Warm-up sketches

For the last two weeks or so, I've been taking suggestions for warm-up sketches on Twitter. It's been fun, and I've gotten some really great suggestions. Here's a bunch of them.

Dave Matthews as Batman (this is what got me started)

 Ace Hart (from Dog City)

 Zombies crawling out of sunken voodoo cemetery with a ghost pirate ship in the background (my nephew is the best)

 Hulk vs. Ikea

 Black Canary (some artistic license taken here)

 Mary Poppins of the Borg

 A Frankenstein's monster made out of other monsters

If you have an idea, tweet at my (@kellytindall) with the hashtag #warmupsketch and I'll select my favorite.

More BIOSHOCK and a birthday

More BioShock drawings. The art direction in that game, by Scott Sinclair and based so strongly in Art Deco, is easily my favorite of any game I've ever played. I've been working in black-and-white so much lately that it's quite thrilling to play with washes and put colour behind them.

Big Daddy Rosie:

Little Sister:

For more information on BioShock, would you kindly click here?

My next quest, I suppose, is to stop drawing licensed characters and start producing illustrations. I think it's time to start making statements and telling stories rather than regurgitating stories I've already digested and enjoyed. Squeak! is a big part of that next step in my career, but there's no reason not to show more of it here, I think.

My dear friend Ken's birthday was a week or two ago. Here's a card I draw for him, belated as always. Happy birthday, Ken!