Spectrum 19!

Remember when I mentioned a while back that I got into Spectrum?
Well it's finally out!

So go buy it and then quickly turn to page 116 to gaze upon some really nice Justin Sweet concept pieces for Green Lantern and the Avengers. Then divert your gaze to the Stone Giant I did for LOTR: War in the North. THEN and only THEN you can look at the rest of the book. Specifically Emily's art, see her post here.

It's a huge book, so big that by the time you get to the end you'll forget about what you saw in the beginning! A lot of friends also got in for the first time this year, guys like Nick Southam, Chris Seaman, Tyler Jacobson and Tyler Walpole. (though now that I think of it some of these guys might have gotten in before... but I'm too lazy to ask or check)

My stone giant has invaded a perfectly good Justin Sweet spread.

I want to re-iterate how happy I am that I was selected for inclusion into Spectrum. I've been trying for years and getting pretty discouraged but this does renew my hope for entering in the future.

I think in a future post I'll break down the Stone Giant concept and show some of my design process, if it was good enough for Spectrum it's good enough for a blog post. Stay tuned!

SOTW 305

Lady Birdfriend: She HATES birds.

I was in a very Larry MacDougall/ P.A. Lewis mood when I drew this character. Check out their work over in my links!


Since 2007 I've been posting a sketch/doodle/whatever every week on my site. I'll be continuing this trend here on my blog and on my new site:
http://www.vinodrams.com/sotw/

SOTW 304

Battle Armor Anne: Stomach armor? Pshaw!
Who needs it!

Pros and cons with having an artist spouse:
Pro: You get to share your biggest passion with them, learn from them and work and grow together.
Con: They know all the secrets. When Emily saw this drawing the first thing out of her mouth was:
"Did you screw up the mouth and turn it into a mask?" To which I responded: "Yes."

THEY KNOW EVERYTHING.

Since 2007 I've been posting a sketch/doodle/whatever every week on my site. I'll be continuing this trend here on my blog and on my new site:
http://www.vinodrams.com/sotw/

SOTW 303

This man has a broken nose. Who broke it?
I DID.

Since 2007 I've been posting a sketch/doodle/whatever every week on my site. I'll be continuing this trend here on my blog and on my new site:
http://www.vinodrams.com/sotw/

SOTW 302

Tall faced man with tech collar, random
robot hand that goes with SOTW 299,
and some sort of fantasy ungulate. Seems about right.

Since 2007 I've been posting a sketch/doodle/whatever every week on my site. I'll be continuing this trend here on my blog and on my new site:

http://www.vinodrams.com/sotw/

SOTW 301

People at the Apple Store's Genius Bar.

Since 2007 I've been posting a sketch/doodle/whatever every week on my site. I'll be continuing this trend here on my blog and on my new site:

http://www.vinodrams.com/sotw/

Back!

Sorry for the long hiatus!
Had a couple work related things to deal with. Small things like not working at WB Games/Monolith Productions anymore and starting work at a new startup game company that goes by the name of Motiga!

Of course I can't talk about what I'm working on besides that there are characters that need some designin' and I'm the one to do it. It's a small operation, the only other concept artist is my good friend Shae Shatz who's fresh off the heels of Halo 4!
Shae's CGHub Page

I wish my compatriots at WB all the best and I can't wait for both Guardians of Middle Earth and the other project I was working on to come out. (mostly so I can post my work on here...) So, goodbye to Tolkien and hello to stuff I can't talk about till probably way later next year!

Oh I suppose you want some art to go with this post?
Fine.
Here's a silly drawing I did of Emily and me.

Protip for young artists: Learn how to draw a self deprecating cartoon version
of yourself. All the cool Manga artists do it!