ElserArt

Space Babe

2012-02-03T00:02:00.000-08:00

February sketch a day 2! ...and now it's bed time.

The Mailman ...er ...Mailperson.

2012-02-01T22:11:00.000-08:00

I'm doing the SatelliteSoda February Daily sketch thingy! Anyway this is my post for day uno. Lets hope I can keep up this level of finish the whole way through.

GlowClaw

2012-01-28T03:17:00.000-08:00

Got home, no plan, sketched and painted this. GlowClaw is a level 12 skirmisher with ethereal claws and the ...penance stare, maybe? Don't ask what his tongue can do! ;)

The Invaders Must Die!!!

2011-10-24T21:27:00.000-07:00

Invaders is a piece I did for my good friend over at Invaders Must Die it's really inspired by those old monster movie posters and pulp covers alike. I've been finding myself more and more inspired by those sources. They are fun, wacky, full of color and you can look at them for hours. If you can spare a few I'd highly advise googling 'monster movie posters' or visiting http://pulpcovers.com/

Anyway I hope everyone enjoys it and stares at it for a least a few moments. Lemme know what you think.

The Beginning

2011-10-11T21:00:00.000-07:00

This is one of those thingies from playgrounds. Y'know those adorable animals impaled on springs that kids get on then bounce to and fro on. Anyway the project I'm currently working on is chalk full of pig themed things. I'll be conceptualizing all of these assets out for my portfolio and because they are just so darned cute!

It's a me, Mario!!! Part 2

2011-09-01T21:58:00.000-07:00

MarioKart Illustration as promised. My favorite part other than the nostalgia of kicking kart butt is the front wheel. I'm loving the front wheel, It's a good looking wheel...

Its-a me Mario!!!

2011-08-18T23:02:00.000-07:00

My take on the plumber with the red hat. Mariokart illustration to follow...

Green Domo Lantern

2011-08-17T21:42:00.000-07:00

Green Domo Lantern. You're welcome!

My 1st Art Rage Ipad painting

2011-07-03T16:24:00.000-07:00

This is the first painting I've done on my Ipad. I tried a few other painting apps like Inspire Pro and ArtStudio. Art Rage is by far the best and most comprehensive drawing and painting app I've used. The only thing stopping all of these apps from becoming a truly powerful tool is the inability to use pen pressure to vary things like opacity and line weight. That inability makes the painting process on the Ipad in all of these painting apps just a bit tedious. Apple, please work on this.

Sketch Book Page

2011-06-22T21:31:00.000-07:00

As the title says. scanned then colored up.

Buh Bye Ben!!!

2011-06-13T21:35:00.000-07:00

Benjamin Jelter is moving away to the big apple. It's sad, he's one crazy talented dude! If you haven't seen his stuff do yourself a favor and head on over to The Guture and blow your mind-space! Bye Ben!!! We'll all miss you!

2011-05-20T00:20:00.000-07:00

Zatanna! and bunnies!!! I did this for a friend of my girlfriends for cookies. The best cookies in the world. Don't judge me. You can judge my pudgy little bunnies... I think they kinda look like Pikachus.

Free Comic Book Day 2011 Continued...

2011-05-10T20:30:00.000-07:00

These are a few of the sketch cards done for attendees of the FCBD celebration at Waterfront Comics (609 main st. Suisun City, CA 94585.) The Owner, John Harter also provided attendees a spider-man themed bounce-house, snowcones, and blank superhero masks for people to color and wear all free of charge to go with their free comics. It was amazing. There was another artist drawing along-side of me named Rudy (say hi, Rudy, if you're reading this) He was kicking butt and taking names all day.

If you have one of the sketch cards not pictured here I'd love it if you could email it to me so I can include it here. Thank you! (email: matt@elserart.com)

Free Comic Book Day 2011

2011-05-09T07:47:00.000-07:00

This is a piece I did to hand out at Waterfront Comics for Free Comic Book Day. Every year I'm going to be doing a new print to hand out. I can't do free sketches for everyone so at least this way everyone can at least walk away with a neat little print.

Just Messing About

2011-04-18T23:54:00.000-07:00

So I recently watched Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. It was awful. DO NOT WATCH IT!

I also drew this. I'm not sure why but I really like the way this is looking at this halfway finished stage. I'll get around to finishing this one day when i'm not quite so busy. Then i'll post them side-by-side and we can discuss it! or not... y'know... whatever dude. *short air guitar solo*

Another Day Another Zombie

2011-04-11T21:30:00.000-07:00

Bear hunggin zombie!

A Pudge

2011-04-10T23:35:00.000-07:00

This is a Pudge! isn't it the CUTEST LITTLE THINGY!!!

Love Zombies!!!

2011-04-10T23:27:00.001-07:00

I've been pretty bored at work lately. more zombies to come.

Merchant Shoppe

2011-03-14T22:04:00.000-07:00

Corner Merchant Shoppe in an Arabian-esque Fantasy City. Think of Lut Gholein from the Diablo series but on a massive scale.

Literal Spider-man

2011-03-09T23:25:00.001-08:00

This is a sketch i did at work a while ago. I threw some color on for the "full effect." Literal Heroes are fun to draw, try it sometime!

Flash!

2011-03-07T21:39:00.000-08:00

This here is some work i did for my new Resume that I promptly eliminated from my new resume! So much fun! Completed in illustrator and photoshop.

Art Test for (name undisclosed)

2011-02-14T21:26:00.000-08:00

This is an art test I recently did for a gig. Now that said gig is gotten, I can't disclose too much of anything about it but, I'll be creating all of the art assets for the project (it's a game btw). EEK! *filled with excitement*

2 Expansions Too Late

2011-02-07T23:01:00.000-08:00

I finally got around to coloring this drawing i did a while back. Its of a character from this thing called World of WarCraft er' sumpting.

RetroGraded

2011-02-05T21:07:00.000-08:00

This here is the soon to be header for Sydney Swartz's retro gaming review blog aptly named: Retro-Graded. Lemme know that you think of my work here and let Syd know what you think of the games she's reviewing over at Retro-Graded.

It's about time. It's about Cheese.

2010-10-29T10:09:00.000-07:00

This is the submission to Teefury I just sent in for a t-shirt. *finger crossed*
Mcdonalds tends to polarize the electorate, but everyone loves the mayor. Vote for cheese.

Girl on Book Action!

2010-10-19T23:03:00.000-07:00

This is a header for my friends over at Girl on Book Action. (the link to which is over there to the left <--- ) Go check it out! Now. Go. You can admire the work i put into it at the top of their blog while you read stuff worth reading, not the chewed up gobs of gummybear english that I post under things that I draw and paint.

Longshot

2010-10-03T17:12:00.000-07:00

This is a drawing i did for my friend Tatiana's birthday. She is a fan of Longshot which is confusing to me. I didn't think anyone was a fan of Longshot. If you or someone you know is a fan of Longshot you should comment on why that is (if you know) because I don't get it. He was fun to draw thought!

Colors coming soon. Captain Atom redesign coming soon too, i promise.

Booster Gold

2010-08-24T23:09:00.000-07:00

So I've been reading a whole (corrected my terrible spelling) lotta DC comics lately including Justice League: Generation Lost written by Keith Giffen and Judd Winick (amazing work fellas!) My point being Booster Gold and Captain Atom have to have some of the WORST costumes, so this is my solution for Booster's terrible fit. Thoughts?
Captain Atom redesign to follow.

A&A Henchman

2010-08-09T22:25:00.000-07:00

This here is one of my favs so far. This here is a generic henchman from the ranks of diabolical fiends that make up the group aptly named Arms & Armageddon. (of which Hampton is the lead hencher.)

(hencher is not a word, but i used it anyway. suck on that english!)

Work Work Work

2010-08-09T22:12:00.000-07:00

I actually did draw this on Friday but I was busy this weekend so i neglected to post it! Ain't life grand? This here is Justice, so... Truth and Justice! They make quite the all-American ass-kicking pair.

It's been so busy at work.

2010-08-05T23:07:00.000-07:00

This here is a character from the cast of 'The Stapler' a story written by my good friend Shawn O'Rourke (Future of Print, His blog, is linked over there to the left <---) Her 'hero' name is Truth. Justice is coming up tomorrow.

Also From Work ...it's been busy.

2010-08-04T22:25:00.000-07:00

These are two of the characters from the someday coming Simple Hampton comic.

Hampton himself! This time sporting his ass-kicking fit.

This here is The Huntsman, I colored in a bit of the mask so you'll understand how the mask will look in the book.

Many more to come.

Free Time At Work Drawing! ...sort of.

2010-08-04T21:08:00.000-07:00

This is the King Goblin from my Rawrish line of characters. King Goblin is rendered more realistically then the Rawrish (http://elserart.blogspot.com/2010/04/19.html) , im not sure what style the story will eventually be done in... lemme know what you think. (that is, if any one is reading this stuff.)

Next Project

2010-07-18T20:25:00.000-07:00

The tale of a henchman... A henchman who really enjoys a fresh Slurpee.™

Princess Whats-Her-Name!

2010-06-27T07:57:00.000-07:00

This here was done for my friend Ryan Jones for his big ol' birthday bash. He's as big an Earthworm Jim fan as i know so I was inspired to have a little fun with that.I was staring at Gil Elvgren paintings the whole time but I can't say that helped too much, That guys brush strokes are too legit to quit.

Experiment!!!

2010-06-21T23:12:00.000-07:00

I'm working on doing a painted stylized looking technique. Lemme know what you think.

Ravenhul

2010-06-17T21:23:00.000-07:00

So here are a few sketches for a commission for someone's WoW character that I completed and never got paid for. So, if you ever run into a blood elf paladin named Ravenhul, OBLITERATE him for me will you? ...and then camp him until he logs. thx!!!

Warforged

2010-06-17T21:11:00.000-07:00

These here are a few portraits I did of a Warforged(Dungeons and Dragons reference) character. I had an idea of doing a graphic novelization about a Warforged Paladin who becomes possessed by a demon! and then his manufactured soul and demon spirit fight for control!!! sounds cool right?

Um.... Cityscape!?!

2010-06-17T20:55:00.000-07:00

I've been bad about posting... blame Rockstar and Red Dead Redemption. (so good!) Anywho here comes an assorted collection of recent works o' drawing.

Batshawn

2010-05-29T12:42:00.001-07:00

I Just Keep Coloring Shawn

2010-05-29T12:16:00.001-07:00

Joker Shawn

2010-05-28T20:32:00.001-07:00

More to come...

Shawn Take Two

2010-05-28T20:11:00.000-07:00

More to come...

Shawn O'Rourke

2010-05-27T22:35:00.000-07:00

My buddy Shawn asked me to do a portrait of him for his new blog.
...more to come

Moosevine Red

2010-05-16T20:40:00.000-07:00

So every year for the past 3 years I make a wine label for the wine my Aunt makes that year. This is the label for this years brew. (name will be corrected once i what it is)

Echo

2010-05-14T00:19:00.000-07:00

This here is a piece for the g/f. I like it.

This one's for Shawn!

2010-05-11T22:12:00.000-07:00

Maybe someday I'll be watching this cartoon while lounging on my couch on Saturday morning! that would rock. For those of you who are not 'in the know' my I introduce, The Stapler!

©Shawn O'rourke

Deadman!

2010-05-10T23:00:00.000-07:00

This here is a Deadman! He's dead and used to be a man.
You'll also notice I'm not labeling these things 'sketch-a-day' anymore. I will continue getting stuff done and posting it but not on a daily basis. that is all.

FCBD part 2

2010-05-02T19:31:00.000-07:00

These here are the sketch cards that where requested by my friends. and there are still more to come. (Including an entire Domo Lantern core for John Harter and his fine establishment Waterfront Comics...SO CUTE!!!)

Free Comic Book Day

2010-05-01T22:55:00.000-07:00

So this here is the first wave of Sketch cards I did sitting in front of Waterfront Comics (Suisun City, CA.) It was a ton of fun Nate Watson (toy story penciller/super nice guy), Aaron Roberts (future comic artist?/super nice guy) and I all did sketches for attendees of Free Comic Book Day in Suisun. (I will post links as I find them.)

If you are one of the lucky few who have one o' these dealies, if you can send me a scanned image or even just a better photo of them, so i can make them look all fancy-like, that would totally rule!!!

#25

2010-04-30T21:02:00.000-07:00

I was going to finish up those fantasy cities but then I remembered that Free Comic Book Day is tomorrow!!!! So here is a piece i did to give away to those folks who come get some free comics at Waterfront Comics! (609 Suisun City, CA 94585)

#22, #23 and #24

2010-04-27T23:04:00.000-07:00

So these are 3 of the concepts for a fantasy city named The Citadel. These are for Josh Harris' future feature film 'The Quest' (I'll post a link here so you can learn more about Josh and his projects, once i ask him for that link. be patient!)

Tomorrow: COLOR!!!

#21

2010-04-27T22:41:00.000-07:00

I know I'm behind on posting but I'm good for it! I just got busy and lazy but here we go...

#20

2010-04-24T18:01:00.000-07:00

Just a little post for today, a sketch i did at work with a touch of color from the photoshops. Now back to goblins!

#19

2010-04-23T16:22:00.000-07:00

Here they are The RAWRish! Peasants beware; they're coming to bash your skulls, eat your crops and blow up your cottages with an array of explosive materials.

#18

2010-04-22T23:52:00.000-07:00

The 3rd and final piece of the goblin trio Bombs! he's the demo expert, he makes stuff go BOOM!!!

#17

2010-04-21T23:23:00.000-07:00

This here is the beef of the goblin trio, Shanks.

#16

2010-04-20T23:13:00.000-07:00

Today's post is the first in a series of 3 goblin drawings. I will be painting the three of them on Friday. Anywho, today's goblin is the brains of the trio Squeaker. He has a knife, he'll cut you.

#15

2010-04-19T21:20:00.000-07:00

When walking the filthy streets of Gotham's underground you may find yourself rundown by this smoke-blowing beast. Beware it's wrath!

#14

2010-04-18T19:28:00.000-07:00

I had a busy weekend so today's post is just a small sketch. I'm happy with the results, more dog-cops to come!

#13

2010-04-18T02:48:00.000-07:00

And.. ...SPIDER-MAN!!!

#12

2010-04-16T22:21:00.000-07:00

After doing those head sketches yesterday i really wanted to draw a WWII era American soldier. I'm quite pleased with the results.

#11

2010-04-15T22:54:00.000-07:00

Just a couple of head sketches today. Nothing too fancy, but I'm totally digging Catwoman.

#10

2010-04-14T22:22:00.000-07:00

Todays post is a monster thingy! It looks like a 2nd rate D&D monster... epic burn.

#9

2010-04-13T23:49:00.000-07:00

The g/f requested Owlman ...this is what happened.

#8

2010-04-12T23:47:00.000-07:00

Week 2. Todays post is everyones favorite Marvel villain: Hidden Man!!! you know you love him.

#7

2010-04-11T21:13:00.000-07:00

Here we are at the end of the week #1! Yay exciting!!! Todays post is another cutie from the DCU, The Huntress.

#6

2010-04-11T01:02:00.000-07:00

Tonights post while technically being added on Sunday is Saturdays sketch-a-day sketch, if you have any questions about this or it's legal ramifications you should consult the subject of Saturdays post, Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law.

#5

2010-04-09T23:31:00.000-07:00

Alright you jive turkeys todays post is straight out of the 70's! The subject of todays post is the Hypno-Hustler! Can you dig it?

#4

2010-04-08T23:03:00.000-07:00

I was hoping to continue on with the 'h' theme... so this is a human-eating fishman! or maybe a halibut-man? ...hence forth he shall be named Hubert the man-fish.

2010-04-07T23:44:00.000-07:00

The Harley Quinn! ...I just realized a theme, all the names of the characters so far start with the letter 'H.' This was done unintentionally.

2010-04-06T23:23:00.000-07:00

...and for my next victim: Hellboy!

Everyone one is getting one of these now-a-days, i figured why not Big Red?

2010-04-05T21:40:00.000-07:00

It's been far too long since I've posted anything. I have been very bad. Recently I've been inspired by some amazing artists (Cory Walker & Nate Bellegarde) taking up just such a feat and kicking ass at it! So here I go starting a sketch-a-day dealie.

My first victim Hawkeye.

Inconceivable!

2008-10-02T21:24:00.000-07:00

This Piece was done as an OPEN sign for Waterfront Comics 609 main street Suisun City, Ca 94585! It's poking fun at the recent issue of Hulk wherein the mysterious Red Hulk jumps onto the moon with Thor under his arm. Then Red Hulk lifts Thor's hammer (which can only be wielded by those who are pure of heart) and beats Thor to a bloody pulp... I guess Odin in his infinite wisdom never accounted for a lack of gravity when enchanting Thor's hammer. Just imagine what Namor could do with it underwater with the magical properties of Buoyancy at work... grrr.

Dragon-Man vs. Medusa

2008-09-03T18:28:00.000-07:00

The Dragon-man can make lightning come out of his eyes so the Medusa can't turn him to stone. She will have to rely on her talents as a spellcaster to win this battle.

Customers ONLY!

2008-08-22T18:53:00.000-07:00

Eljefe with a touch of color and...

The Thing, telling it how it is! Not just anyone can use the facilities at Waterfront Comics in Suisun City, CA 94533

Here is Eljefe, smasher of stuff!!!

2008-08-15T02:23:00.000-07:00

I know... I know It's been a while, but I'm back with a vengence and a digital sketch turned more refined digital sketch... Anywho more to follow so keep yer eye's glued to this... station? er... dealie... woot!

Triple Word Score!!!

2008-06-18T13:22:00.000-07:00

Meet Tony Wade...The Speller, with his mystical and magically enhanched board game, whatever he spells he becomes!!! I know i just wrote this as a joke but I would really want to read this comic, or write it and make Ben draw it... it could be so awesomely creepy.

I did this piece for Tony Wade a freelance reporter for my local paper. He's doing an article on diversity in comics... y'know how there is none.

Sketch-a-day

2008-06-04T10:37:00.000-07:00

The Great Gambito!

June 3rd.

2008-06-03T10:49:00.000-07:00

His name is Downer. He hails from a comic strip that appeared in Dungeon or Dragon Magazine. (I don't remember which, sorry!) It's an awesome story and only a few really geeky references would go whizzing over the heads of the general populace. check it out! It should be on the shelves of your local comic or gaming stores.

Sketch-a-day for Sunday, June 2nd.

2008-06-02T13:20:00.000-07:00

Thor!!! In all his Nordic glory.

I've decided to ride my own ass a little so everyday until i have a job I'm going to post a sketch. Its not that i don't already sketch something everyday, its that I get lazy and never post them. So here it begins with Thor, God of Thunder! (lightening crashes)

Illusive Comics 1st Anny!

2008-06-01T17:04:00.000-07:00

yep, that's right!

here's spidey...

Hulk...

the Hydrolisk loves you...

and supes.

This weekend I spent my saturday at Illusive Comics doing free sketches for anyone who would ask, way too many people feared getting a free sketch. I dont think they suck or are scary... but I dont know...

Spring Show Worthy

2008-05-26T16:10:00.000-07:00

Just to recap, these 5 pieces made it into the Spring Show this year. In person you can see all of those cool little details! and wonder why I go through the trouble...
trudge trudge trudge...
They had this piece hanging upside down when I arrived at the Spring Show. My friends noticed, nobody else cared...
A super cool story about a little boy and a bison man capturing evil spirits in a magical dreamcatcher!
A character from a French fairytale.
Also a character from a French fairytale.

Dwarven Muscle

2008-05-23T23:08:00.000-07:00

Kooky, the badass on the right, is a homage to my short-lived stint on the WoW. It was super fun, and like all blizzard products maliciously addictive. (here's a little game for those who are in the 'know': Name all them fancy gadgets these tiny titans of engineering are wearing!)

New Stuff

2008-05-14T00:39:00.000-07:00

This piece is for my book cover portfolio. I wanted the feeling that he was ambiguously falling with just a touch of "Wait! he's not falling, he already fell!"
And here we have the notoriously unmatched assassin duo of Xysellen and Ethian. A rampaging, feel-good, roller-coaster ride through a sword and sorcery world from the perspective of two carefree murderous assassins in comic form! Coming to your local comic book stores... someday.

ColorsDS Paintings

2008-04-18T16:15:00.000-07:00

Bats!!!
and a Little Misfit Toy...
...hmmm, not too many colors in these paintings. I'll get on that for next time.

First Post Ever!!!

2008-04-04T17:09:00.000-07:00

And here I am. a blogspot-er...

Images and such to follow, but for now you can all visit www.elserart.com cause it's up and running! WOOT! ...that's it for now...