CRAZYFIREHAIR

ÜBERFASHION

I just finished a job for Glamour where myself and 2 other artists (Ron Wimberly and Christine Norrie) had to draw fashion inspired superheroes LIVE by request! Here are a few images I did in prep for that. It was the first time I had done anything live in front of a rediculous amount of people. It was mad fun though, especially when surrounded by good food and beautiful women. Thanks to Miri, April and Sarah at Glamour for hosting.

Morning Study

A discussion as to what makes a painting and what makes a drawing and are they interchangeable terms kept Ron and I occupied all the way to Rocketship.

Morning Study

1 hr p-shop sketch...

Digipaint

Quick p-shop painting.... Try not to kiss your screen, it really isn't a photo...really...

Giant Sloth

That's what it's supposed to be anyway. . . . . .a little concept art from what I've been working on.

Brawl

Just a little brawl makin' its way to the blog. I know you're into it....

Seaman

Is life really "better down where its wetter"? I have no idea. Not being raised by the ocean and visiting it infrequently, I'm not as familiar with it as your average costal dweller. Fear...there's a lot of fear there for me. I'm terrified of sharks and other fishes. When I'm in the ocean my imagination pretty much becomes an endless whispering Lovecraft novel. Letting me know that there are far worse things in the water than sharks and they'll probably get you when you least expect it. The great thing about fear is it goes great with art. I'm all for drawing diarrhea-inducing sea creatures from the comfort of my wobbly drawing table. The above sketch is the beginnings of some concept work I'm doing for Studio Rever's next film, Couchgarden. More than that, I cannot say....

THE TELLING

A sketch. The whisper of a piece. I’m going to populate the background with all sorts of shadowy figures.

Chronicles - beth

1st Panel
pencil

This is the first panel in a series of stories about a womanizer named Chuck.

What goes around....

Killings
(Pencil, digital)

Its not that I'm in a violent mood. Its more of a reaction to the cycle of violence. There are bigger ideas here but, simply put, violence begets violence. The rate at which it can snowball is crazy. Anyway. Its just a sketch with possible colors layed over in p-shop. I was working on getting the gesture of the soldier's body as well as his facial expression. Miami Vice was sold out for the 325 show. . . . . . . . . . . Crockett and Tubbs know about violence.....

Two

Main Characters
(pencil, digital)

The second installment of one-a-day is another concept piece for 5-Moons. Our hero and his sister, the main characters of the book.

One

Pull
(pencil, digital)

Ok, so I'm going to try one post a day for as long as I can handle it. One illustration a day - relatively complete....

F-Train lovin

Some sketches from the F-Train on my way home.

In the Glass

Batman and Robin
(ink, Watercolor)

Blogging for me has been kind of like being naked in front of a window to a deserted back yard. There could be people out there in the woods. One might just look up from what they're doing and catch a glimpse of what I'm lucky enough to see every morning in the mirror before I jump into the shower. She might even stare, poke her friend and hastily point out what she can see but can't touch, wanting someone else to share in her hopeless longing. Then again, there could be no reason to look up at all because there are 3 million other people standing naked out in the snow trying to get the attention of these silly forest people. The market is saturated. So, what's a guy to do? Draw Batman. and then draw him with Robin. Why? Why the hell not? If i'm going to be naked, I might as well toss in a few hot turns. Afterall, I can still kind of see myself in the reflection of the glass......

Mike and Caroline 2

"They Shared Simmilar Interests."
(Pencil)

A finished sketch of the next installment of Mike and Caroline. They work pretty well together.

Mike and Caroline

Caroline met Mike on a Camping Trip Last August.
(Ink on Wood)


This is the first in a series of panels i'm going to be doing about these two characters. I really wanted to draw on this piece of ply I found in some blok's trashpile. The original is pretty big, at least for my scanner it was. It took four passes to get the whole thing in there. A color piece will follow as well......soon.

Self Portrait

5 Min Self
(Photoshop)

Here's a quick sketch of my beautiful mug. Thats not a needle by the way...

The Don

The Don
(Pen, collage)

Although I'm an avid Red Sox fan, I have to say that the first batting stance I ever mimicked was The Don's. Something about that turned out heel spoke to me. It was almost as if he was turning his heel at the establishment or maybe he was getting a head start back to the bench. In any case, It was different and I liked it. Almost as much as The Don loves "Fantastic little drawings of spiders," which was his answer to the question what is your favorite thing on this planet ever for all time, when asked by the makers of TOPPS 1986 baseball cards. The Don and I had a lot in common then. I can't help but think of the retired The Don standing in front of his vast collection of tiny framed arachnid drawings, turning his heel out and, with a gentle grin, taking a swing.

Rations

Rations
(Sketch)
I've had this kicking around my sketchbook in thumbnail form. This is where I'm at as of Day 2 of 2006. We've had plumbing problems in my aptartment, water leaking everywhere. I don't think The Ginormous Cow is responsible, but what if she is? Mooin' around on the roof droppin' stickball bats down our vents, sqeezin' milk from her six pack, gettin high on fungus that grows off her feces. I'll be its TGC.....