Sketch Cards all day long!

So I am currently in Roanoke VA doing caricatures with my homeboy Dan "The Man" Smith at the Salem Fair. The fair is pretty much the only retail caricature work I do every year (with the exception of the Super Pet Expo which I hope to do every year). The fair gives me a chance to hang out with Dan and an opportunity to flex my selling skillz. It is thrilling to watch sales add up at the end of the day to prove that I still got it.

Now the fair is great and all, but it is really slow for the first few hours of every day. It gives me plenty of time to goof off, or work. This time around I have chosen to work. I have a ton of sketch card projects to work on so I brought some new Marvel cards with me to get a jump on my deadlines. I knocked out rough lines on 50 cards today and I'll do another 50 tomorrow. I'm trying some new things on these bad boys so I'm hoping you all like them as much as I do. I can't show much of that art right now, but I do have permission to show one card from the Pulp Girls set I worked on recently with Super Real Graphics and 5Finity Productions. You can find out more about the Pulp Girls set here .

Enjoy the work and I'll be in touch soon.

Come see me at HEROES!

I just put the finishing touches on this new Spidey and MJ piece. If u r gonna be at Heroes this weekend keep an eye out for it as a print. I'll be at the table all weekend long so don;t be shy come and check me out. I'll also have a few of my 09 sketch book on hand so don't forget to pick one up!

Heroes Con is this weekend! This is my favorite con of of the year and I couldn't be more excited about it. Peng-Peng and I will be in attendance along with my homeboy Domonike Stanton . We will be holding down the Identity Comics table AA-241. If u r gonna be at the show come on by and check us out. we will be doing a raffle for 2 free inked commissions. All u gotta do is come by and give us your name to enter. We will also have the last of our "Inside the Box" studio art book for sale featuring the art of Jose Jaro , Bryan Turner , Peng-Peng, and me theFranchize (jerry Gaylord) ,and lots of prints. Plus We will have Marvel 70th anniversary, and Iron Man 2 artist proof cards available for commission. And of course we will be giving away free head sketches with every purchase. So come on by and chat with us for a bit. it is gonna be an unbelievable event. I can't wait to see yall!

Bad Dudes

I have been wanting to post this image for a while. I have been doing character designs for the Superman Universe just for fun and these two characters just jumped out at me. I have always liked Darkseid since my days as a youth watching the Superfriends. Doomsday is a character I warmed up to recently. I think he was a great idea, but now whenever he shows up in the comics Superman beats him with one punch and the cool factor is out the window.

Any how. I just wanted to drop this art on yall. Let me know what u think

Getting the Work in

I spent most of today working on my goals for the year. I had already worked them out, but I'm reading a book about sales and marketing that has really gotten me thinking of new possibilities. I have never been one to set low goals or have low aspirations, but now I find myself thinking that I have been thinking too small after all.

After having crunched some numbers and feeling pretty comfortable with my new goals I thought I would do a quick sketch to stay on my toes. I have never really drawn Goku before, but I was really into Dragon Ball Z for a while. I had always wanted to see what he might look like in my style so I said to my self " there is no time like the present."

Enjoy.

More Pendant Covers and Heroes Con

Hey guys! I just finished up my latest Pendant Superman cover and I think it looks pretty cool if I do say so myself. Too bad I can't share it yet. However, I can share a couple of older ones that I haven't posted yet though. I had fun working on these and I think they came out pretty cool looking. Hopefull yall will dig them too.

The big news for me right now is Heroes Con. The show is in Charlotte, NC and it is my all time favorite con. I always have a great time (and the sales aren't too shabby either!). I plan on having some new prints and a new sketchbook (I'm keeping my fingers crossed on this one) for the show. If you are gonna be in the area you gotta stop by.

see ya there!