Hack/Slash bay

yesss!!!!
this was such a fun cover
It's the second Hack/Slash cover Ive done and I cant wait to see it printed!!!
I think I spent more time on trying to make it look old then I actually spent on the illustration (figure)
I'm really happy with the way it turned out
hope you guys like it

Top 100 covers of the decade

One of the covers I did for The Unknown series made it to the top 100 covers of the decade. Some really cool covers here, take a look

http://io9.com/5436373/100-amazing-comic-covers-from-the-last-ten-years

they are in alphabetical order
Happy browsing!!

Her Shadows Make Light

So I woke up pretty early this morning to start a cover for a novel that was commissioned a few days ago. (cant say what it is, don't ask)
Before I start a big project I usually loosen up by sketching random stuff (mostly woman).
Well I started sketching this face, then did a little more...and a little more. 4 hours later I'm scanning in ink blotches and black chalk dust.
I HAVE ART A.D.D!!!!!
This was pretty fun because it's traditional mediums scanned in then collaged together using photoshop. I cut around some of the color and line to make it look slightly more sharp edged and manipulated the pinks and yellows to be a but more bright and did most of the value changes digitally too. Oh yeah, and the pink hair lines are digital.... So I guess it's actually Digital...kinda, yeah I guess so.
Anyway, this was just for fun and therapy for the soul
Love it! that's me telling you :)

Tattoo Commission

Tattoo design for a 3/4's sleeve
Now I'm not super into doing tattoo designs,
1: because I know tattoo artists like handling their own work. and
2: Because I don't expect the buy to pay much for a preliminary design.
But this was an exception. I was approached by a fellow artist who wanted me to combine Mucha with my own style. Having a full Mucha sleeve myself I thought this would be fun. So I took it on! I referenced the Flowers and the 3 girls from multiple Mucha books and added the rest.
It was really fun, the drawing is huge, 18"x24". It took me forever. I'm not used to drawing so much stuff in one composition, If you know my work you know what I mean.
It was fun to go back to one of my favorite artist and rediscover how f*ckn awesome he was!!!
I added some cool stuff like splatters and paint streaks just for fun, It wont be apart of the final tattoo, I'm just so used to "print" that I had to add stuff to it.

Nola cover 3

This is the 3rd cover to Nola
The whole serious was really fun to do.
I love creating these still, powerful images, I think they work really well for this character too.
Thanks to BOOM Studios! for letting me do these.

New White Wolf cover

Had some fun with this piece
it's just colored pencils and a but of oil on Rives toned BFK paper
Had to do some digital work on it, had to make the top larger for the logo, so a lot of cut and pasting
I do dig the background though kinda spontaneous.

It's the cover for a gamer convention book (RPG) that's happening this weekend in Atlanta....That's about all I know, ha

hope youall like it!

Vampirella cover

This is a piece I did for the cover to issue#3 (JONES EDITION) of Vampirella.
I was pretty excited to do a piece for such an awesome character, I look forward to doing more!!

I've been in this weird border phase recently, probably due to a mix of James Jean's fable covers and my obsession with Alphonse Mucha

If I do another one, I want to make it super Lowbrow and retro...

Serpents Among Us

This is going to be the Image I use for the Tata Gala poster this year.
I wanted to show you guys it with out any text on it first.
I'll be posting the final poster here soon!

the original was done in this order and with these mediums:

Prismacolor pencils : flesh
Copic Marker : hair
Watercolor : background
water based oils : flesh
oil based gold marker: scales
on Rives BFK toned paper 22"x30"

Nola #2

I dig this cover, the fire was a lot of fun to do.
I think that's all I have to say.
hope you like it!

Nola issue 1

This is issue 1 (cover a) for a new comic called Nola published by BOOM! Studios.
I should be doing a bunch of these so keep your eyes open

Shapes

Ok, so here we go:
started it with watercolor and prismacolor pencil on Rives bfk paper (toned)
then mounted it on to masonite and covered it with a matte gel medium and did oil rubs on top of the dried gel medium.

SHE KILLS is on its way

Yup!!
Getting the site up soon also: www.shekills.com
Gonna start with 3 designs and go from there.
Ill keep everyone posted

Shapes, process

this pieces is coming along, i think i have about 5 more hours or less until im finished (but im going to bed, so you"ll have to wait bit longer to see the final)
so far its watercolor and colored pencil
the last steps are marker then oils
should be fun...

I could really botch this piece though, so if that's the case, this is all you get, haha

The Unknown #5

this is the issues #1 for the second part of the series.
This was a lot of fun to do, Boom studios just let me run free with the concept.
It's been a lot of fun doing covers for them, I can't wait to post the next 2 covers I recently finished.

Doll

June show at Redletter in Ybor

This should be a really good show, even if you hate me you should go because this dude Aaron Nagel is pretty rad. Go see his stuff here http://www.aaronnagel.com/
its going to be all about the the ladies (no shit Erik) and new work baby

so mark this show date down on your crappy iPhone or your awesome blackberry, hahahahahahaha, sorry Cady

Sis

another piece i did for those October shows I did

colored pencil
acrylic
water based oils
copic marker
paper mounted on board

New Wave Requiem

get a print here: www.theirison.com/store

well, I'm on a roll with submitting art here so here is one more
It's the cover for a new WhiteWolf r.p.g
it's called New Wave Requiem
it's about vampires in the 80's
how freakn cool is that

and yes, this piece is digital :(
I know, I know, but I only had a few days to finish it
and my traditional process does not like to be rushed.
and to make it worst, I think it came out even better then most of my traditional pieces....that bums me out but at least I gave the client something they loved
I promise the next one will be painted

and for all you digital artist out there.....now I know why you do it, its pretty freakn fun!!

Ghost and the Geisha

GET PRINTS HERE... theirison.com/store

this was a piece I did for my shows in October
not much more to say about it

digital Dity

I have another show coming up and because traditional work is not selling at all, Im going to try some large digital prints mounted on wood

Voyage

I finally got my work back from the October shows, now I'm in the process of scanning all the images. This part sucks because I have a tiny scanner and work way to large.
oh well, here is the first image I've scanned
it's 20"x31", done on Stonehenge printmaking paper mounted to masonite
I used watercolors for a base coat then rendered the skin with prismacolor pencils
after that I busted out the house paint (Behr) for the sea and sky
then I moved on to the hair with marker and a bit if acrylic
I finished it up with washes of water based oil

hope you like it

Blue

This was a little piece I did in Store 101, it was a live painting.
just thought i would share