammoth seemed to have absolutely no sense of humor about this sort of thing and promptly ran over poor Magnus as he struggled to load his second arrow… dead again…

Skyrim Nord

I am a brand new, level one Skyrim Nerd, and this is my level one Skyrim Nord, Magnus StormWeasel. Unfortunately for Magnus, I am not a “gamer” so as a result, he is a bit of a dolt and does mostly really stupid things like unexpectedly jumping out a tower window five minutes into the game and killing himself much to my surprise… and his too, I suspect…

Oh Tannenbaum

Ulthar Stormhammers Skyrim Quest to find the perfect Christmas tree for the holidays was about to come to an unexpected and somewhat uncivil termination…

Leper Hockey Game

In the leper hockey game last night, the referees had to call a time out because there was a face-off in the corner…

A New Direction With Prolifik

I’m trying something a little different with the guys from Prolifik, motion graphics. I hope you enjoy the little Christmas tune below.

Happy BIRDday!

Sadly, you are right… I did say BIRDday.

Where’s Noah When You Need Him?

If only that crazy financial wizard Noah were around now to show us how he was able to float his stock while everyone else was in liquidation.

My Creative Process

My creative process is a fairly simple one. I start with a fairly loose pencil sketch to incorporate some energy into the picture. I put that on a light table, do a tighter pencil drawing over the top of it, scan that into Photoshop and add color.

Last Nights Hockey Game

In last nights hockey game I was chasing down the puck and lightly brushed up against a nice fellow from the other team in the process. He went sprawling to the ice, I got a penalty. Now I don’t claim to be a hockey genius, (I don’t even claim to know very many of the rules) but I have no idea what penalty I committed to send me to the penalty box. The best I can figure out is I was given a four minute major for being a big ole meanie…

Daniel’s Lion Den Diet

Struggling with your weight? Just remember, you don’t have to eat everything that’s put in front of you…

Bed Time For Goliath

Goliath… right before his babysitter, David, arrived to rock him to sleep.

The Three Musketeers

Folks keep remaking The Three Musketeers movie and they all seem to be pretty good, (no doubt because it’s a pretty good story), but I think my favorite is the 1973-74 version. It has a certain Marx Brothers quality to it that I really like. Porthos is particularly fun to watch as he sword fights in those big baggy pants of his.

Gideon Preveiw

Here’s a snippet of something I was working on today. A little known factoid about Gideon… his shoulder pads were apparently attached to the rest of his leather armor with a couple of thin rubber bands… who would have known?

I’m Da Man!

One of the fellows from Luke 18:9-14…