Kickstarter FAIL aftermath

Okay... that hurt...

Wounded Warriors: Misty Knight (work in progress)

Misty Knight by Samax (in progress... more after the blah blah)

 Yeah, it is well known that I heart me some Misty Knight. I try not to complain when she is drawn weird or treated like a sidekick or silly wimpy girl, but y'all know she is still dope, and a great representation of the surviving spirit of black women. Plus, she's HAWT! so anyways, I painted her. Peep...

PREVIEW- "Da Old School" from "Champion of Children Vol 1"

For those who have never read it, Champion of Children is about kid superheroes (because kid villains have to be stopped by kid heroes, right?). The greatest kid hero at any given time inherits the title "Champion of Children" along with the requisite privileges and responsibilities. The current Champion of Children is 5 year old martial arts powered hero Li'l Madd Skillz, but this particular short story Da Old School stars her big brother Junior Raw, and his friend Smash Boogie (whose name I only learned after drawing this story, by the way). To help promote our Kickstarter campaign, Champ co-creator and writer Corance Davis has empowered me to offer Da Old School in its entirety...

New character sketch: lady cop

Lt. Snow ©Jay Kelley by Samax Amen

Original Character/Concept Design: The Gryphon

The Gryphon by Samax Amen

Instead of drawing pics of Iron Man, Spidey or whatever, I spend my rare free time drawing my own characters. Revolutionary, I know! So here's some blah blah about The Gryphon...

New drawing: "Amen @ Work" + "iPatch" (for those who missed it)

 I'm always threatening to do comic strips about stuff that happens at work or whatever, but most of the time I never get around to it...

Some "Champion of Children: The Legend of Challenge" original art for sale

"It's bad..." pg 11

9 year old superhero, and former Champion of Children Junior Raw tried to take on an adult super-villain... It's not working out for him!

Character Design- "Dandy Lion" by Samax Amen

sketch (Dandy Lion) by Samax Amen

My yard is full of dandelions, and since we are selling the house, I have no intention of going to war with weeds. It's funny... as much as adults hate dandelions, kids love them. The name always made me think of a lion in a tuxedo... so since I'm a big kid at heart, I drew the sketch above. I liked it, so I decided to smash out the full body piece below....

Character Design Sketch- Alonzo Greer from "The Brother"

Alonzo Greer (© Jay Kelley) art by Samax Amen

Watercolors for Sale: "The Samson Series" by Samax Amen

I painted a series of watercolors in college starring the Old Testament action hero from the Biblical Book of Judges, Samson. The Announcement (above) portrays Samson's mother (on the left) who is told by an angel that she is going to give birth to the long-haired ass-kicker.  Peep more below...

Prices include domestic shipping

Samson: The Announcement $150.00 USD     Samson: Holla Atcha Fetus $150.00 USD     Samson: The Jawbone $150.00 USD     Samson: Bachelor Party $150.00 USD     Samson: Battle of Jawbone Hill $150.00 USD

[SOLD]- "Mug Shots" by Samax Amen

Mug Shots by Samax Amen. Acrylic on Canvas

[SOLD!]- "Family Reunion (Jesus 12 Years Old)" by Samax Amen

Family Reunion (Jesus 12 Years Old) by Samax Amen [SOLD!]

An old favorite...

the Mighty Ziontific Lion dark tee by samax amen

Screwing around with Illustrator...

Rap Avatar by Samax Amen

I drew this with Adobe Illustrator a few days ago. It looks like an avatar for an old-school hip hopper, hence the name. Here's a couple other things I recently drew with Illustrator below...

Some new(ish) sketches

Here's some sketches I drew recently...