have been trying to work on 'sketch of the day' for the past few weeks. i've always tried but failed. i was determined this time. but in the end, it lasted 4 days. then i couldn't get to a scanner or was inundated with deadlines and work. i've always admired mike wieringo and other artists for doing it. don't know how they did it, but for me, it was too much pressure with looming deadlines always threatening. so i've carried on doing sketches. at least averaging 1 in 3 days. sometimes i have surprised myself with 3 or 4 in a day. so i guess in the end, as long as i keep it fairly consistent, i won't kill myself over it. it'd be nice, of course, if i could.

anyways, so i'm about to do a massive upload of sketches. as i haven't had the chance upload in the last few weeks. i read all comments altho don't get the chance to reply to all of em. so thanks heaps for all the comments and apologies in advance if i don't reply to them. and keep 'em coming. always love to hear ur opinions on what works and what doesn't.

until next.

hey everyone, apologies. been completely flat out for ages. i guess that's a good thing from a certain point of view as it means more stuff i can upload here in the gallery.

wanted to say a big huge thanks to all that responded to my marker madness in my previous journal entry. sorry i couldn't get to all of the sketches, as work and deadlines just completely dominated after NYCC and had to put a complete hiatus to the sketches. but i've still got it on my list and one day, hopefully, i will finish that up. stay tuned.

those that are at SDCC, see you there in about a week and half time. can't wait. i won't have a table, but i'll have my industry pass and will be walking around. if u see a bald asian dude carrying a big ass red crumpler bag, stop the person and say hi. it's probably me!!!

in the meantime, hope u enjoy all the new stuff i'm about to upload.

***** update: NOT SO GREEN LIT AFTER ALL ***** 07.11.08
sorry everyone. looks like the powers that be have decided to not show the pinup that i uploaded a few days ago, after all. so i've had to pull the image off. hopefully i'll get the green light to it a bit later and will be able to show the pinup again. sorry for any inconvenienced caused. thanks for all the comments posted btw. sorry i didn't get a chance to response to it before the deviation got pulled but i did manage to read all the comments. so thanks again for all the great comments. more updates soon.

***** update: APOLOGIES AND TWITTER ***** 03.11.08
hi everyone, i think i'll keep this journal entry up for a while longer cause there has been so many great suggestions for the MARKER MADNESS, it would seem a shame if i update the journal and all the comments get stored in the archive somewhere. and since NYCC is coming up again soon, as soon as i have a moment to spare, i will be back on MARKER MADNESS to churn out as many suggestions as possible. please keep 'em coming if u have any more ideas.

anyways, quick apologies for the lackness of updates. i've been completely flat out jumping from one deadline to the next without a moments breath and wow, 5 months have passed since. so sorry about that. the good news is because of my hiatus for the last 5 months, i've accumulated a truck load of artworks that i will try and upload for ur weekly viewing pleasure. that's the aim anyways.

and lastly, thanks to recommendations from mr. templesmith, i am now on twitter. so for anyone that's interested, please click [link]

**** update: THANKS EVERYONE!

back from the cons. had a brilliant time. been to another one in bristol since coming back from NY. thanks heaps for all the suggestions. i will def be goin thru em' slowly but surely. just trying to juggle all that inbetween my crazy hecticness of deadlines. will update everyone when i have more sketches to show. in the meantime, i got a couple of colour commissions scanned back to me since the cons so i'll be uploading them here. back soon, talk soon!

*** update: MARKER MADNESS ON HOLD

back to work unfortunately for me and prepping for NY comic con next weekend. so any MARKER MADNESS suggestions will resume after the con. but please continue to send suggestions in as i won't be stopping until after the convention season is over which is around october 2008!

** updates

black canary (done) [link]
supergirl (done) [link]
motoko kusanagi (done) suggested by muady [link]
kasumi from DOA (done) loosely suggested by hubby-n-dad [link]
snakeeyes (done) reluctantly suggested by thequezot [link]
witchblade (done) suggested by web-head-uk [link]
hellboy (done) ambiguously suggested by overfiend-87
mary marvel (done) from NYCC requested by bill nolan.
marvel boy (done) from NYCC requested by raymond.

**

so, if anyone's been watching my gallery, i've been updating about a marker madness sketch a day. currently i've got a list of characters i wanna do but maybe u guys can offer some suggestion on what u'd like to see me sketch up first. i'm basically doing these sketches in preparation to sell at the cons. i'm hoping it saves some time, if a particular sketch is already drawn, they can simply pick it up instead of waiting for me to sketch it out at the shows.

also feel free to suggest some characters on the list i haven't got but it has to be popular enough so that fans will like it enough to consider buying.

i've also gotta throw in some grayscale in the mix just to mix it up a bit. so please suggest ur character, and then whether u wanna see it in colour or grayscale.

FROM DC
powergirl (altho already sketched, i am so unhappy with it, i'm considering redoing it, maybe in grayscale)
huntress
batgirl (barbara gordon)
catwoman
black canary
supergirl
superman
batman

FROM MARVEL
wolverine
ironman (cause the movie's about to hit)

OTHERS
snakeeyes (cause the movie's about to hit)
kasumi from DOA
major motoko kusanagi from ghost in the shell
cloud from final fantasy VII
street fighter (any suggestions of which character)
star wars (any suggestions of which character)
ren sonja
hellboy (cause the movie's about to hit)
witchblade
tomb raider

so whoever hits me first, i will draw next. and then the next, etc, etc. until i'm busy again with deadlines or i'm out of time.

thanks everyone.

*edit*

thanks heaps everyone for participating in this little marker madness of mine!

but just heard back from my editor. so it looks like its back to work for me to meet deadlines. but hopefully i'll try for one piece of sketch a day before i start work everyday. hopefully! finger's crossed.

so keep the suggestions coming as i got a few more cons to attend for the rest of the year. convention season doens't finish til october for me so i may still get to reach ur suggested character! YAH!

wow. can't believe it's 2008. time sure flies. happy new years and all that! hope you all had a fantastic safe crazy celebration.

been real busy as usual. been doing some stuff here and there for DC. had to work thru christmas for the very first time ever but i didn't mind cause i got to work on a cool little wee project. not anything i can disclose at the moment, hopefully sometime soon.

as always been working full hog on spidey uk! always love the opportunity to stretch out good ol' spidey's anatomy. so always grateful that the editor still likes my work enough to offer me more gigs!!

also, spidey uk and some of my work got featured in one of newsarama's news article in december. so check this out if you get the chance. ed hammond, editor of spidey uk on newsarama. [link]

in the meantime, enjoy the uploads! lots more to come very very soon...like now. heh.

ugh. sorry for the lack of updates. been away, then meeting deadlines, then away again for holidays. been a crazy hectic period. haven't stopped running since sep.

anyways, thanks heaps for the all the compliments and positive replies, will try and answer some specific questions asked. i DO read all the comments. so thanks heaps again for ur patience!

will be updating deviant with some new work soon. in the meantime, i'm very happy to announce my latest international publication in a while!! my first ever work for DC comics. a small one shot for batman strikes. i also got to do the cover for this book.

so please feel free to head out to ur local comic store and pre order a few thousand copies. heh. it's in the december previews magazine on page 93. the title is 'batman strikes' #42. DIAMOND order # DEC070261

attached on the left of the deviantID column is the ad from the previews magazine.

thanks everyone.