Inking and Fan Art

Hello anyone and everyone! I realized that I've been so focused on making original material that I haven't even showcased my fan art. I've also got an artistic update! I recently took up inking in an effort to broaden my style a little bit, or to give it a bit more depth I should say. I'm hoping to refine my style a bit before I start work on a couple Dragonball Doujins or fan manga for you sole english out there.

I'm a fan of a lot of media, I've always liked Spiderman, his story has inspired me artistically and his transformation alongside the muscular characters of Dragonball inspired me to stay healthy and even lead me to bodybuilding when I was a teenager. These series have really infinitely affected my life artistically and otherwise. Another instance? Gwen Stacy and Peter Parker, I loved that dynamic, their relationship was dynamite and I thought, "Wow. I hope I meet someone like that". I think comics and shows and just media in general effect us so much more than we give them all credit, not only that but they can affect us positively too. Tangent aside, I'm proud to be a fan artist though it may not have seemed like it based on my first couple posts.

This first piece is a very recent one, it's a character from a literature based fan continuation of the Dragonball series (you can read it here.) Yes, fan art for a fan work! Artists need to help each other out and I was happy to voluntarily draw this character. The pose in that piece is referenced from a piece by Young Jijii, a fellow artist and idol of mine.

The second piece is my first official foray into ink territory, it was fun to do and I'll continue messing with inking until it becomes second nature to me.

Like I said earlier, Dragonball isn't my only inspiration. Spiderman and more specifically Todd McFarlane era Spiderman were also inspirations. That piece is outdated and I could do it a hundred times better now, but you get the idea.

I grew up with DB and DBZ, it was cool and action packed and made boring ole home life fun and adventurous, I contribute my vast imagination to Dragonball in a lot of ways.

Shows and comics weren't my only inspirations, I'm one of the biggest music freaks in the world I think. I know so much about bands, songs, members, lyrics, notes, albums, compositions, and more, that I almost amaze myself. I freehanded these band logos as an ode to them. As you can see, fontwork is another strong suit of mine. I like all kinds of music, except most pop and country. Metallica, 311, The Urge, Aerosmith, Slightly Stoopid, Sublime, The Police, Rage Against The Machine, Disturbed, The Beastie Boys, The Beach Boys, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jan and Dean, The Black Keys, Sugar Ray, The Outfield, Stone Temple Pilots, Velvet Revolver, Slash, Guns N Roses, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, No Doubt, Smash Mouth, Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks, Heart, The Eagles, Don Henley, Kavinsky, Daft Punk, Electric Youth, Madonna, Fallout Boy, The Killers, Garbage, The B-52's, U2, Muse, crap...I could go on forever!

Anyway, as you can see, I'm a man of many inspirations and that'll be all for today! :D