FanFair: One Piece Luffy

Before I was an artist,
I was a fan...

One of my favorite manga is One Piece.
Luffy is the lead character and my 2nd favorite of the main cast.
I like Luffy for his endless optimism, his love of friends, and love of eating meat!

Trey

Willis Henry Comic Thumb Chapter 2.2

2.2

Willis Henry Comic Thumb Chapter 2

Willis Henry Comic Chapter 2 Thumb Pages

2014 Year of the Horse

Horse Wood Block Print of 2014

Wood Blocks are work to make but are really fun.

Top:         Print
2nd row:   steps of the design, wood, and final carving.
3rd row:    some of the prints  (some of the prints).
4th row:    the print set  (the full set in various colors).
Bottom:    WoodBlock  (I like the after effect of the printing).

Happy New Year!!!

Trey

Girl &Snake 4Page Comic

Happy Holidays!!

See ya next year!

Trey

Red/Blue Dragons

Dragons!!

Girl & the Snake 4 Page Comic Pencils

Girl&Snake 4PageComic Ruff

I'm Happy!

Girl&Snake 4PageComic Thumb

Making Of Paintings Finals & CTN Convention

Making Of Paintings Finals

I will be at the CTN (creative talent network) Convention and for the first time I actually feel like I'm ready.
I will be there with Robert Tsai at booth T004.
I'm so excited!

Trey

Thor & Midgard Serpent: Watercolor Painting Steps

Painting Process from left to right.

1: Image on watercolor paper

2: Blocking in

3: Early stage(everything is the color it should be)

4: Deepen Reds

5: Push Color on Serpent

6: Push colors (especially the darks which is key for watercolor)

7: Final colors and focus on details

bottom final image large

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Thor & the Midgard Serpent Process: Watercolor Start

The image is finalized, blown up, and transfered to watercolor paper.  I make my first pass with colors.  I'm really loose and sloppy at this stage.  At the early painting phase (block-in stage), I'm just going for coverage and getting the main colors down.

This early color stage is fun as the image just starts to look like something.

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Thor & the Midgard Serpent Process: Drawings and Value Sketches

Top: Tight Pencils and Value Sketch

Middle:         Toned Paper Drawing

Bottom:         Thor and Hymir Drawing

So on the small scale 3x5inch; I finalize the drawing.  Then I make a value sketch to get a better idea of my lights and darks.  For the first time I made a drawing on brown toned paper, to break down the neutral, darks and highlights of the image.

On the bottom, while the Thor and Hymir are rather small I made a tight pencil drawing of the characters.

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