Yucca Study

Another study, this time from Couer D'Alene. This is the first time I've sat down and really drawn a plant down to the leaf, instead of just generalizing or stylizing it. It was very instructive. The whiteout pen was a bit clunky, perhaps, but I like the look of it, anyway.
Done as more research for the Quickpaw project, which is still in script writing, but moving forward. Slowly but Surely. I've got another picture book to finish today, so after that's done...and a personal painting in the works...maybe the script will be ready to go to layout by then.

Location study

Unrelated note first: My website portfolio just got a major update, with nearly twenty pieces appearing online for the first time. check it out.
Now, on to business: On DeviantART a while ago I posted a small study of Lao'ra, with vague references to an upcoming personal project.
I can say now, that that project -is- going to happen, and that it's going to be a graphic novel, which will be released online as a webcomic. I'm in process of writing the script right now, so don't count on anything overly soon (it will probably be quite some time before it's finished) but do count on periodic spoilers until I start releasing it.
First of which, is this location study. Done in Arches National Park, while camping a few weeks ago. Done with my only copic marker ('sand' color, appropriately enough)micron, ball point, and a white-out pen. I really like how the copic works, I'd like to get more of them, but that will have to wait too.
The graphic novel itself, tentatively called 'Quickpaw' is probably going to be watercolor based, though I'm no purist, and other medias will probably fill in where they feel like it.

Lord Azural's Lair

My illustration professor has a particular knack for giving out assignments that instantly spark interest, quickly followed by the realization of their difficulty. It's a good combination. This specific ink and charcoal drawing was assigned as 'a villain's lair, in two point perspective.' It was a good excuse to blend Assyrian style with a little medieval , plus Azural's wolf motif. I turned it into somewhat of a study in props, also known as a messy room. This particular villain is also a personal novel character. Now I wonder from whom he inherited the tendency to have such a clutted desk?