streetfight

ryu vs. akuma

post-it:

amorphous

ok, so, you might have to stare at this for a couple of minutes:

shang tsung (performing johnny cage morph) vs. jax

it makes more sense when you separate the layers:

if i'd thought ahead, i would have photoshopped both uppercuts from a single template. in tracing one by hand to make the other, the outlines didn't match up nearly exact enough. ehh, experience.

post-it:

no holds barred

i'm not picking on kano, but he's the only one this idea works on:

kano vs. raiden

post-it:

the hand of fate

fatality:

kano vs. classic sub-zero

post-it:

mirror match

hulk hogan vs. kyle "the hulk hogan" almas:


post-it:

hail, hail

the gang's all here:


post-it:

the gang gets blogged

i've been annoying everyone i know by talking an awful lot about wrestling lately. my good buddy kyle managed to nudge the flow of the conversation toward a wrestling-themed episode of "it's always sunny in philadelphia."

the birds of war vs. the trash man:


post-it:

hulkamaniacal

hulk hogan vs. ric flair:

(please appreciate the inhuman tint of their skin.)

post-it:

superstars

goldust vs. vader:


post-it:

special move

lex luger vs. tatanka

(some kind of a vertical suplex move, who the hell knows.)

post-it:

sports entertainment

i'm going to continue to refer to the organization as the WWF, as i happened to have lost interest in it long before the change.

bret "the hitman" hart vs. the ultimate warrior:


just like with superheroes, it was frustrating to color these costumes because there were several subtle changes over the years. i opted for a two-pronged approach:


inked over pencil on 2x4.5 inch post-it:

the iron claw

fritz von erich's signature move in the 50s and 60s:


for the comic i want to make about the von erichs, i'm considering having all fritz's scenes in black & white, but here's the color version, just for kicks:


original art, inked over pencil on a widescreen post-it note:

ain't afear'd

fearless griggs fan art:


fearless griggs was created by a guy called andy helms who is too badass. check out one of his many websites.

very close to comics

thumbnails for an unofficial prologue i have in mind:

most fearsome fighting team

(bookmark is done.)

green machine

progress on the turtles bookmark:

stick turtles

i decided to try and self-promote a little at the swag swap by printing up some bookmarks with the URL of this blog. after some thought, i settled on ninja turtles versus hip kids as a subject. the rectangles represent a possible shape for the bookmarks.

some sketches and character designs:

the tangled web of todd mcfarlane

last night i read the first volume of "haunt," a new comic co-created by todd mcfarlane (classic spidey artist and creator of spawn), and something struck me as familiar...

revenge on the jedi

learn something new every day: the rancor handler's name is malakili.

(his left arm got completely lost in the shuffle.)

the hunt