

Preston’s expression here is decidedly serious because people are always saying how humorous my work is– even when I’m not tying to make it funny. So yeah– Preston is SOMBER and CONTEMPLATIVE here! Imagine him thinking about a man he shot last week or something.
Oh– but I guess he wouldn’t he wanking his dick while thinking about heinous crimes he committed. Oh well, whatever– it’s just NOT supposed to be comical.
I’ve always been fascinated by Greek mythology. If you think about it, its totally up my alley– a bunch of beautiful super-powered people who fight and screw each other.
Don’t ask me what I have planned for these guys. At the moment, there’s no comic series in the works. I mainly just wanted to design the characters and finally get it down on paper.
I’ve drawn these images as wallpapers, because I felt guilty about taking the old ones down from my site. These are all at widescreen monitor resolution (1680×1050.) For the fullscreen versions at 1024×768, visit the work section of my site.
Comments greatly welcomed and appreciated. Which one’s the hottest? Personally, I have to say that I have a thing for big boy Ryan– and also Emerson. But then again, I wouldn’t push ANY of them outta my bed– haha. Let me know what you guys think.
Mild-mannered prep school boys by day… HOT BULGING SUPER-HEROES by night! Meet “All-American” and his sidekick “Golden Boy!” These illustrations were particularly fun because of the elaborate storyline the client’s come up with. And yeah… prep school boys are effing HAWT! I went to a prep school but we didn’t get to wear uniforms. I remember being disappointed about that. The kids at my school all dressed like shyt. But I digress.
I am particularly proud of the third piece here. I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this before but I have an extreme fear of zombies. I don’t know why. They just freak me out. Thriller gives me nightmares. I can’t play Resident Evil past the first stage. And Dawn of the Dead is probably one of the most disturbing things I’ve ever seen.
So, you’ll see why I was a little worried about drawing zombies for the commission. What saved me was that they’re supposed to be hot. So I figured, perfect– I don’t have to draw eyes hanging out of their sockets or exposed brain or anything. haha.
I drew this on a train, coming home from a short vacation. Originally it was going to be all elaborate with Blanka swinging through the trees complete with this insane detailed background. Then I was like, screw that– it’s fan-art. I’m not putting any more than the bare minimum of work into this.
In coloring the drawing with that same attitude, I tried a bit of a sketchy style. I was very free with the brushes, not caring too much about boundaries. It ended up developing into a pretty cool, very painterly coloring stlye. And although it didn’t take me any less time to finish, I think this coloring stlye fits the subject matter– wild, free, beastly! haha.
Blanka is a character from Street Fighter and although he isn’t my favorite Street Fighter, he is the one character I can consistently win with. Whenever I’m in the arcades and some punk keeps beating my Chun-Li or Rose, I pick up Blanka and KICK THEIR ASS!
In this illustration, you’ll be interested to know that trying to make a room appear “dirty” was far more difficult for me than I was expecting. I tweaked it for days. Hopefully, the idea came across. This is supposed to be one really skankatacious motel.
Also, I’m proud to announce that this drawing, along with 15 of my other favorite pieces, is up for sale as a limited edition print. Visit Shop.Anti-Heroes.Net to get your mitts on them!
For those who don’t know, this is SHOMA, another genius creation from the guys at Capcom. He is from the Rival Schools game series, which was one of the most innovative and down-right FUN fighting games of all time. In the games, he is a hot-tempered baseball player who is self-conscious about his height and carries a gigantic baseball bat everywhere he goes.
He has a move that is extremely suggestive– the one where he holds the bat at his crotch and pokes the opponent with it. He then lifts the opponent into the air, flings them off of the bat, and sort-of waggles it a little as if he was shaking himself off after a piss.
So here’s the latest thing I’ve been working on: a group of illustrations to accompany a story about pirates in [2] magazine.
Basically, it’s about a beautiful blonde male model who is getting shots taken on a fake pirate ship in the Bermuda Triangle. But then, of course, lightning strikes, and the model is mystically transported back in time to a real pirate ship.
Of the four drawings, my favorite is the one with the group of pirates all ogling the pretty boy tied to the mast. I had fun designing the characters. My partner said I made the Black one look a little too insane– LOL. It’s the eyes. I definitely wanted them all to look crazed.
I’m also proud of how the captain came out. I was worried I’d have trouble making him appear as gruff as a pirate captain would be while still trying to make him as attractive as the story describes. Hopefully, it worked. I’d join this guy’s crew before Jack Sparrow’s any day! (Not to put down Johnny Depp, who will always be high on my list of doable Hollywood!)
For an added bonus, below, you can see the reference pic I took to visualize the group shot piece. A Street Fighter gangbang– wouldn’t that be hot?!
Where do I come up with them, you ask? Well, while I like to think I have a vivid imagination, the premise for this piece is actually an unused sketch for an older one. Remember Fantasy Fright? Well, here is one of the scenarios I almost ended up using. I am very archival about my work– even sketches, as you can see. One of my teachers in art school said this was a bad thing and that I should be more disposable with my work. I can’t be that way though. Especially since I believe I can NEVER draw the same thing twice. So I save every little morsel of art that I do.
I took that sketch and slightly redrew the guys. The boy at the computer is Richard, one of my generic characters whom I’ve used a couple times before. The older guy is made up.
Then, of course, I had to come up with some sorta new background. Since this wasn’t for any particular job, I wasn’t about to draw one. (JC no like drawing backgrounds.) I figured photo collage will work and did a search for offices. The pic below worked perfectly even though I had to tweak the hell outta the perspective to get it to match.
And then, to blend it all together, I finished up with my new ultra-dramatic coloring/lighting style. This has always been a secret fantasy of mine… workplace seduction. All I need is a hot coworker and the imagination starts a-flowin’. Good thing I don’t have a job– LOL.
And next is a sketch I did on a flight a few weeks ago. It was really annoying because there was this guy who was one of those “I-need-attention-so-I-talk-to-strangers” types, and he kept trying to peek over my shoulder and see the drawing and make conversation with me.
POST EDIT (5-01-07): Colored the other two pieces.Anyone liking this pastel look?
POST EDIT (4-27-07): I colored the “DEREK” character. Have a looksie.
For some reason, I was expecting the gay scene down there to be a lot more happening than it was. I had this idea that South Beach was one of the more infamous gay locales in the U.S. We ended up grabbing a few tourist guides before we went, and they further emphasized that South Beach has become more “straight” than it used to be. But it didn’t really hit me till we actually saw it.
It was still fun though– I mean, hell, I got to sleep on a beach every day! Of the few gay clubs that still existed, my favorite was Twist. No cover, eight bars, and hot gogo boys = a smashing good time. One thing that kind of disappointed me though was that the clubs and bars down in South Beach are very low-key any day but Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. You’d think that since Sunday is still a weekend day, that there would still be something going on in the clubs—but nope. I guess I’m spoiled living in New York where the clubs are in full effect every night of the week.
You’ll notice a few hot-guy drawings I put up along with this post, all inspired by my stay in South Beach. Oh yeah, that’s another thing that shocked me about that place—the lack of hot guys! Well, I’ll admit, the percentage of scantily-clad muscle boys did increase on the weekends. But during the week, the beach was pretty flabbalicious. My partner and I concluded that many of the locals must specifically come down to South Beach on the weekends only.
I’ll be coloring these pics eventually but for now I’ve got a ton of work to catch up with.