David White Illustration

Mecha Zone 1 art book 25% off sale!

2012-02-11T11:19:00.000-08:00

My Mecha Zone 1.5 art book is 25% off for a limited time.ONLY $14.99get it on AMAZON ----->>>> Mecha Zone 1 on Amazon.comThat's right, $5 off! Only on Amazon and only until next Saturday, 2-18-2012.

20% off my books and art until 12/19!

2011-12-07T08:21:00.000-08:00

20% SALE!!!!! Use this code to get 20% off anything in my Mecha Zone store. Includes, mecha art books and original Battletech artwork from recent Catalyst publications. Seriously, this is a great event. Spread the word! Sale ends December 19th at 12:00AM.CODE= MX5Y4Uhttp://mechazone.bigcartel.com/

Print release party and book sale!

2011-12-06T07:35:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone, happy holidays!Please join me this Friday at the FOE sub-culture art gallery in Norhtampton, MA. We will be celebrating the release of their second original, limited edition, letterpress print with art by yours-truly :) AND my art books will be discounted if you buy them with the letterpress print!The event is from 5:00 to 8:00. Here's the facebook event page...https://

My new art book in stock! Just in time for Christmas :)

2011-11-03T15:26:00.001-07:00

Do you know someone who loves robots? Then please check out my new art book, which is full of original robot drawings and sketches. This book is great for all ages and is very durable.96 pages of full-color robot glory in a hardbound format for only $19.99!!!!Book details and ordering info are all available from my online store---->>> http://mechazone.bigcartel.com/I premiered the book at

Only 4 days left to help with my book!!!

2011-05-23T13:47:00.001-07:00

Hi! I am excited that my Mecha Zone 1.5 "Robots Remastered" book fundraising event will be ending this Friday. THANK YOU to the 49 friends and fans so far who have pledged to help. Here's the project web page... http://kck.st/k6uYAE You only have 4 days left if you are considering making a donation. It's easy to do and don't forget that you can choose from a list of rewards so you get

Please help fund my next book!

2011-04-29T08:26:00.000-07:00

Hello friends everywhere! I need your help to bring my new book, "Robots Remastered", to life!HOW CAN YOU HELP?1) DONATE2) Spread the word!I am asking for donations to help cover printing costs. I hate to ask for money but I really want to make this project happen and I only need $3,000.00 to finish funding the book. That's about half of the total cost. If I can get 120 people to donate $25 then

Come meet me this weekend in Northampton, MA!

2011-04-13T12:27:00.000-07:00

In case you haven't heard, there is a new artist convention in Northampton, MA this Saturday. It's called the Paint and Pixel Festival. There will be a bunch of extremely talented childrens book illustrators, comic artists, and even some animators! I'll be there too :DThe show is from 10-5, downtown Northampton and admission is only $4 for adults and $2 for kids 6-12. There will be some

BigBadToyStore.com is selling my book!

2011-03-23T15:34:00.000-07:00

www.bigbadtoystore.comBig Bad Toy Store is a major player in the online toy sales market and they have agreed to sell my art book, Mecha Zone 2. Right now they have it available for "pre-order" so they can get a good idea of how many to buy from me. Unfortunately it never made it to their front page as a featured pre-order but hopefully they will still sell at least a few.They have it for a

My Battletech ORIGINAL ARTWORK for sale on eBay!!!

2011-03-07T07:07:00.001-08:00

Hey everyone, please head over to my eBay account and check out my auctions. I rarely sell my original art so this is your chance if you have ever wanted to add some official Battletech art to your collection!Right now there are 5 mechs and 2 vehicles for sale. The prices are still very reasonable. If these auctions go well, then I will list some more stuff. The auctions end Friday and Saturday

My art book on sale- this weekend only!

2011-02-04T14:51:00.000-08:00

I decided to host a sale for the whole weekend. It started about 5 minutes ago Also, I have listed my upcoming book, Mecha Zone 1.5 (Robots Remastered) for pre-order. You can check out the details at the link below. The sale is here... MECHA ZONE 2 SALE- free shipping in the USA; $5.00 (1/2 off) to Canada- Mecha Zone 2 art book- a cool 18 x 24 poster (folded)- a metal miniature of the robot on

Robo Battle Pets now available!

2010-11-23T15:44:00.000-08:00

I did the cover art for this new book, Robo Battle Pets. You can now order it from amazon.com. The author is a great guy and I want to spread the word about the book. It's only $6.99!Check out RBP here!!!!!!

LEGO City Heroes! cover art

2010-11-12T12:31:00.001-08:00

Amazon.com recently posted a cover shot for a book I illustrated earlier this year. The interior is illustrated in a comic book style, but the cover is illustrated in a digital "airbrush" style. Scholastic usually uses stock photography for the LEGO book covers so I feel privileged to do a fully illustrated cover. Thanks Scholastic!check out the book here... Heroes! at Amazon.com

Please sign up to get my newsletter

2010-10-27T12:31:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone. I use to send out a newsletter every now and then but I stopped a couple of years ago when my PC died. I am trying to start up the newsletter again. Please subscribe if you are interested! You can subscribe by using the form on the top, right side of this blog or by following the link below...Subscribe to the Mecha Zone newsletterThe newsletter will contain info and updates relating

Meet me tomorrow for a book signing in Chicopee!

2010-10-15T06:37:00.000-07:00

Come to my book signing tomorrow at the Art Studio in Chicopee, MAHi Everyone. Sorry for the last minute notice, but I'm doing a book signing at my friend Ellen's place, the Art Studio, tomorrow at 2 'o clock!I'll be doing a drawing demonstration and selling books for $25 (signatures in the book for free) Bring the kids and have some fun :)...See the link for location info... ART STUDIO

See you at New York Anime Fest and Comic Con!

2010-10-06T12:55:00.000-07:00

Just in case you missed my other posts about this, I will be in artist alley at this weekends New York Anime Fest and Comic Con. Both cons are at the same time and place and one pass gets you into both. Unfortunately, the anime fest artist alley is separate from the comic con artist alley and is downstairs with the anime events. I hope people actually come down there! I'm spending a lot of money

You could win this drawing!!!

2010-08-25T10:26:00.000-07:00

Most of you know by now that I have a new art book coming out very soon (just a few more weeks!!!). I have decided to start promoting the book release as much as possible. My first step is to have a pre-order contest where one lucky person will win an original drawing I made for the book!Here's the book cover along with some additional details... Drawings > Sci-Fi">

Mecha Zone 2 art book proofs (video)

2010-08-18T11:53:00.001-07:00

Check out this little video I shot this morning. I thought it would be cool to record the proofs before I stuffed them in a box and shipped them back to the printer in Texas.Video hosting courtesy of facebook. You can also follow my Mecha Zone fan page on facebook...Mecha Zone on facebookIt should take about 3 weeks to manufacture the books and then a little while for shipping. They're almost

PRE-ORDER VOLTRON: UNITED AND DRAWN

2010-08-16T14:16:00.000-07:00

PRE-ORDER VOLTRON: UNITED AND DRAWNI have a piece of art in this upcoming Voltron tribute book :) The book should be out around December. My contribution is a revamped lion Voltron and I am really proud of how it turned out. I was asked to do another piece for the Dairugger 15 aka vehicle Voltron but I just didn't have time :( I was really bummed about that!

Mecha Zone Art 2 Cover Preview

2010-07-16T10:16:00.001-07:00

I finally finished the main mecha for the book. It is on the cover and is also the focus of the step-by-step tutorial in the book! You can now pre-order the book directly from my web site, The Mecha ZonePlease see the image for details about the book or visit my web site www.mechazone.comFeel free to send this image to all your friends!!!!!!!!! Thanks for your support :)

Super Shogun Stormtrooper

2010-06-15T13:28:00.001-07:00

JUST received my Super Shogun Stormtrooper from Super7. I paid out the nose for this but it is totally freaking sweet! Should look awesome next to the rest of the gang -Fist shoots!-Hand held blaster!!-No batteries required!!!24" of Shogun Warrior awesomeness. Also known as Jumbo Machinder... this thing is 2 feet of butt-kicking coolness.

Art books are here!

2010-05-06T13:01:00.000-07:00

Pre-orders are now closed. The book is in stock and ready to ship. Please go to www.mechazone.com for details and to order. Thanks!

BIG NEWS: Details about my new art book!

2010-05-05T15:39:00.000-07:00

I am proud to finally announce the specifics of my new Mecha Zone art book.- The book will be printed in the USA by Taylor Specialty Books using offset printing.- The book will be HARDCOVER! Yay!!!- The book will have 112 pages. I had to add more pages for all the tutorials.- The book will sell for $25.00 USD.- There will be at least 25 unique mecha designs. Some made just for the book.- I

2 Newest Hot Wheels Books Arrived!

2010-04-22T06:16:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone. I just got in a shipment of books :) This time I received ...- Hot Wheels: Volcano Blast- Hot Wheels: Cave RaceYou can order these books from me for $5.00 each along with these other books ...- Hot Wheels: Stunt Show- Hot Wheels: Monster Trucks- Hot Wheels: Wild Rides- Hot Wheels: Drag Race- Hot Wheels: Race the WorldShipping in the US is $2 for one book or $5 for 2-5 books (

New Mecha Art Book Coming 2010!

2010-04-12T07:13:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! I am excited to announce that I will be publishing a new art book this year. The book will feature dozens of mecha designs that I have created over the last 3 years as well as new designs and some awesome tutorials about conceiving and drawing giant robots.Here are some basic specs...- the book will be full color!- size will be either 8 x 10 or 8.5 x 11- 96 pages- probably hard cover

Mecha Zone art book for sale

2010-03-12T09:10:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone. I recently found a copy of my 2004 Mecha Zone art book in my archives and I'm selling it on eBay.This is the wraparound coverThe book is in perfect shape. I'm starting the bid at $15, which I think is pretty low considering I only printed 250 of them and they all sold out years ago. More details about the book are in the auction item description. I will

BATTLETECH Historical: Operation Klondike

2010-03-02T12:33:00.000-08:00

I did some art for Catalyst Games not too long ago. I thought it would be a long time before it would see the light of day, but SURPRISE the PDF version of Operation Klondike is now available to download! You can also pre-order the printed version.(I did NOT do this cover- my art is all inside starting on page 161)I was so curious to see it that I immediately bought the PDF and I am very pleased

Batmobile Mecha Print!

2010-02-18T08:25:00.000-08:00

I did this cool piece about a week ago. It is the tumbler from the newer batman movies, but transformed into a mecha. Hope you like it!I have a few high quality 13x19 prints available if anyone is interested. They are $30 plus $5 to defer the cost of packing and shipping. The prints are on premium glossy paper and look SUPER SWEET.Click the "buy now" button to get one :)

New Hot Wheels Books Arrived!

2009-12-15T13:12:00.001-08:00

I just got in a box of the two latest Hot Wheels books. - Race the World! and Wild RidesYou can order these books from me for $5.00 each along with the other books listed in this post (LINK). Shipping via USPS priority mail is usually $5.00 in the US. I am not a reseller- I am the illustrator so quantities are limited. I will happily sign the books but only if you tell me to do so. Be sure to

Mecha design contest on deviantART!

2009-11-11T06:59:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone, sorry there hasn't been much news to post lately, It was getting pretty boring around here so I decided to host a competition over at deviantART.com where I have a mecha gallery.The idea of this contest is to take rejected concept artwork from Microsoft’s MechWarrior 4 games, which were drawn by me, and mix them into new and cool mecha.Sound like fun? You bet it does! Please visit my

Doing some house cleaning

2009-10-01T08:52:00.000-07:00

You may notice that I went through and removed a bunch of old images. I'm trying to get rid of some of the old stuff so the newer, better art is what is seen. Sorry if you wanted to see something I removed but it is gone for good.

LEGO Star Wars Clone Wars July Comic

2009-09-08T06:59:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone. Sorry I have been absent from posting for the last month :( I have been super busy!!!Please visit the official LEGO site for more LEGO Star Wars action and fun! LEGO STAR WARS PAGE and don't forget you can get my comics by subscribing to the FREE LEGO Club Magazine... SUBSCRIBE!!!!

Battletech Commissions Part 3

2009-07-16T09:49:00.000-07:00

These are the last two mechs I did for the Battletech fan created TRO project. I had a lot of fun with it and really look forward to seeing the completed project. The author has a blog... check it out! The Battletech ReaderGriffin 5Sbased on this design... Old GriffinsThunderbolt (Diesel engine!)Based on this design... Old Thunderbolt

LEGO Power Miners Comic #3

2009-07-13T12:26:00.000-07:00

This comic, the third in the series, printed in the July issue of LEGO Club Magazine.I also want to take a second to thank www.BZPower.com for the link they gave me about a week ago. I only get about 225-250 hits a day here on my blog. You can see the spike I got from their link by looking at the chart below...

LEGO Agents Tech Spread

2009-06-30T06:54:00.000-07:00

I just got my new issue of LEGO Club Magazine in the mail and it featured 7 pages of my comics! Here's the original art for the LEGO Agents spread. LEGO changed the background by adding scan lines and ghosting it a bit. I think their changes work well with all the call-outs and caption boxes. *Image removed by me. Gotta keep the LEGO images down to 3 at a time per LEGO's request.

Bionicle Comic For LEGO UK Magazine

2009-06-25T07:02:00.000-07:00

This is a comic I made way back in January/February for the UK version of LEGO Club Magazine.*Image removed by me. Gotta keep the LEGO images down to 3 at a time per LEGO's request.I have had a request to show a sample of the upcoming Challenge of Mata Nui book but I don't know if I am allowed to show that yet. I'll ask my guys at Scholastic and see what they have to say. This magazine comic

Hot Wheels Books Available!!!!

2009-06-18T11:38:00.000-07:00

Whew! I have been working like crazy for months and I FINALLY finished the last of 3 books for Scholastic. The final push was to complete the art for Bionicle reader #4: The Challenge of Mata Nui. You can pre-order it here...Bionicle #4 on AmazonI also have some great news for everyone who has contacted me about getting copies of the Hot Wheels books. I have figured out how to order the book club

LEGO Star Wars: Clone Wars Troopers Ad

2009-05-29T11:25:00.001-07:00

This is a full page ad I made for the Euro LEGO Club Magazine back in November 2008. I still haven't seen this in print :( I had a total blast making this piece! It was fun to focus on just one image instead of a bunch of panels so I was able to dedicate more time to making it look good. The colors were tinted to make it look more like the animated TV show.*Image removed by me. Gotta keep the

Meet me at the Eric Carle Musem, June 13th!

2009-05-20T10:31:00.000-07:00

I have recently become a member of the Western Massachusetts Illustrators Guild (WMIG) and I am proud to announce that I will be participating in a group gallery show at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art.http://www.picturebookart.org/Programs_Events/Upcoming/WMIGThe Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art125 West Bay RoadAmherst, MA 01002June 13, 200910:00 am - 5:00 pmCelebrate, connect and

LEGO Star Wars: Clone Wars Comic #3

2009-05-14T06:19:00.000-07:00

Hi! I finally received the latest issue of LEGO Club Magazine, which featured episode 3 of the ongoing Clone Wars comic. Here, for your viewing pleasure, is the clean art from that episode. The writer told me that the online clone trooper cartoons start to tie in with the magazine comic around episode 11 ... just watched episodes 11 and 12. Check them out!!!Clone Wars On-Line Comics (cartoons)

LEGO Space Police are coming!!!

2009-05-08T11:54:00.000-07:00

LEGO just uploaded a teaser site for their new space line, Space Police! Not a lot there yet but you can check out a cool stop motion teaser movie that will have you wanting more...LEGO Space Police site...Special thanks to Boris for the heads up! Check out his awesome blog here...~Boris's Bricks~I grabbed this picture of the new box art from here... BrickshelfI have known about the Space Police

TOYS! An essential part of every artists life.

2009-04-30T11:37:00.000-07:00

Every artist I know likes toys to one degree or another. My buddy Sean and I are two of the biggest collectors I know. My toys tend to be robots (oh what a surprise!). The last four weeks has been very eventful with many of the toys I had pre-ordered finally being released. I love getting the new stuff, but man does it hurt the wallet when so many things get auto-billed to your account in such a

Happy 3rd Freelance Anniversary to Me!

2009-04-24T06:40:00.000-07:00

I just realized that last month was my 3rd anniversary for being a full-time freelance illustrator! Of course I was doing freelance illustration for years before that, but it was just something I did in my spare time. It was really tough at first but things have been going great for the last couple of years and I really like the freelance life! It helped a lot when I finally moved to my current

Battletech Commissions Part 2

2009-04-16T08:01:00.000-07:00

Super busy right now but I thought I should take a sec to post these other two Battletech mechs. Hope you like 'em!!!Left = NimravusRight = Stealth Griffin

Battletech Commissions

2009-04-07T07:25:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone. Some of you have noticed that I changed the title and text of this message yesterday. I had to change it because I made a very stupid assumption. The TRO that will include these mechs is not an official product and is not affiliated with Classic Battletech- the CBT people contacted me and were not pleased that I had listed it as such. The person who hired me never said he was with

LEGO Exo-Force Comic: Step-By-Step

2009-04-02T08:25:00.000-07:00

I'm not allowed to show any of my recent work yet so I thought it would be cool to post a comparison of all the different stages it takes to create each comic page. I tend not to scan in my pencils very often since I keep them fairly rough, but I was able to find an old Exo-Force comic that had decent pencils!1) Layouts: LEGO gives me a script which includes a panel by panel breakdown of the

Blue Sky Studio and New York Comic Con '09

2009-03-25T12:51:00.000-07:00

I got an extra special treat earlier this year... a tour of the famous animation studio, Blue Sky! My old pal Michael from back when I made video games was nice enough to take me on a tour while I was in New York for this years comic con. Michael is a super awesome animator and was working as a temp on Ice Age 3. Here's Michael inside the lobby. There was a lot of artwork and character maquettes

LEGO Star Wars: Clone Wars Comic #2

2009-03-17T06:36:00.000-07:00

Here it is, episode 2 of the Clone Wars comic! This issue has a 3rd page for more Jedi action :)Images removed by me. Sorry.The third installment of this comic is already finished and ready for printing, pending approval by Lucas, of course!

LEGO Power Miners March Comic!

2009-03-10T14:11:00.000-07:00

Lots going on nowadays and I've been keeping super busy. Starting to feel pretty tired but there's so much to do over the next two weeks that my only option seems to be loading up on a LOT of caffeine and working as fast as possible!!! That's the life of a freelancer :)Images removed by me. Sorry.This comic wraps up the events of the first installment with the promise of more adventure ahead. I

LEGO Clone Wars desk shot + other news

2009-03-02T08:39:00.001-08:00

Here's a shot of my desk last week when I was inking the next installment of LEGO's Star Wars: Clone Wars comic. You can see practically every tool I use to create the line art for a comic including a small rolling ruler, bendable curve, and lots of minifigs for reference.Last week was pretty busy and I think this week will be more of the same. I'm working on the tight pencil for a new Hot Wheels

Lego Power Miners Comic #1

2009-02-17T07:23:00.000-08:00

I remember the first time I saw some prototype shots of Power Miners while I was out at LEGO taking reference photos for another job. I loved the colors and designs immediately! I was so psyched when they asked me to create some comics for them. This is the first story of 2 so far. The second story should be out in the March comic.Images removed by me. Sorry.The first page may be unfamiliar to

Gleaming Scythe Mecha

2009-02-10T12:54:00.000-08:00

I had the honor of working with Gleaming Scythe Publications over the last 2 years and managed to create quite a few mecha designs for them.Gleaming Scythe Publications LinkI was looking around deviantART.com the other day and happened upon a mecha illustration that looked oddly familiar. I couldn't quite figure out what it was... then I suddenly realized that I had designed the mecha featured in

LEGO Star Wars: Clone Wars #1

2009-02-06T06:32:00.000-08:00

If you subscribe to the LEGO club magazine then you have probably already seen this, but I know there are a lot of people who like to see the comic without all the word balloons. The original layouts for this comic were drawn by Greg Hyland. I did everything for the second comic but there was too much of a time constraint for the first one so Greg had to get the layouts done before I was even on

New Mecha Designs Part 2

2009-02-02T08:12:00.000-08:00

Here are two more new mecha designs for you to check out. These are the medium and heavy class mechs that go with the light mech from the last post. I always try to use some common themes for mechs from the same faction as can be seen in the leg designs and layered armor.Drawing these really made me wish I had more spare time so I could make some mechs for myself!!!!

2 New Mecha Designs!

2009-01-27T06:23:00.000-08:00

I was given permission to post some mecha designs from 2008. I actually did quite a few mecha designs last year and I will try to showcase some of my favorites here on my blog.I'll start off with these two, which were created for Phoenix MacLeod. Phoenix let me do whatever I wanted as long as the designs had the right armaments and fit into a certain weight class.Light mech:Medium Mech:I think I

4 New Scholastic Hot Wheels Books!

2009-01-21T07:36:00.001-08:00

I recently received samples of 4 more Hot Wheels books that I illustrated last year. This time around I even got to illustrate the covers for Drag Race and Monster Trucks. Covers are always fun! I drew the fire ring for Stunt Show but the car is from a Mattel artist.I think all 4 of these books look great... much better than the first few did. It took me a while to get my drawing chops back after

Download the LEGO Pirates Comics!

2009-01-16T11:14:00.000-08:00

I was just informed that you can download 4 of the Pirates comics form the official LEGO pirates web site. They are nicely formatted and ready to print.LEGO Pirates Download PageThese downloadable comics actually include a new page for the shipwreck set that wasn't (as far as I know) included in the instruction manual. I htkn the Pirate ship comics ar ea little different too.

LEGO Exo-Force Final Story

2009-01-09T06:06:00.000-08:00

I got an e-mail this morning asking me where to find the last two Scholastic Exo-Force books (#6 and #7). the bad news is that the Exo-Force line of toys was canceled so those two books were never printed.I fully illustrated book #6 and you can see several of the images in a previous blog post...Exo-Force: The Lost ImagesThat was the bad news. The good news is that I just went to the Exo-Force

LEGO Clone Wars Comic... Is Coming!

2009-01-05T08:29:00.000-08:00

Anyone watching the Star Wars: Clone Wars animated series on Cartoon Network? Of course you are!!! The LEGO Clone Wars sets are awesome and I recently got to assemble the Twilight set. The Twilight is the main ship that Anakin and Ahsoka fly in the new series as they encounter different aliens and have adventures.This set was ALL gray and was pretty hard to put together because I couldn't tell

LEGO Agents German Comic

2008-12-31T11:07:00.000-08:00

OK, one last post for 2008. I got a message from Duke94, an Agents fan, the other day and it reminded me that I never posted this 1 1/2 page comic. I think this comic was only for the German market so all you US fans may never get to see it in print. Heck, I haven't even seen it in print! It is basically a re-hash of the first Agents comic plus a few shots of the semi truck set. I love the last

LEGO Pirates Comics Ahoy!!!

2008-12-09T12:05:00.000-08:00

Finally! The New LEGO Pirates sets are out. People have reported seeing them at Toys R Us and you can also get them online through the LEGO store.I did a bunch of comics for the instruction manuals of several sets. So far people really seem to like them. I think they turned out great and are some of my favorite work from the last year.Here are links to pictures on the eurobricks.com forums. Let

Last studio pics... I promise!

2008-11-28T13:31:00.000-08:00

I know I have already made 2 posts about my new studio, but I have just been too excited about it not to share. I promise this will be the last post about the new place (yeah right!).I finally got all of my furniture and pretty much everything is set up just the way I want it. There are a few shelves and pictures left to hang but that is trivial in the big picture.My drawing deskthe "meeting

LEGO Indiana Jones November Comic!

2008-11-17T07:39:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone! I finally seem to be settled into my new place and my workload has also settled into something a bit more manageable. It has been difficult to find something to post about lately since most of my recent work hasn't been printed yet. I got the latest issue of LEGO Club Magazine the other day and it had this Indiana Jones comic inside. I think it turned out pretty well and looks even

FINALLY MOVED!

2008-10-22T11:14:00.000-07:00

I am sooooo happy to finally be finished with the moving! My wife and I worked diligently to get the new space painted and cleaned and I am really happy with the results.My awesome friends helped me move everything in just a few hours on Sunday. I was able to get my drawing and computing areas set up with only a few things left such as connecting speakers and setting up my PC/MAC network. I was

Moving to a new studio!

2008-10-03T11:31:00.000-07:00

I know it has been a few weeks since I posted but I have been very busy. There hasn't been a lot of news lately so I've also had trouble coming up with topics.As the title says, I'M MOVING TO A NEW STUDIO!!!! Yes, I am very excited about it! I'll be going form 125 square feet to 500 square feet for only about $80 a month more. I should be able to start moving in next week. I'll have to clean the

Newest LEGO Mars Mission Comic

2008-09-09T06:53:00.001-07:00

I received my copy of the newest Lego Club Magazine last week and inside was this new 4 page Mars Mission Comic. The Art director made a few small changes to the art (all for the better!). If you have the magazine then you can try to spot the changes...Images removed by me. Sorry.The big spaceship on the last two pages is a new model that can be made from the parts of the Hypersonic Operations

Awesome lego builder (pics)

2008-09-02T10:34:00.000-07:00

Two posts in one day? Yeah, but this post is about some awesome designs being made by a fellow calling himself Dasnewten. He has lots of great designs over on Flickr. Check 'em out!!!Dasnewten's photostream (link)

Exo-Farce

2008-09-02T10:17:00.001-07:00

Ha ha! Here is a little cartoon I did as a parody of Exo-Force. I think it may have been printed in an issue of Lego Magazine, but I'm not sure because I never saw it. I was inspired to do this back when I was first starting on the Exo-Force project because my mini figs hair kept popping off at the slightest touch.Hope you liked it :)

LEGO Star Wars Ships!

2008-08-22T08:33:00.000-07:00

Here's a 2 page spread I did a while ago for the LEGO club mag. I think it was only used for the European version so fans in the US may not have seen it beforeImages removed by me. Sorry.It was fun to focus on just the two ships and background compared to all the panels and elements in a normal comic. The planets are a little loose but I think they still work since they are not the focus. There

Exo-Force: The Lost Images

2008-08-15T08:31:00.000-07:00

Are you ready for this? Here are some images from the last Scholastic Exo-Force book. You know, the one that was canceled and never printed!!! I think this book had the most fun illustrations of all the books so I was personally upset when I heard the book was canned.These have never been seen anywhere so I hope you like 'em. Remember, these are still copyrighted by Scholastic so you can't use

Mecha Drawing Step-By-Step

2008-08-11T12:35:00.001-07:00

Hi all. I made this drawing a couple of weeks ago and thought you might like to see the incremental stages of the drawing. I took photos with my digital camera as I went along. using the camera is faster than using my scanner and it seems to pick up some of the more subtle colors better than my cheap A3 scanner. (Most A3 scanners cost$1200-$2500!!! but mine only cost about $200)I decided to do a

Wordled

2008-08-06T05:38:00.000-07:00

I found this fun web page that takes all the words from your blog and makes them into a single image based on frequency of word usage. You can affect how the layout, colors, font, etc... look. Here's mine. Apparently I use the word MARS a lot!Make your own Wordle

LEGO Agents 3 Page Comic!

2008-07-31T13:11:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! Here is a 3 page comic for the most recent issue of Lego Club Magazine. The pages were spread out in the magazine so they were not next to each other in a single group. Each page ends with a mini cliffhanger to get you psyched for the next page. I thought it was a fun idea so I hope it worked out well for the readers.Images removed by me. Sorry.The Agents product line has some

Back from NYC

2008-07-24T08:35:00.000-07:00

I went to NYC for a couple of days for a little business and to do some sightseeing. Of course I went to Kinokuniya because no trip to the city would be complete otherwise. I didn't get to go to Image Anime though :(Here's a pic of my spoils! A couple of mecha books and a bunch of Japanese brush pens. I currently use the blue one closest to the books but I wanted to try out some of the others to

New Mars Mission book for Scholastic!

2008-07-21T08:00:00.000-07:00

LEGO Space Adventures: Mars Alien Attack! Available Sept 1st for $3.99Here's a book I did earlier this year for Scholastic and LEGO. It was actually a very fun project and hopefully the book will do well. I'm sure people will enjoy it, especially if they like Mars Mission!Check out the book and pre-order it on Amazon...

Mars Mission Cutaway 2.0

2008-07-17T12:20:00.000-07:00

Anyone remember the first Mars Mission cutaway spread I did when the product first came out? Well, I got to do a sequel of sorts for the recently published "Mars Tech 2.0" 2 page spread in the newest Lego Club Magazine.Images removed by me. Sorry.I really love this type of thing! I know lot of people loathe doing tech stuff but I find it irresistible. This image is a hefty 1.1 MB so dial-up

Mecha Sketch and Letraset Tria Markers

2008-07-11T12:14:00.000-07:00

Letraset was nice enough to send me a free set of their new Tria markers for me to play with. Thanks Letraset!!! Sadly, that was in mid May and I just now had the time to do anything with them. You can probably tell from my lack of posts that I have been super busy. The Tria carrying case. VERY nice quality! Yesterday I finally made myself start a drawing. Of course I wanted to draw a mecha

LEGO Exo-Force Wallpaper: Humans!

2008-06-17T16:37:00.000-07:00

Here's another Exo-Force wallpaper made using art from the Scholastic Exo-Force Collector's Guide. Note that the Sensei image (central character) is an alternate version not used in the book. I like the second version (used in the book) better since it looks more like the character should, but I thought it would be cool to show you something you haven't seen before. The background scenery was

Video test

2008-06-11T12:22:00.000-07:00

This is just a test to see if I can upload video from my camera to my blog. So far so good. Watch me draw an anime eye... I captured this on my Sony Cybershot and held the camera in my right hand while I drew. Sorry it looks so shaky and out of focus :/ I'll have to find a better process. Didn't need to convert it or anything since Blogger did it automatically! The quality really went down

LEGO Indiana Jones wallpaper

2008-06-04T13:43:00.000-07:00

Super busy right now but I managed to make this wallpaper for Lego Indiana Jones. Art is from the last LEGO Club comic I did. Hope you like it!1600 x 1200

New Lego Exo-Force wallpaper! Robots!!!

2008-05-27T13:12:00.000-07:00

This Exo-Force wallpaper is a compilation of images from the the Scholastic Exo-Force collectors guide. The spider legged Devastator was not used in the book so this is the first time anyone has ever seen it! I used the devastator from the gate assault set as reference but they actually wanted the regular bipedal version so I had to re-do it and you see part of the revised version in the lower

Test poll results for mecha book

2008-05-13T11:54:00.000-07:00

Thanks to the 2% of visitors that actually took the time to vote in the art book poll. There were 10 voters (not including myself) out of approximately 500 visitors over the last 7 days.Most of you probably don't know about my first art book, Mecha Zone, which was self published and limited to 250 copies. It was a lot of work to make and even more work to sell, but I did have fun with it. I want

May LEGO Indiana Jones comic!

2008-05-06T11:48:00.000-07:00

Hi! This 3 page comic just came out in the May-June Lego Club Magazine. It looks like Lego is branding the magazine in a slightly different way starting this issue with the addition of "Club" as the dominant title graphic instead of "Magazine.I just got my subscription issue in the mail today and was looking at the list of upcoming sets for the Brickmaster edition... I think I am going to pay for

LEGO Castle March UK comic

2008-04-29T10:53:00.001-07:00

It has been a while since i posted some new art. This Castle comic was created specifically for the March UK version of LEGO Magazine. I'm not sure if it was ever printed in the US mag so here it is just in case!Images removed by me. Sorry.I was given a new set (dwarf mine) just so I could have a troll mini-fig, which is actually pretty big and entirely awesome!Also, I have changed some of the

Majesty 2 actually in production.

2008-04-24T09:19:00.004-07:00

As some of you may know, I used to make computer games for Massachusetts based company, Cyberlore Studios. Cyberlore closed its doors a couple of years ago and that is when I decided to become a full-time freelancer.One of Cyberlore's greatest accomplishments was our original game Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim. I loved making and playing Majesty! I was personally responsible for designing the

New York Comic Con 2008

2008-04-21T08:23:00.004-07:00

Man am I tired!My wife and I attended the 2008 New York Comic Con this past weekend where we enjoyed some fantastic weather and the good company of our many friends. I am terrible about taking enough photos. I only took about 25 pictures for the whole trip. I took 3 pics inside the con but they all turned out blurry and grainy so I only have a few of the entrance to showcase.The show was at

Just too busy!

2008-04-11T11:08:00.002-07:00

Hey there, sorry for the lack of posts over the last two weeks. I have been swamped trying to get a couple of books done on time. So far so good but it is going to be close and I am starting to get cranky!My wife and I are going to the New York Comic Con next weekend just as attendees so that should be fun. I wish we could go into the city on Friday but neither of our schedules permit that sort

Rezolution Miniatures Game Illustrations

2008-03-28T11:13:00.006-07:00

When I am not working on Lego projects I do smaller jobs to fill the void. One such job was some black and white illustrations for a miniatures game called Rezolution by Aberrant Games. I didn't even know the book was out until I decided to check the publishers website a few weeks ago. I ordered a copy of the book somewhere online so I could check it out.The art I did was for the second book,

Lego Mars Mission Wallpaper #3

2008-03-24T15:15:00.005-07:00

Just a quick update today. I made this wallpaper from the second Mars Mission comic for Lego Magazine. I might post again later this week if I have anything of interest to post.One note- be careful if you read my comments- even though there aren't many of them I have received two spam posts that led to virus protection ads and I suspect they might have actually been trojans if you downloaded

Scholastic Hot Wheels Readers!!!

2008-03-18T08:38:00.007-07:00

WOW! I finally got sample books for some of my more recent Scholastic work. I haven't mentioned doing the Hot Wheels books here on the blog because I didn't have anything to show for it. I haven't been able to find any info about the books on the web, probably because you can only get the books through Scholastic's school program. The cars on the covers were illustrated by Hot Wheels/Mattel - I

LEGO Indiana Jones comic #1

2008-03-11T10:59:00.003-07:00

OK! Here's the clean art for the 2 page Lego Indiana Jones comic I did a couple of months ago for Lego Magazine. This particular comic was initially created for the "School" version of the magazine so there are lots of animals that have educational importance and Indy comments on each of them in the text so kids learn a little something while watching Indy run around.I'm working on another one of

Lego Exo-Force wallpaper

2008-03-05T13:03:00.002-08:00

Here's a wallpaper image I made by using a stock image of Sentai Mountain (mountain art by Lego) and a couple of illustrations I did for the Lego Magazine.The two mechs are combo models made by combining parts from the good guys for the "Sky Titan" and parts from the bad guys for the "Iron Crusher".I have this particular image printed out at 13" x 19" and hanging in my office hallway.

LEGO Racers wallpaper

2008-02-28T15:03:00.003-08:00

What a week! I just finished 50 pencil drawings in 4.5 days and my hand is aching. Nothing like 12 hour days to boost productivity. Lots more still to do, mostly coloring, but I thought I would take a little break and post a new LEGO wallpaper. This time it is the main image to that 2-page spread I mentioned in the last post. I also did 4 smaller cars which I might post in the future.

A trip to LEGO, Indiana Jones, Star Wars, and more!

2008-02-21T07:03:00.005-08:00

WOW, I am just SOOOOO excited by some of the recent work that I have been doing for LEGO that I can't wait to share it with all of you. Also, I traveled down to the LEGO office yesterday to get some reference for a new job and while I was there I managed to snap a few pictures of the outside.My AD helped me gather some of the recent magazines that have come out and between them, I have 10 pages

Exo-Force... the end is near :(

2008-02-12T12:46:00.000-08:00

I just read over at Brickset.com that LEGO has officially announced that Exo-Force will end after the current product line. I really liked the first line of mechs but I think the designs fell short after that. Too bad as I have enjoyed working with the product line and I was hopeful that the story and designs could be rejuvenated. Here's a clip form the announcement ... I tried to find the source

New York Comic Con?

2008-02-05T12:15:00.000-08:00

A lot of people have been asking me if I'll be attending the New York Comic Con this year. The short answer is "I don't know."The long answer is I might be there, but it depends on my approval as a professional, which would allow me to get a free weekend pass. (I had to pay $60 last year for a pass!) The continued long answer is that if I go, I will be attending as a spectator since I don't have

Tales of the TMNT #42

2008-01-28T11:38:00.000-08:00

As stated in a previous post, I colored the cover for Tales of the TMNT #42. Penciled and inked by Dan Burger. Issue 42 came out last Wednesday and I picked up my copy this weekend.One of the problems with being a colorist is that you never know how the piece will really look when printed. I use my Epson 1400 as a proofer and I must say that it is AWESOME! I can't recommend this printer enough.

LEGO Mars Mission Sets!

2008-01-22T10:37:00.000-08:00

I finally made my way to a LEGO store and bought some Mars Mission sets that I will need for an upcoming project. That was back at the beginning of December, but I just managed to assemble the 3 sets this week. OK, I only assembled 1/2 of a set. The rest were put together by Sokuen. Thanks a million man!!! I'm too busy to even assemble my own toys :PI finally got a digital camera so I'll try to

Exo-Force comic for January 2008

2008-01-15T07:42:00.000-08:00

Hi all. I received my January issue of Lego Magazine in the mail last week and it features the newest Exo-Force comic. The most exciting part is that the comic showcases the newest products for 2008! There are also some new Bionicle toys in the issue, but I didn't do a comic for them :(Here is the artwork for the Exo comic sans sound effects and word balloons. You'll have to get the magazine to

2008: Keep on truckin'

2008-01-07T10:23:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone from everywhere! I seem to get visitors from all over the world, which is such an awesome thing to know that my work can be seen globally.2008 is here and I have been reviewing my business plan from last year to update it and adapt it to the new year. 2007 was such a great year that I don't want to change too much but progress does require adaptability so I have been evaluating new

Optimus Prime Transformers wallpaper

2007-12-20T08:36:00.000-08:00

I cobbled this together from an image I made earlier this year for practice. One day I hope to actually do some transformers work, but I have never had the time to actually contact Hasbro in any way. I'm not assuming they would hire me, but they CAN'T hire me if they don't know I exist.My 2008 calendar is filling up and I am as busy as ever so I will have to force myself to put together a