Tony

Anger

Tony — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 08:58:14 -0400

This is one of favorite pictures. I was really angry one day and just drew this to get my frustration out. I really like how it turned out. The face is quite well proportioned and I succeeded in showing real emotion in the face without making the two faces look like different people. You have no idea how difficult it is to draw the same character with different expresssions and still be the same person. That's why all the old 80s cartoons would rehash the same frames of emotion and expression...until anime came along. Gotta love the Japanese.

chapter cover concept

Tony — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 08:55:00 -0400

The terribly drawn guy in the bottom left is supposed to be Ministrant. I think he Mini-sucks. The guy to the right of him is another villain named Skull or Skrall or something. I cannot remember, but I took him out of the story the minute I finished drawing him because I realized he looks exactly like the villain from Baldur's Gate. I drew the angel because I just felt inspired to do it at the time. I like that. Some of my best drawings were never intended, just done on a whim.

unfinished poster design

Tony — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 08:49:14 -0400

This was going to be a chapter cover for my book. The three faces on top are the characters from the future: From left to right, Jacarool, Qual Treppes, and Hale. The bottom figures are from the past, Duentes, Locke, and Leonhart respectively. The flame-like being in the corner is the unnamed villian of four time forms. Here I have drawn his second. I was really into this sketch but i think coffee or something got spilled on the villain's face so I got fed up and stopped. His four time forms were to be in the four corners.

Hale Reiker

Tony — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 08:44:32 -0400

This is another protagonist in my never-to-be completed (and unnamed) graphic novel. His name is Hale and he was to be Andrew's double from the future. In fact, he is also secretly an agent of Ministrant named Enigma but that's a whole other story. Perhaps I should write this story down instead of drawing it, I'd probably finish it then.

Faces 1

Tony — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 08:41:24 -0400

I like this page a lot. I had just recently been checking out the sketchbook of Tom Rhodes. If you do not know who that is check his website out. I'm too lazy to look for the actual address but I'm sure that if you type in his name you'll find the website. Anyways, his sketches of just people's faces inspired me to do several of my own.

poses sketch

Tony — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 08:38:50 -0400

The one thing that I found myself incapable of doing for a long time was drawing people in different poses. I always drew them in relaxed straight or profile stances. This was one of several practices I did in trying to draw a body frame in different perspectives. This is really just one of maybe hundreds, but I think this is a page I can display with pride.

dramatic death sketch

Tony — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 05:56:42 -0400

Andrew Cross, my protagonist, is impaling another villian from my unnamed graphic novel. This one had four forms depending on what time period he was from. I call this dying form the third, but the villain himself I never found a name for.

Ministrant

Tony — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 05:40:01 -0400

Okay, so I had this idea to make a huge graphic novel once that basically blended the styles of DBZ, Castlevania, and time travel. The result: well actually, I never gave a title to it, haha. But I did name the characters, and this vampire was to be one of Andrew Cross' greatest rivals, the pretentious but always graceful, Ministrant.

couple

Tony — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 05:33:31 -0400

This is just another sketch page that turned into a real picture. I started drawing the profile faces in an attempt to make some sort of collage but gave up when I realized how daunting the task was. Instead I drew a guy and his woman... or a woman and her guy, whatever. The guy's right shoulder pisses me off though because it's sooo off center >.<

random people

Tony — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 05:33:17 -0400

These three people evoke styles that I like. In fact, I've worn all of them... even the girl's... well not really, but still.