somehow i never posted this. it’s one of the 90minute sketch off challenges we did in the studio last summer…

not much to say here. just wanted to share.

first off thanks to everyone for coming out to the toronto paradise con this past weekend, it was great to meet you all!!

over the course of the weekend we, the boys of RAID studio as well as a few guest stars, did up an art jam on a large piece of illustration board. at the end of the show the piece was auctioned off to the highest bidder, the lucky man being kevin boyd, one of the blokes who runs the con!

we had so much fun doing the piece, i think we’re going to try and tackle on every con!

can anyone identify every character on the page? extra points if you can match the drawing with the artist! HINT…. there’s a rogue sketch in there by a mystery guest who does not appear in the photo.

good luck!

ps/ the big barda’s mine

these were originally posted on the RAID blog a couple months back. since i’m not sure if people visit both here and there, i thought i’d post a few here. most of these “sketches” clocked in at around 90min, give or take. enjoy.

loved this dynamic duo as a kid! if you’ve been keeping track of the R.A.I.D. 90min draw-offs then you’ve seen the b&w version of th this piece already. so to snazz it up a bit for my blog i polished it up with a “10¢ colour job.”

cheers.

the 90 min sketch-off! from the other day was mr. dredd. you can find the inked version on the RAID blog already, so for this post i added what i like to call the “10¢ colour job.”

my new years resolution this year was to start each day by doing warm up sketches since 99% of the time whatever i’m doodling is work related. needless to say that didn’t happen.

well, yesterday i was perusing the blogs of a couple folks whose work i admire; mike weringo and eric canete. both these gentlemen keep producing great amounts of fantastic work for their respective blogs. so, frustrated with myself, i finally decided to get off my keister and follow eric canete’s template of the 90min pinup. i don’t think i’ll be able to do this daily yet, but hopefully soon.

the topic suggestion of showcasing two memebers of alpha flight was made by steve manale. in the end the image took me 105min, which ain’t so bad.

quite like the the way this one came together.