The Art of Samax Amen
in other news, finances at the house are looking pretty ugly right now, but I'm determined to make it blend... if you've been waiting for JUSSST the right time to buy something, NOW is looking pretty good, fam! If you are a fan of my art and want to see me continue to put out more, you can show your support by copping some of my existing stuff. my book Spontaneous is on IndyPlanet for just 16 bucks (click here to cop it) and both issues of my magazine GhettoManga Quarterly are there also (click here to peep those). I have my old comics i did with my crew in stock here, for those who are interested. slide by the Ziontific store if you need cards, tees, hoodies or other assorted t'ing... i'll be blogging more specific items as much as I can, so I won't need to hold a telethon or something. Get at me if there's something specific you're looking for.
I didn't have time to do full turn-around this week kiddos! but here's my drawing for the Weekly Character Design. I sketched him out on some scratch paper, and finished it in photoshop. I really like this character, and have some ideas for a comic, so we'll see more of him eventually! gotta go to bed now...
I've been very busy lately! Charlene started back to grad school, so I'm back on Daddy Day Care with our 17 month-old daughter Marley. I was already way behind on commissions, and Marley's in that mode where she wants to try to eat everything, so keeping her alive is a full-time job... anyways, not really sure what all that has to do with this picture of Static I drew the other day... but this is my blog, so i'll ramble a little! I drew this with a watercolor brush pen for the Daily Sketch Challenge I joined, but rarely draw for... even though I'm busy, I want to ramp up that kind of stuff. 
One of the many clients who are patiently waiting on me is my friend Allana. when I started sketching this drawing, I was thinking primarily about the big bird-shaped medallion that's covering her chest. Anyways, this isn't a drawing of any of the specific characters Allana tapped me to draw, but I was feeling inspired, so I went with it. I still haven't seen Avatar (I saw like 20-35 minutes of it at the sneakeasy while I was waiting to see The Book of Eli), but when I talked to Allana last, the aliens from that movie did come up... I'm hoping something I work out in this piece will help me in my designs for Allana (fingers crossed!)
you may have already seen this sketch on the summary of the Underground show I wrote over on GhettoManga (read the full report here), but i guess now is a good time to post it here anyway. I drew it with a ballpoint pen and a couple watercolor markers at the show. I also added zip-a-tone in photshop afterwards, 'cause that's how i roll... Dallas Comicon and Underground fell on the same weekend this year, and even though it was fun and profitable, I got the fan-flu or something, and was sick as a dog the week after. well, it's late, so i better head to sleep! i have more drawings that I'll post later, so stay tuned!
okay, so with all the art shows and comicbook shows and assorted hoopla, I haven't really had time to smother you in Valentine's Day propaganda to get you to buy some of my greeting cards... so could you please just pretend I did and buy some anyways? ahem... for example, this one is called "Love Is..." and on the inside it has the passage from 1Corinthians that you have heard over and over at weddings. I sold out of this one at Underground last month, but you can still get them in the Ziontific store... click here to peep more fresh V-Day cards by yours truly!
