Chun Li

RYU 4 YOO

StreetFighter25

My Ryu piece above was featured on the StreetFighter25thAnniversary site! Check it!

Fists a' Flyin

Hey ya'll! Above is a quick piece I did for one of those numerous Street Fighter tribute books.

まこと

I have been away from the digi-painting scene for a couple of months now (literally had to blow the dust off my Wacom pad) and needed to dip my feet back into it to keep things fresh in memory.

Not wanting to spend a whole lot of time on this I decided to grab a sketch I particularly liked out of my book and throw some color to it.

I enjoy the overall loose feel this piece has. Most of my work, in my opinion, has a up-tight stodgy feel to it. Beginning to work in a sketchbook again has reminded me that it's ok to let my hair down every now and then so I can just...well...draw! Without having to worry about cleaning up after myself.

Shazam!

Uniformity

I've always been a fan of the character 'Makoto'. I could never play with the character to save my life but loved her for her design and attitude. Like 'Sakura' (character on the far left) only more hard hitting. Well this is sort of a 'what if' tribute. Usually Makoto would be sporting her Karate Gi but needing to attend school she'd probably be forced to wear a uniform which I doubt she'd like very much. Yeah, my imagination can geek like that.

This is my submission to the Street Fighter Club on Deviant Art . Be sure to check them out!

Chun Li: Portrait of a Street Fighter

A quick Chun Li I did for practice BUT also to celebrate the release of SUPER Street Fighter IV !

I had been playing around with a new set of special effect brushes that a friend had recently given to me. To my surprise there was a unique set that featured splotches/washes/splatter that accurately portrays the ' Sumi-e ' brush styling that's used in Street Fighter IV. It took a bit of tinkering but in the end I was really happy with the outcome ( ^_^ )

Stalking the Dark

So as of late I've been on a very short hiatus from working on portfolio stuff. The main reason is above. This was my submission for Udon Entertainments "DarkStalkers Tribute" book slated for release this summer. Udon calls upon artists from the far reaches of the globe to submit pin-ups of their favorite DarkStalker characters and out of over literally 2000 submissions only 200 some odd pieces are chosen. So I had heard about all this a week or two before it was due and raced to finish my entry. Anywho, I guess my expedited efforts showed a little too much in the final product cuz my work wound up not geting picked.

O well...( >_< ) sigh*

Sooo I took about 2 weeks off to cool off and recollect myself. I'm currently working on just 1 more Street Fighter piece then I'll be done and good for awhile regarding anything Capcom. I think I may go on a Naruto binge for a minute. Who knows.

Thunder Thighs

With all the hubb bubb in the air caused by the eminent release of Street Fighter 4 I've been on a bit of a Capcom binge.

I've noticed that with every new Street Fighter Game Chun Li's hips just keep on inflating. I mean at times it looks like she has 2 other people down there carrying her torso.

No other Capcom designer has done this better than Daigo Ikeno whom did the character work for SF 3rd strike & SF 4 as well as the Onimusha series and a few others.

So 'why the heck not'?, let's make light of those thick man killing thighs. I have no qualms what-so-ever with them, frankly I think they're sextastic.

Style wise in this piece I was experimenting with a more varied line weight with my inks. It works well for my pin ups and I may try it on my sequential work in the future.

Traditional pencil and inks w/ Photoshop color parts.