A little something I drew for my lovely girlfriend. If you’re sweet on someone, forward this and tell ’em they’re a HOOT!
OvO <3<3<3
Fuzzy Fearless
I adore just about every corner of Transformers lore, BotBots is no different! This guy, Fuzzy Fearless of the Pet Mob, has an unexpected Rhinox X Rattrap vibe that I really dig. Should I draw more BotBots in this style??
Boomer Lives
Here’s a quick sketch to commemorate the final episode of WTF with Marc Maron (logo shamelessly hijacked from the podcast banner).
I’ve been listening since almost the beginning (sixteen years), and I couldn’t even begin to tell you how many times I marathoned 5+ episodes of the show while staying up late drawing. When I was burning the midnight oil and struggling with drawing hands or backgrounds or whatever, it was often comforting to hear Marc’s insights, humor, and realness. I’m going to miss having a regular dose of his unique perspective and his soulful guitar riffs. Boomer lives!
Monster Truckers by Table Cat Games!
Just in time for the Halloween season, my good friend PVincent of Table Cat Games has released a new tabletop RPG, Monster Truckers! And as it turns out, I did a little illustration for the book!
This was a lot of fun to work on–I tried some different techniques to give the drawing a bit of a grittier quality. PVincent added the type and made it look like a billboard in the real world!
The book is a lot of fun, has some fantastic illustrations, and a gorgeous layout. Available as a PDF at the Table Cat Games web site, DriveThruRPG, and Itch.io, and a printed version will be coming soon as well!
A Tee or Two
I’ve been designing some t-shirts for Symbiote Studios recently, and having a lot of fun!
The shirt on the right is Symbiote Studios’ mascot Catnip Bravo (and his pals) crossed over with Cold Slither (Zartan and the Dreadnoks in disguise from GI Joe!)–this one was an SDCC exclusive!
The shirt on the left is Catnip Bravo crossed over with video game icon Shovel Knight–you can get this shirt HERE!
Also, the Grimlock shirt I designed a few years ago is still available HERE!
Very happy with how these turned out–the prints look fantastic, and by the way the shirts are super comfy. Please visit the good folks at Symbiote Studios and take a look at their fine wares!
Super Nerdy
I’m not the only one watching the new Superman movie on repeat and drawing their Supersona… right? ^_^U
I imagine this alternate-Me from, let’s say Earth-J somewhere in the multiverse, was caught in an explosion when an H-Dial was destroyed by a malfunctioning Bizarro Duplicator Ray–the mysterious energies unleashed by this catastrophe permanently granted him Kryptonian level superpowers, but did nothing to cure his tragically nerdy brain.
Kicking off Halloween season, the design itself is based on my kindergarten era Superman Halloween costume, created by Mom–she was giving the S-shield a yellow border before it was cool! I was very proud of this costume and let me tell you–little J.Ho was very judgey about the 2 or 3 other Supermen in my grade who were dressed in store-bought costumes that were not nearly as good. B-)
A Good One
Eons ago, before the epoch of man, there used to be art challenges on the He-Man-dot-org forums (I think I heard the site is returning, but the forums remain extinct? I digress). One of the challenges was for a good version of Evil-Lyn–I drew something, but didn’t finish the colors, and so I never posted it… until now! I decided to finish up the colors for practice, and so, behold: Benneva-Lyn, Heroic Goddess of Justice! In accordance with the old ways, I have composed a super-nerdy bio:
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PROFILE: A goddess of Justice and righteous battle, the true limits of BENNEVA-LYN’s powers are unknown. Like most deities, she is nigh invulnerable, and possesses awe-inspiring magic capabilities, including illusions and attack spells. Her physical strength is easily greater than that of Grayskull’s Sword-Bearers, and she is an expert in many forms of combat. Actually, she invented many of those forms of combat!
HISTORY: While some ancient powers, such as Lighthope and Grayskull, choose champions to advance their causes–Benneva-Lyn roams the world, meting out justice herself. She dons many disguises to help mortals solve all manner of conflicts, both large and small. She rarely shows her true form, but when she does, it is a boon for the virtuous and spells doom for the wicked. In regards to the Horde’s ongoing invasion of Eternia, Benneva-Lyn is appraising the character of Eternia’s heroes before she makes her presence known…
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Haven’t typed up one of those in a long time–that felt good! Maybe I need to get back to more MOTU/POP headcanon soon…
Transformers Day 2025!
It’s Transformers Day, so I got off my skid plate and finally colored this drawing from six (?!) years ago! Here’s Soundwave in his early Marvel colors sans face mask. Happy Transformers Day!
RED ALERT
Was Star Trek Day last week? Yes. Am I yet again excusing my tardiness by saying that every day is Star Trek Day? Also yes.
With this illustration I’m channeling the energy of an oft-repeated Star Trek plot in which a Starfleet officer is annoyed by a visiting (non-Starfleet) relative.
The fellow on the left is a Mugato based on the bizarre Mego Action figure. I decided to interpret this as a highly intelligent alien race that shares a common ancestor with the Mugato and has some physiological differences (notably, lack of vertebral spikes and a tail). This particular guy is a diplomatic envoy who excels at pushing people’s buttons.
The other fellow is his relative, who is of the same species, but also based on the Mugato as it appeared in the Star Trek TOS episode “A Private Little War.” This science officer is (normally) a mild-mannered toxicologist who spends his days in quiet labs researching venoms and synthesizing anti-venoms to save lives across the galaxy. He would just like to get back to work.
- My previous take on the two very different Mugatos.
- My interpretation of other Mego figures: Neptunian, Gorn.
- Other aliens that I randomly turned into Starfleet officers: Salt Vampire, Anthropoid Ape, Medusan.
Yes, it did just get more nerdy in here. Happy belated Star Trek Day!!
Nubia
Nubia–long-lost daughter of Hippolyta and twin sister of Diana!
My redesign draws from her pre-Crisis lore, especially the costume from her appearance in Super Friends #25 (penciled by Ramona Fradon, so presumably the costume was designed by Fradon as well). I like how that particular ensemble made her look like a superhero rather than a regular Amazonian warrior, further illustrating that she is every bit the parallel and equal of Wonder Woman. I did my best to uphold that philosophy while revising her costume, hopefully that comes across!
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Lineart from a million years ago; Colors from this week… I didn’t know what to draw, so grabbing an old piece to color was a good warm-up.
#FlashbackFriday #fbf #transformers #bumblebee #autobots #cybertron
EDIT: And here’s another Bumblebee drawing from a million years ago. This one was posted previously, but in preparing to re-post it on other platforms, I couldn’t help but slightly spruce it up (added a few color holds, improved the contrast for the shading on the yellow parts, added some more highlights, and did up a quick background)… and now I want to make Transformers stickers in addition to the other 792 things that I want to do??? Hmm…
Bruce
Here’s Batman, completing DC’s Trinity! (The holster at his side is a grapple gun btw)
Having fun with this DC line-up, and now that I’ve got the main three down, I wanna veer off into some more obscure corners of the infinite earths. Stay tuned!
And that’s the bottom line…
There was a time long ago (that no one will remember) when I started drawing Mario fanart and threatened much more Mario fanart to come… well I’m making making good on that threat (for today at least)! Here’s (a) Toad based closely on their original Super Mario Bros. sprite. (Look it up! ;)
Diana
The drawing I posted for Superman Day is actually part of a larger line-up of DC characters that I’ve been working on, so here’s Wonder Woman!
Technically still the Year of the Snake!
The world is cold, making the snake sluggish–but she slithers on, sloughing off the skin of the old…
It’s the Year of the Wood Snake, so this year’s Zodiac adventurer is a fantasy RPG style druid who wields mystical powers as well as technology. She’s a loner, but also a regular ally of last year’s Dragon team.
(WOW is this late, but as the title says… ^_^U )
Clark
Superman Day 2025!
The apparel oft proclaims the man (-child) [Part 2]
New year, new me.
Bye Bye Bongo
After 27(!) years I am no longer with Bongo Comics—this news is actually several months old, but I held off posting about it until the last of my work with them was printed. So that’s a wrap for me on bulgy eyeballs and overbites!
I started at Bongo many (many) moons ago as an intern in college, became a production assistant, then a staff artist, and finally an art director. In my tenure at this job, between comics, collections, foreign editions, exclusives, calendars, and miscellaneous books, I drew something in the neighborhood of *500* covers.
My career with Bongo covered well over half my life, and literally has been my entire adult life. I’m well aware that this kind of run with one company is not a common story these days, and I’m very grateful that I got this experience.
I came up with the rough idea for this drawing a few years back when I realized I had been on the job for (at the time) half my life. Just wanted a bizarre way to illustrate my career versus my influences/favorites. It had been on the backburner for a bit, but this seemed like a good time to finally finish it and mark the end of an era!
Excited for the next chapter…
Rex and Sapphire
I started this drawing of Rex and Sapphire earlier this year when Ramona Fradon passed away… seeing the glimpse of Metamorpho in the Superman trailer spurred me to go back and put the finishing touches on this!
Cerritos Strong
I would be remiss to not mark the final episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks with a little bit of fanart… it’s Taylor, the USS Cerritos‘s resident Kzinti Ensign!
I was a teen when I read the first volume of Larry Niven‘s Man-Kzin Wars. I was already a huge TNG fan, but I had never seen the episodes of TAS that featured the Kzinti, and I had no idea that the Kzin had any connection to Star Trek. And I definitely did not expect to see a Kzin wearing this particular uniform!
Just one example of how Lower Decks has lovingly homaged every corner of Star Trek history. What a journey–and now I can’t wait to see how the mythos of Lower Decks lives on as Star Trek continues on. LLAP!