StarWars.com DRAW QUI-GON JINN

Next up in the official Star Wars site's new series of drawing tutorials is Qui-Gon Jinn. Click here to check it out, and if you enjoy it, be sure to "like" the page and share it with others! :)

StarWars.com DRAW CAD BANE

Next up in the official Star Wars site's new series of drawing tutorials is the bounty hunter Cad Bane, sporting his new season 4 outfit. Click here to check it out, and if you enjoy it, be sure to "like" the page and share it with others!

No Assembly Required: Wobet

A new "NO ASSEMBLY REQUIRED" feature has been posted, written by Dungeon Master superstar Michael Mallen. Each month Mike focuses on a new monster or villain and I provide the illustration.

Here's the link:
No Assembly Required: Wobet

(Tim Tebow fans will like this one.) ;)

Yahoo! Kids DRAW R2-D2 & THE QUEEN OF NABOO

Some of my new drawing tutorials for StarWars.com are also being featured on the Yahoo! Kids site --

Click here to visit Yahoo! Kids or click here to download the DRAW R2-D2 page!

Click here to visit Yahoo! Kids or click here to download the DRAW THE QUEEN OF NABOO page!

StarWars.com DRAW WATTO

The official Star Wars site has begun their launch of a new series of drawing tutorials created by me, and the second character featured is one of my FAVORITES. :) Watto! Love me some Watto. I was extra excited to draw this one. Click here to check it out, and if you enjoy it, be sure to "like" the page and share it with others! :)

StarWars.com DRAW DARTH MAUL

The official Star Wars site has begun their launch of a new series of drawing tutorials created by me, starting with everyone's favorite Sith baddie, Darth Maul. Click here to check it out, and if you enjoy it, be sure to "like" the page and share it with others! :)

'Game of Thrones' art featured on io9.com

I was very flattered to see some of my "Game of Thrones" fan art featured over at io9 recently. Click here to check it out. :)

Those of you new to my site, who maybe found me via that article, here are a few other GoT pieces I've done:
Eddard Stark
Jon Snow
Daenerys

Galaxy Rangers

That's the intro to one of my favorite '80s cartoons, "Galaxy Rangers." Last year (2011), I had the incredible honor of creating designs and concepts for a potential reimagining of the series. Working on such a beloved property from my childhood was an awesome experience -- one of my highlights of 2011. :) Entertainment One has now given me permission to share some of my art from the project.

Please note: These are not necessarily final concepts. These are just a handful of the various images and stages in the design process.

At this moment, I have no additional info as to what the status of the project is, when or if it'll actually make it to TV, etc. If I hear anything new and have permission to talk about it, I'll let you all know.

Thanks again to Entertainment One! All artwork and creative property shown above is ©2011 Entertainment One Television Productions Ltd. www.entertainmentonegroup.com

"He is Dovahkiin... Dragonborn!"

I've been wanting to take a few hours to draw something fun for myself since the new year started. So I drew this tonight. Yeah, I know, more Skyrim. You're probably sick of hearing about Skyrim. Man, I just love the game. Got it on the brain!

This was what my character looked like when I started the game. This new drawing is closer to what he looks like now (gotta love those Doctor Doom/Death-Eater-lookin' dragon priest masks). It came out a little bit Mignola-ish. Didn't try to do that.

IN OTHER NEWS
Just two quick things: (1) I'll be out of town this weekend and won't have much access to the internet. So if you email me and don't hear back right away, that's why. And (2) my first batch of 2012 sketchbooks finally arrived from the printer. So I'll be getting those mailed soon, probably this next week. Thanks, everyone!

2011 Favorites

It's that time of year. Top 10 Lists! Favorite Stuff! Here are a few of the things that entertained me and consumed my free time in 2011.

Favorite Book: This was definitely the year of George R.R. Martin for me. I read books 2 through 5 of the "Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire" series (I read book 1 late last year). Hard to pick a favorite, because they're all awesome, but I'd say my top fave so far is book 3, "Storm of Swords."

Favorite TV Show (Drama): Season 1 of "Game of Thrones," hands down. It rocked my world. HBO is doing the fantasy genre proud.

Favorite TV Show (Sitcom): My wife and I got hooked on both "New Girl" and "Up All Night." I gotta call it a tie. Love 'em both.

Favorite Podcast: MATES, ie. Mike & Tom Eat Snacks. It's two of my favorite actor/comedians, Tom Cavanagh & Michael Ian Black, literally eating snacks and talking about them. But it's hilarious and they go on ridiculous tangents and I love it. Their official site was matescast.tumblr.com, but I think they recently switched over to nerdist.com/podcast/mike-and-tom-eat-snacks. Whatever. Just subscribe to 'em in iTunes.

Favorite Movie: I'm gonna cheat and NOT pick a top favorite. Nothing stands out to me as the best of the best. Over all, I'd consider it kind of a slow year for movies, but there were some flicks that I saw and enjoyed a lot. Sherlock Holmes 2 was great, smart and clever just like the first one. Kung Fu Panda 2 was really fun. The Help was a fantastic movie (love me some Emma Stone). Also really liked Crazy, Stupid, Love. Tree of Life was really interesting. Rise of the Planet of the Apes was great. Fright Night was awesome and proved that remakes don't always have to be crappy. I've always loved the original Fright Night, and I thought the new one was really well-done, fun, and made with respect to the fans. Hanna was a great movie. Limitless was a great movie. I did see all the superhero stuff, too (Cap, X-men, Thor, Green Lantern). Again, nothing A+, but I enjoyed 'em. They were all in the C+ to B+ range for me.

Favorite Music: OK, no top favorite here either. I downloaded a few songs off iTunes and bought maybe one or two CDs (I like Adele's "21" a lot, can't argue with that one). But over all, I just didn't listen to much music. I spend all my time listening to podcasts and talk radio... I did develop an appreciation for and a crush on Rihanna. And I'm looking forward to Lana Del Rey's CD in late January. Also, the Skyrim soundtrack = AWESOME.
Hey, speaking of which...

Favorite Game: I tell ya, I wasn't a videogame guy before Skyrim. I heard about it earlier in the year and saw the promos for it, and I was just drawn to it like a nerd-moth to a nerd-flame. I had to play it. I pretty much got an xbox 360 BECAUSE of this game. And I've loved every second of it. It gives you such an open world, so many options -- there's so much to explore and do and experience. And I love the look and feel of it. Man, if you're a fantasy geek (or an old school D&D fanboy like I am), you owe it to yourself to play this thing. It's epic.