I thought I might have one more sketch card in me tonight, so I figured I'd take a stab at Castiel. This card was the most challenging so far. Cas has a pretty smooth face and the character doesn't have a lot of expression (he's an emotionless angel... what do you expect).

Honestly, I have to say that I'm not as happy with this one as I am with the other 4. I think that it looks somewhat like Cas, but it's not as accurate as the others. I struggled with Misha Collins' lack of facial expression (that's the part, gang... playing Cas is a subtle art and Misha does it well). Misha is an expressive and talented actor, so basically, if this Cas card isn't great then it boils down to my lack of skill.

I added a bit of red for the blood on this one. I thought it might be cool to have one card in the set with a touch of color.

Anyway, I'm putting the art supplies to bed for the evening. Next up... the Trickster!

I had about 30 minutes of down-time before my wife and I head out for the day. I figured I'd use it work on the 4th card in my Supernatural ATC set. As I've stated before, I really wanted these to look somewhat like the real characters on the show, so it's important that I get the small nuances on their faces right.

Here we have Papa Winchester, the big man himself. Jeffery Dean Morgan was the perfect actor to play this part, and I miss his character quite a bit. I think the look on John's face says it all; sorrow, worn out, but still carrying on the good fight. The Winchesters are a tragic bunch and I think the acting by Morgan really portrayed the tragedy of their lives. John Winchester definitely carried a lot of weight around, and now his boys have to do the same.

Anywho, I'm really having a lot of fun with this set. Once it's complete I think I may do a follow up set that hits on all the key players on the show. As usual, I'll keep you folks posted as that develops. Thanks for stopping by.

Had some time to sit and work on the third card in my Supernatural ATC set. I've already knocked out the Winchester brothers, so tonight I wanted to work on their fellow hunter, mentor and surrogate father, Bobby Singer a.k.a. Uncle Bobby.

Bobby is one of my favorite characters on the show. He's kinda like this really bad ass Obi Wan Kenobi type. He truly doesn't seem to give a shit what anybody thinks, he's pretty damn knowledgeable when it comes to supernatural lore and good old fashioned demon killing.

Anyway, I'm pretty happy with this card. I'm sold that it looks like Bobby, at least a bit. I guess that's a good thing, because that's what I was going for.

As always, thanks for stopping by and looking at my work.

Had some time to work on the second card in my the six piece ATC set I'm working on, based on characters from my favorite show, Supernatural. Tonight I focused my attention on Dean Winchester, brother to Sam (who I posted last night).

You know, like I've said before, I'm happy if I even get a small likeness on these sketch cards and I think I might have accomplished that with tonight's sketch. The actors who play the Winchester brothers have pretty expressive faces, so if you hit it right then it's pretty easy to tell who's who.

I'm satisfied with the direction of this set, so far. I figured I'd tackle the brothers first, because if they turned out okay then they'd be a big confidence booster to help me take on the other characters in the set.

It's always relaxing to stop for a while and do this. Normally I'd be watching the show right now, but it's in reruns until some time in March, then it's on to saving the world from Lucifer.

I'm still not sure how the Winchesters are going to pull that off, but I'm sure God and Dean's golden amulet will have something to do with it.

I've been stuck in the wild and wacky world of advertising for the past couple of weeks. The deadlines can get to you after a while. Getting away from the computer and picking up a pencil and pen is a big release for me. I told myself today that I'd take a personal break to start working on a new ATC set based on my favorite show, Supernatural.

Look, this show is on the CW; not known for great TV, in my opinion. But, honestly, Supernatural is tops. Quality acting, writing, directing combined with high production value. It's scary. It's cool. It just got picked up for it's 6th season. If you're not watching it, then you should be. Anyway, this ATC set is going to include 6 primary characters from the show; Sam & Dean Winchester, John Winchester, Castiel, Bobby Singer and the Trickster.

I wanted to crank out the Sam card tonight and I wanted it to be really rad, something that captures Sam in all his demon killing glory. I hate sketching out specific characters and them looking generic, like they could be anyone. I'm pretty happy with the likeness on this one. I'm still having trouble with the tiny format of the ATCs, but I can see our boy Sammy emerging from this card. I really wanted to catch that moment where he's yanking out the demon smoke. Those scenes are pretty bad ass on the show (go watch this RIGHT NOW if you don't believe me), so I hope I did it some justice here.


I plan to work on this set over the next week. I'll post the cards as I'm done. I did post this card a little bigger than normal because the detail seemed to work, even at a larger size. Next up, brother Dean (watch this for Dean's greatest moment).

I'm in the middle of working on an ATC trade that includes 3 versions of James Bond, 3 Buffy the Vampire Slayer characters and 3 shots from Lucio Fulci films, like "Beyond." One request was that I make sure to include a sketch card of actress Catriona Maccoll. Now, I'm not familiar with Fulci's films, or Maccoll, but the images sent to me for reference were very interesting. I plan to dig up these films and give them a look-see. I wanted to take a stab at the Maccoll card tonight. I'm really happy with the way it turned out. I don't think it's a terrible likeness to the actress (at least for a 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" Pentel Pocket Brush sketch). Anyway, I'm having fun with this ATC set. It's a bit challenging and it's a nice break from comic book characters. Now, time to go read my Wednesday pull. 

I'm really enjoying the world of Artist Trading Cards (props to my pal Eric for getting me involved). The ATC set I finished up tonight is with my buddy Justin who runs the Weirdo Toys site (go check it out... it's really a lot of fun). We're doing a 3 card trade and he requested these three things: any undead creature, any spirit creature and any alien creature. It didn't take me long to come up with my choices. I picked Eddy from Iron Maiden for my undead creature, Large Marge from Pee Wee's Big Adventure for my spirit creature and a Predator for my alien creature. I love doing drawings like these because I can hack away at it without really messing up. It's a lot of fun to just let loose a bit. I lean towards a lot of hatching and ticking so it works good with the menace of the creatures. I think I dig on the Large Marge piece the most, just because it's sort of different (and brings back old memories). If you've stopped by this site and are interested in doing a sketch card trade then hit me up. Maybe we can work something out.