I love me some pumpkaboos

I love them so much; as I do all ghost pokemon.  Which is why I'm collecting the shinies of each of them :3
And drawing them all to appease the pokegods so that they bless me with their shiny bodies.

Oops

I've been drawing things, I promise!
I've just been forgetting to upload things here :(
It's mostly fanart right now; getting an early start on convention pieces so that I have a wide variety of illustrations to sell.  Will try to pump out a few more OcculTango stuff as well as characters from another comic idea (not to be started until OcculTango's completion, of course).

Here's a few that I did back in like... August.. lol...

Mushishi:

 

The World Ends With You:

 

There's also a NSFW illustration of Panty from Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt that you can find right here.

Poor Creeper

I've finished it!
There may be some final tweaking if the commissioner wishes it so.

I had quite a bit of fun with this one :)

Mazinger Z

A customer at my day job commissioned this piece from me for his son.
I'm not much of a robot artist, but this one had enough curves in it to make it somewhat more comfortable for me to draw.

It's to be printed on a 5"x7" semi-gloss paper.

I may do some minor touch-ups while I wait for the paper to arrive.

Minecraft? Evangelian? WIP

So, because I didn't post an image on Saturday, I thought I would treat everyone with a WIP shot of a commission I'm working on that I received at AnimeDetour.

Not all the colors make sense right now because I just blocked in shapes to begin with and am now, slowly, putting in the correct colors.  I'm having quite a bit of fun with this one.

Yes, he will have creeper guts coming out of his mouth.

Anime Detour!!

No illustration to post today since I haven't taken pictures of any of them.  I've drawn a handful of commissions for the convention.

I went into the convention thinking I was prepared but I was very very wrong.  My set-up looks juvenile and I really don't have anywhere near enough merchandise to sell.  However, I am doing fairly well with all things considered.  It was a crash-course learning experience and I will be over-prepared next time.

I can't wait and I'm excited to create more things to sell at the next convention! :)

#39: Dream

A couple days late, but finished none-the-less.
I definitely want to play around with this coloring style more.

#39: Dream WIP

I haven't finished the illustration, but that's alright--Ill finish it next Saturday.
I decided to try for a more painterly/whimsical feel for this piece.  I like where it's going so far.

I also have a time-lapse/speed-draw video of the previous illustration (testament) up on youtube for viewing pleasure!

#77: Testament

tes·ta·ment

noun \ˈtes-tə-mənt\

Definition of TESTAMENT

2

a : a tangible proof or tribute

b : an expression of conviction : creed

 

 

Bryna's testament to Kael that she will protect him.

 

I'm back! (And the 100 Themes Challenge)

Oops.  I've been super busy with working on OcculTango and convention illustrations.

I'm starting a new regimen where I start and/or finish an refined-sketch/illustration every Saturday.
To start off this new schedule, I'll be undertaking the 100 Themes Challenge.

The order I do the illustrations will be random and decided via a random number generator.

And to kick it off, here's number 92: Rape

I thought it was very... eerie that this was the first word I received.  I didn't even realize the word was on the list until I looked to see what #92 was.  I debated on not doing this one and even removing it from the list and replacing it with something else.
Rape is something that severely pisses me off, especially with the rape culture of the country.  It appalls me how people can just not be bothered by it.  All those scenes in movies and shows of rape makes me sick to my stomach and it angers me that not everyone has the same reaction.  I can not understand it.

I played around with a few sketches and came up with this one.  There are multiple hands to represent, not only the attack, but the blaming of the victim for being attacked.

My Bad

My excuse is that I've been cramming to get chapter 5 of OcculTango done on time (lolnothappening).
So, yeah, that's why there haven't been any sketches getting done/posted.
However, I have started a new illustration for OcculTango.  Here's a screenshot:

Some new costume designs for Bryna and Duscan which I may or may not use later in the comic.
I need to be better about juggling my day job, comic, and sketches/illustrations....

Triple whammy

Two composition sketches for future illustrations and then a doodle.

 

Have a happy New Year(s eve)!

What'chu wuhnt?

I enjoy Duscan and I enjoy hands.

12/28 + 12/29

DOUBLE PICTURE POST because I forgot to scan in yesterday's sketch.  It hasn't even been a week and I'm already failing at this.  I'm sure once I get used to the schedule, I'll be able to keep up with it.  Just need to get used to it.

ANYWAYS!!

The airgear female fan character again as well as a male one I came up with back in 2008.

I am totally capable of drawing obligatory-women-in-water-and-bathing-suit pictures as well!

Day 3(.5)

Well, it's still Tuesday in California, right?

...right??

Anyways, here's a character-clothing design I've had floating around in my head for a while.

Monday's Post 20minutes late

Oops.  I just didn't get around to scanning the sketch until late, I swear!

A fan-character of mine from the Air-Gear universe.  Wanted to play around with dynamic perspectives.

Now on to watching the third season of Battlestar Galactica while inking chapter 5 of OcculTango, hahaha.

New Beginning

It has been a long while since I posted here (oops), but that's all about to change.
From now on, I will be doing a 'sketch-a-day' post.  The subtext is that the sketch has to be something I'm actually satisfied with.
So, yeah!  Frequent posts from now on!
Maybe in a month or so, I'll start doing an 'illustration-a-week' post as well as recording myself working on them to make an sped-up video of the process for people to view.  The logistics of that will be figured out once I'm actually ready to do it.  I want to get comfortable with the sketch stuff first.

So, without further ado, the sketch to start us off!

A character I've been playing around with for a couple months.  Her outfit, so far, has remained relatively unchanged, but I will be changing it around a lot until I'm ready to introduce her (probably around the summer-fall next year).  Expect to see more of her from now on.

OcculTango Volume 1 is here!!

(11/5 -Price edit!)

I just received the books yesterday and I am really happy with how they've turned out!

 

The books are standard comic book size (NOT manga, as indicated by the size comparison).

The books feature chapters 1-4 as well as 4 exclusive illustrations, 3 sketch/note pages, and the 2-page comic that started this all!

I will be selling 16 of the books at MiX (Minneapolis Indie Comic Expo) on November 5th and 6th.  If you are unable to attend and want a book, you can reserve a copy by emailing me at cbutterbaugh(at)gmail(dot)com.

The book is $10 + shipping (which is around $5 for US residencies).  It will also include a personalized sketch of your choosing.

Alive!

I'm still here, I promise!
There hasn't been too much that I can talk about here since I'm only working on getting the first volume of OcculTango finished and nothing else.  I'll actually be able to work on random illustrations once this thing is finished.  It's going to be a super crunch, but I'll manage and get it done on time; there's no other option.

Here's a teaser panel from chapter 3 so that I'm not completely disappointing anyone.

Watch out, ladies!

OcculTango Ch.1 Book Sale

So, I was rummaging through my OcculTango stuff, trying to organize it, and I found the two chapter 1 books that were on display for my senior project. I'm willing to part with one of them if anyone wants to buy it for $5 (+ shipping costs if you're not close enough for me to hand it to you). I'll throw in a personalized illustration and sign the book (if you want). The covers are a little scruffed from being handled, but... yeah... I'm not going to print anymore of these.

If a lot of people want it, I may offer the second one as well and make this a random raffle thing...

Keep in mind that the 1st Volume of the series (Ch1-4 + exclusive illustrations and notes) will be available at the beginning on November.