new anime texture with photoshop

This was a test to see if i could create an anime-looking character efficiently- but knocking the image down to bitmap mode in photoshop after taking out all saturation made this cool looking textured feel to it- replacing grays with multiple black and white dots. I don't know if this is efficient for printing but it sure looks cool on the computer- will check this more as a possibility for more FX Mulrooney (R) titles- it reminds me of what is in newspapers

sketchbook-pro practice

Hey purchased a copy of Sketchbook-Pro from Amazon- its was pretty economical- but had a hard time warming up to it. but I keep trying- I am thinking about doing a comic in a style similar to Will Eisner because you don't see that graphical style anymore in comic books and its still cool even though its reminiscent to comic strip days. So the pic is my rendition of Eisner's Spirit- I may use Sketchbook Pro in my process- its starting to grow on me....

Flash Tutorial for Detroit ACM SIGGRAPH Meeting

Hi just wanted to post a quick image of the end result to a flash cartoon character vignette- this type of image can be used for flash greeting cards or print. I will be presenting a turorial showing some basic flash cs5 Drawing tools in creating this image during Detroit ACM SIGGRAPH July 19th meeting. I decided to maybe do a series of these images and maybe place a tutorial on YouTube- if the response is positive- The meeting will be on Tuesday, July 19th at the Art Institute of Michigan, Novi Campus from 6-9pm- hopefully it will be well attended.... see ya- oh PS- I post processed this image in photoshop by adding noise to the skin and the basketball in the rear- so if i wanted to do print in CMYK- the textures would make it look polished- another trick for ya

new image- back again

I found out I was not inspired- I seemed to get it back with this portrait of one of my tagged friends- somehow a pretty woman's face inspires a dude- so here is a quick portrait done in photoshop cs5 using a Wacom Intuous 4 tablet. it seems to do a full body image I need to focus more on the face first then finish the body- not the other way around- I am going to put up a tutorial soon- but this quick face sketches are fun

last of an era past

In my last effort to reach out for a normal life of seeking women has gone- I just have to admit that I am a strange one and will be one at least in this lifetime and if there is a woman for me out there- she will most likely be strange too- so here is a picture I did at a young lady's request- in the back of my mind I thought she wanted to be the one- but was mistaken- oh well -another one bites the dust (Queen)- looking by the image I need to put more time into drawing women- any comments are appreciated