It's Power Girl!

My all time favorite DC heroine, Power Girl!

Big Chris on Beau Smith's Busted Knuckles!

(Originally posted on 4/13/08)

Superstar writer Beau Smith recently featured my work in an article on his site, Busted Knuckles! Take a look:

http://www.comicsbulletin.com/busted/120805482912851.htm

Big thanks to Beau Smith for putting my work on his page!

Sketchbooks, Dragon*Con and a little Shulkie!

With my personal life finally being in order and coming together, i've started to get drawings together for my 2010 sketchbook! I know, its a bit early for it, but i don't want to rush it like it did last years. While i was happy about how this years turned out, i knew it could be better. I'm thinking about making this one around 40-50 pages in full color (well, except for the pages with ACTUAL sketches/sketchcards on it). What i need are ideas for characters to draw for it. What character would you like to see me draw for the book?

Also, i will be at Dragon*Con in Atlanta this year! I'll be heading up there with Ms. Mars and some of my good friends to enjoy one of the craziest cons of the year! Be on the look out for me in a Big Chris' Gallery t-shirt and feel free to come up and say hi!

Finally, let's top it off with a She Hulk sketchcard!

Cheetara

One of my favorite characters from the 80's! I really, really need to get my stuff together and do a full sized colored drawing of her.

Obscure!

Talk about obscure! During today's sketching session, i thought it might be fun to do a couple of cartoon characters that i hadn't seen drawn in a while. First off was Bananaman. Do you remember those old Nickelodeon shorts with this guy in it, about the kid that eats a banana and becomes a superhero? Yeah, i didn't think so lol. (and is it me, or did i make Bananaman look like John Lithgow?!?!)

Next is former pro athlete Bo Jackson from that old cartoon ProStars. It featured him, Michael Jordan and Wayne Gretzky fighting supervillians (and showing the important of teamwork and other feel good mumbo jumbo that you would see in an afterschool special).

Yeah, i know these won't go over too well and no one probably remembers either of these shows, but hey, i thought it would be fun to do something a bit different ;-)

Dr. Sketchy pics are up!

Pictures from the August event (as well as the July event) are up on the Dr. Sketchy site! Check them out!

http://drsketchyorlando.com/

The Red Queen

Sketchcard of The Red Queen from the upcoming Alice in Wonderland movie.

Ms. Mars at Dr. Sketchy's!

Here are some sketches of the lovely Ms. Mars from tonight's Dr. Sketchy's event at Tatame:

Jayna!

Superfriends was probably the show that actually got me interested into comic book characters. It was my first introduction to such icons as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman. It also introduced to one of my favorite duos in comic animation history: The Wonder Twins! It's only fitting that i had to do a piece of the lovely Jayna!

HellGirl!

HellGirl, based on the awesome cosplay of Riddle!

Check out her work at:
http://www.myspace.com/60463494

http://riddle1.deviantart.com/

The Gatekeeper

"There is no Dana. There is only Zuul!"

Ulala's Swingin' Report Show!

I absolutely love Space Channel 5! Probably one of the most fun and addictive games i have ever played. I think that one of the main reasons i always liked the game is because i like dance movies. While i'm not too big on musicals, dance movies have always caught my eye (especially since i can't dance a lick to save my life). The entire premise of the game seems like one big dance movie crossed with that old kid's game, SIMON. The music is catchy and jazzy and Ulala has to be one of the coolest video game heroines ever! I still get flack to this day for liking this series so much, but hey, you can't knock good game design ;-)

Silver Sable

The lovely Silver Sable.

*I promise that some NEW colored pieces are on the way soon ;-)*

Jenny

Bucky O' Hare was probably one of the most underrated cartoon series of the early 90's. Not only that, but it had a spectacular comic series that was drawn by the legendary Michael Golden! It's only fitting that i had to draw my favorite character of the series, The Aldebaran first mate of the Righteous Indignation, Jenny!

Azkadellia

Azkadellia from the Sci Fi Channel's miniseries, Tin Man. I was a big fan of this series when it aired a couple of years ago. Azkadellia was one hell of a villain!

The lost Adam Warlock

So i received an email today from someone stating that they had one of my sketch cards from last year's Marvel Masterpieces set! This particular card is of Adam Warlock. I will say one thing... it's really painful to look at my sketch cards now, because i absolutely had NO idea what the hell i was doing! It was my first time and i was really intimidated to be doing cards with such an awesome variety of artists who i have admired for years. Not only that, but didn't even know what tools to use, so it basically came down to just crappy pen and pencils. UGH! Thank God i have improved some since then and hopefully i'll get the chance to take a crack at some more actual sketch cards in the near future.

I know there are at least 20 more cards that i didn't post pictures of floating around somewhere out there. Maybe some more will turn up one of these days...

(Special thanks to Paul for emailing me this)

Bewitching!

Two of Marvel Comics' fantastic sorceresses-eseseses: The Scarlet Witch and the (new) Enchantress (from Dark Reign: Young Avengers-

Sketchcard madness!

More sketchcards! Sabretooth and Goliath!

Lacey

I'm one of the Nerdiest Kids!

(Originally posted on 1/4/09)




Click below and check out my interview on TheNerdiestKids:

http://nerdiest-kids.com/?p=2377


Big thanks to Agent_Antskizz for even considering me for this!

Krondor Krew!

One of my sketches from the June Dr. Sketchy's event at Tatame Sake Lounge in Winter Park, FL is being used in the logo for Krondorkrew.com. Here's some info on these gnarly ninjas:

Krondor Krew is the worlds pre-eminent ninja hip-hop duo.

Since 2002,they have been perfecting their deadly art of lyrical ninjitsu, viciously slinging wicked ninja-based raps in every direction of South Florida, and winning over every audience they perform for. Shinobi and Masurao take their art form to high levels of visual and audio content. Each song is written with performance in mind, both emcees giving the immense amount of their energy to the stage show when performing. No audience has left a Krondor Krew performance unamazed.

Signed to EMPulse Records in June 2008, Krondor Krew have the tools, abilities, and ninja soldiers to take over any show, blast the system to full capacity, and leave the crowd cheering in excitement.

Check them out at:

http://krondorkrew.com/

Whitney

Dr. Sketchy's Orlando

An awesome artist, Ray Richardson (http://www.myspace.com/rayseeart), turned me on to a drink and draw event known as Dr. Sketchy's, right here in Orlando (well, technically Winter Park, Fl). It takes place at the Tatame Sake Lounge on the first Wednesday of every month. At each event, they have a live model who does a series of poses for the artists to draw from. This event was graced with the pressence of the beautiful Laila from Orlando Bellydance. At the end of the night, they have a contest to decide the best sketch of the night. As luck would have it, on my first night, i actually won. Here's my sketch:

I'm really getting into this whole Drink and Draw thing. My first experience with it was at the FX International this year. It's just an awe-inspiring experience to be sitting next to (or at least in the vicinity) of some of my heroes such as Sean "Cheeks" Galloway (who probably has to be THE nicest guy i have ever met. That man has a halo over him or something), Dan Panosisan, Jim Mahfood, Jim Cheung and Dave Johnson. I will say that i was humbled in about .03 seconds after seeing some of the stuff they were coming up with at the event. Just amazing and they did it with such ease!

If there is an event like this in your area, i encourage artists everywhere to go to it. It's such an awesome experience and its a sure fire way to get you out of any drawing funk that you have bene in. It surely did for me (hence all of the sketch cards recently).

"This IS ripping! I'm a Buzzsaw Girl!"

Finally! A color piece! It's Buzzsaw Girl from that old NES game, The Defenders of Dynatron City! I do remember that, years ago, it had a kickass animated special. The animation was pretty spectacular and could have made an awesome early 90's animated series. Ahh well.....

Divas of Comicdom

A trio of cards that i did during lunch time at work today: Mary Jane Watson, Emma Frost and Wonder Woman

Sketchcards.....again?!?!?!

Power Girl and Big Barda

Randomness!

More Sketch Cards!

Scarlett, Bishop and April O' Neil

Copic Madness!

More messing around with Copic Markers.

Whats fun about this is that I used to do marker sketches all the time before switching to completely digital. I used to focus mainly on Prismacolor markers, but i'm seeing now that Copic markers are the way to go.

Well here you go: Jem, The Comedian and Bravestarr!

Super Human Experiment

Check out the incredible work of Jesse Starr and the beautiful Amanda Stevens at:

www.superhumanexperiment.com

You won't be disappointed! I had a chance to witness this greatness at FX this year and it's just mind blowing!

New email address and random sketches from FX!

FX was a blast! A detailed update is coming soon, but here are a few sketches from the show (plus a few random extras). I'm still learning the whole Copic marker thing...

FYI, my new email address is BigChrisGallery@aol.com

Your wish...

...is her command! This darling genie was derived from an old Johnny Bravo cartoon that i saw years ago. I liked the design and decided to put my own little spin on her. Hope everyone digs it!

Sketchbook!

Well, here it is! The cover to my very first sketchbook! Hopefully, everything goes alright with the printing and that it turns out ok.

It's Rogue, Sugah!

Rogue, from the famous Jim Lee era of the X-Men. X-Men #1, which was drawn by Jim Lee, was the first mainstream comic that i ever picked up. It was the comic that got me totally into comics and it changed life. The dynamic characters and the amazing layouts by Lee inspired my style for years and got me into drawing the type of stuff that you see from me today!

Zatanna!

The Mistress of Magic herself!