MOAR CHIBI'S

EREN

MINA MAJIKINA

NARUTO

ROCK LEE

Had a funtastic time at NyCC 2013! Thank you all for the love and support! 

Sora the Explora'

Just 4 days left until Wizard World 2013! Where I'll have prints like the one above available for your purchasing needs!

Wizard World Philadelphia 2012

Hey you...yes you!

For all you fine folk who reside relatively close to my home town this weekend (May 31st ~ June 3rd) I'll be at Wizard World Philadelphia 2012 ! I'll be there all 4 days of the convention accepting commissions! Above is an example of some of the prints i'll have on hand for sale ;)

Hope to see you there!

NY Comic Con 2011!

Hey  Ya'll!

I'll be in NYC this weekend at the New York Comic Con/ Anime Fest 2011 . There will be prints available of some of my latest works as well as some of my Chibi characters (featured above). I'll also be doing live sketches and drawing all weekend long. Those of you who are attending make sure to stop by Artist Alley and say "Harro!"

(Hint: Ben gives FREE art to those who bring him food ;)

Miku Miku

Something I done did for speed practice. Total labor: 8hrs too many...

Merii Kurisumasuu!

A quickie I threw together in a day for the Holidays. Didn't bother with inking over my original sketch just tried to keep things as neat as possible.

To all my followers and friends a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year!

Let's Manga!

I did these for a flier that'll be used to advertise an manga art class I'll be teaching in December '10. I'm getting back into doing my inks by hand. The overall look achieved by doing it the old fashion way is something that hard to obtain digitally. Plus, I'm learning new cleaning techniques for my finished inks. Such as adjusting the 'Levels' on your line work before doing a 'Threshold' helps you get a much cleaner result.

W00T

Here's a quickie I did for a friend of mine for her birthday. I think I'm getting more of a handle on producing work in Photoshop. I finished this under 5hrs total. Granted I just left the colors flat BUT the guesswork behind all of it seems to be disappearing. I'm realizing what I can leave loose and what I have to tighten up on, what the average audience would notice and what they probably wont catch. The art of turning off one's brain and not over thinking.

So-ho Shinobi

The good people over at the New York Anime Festival run a small contest every year to select their new mascot for that year's festival. The theme for this years convention is "Anime - New York - Halloween". 3 things that I had a hell of a time putting together. I chose a ninja since they're usually dark/shadowy characters that, at times, can be spooky. The color scheme I chose is brighter than your average ninja. I wanted to stay away from the stereotypical black uniform and go for something more autumn colored. My biggest hurdle with this was his head guard with the empire state building going across it. I think I did at least 3 revisions of it until i settled on something more simple.

Simple was the main objective of this piece. Since I tend to over think and go overboard with my work. My vision of a mascot is something you can display anywhere without having to worry about the little details being lost. At times I stopped and turned my brain off so that I could let the work come out of me naturally.

In the end I'm unsure of my chances of winning. Regretting not doing something with more of a unisex subject matter and believe that maybe a female mascot would probably have played better. Ah well.

Tokusatsu a go go baby!

So I came down with a fever this past week, conveniently on the only 2 days i have off per week! Awesome! While I sat and gave into the inevitable aches, pains, coughing up of bodily fluid I decided to make the most of it and made myself a new avatar for 2010.

Recently I've had an affinity for all things Tokusatsu. From Kamen Rider to Giant Robo, they all hold a special place in my heart. And what a better way to geek out than becoming one yourself.

I decided to do all the coloring 'cel' style since I wasn't looking to spend too much time on it. And instead focused on color theory. For those who are ever stumped on which color schemes to roll with on certain pieces, I highly recommend using Kuler. It's run by Adobe systems so transferring color from the site to Photoshop is a cake walk. Plus it's all FREE :)

Here's a B-side/Evil ver. scheme I wound up doing.

Vee Day

Yea, it's been a few since I last posted anything, don't get me wrong I've been on the busy side of things... no really I have! For example last week I was in NYC for the NY Comic Con. So i needed to prep for that. But now I'm out of excuses and ready to head back into the studio. Here's a quick doodle I did just for Love day:


I'm also working on a piece to celebrate the eminent release of Street Fighter 4 on the 17th. Actually I think I may wind up doing 2 instead seeing as how rare it is that Capcom releases a fighting games these days. I mean when was the last time? 10 or more years! Good grief, I mean a NEW Street Fighter Game??!! For fighting game fans this is like the second coming of Christ!! ::climbs down off my nerd soap box::

Sorry.

Stay tuned:)