Etsy Store Up and Running!!!

Hey everyone I have an Etsy store up! This is a great way to purchase some of my prints if you don't get a chance to see me at a comic convention! Here's the link:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/PinkHavok

Gotham City Mugshots: Joker

Merry Christmas everyone Joker style!!!

We’ll I’m not the first to have ever done this type of thing but here’s the first in a long line of paintings in a series I’m calling “Gotham City Mugshots”. The name’s pretty explanatory so I think you can imagine who all will be in this series. For now, here’s this first post giving all of you some Christmas love for supporting me and my art! Thanks and Merry Christmas!!!

-Blake

Walking Dead Prints

Hey everyone! Haven't been posting as much here (I usually save that for my facebook fanpage: www.facebook.com/pinkhavok and my tumblr: www.pinkhavok.tumblr.com). Anyways, here are my final Walking Dead prints next to each other! as a set! Enjoy!

Where's Carl?

Hey everyone! Here's my new poster of Carl from "The Walking Dead". A big thanks to everyone that commented and gave their opinion as to which way I should go. Ultimately I went with number 19 as that's the one I was leaning towards and it seemed the one that the most people agreed on.

As I said before this is the first in a series of Walking Dead pieces that I'll be doing. As many of you know this is a departure from my usual "style" which is more comic book oriented. I really love the comic style but I also enjoy trying to push myself and do more realistic pieces as well. This is something that anyone can tell if you've seen my photostudies that I post on here from time to time.

If you're curious as to why I came up with the idea, I was greatly influenced by Marko Djurdjevic's work on the Magneto series around 6-7 years ago. He's one of my biggest influences and I really enjoyed his use of just black and white covers with the occasional splash of red.

With this piece in particular I knew that I wanted to do something with The Walking Dead but I didn't want it to look totally photo real. I wanted it to have a painterly aspect to it and also a little bit of a Drew Struzan influence as well. I also thought that the red and the black and white would give it a certain "graphic art" feel to it and would be something different than my normal work. In the end, it doesn't play as much into the graphic design elements that I originally thought it would but that's OK. It's not my area of strength and I still feel I achieved the overall feel that I was going for.

Also I can't help but bring up the fact that I find this extremely funny because in a post apocalyptic world the young kid Carl is always this close to getting killed lol! It's well known that they always ask "Where's Carl?" but I had to do it

As a final note, doing a piece like this is one of the many benefits that I have working on a freelance basis. I am not "shackled" to a style that my boss expects of me. I can experiment and I can delve into new "places" I couldn't have necessarily explored before. A big thank you goes out to my wife for believing in me and supporting me nearly two years ago to leave a studio and strike out on my own. It was the best career move I ever made and it wouldn't be possible without her support. Thanks babe I love you!

-Blake

P.S. I'll have progress shots up with some descriptions
in the next bit.

Steel Dragons

Steampunk in Feudal Japan?! Doesn't that sound cool?! If it does than here's a little taste of my recent art for "Steel Dragons"! AND PLEASE SHARE!

"Steel Dragons" is a Digital Tabletop Game which is currently in production by Quick Charge Games. They are a great bunch of guys and a real dream to work with! Here is just a taste of the work that we've been doing.

If you're interested in the game check out their website at the link I've provided: http://www.steel-dragons.com/news/steampunk-feudal-japan-steel-dragons/

There's a lot of things that will be happening so feel free to sign up for the mailing list! There will be a Kickstarter campaign in the near future as well so the mailing list is an excellent way to keep informed! Also, I'll be posting here as well as information is made available.

Finally, don't forget to come by and see me at the Denver Comic Con. It's May 31st to June 2nd at the Denver Convention Center! I'll be in Artist Valley at table H18 talking about "Steel Dragons" and showcasing some of my concept work for the game as well as selling prints, talking to everyone and just having fun! Feel free to stop by and say hi! Thanks!

-Blake

It's update time!

Well it's been a while so it's time for me to update! It just seems like Facebook is so much easier that unfortunately I just don't do this as often :(

Anyways, first up are some more Photostudies, this time of Hit Girl and RoboCop. After that comes some old paintings I did for the Lord of the Rings Card Game by Fantasy Flight Games. Finally you can see some of the printed cards that I recieved!

Darth Vader Photostudy

Here's another Photostudy from "The Empire Strikes Back". This time of Darth Vader.

Amazingly, this is actually the first time I ever painted Darth Vader and man did that helmet give me some trouble! However, it was a good challenge and I learned a lot from it!

This did take longer than I wanted just shy of 3 hours. Between the helmet and the lightsaber's fx and perspective I got a little side tracked. No matter though, tons of fun as always in Photoshop Enjoy!