Stuff going on...

Not sure if I have any followers left but thanks for the click all the same! The day job is starting run me into the ground (it's the holiday season and if you work retail, you KNOW what I'm talking about.)

Before I type another word I am giving a HUUUGE shout out to friend and fellow alumnus Vicki aka @ZombieEatHearts. Her work will be featured in Fifty/50, Durham’s Edgiest Pop-up Art Shop (Not gonna post images to avoid whatever copyright vultures might be waiting to swoop down). But check out her online store right here!

Well on with it:

Inktober's come and gone and with it seemingly my motivation. The holiday season is here, (They just skipped right over Thanksgiving) and we're setting things up for Xmas so Santa's (coughmom&dad) job can be a little easier. Not only that, but I my brushpens and markers are DANGEROUSLY close to E, Making the digital side of things more of a necessity. Over the past few months I've become more comfortable and I like to think I'm somewhere in the vicinity of competent.

I realized I haven't done any sequential pages in VERY long time; not since my collaboration with Ray Zepeda on Anti-Hero 113. I'm starting to get that itch and I've been tinkering with the plot line for my Fight Life comic as well as some plots and character designs for a one or two short stories. So much stuff ping-ponging through my brain and nowhere near enough time to focus on...focusing.

I'm gonna stop all the ranting now and show off my latest.

Aayla Secura

LORD VADER

Asajj Ventress

Justin Cristelli's RED KNIGHT

Lead character in an upcoming short story.  1/2

2/2

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Inktober/Drawlloween 2015 pt. 2

Got behind on a lot of my pieces.  If you want to check out all of pieces by searching #IronLionStudiosArt #Inktober and #Drawlloween or check out my fan page and instagram.

Ghost Girl

Diablo

Goblin

Bela Lugosi as Dracula

Werewolf

Daredevil (Netflix)

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Inktober/Drawlloween 2015

The day job keeps me busy as all hell and I haven't done any sequentials in forever.  But now October's come around and it's time for the month long one-drawing-a-day challenge!  It's all kinds of chaotic but I think I'm keeping up okay!  Here's my first couple of weeks:

Tight Linework!

Zombie Viking

The Dark Knight Returns_Sons of the Batman 

The Dark Knight Returns_Mutant

Funky Skull

The Eye

Lord Vader

Frankenstein (Digital)

Muscle Sketch (Digital)

The Wicked Witch (Digital)

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Inktober begins again

Still here, still drawing stuff. Got myself an instagram now: @ironlion1914

Writer/Artist Survival Kit

I know what you're going to say: It's been way way way way WAAAAAY too long since I posted an entry, and you probably don't even follow my blog anymore. To that I say...THANKS! I didn't even know I had followers! :D

Straight up, I know haven't posted in a year of Sundays, and in between work and worrying about grown-up stuff I took a moment to try and figure out why that is, not just why I didn't post but why nothing was coming to me creatively. Before you get to the art below I'd like you to understand why it took so long and why even warm up sketches have become a task. I managed to work up list of things that get my mojo going and while these are more creature comforts than anything and aren't exactly set in stone, if I don't have at least one of them I fizzle out quick fast and in a hurry. So here it is...

Ryan's Writer/Artist Survival Kit:

-A quiet room, usually an academic setting (a library most likely), if I'm home I'll get distracted with bills, house work and other day to day horse shit; either that or I just sit around stuffing my face, staring at the ceiling or dicking around on the web.

-Music (especially if I'm drawing), just about anything with a guitar riff.

-Food; small portions like a hot pocket or a bowl of chinese food.

-Clarity. I'll have like 8 or 9 story ideas and can't pick one for shit. I can usually manage this in the quiet space, but not always.

-Courage (I've got a nasty habit of thinking every idea is dumber than the last. Trying too kick that).

-Background noise (no matter how far off, as long as it's far off), just enough to remind me that the zombie apocalypse isn't in full swing yet.

-Junkfood. Hotpockets, Cheetos, or something equally quick and tasty.

-Game Green cigarillos. A quick puff to kill time when the creativity starts to wane.



One or two of these and my creative process become much, much smoother. What all do you need to free up your mind and let things come?

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Throwback Thursday: The Punisher 2099

Punisher 2099 #1
Published February 1993
Writers: Pat Mill/Tony Skinner
Artist/Cover: Tom Morgan

Futuristic versions of your favorite characters are nothing new, but when marvel put this spin on several of their (then) flagship titles, it was worth begging my folks to make the 30-minute to the comic shop.  

The 2099 universe gave us a surreal but strangely believable vision of late 21st century life with depictions of an over-populated planet preyed upon by irrevocably feral capitalism, where mega-corporations have pretty much replaced democracy (the latter being frighteningly indicative of what's been going on in politics and where it could lead.)

The first time I read this it took a while for Tom Morgan's pencils to grow on me, but as the series progressed I realized there couldn't have been anyone better for the job. Same for the artists on all of the other 2099 titles; they really brought the ugly and the grit to a world that had apparently been without heroes for too long.


--Ryan Scales

April 2015

Art Journal: February 2015

I've been trying to view this blog as equal parts gallery and journal.  Think I've done pretty good job of it so far, it's just that there has been nothing of note to write about, and with my job keeping me fairly occupied (as well as a near debilitating lack of inspiration), I haven't done much in the way of making art.  I've been itching to go digital and even bought a tablet last year, but I often find myself lacking in discipline and patience to pursue the craft.  And yet pursue it I must.  Speaking of the job I can't think of a more fun group of folks to earn a paycheck with right now.

I still struggle in leaving my comfort zone artistically.  Still doing superheroes most of the time, but I think my efforts to branch out are bearing some fruit.  I've been drawing Star Wars characters, animals, monsters, even some X-rated material (below you'll not the troll with cock in hand).  Feel like some progress was made....I'd better stop before start rambling.  

Started as another anatomy experiment.  Trying to draw a fantasty creature...

Decided to do more.  A quasi-sequential piece.

Linework.  I like how it was shaping up through the whole thing.  He as depth. Weight.

Finished piece.  She seems pleased.

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Little bit to draw, less to write...

Living where I live, and given who I associate with, it can be somewhat surprising to meet fellow artists and art lovers, especially among my co-workers.  It's a bit comforting.

Gesture drawings with a brush pen.

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IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN...

A few years back me and my buddy started making observations of the commercials we saw during the Superbowl.  Here's what we noticed during this year's marketing blitz...

THING I LEARNED DURING THE SUPERBOWL

-Marsha Brady becomes Machete when she's hungry (Machete likes Snickers)
-Apparently skittles are a big deal to arm wrestlers
-Arnold can't be the governor anymore, so he wants to be a Terminator again.
-Coke can stop cyber-bullying
-Fast and Furious + Jason Statham.  That is all.
-Dove products has taken the bait and switch to a new level.
-Nissan, bringing fathers and suns together since...???
-This year's commercials, right in the feels.
-Doritos can get you a girlfriend...and a stepkid.
-Love doesn't pay the rent but it can sure help out with Mickey D's dollar menu
-A little blue pill will pimp your ride.
-Heisenburg filling your perscriptions, not a good look.
-The icky shuffle still sells.
-Is it an emergency, a pizza order, or a drug call?
-Katy Perry halftime=WIN! Welcome back Missy Elliot!
-Liam Neeson will go Qui-Gon Jinn on your ass in Clash of Clans
-Pierce Brosnan is pretty much done with action movies
-Whether it's a football or a teddy bear, Tom Brady throws a perfect spiral.
-The Slap...really?
-Farve & Carve.  LMAO!
-And last but not least, the moral of the story:  When it's 2nd & goal and you know Marshaun Lynch has eaten his skittles, you give him the damn ball.

See you with a new list next year!

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Fun times at Charlotte Mini-Con Part 2 of 2

More pictures!  I hope I'm around for the big one in June!

Me and Spidey again.

Me vs. Akuma, Master Chief, and Deathstroke!

Lady Loki

Spidey vs.

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