Drawing Sand Snakes pt. 1

A nice mini-triptych of Game of Throne three deadly beauties. Obara first.

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Sunday morning sketch video of Nymeria Sand

I had only seen the Sand Snakes during their introductory scene in season 4.  Safe to say I was fascinated by all three characters.  I've got some catching up to do on GoT (No spoilers!).

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Raph and Mike pt. 2

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Raph and Mike Pt. 1

Just goofing off and practing with the brush pen after work...

Son Gohan Comission Pt. 2

Working on a commission of DBZ's SSJ2 Gohan





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Looking through the bin #4

Another of my favorites is Ol' Silas Burr AKA Cyber (I see what you did there Marvel). His power wasn't anything to write home about, he was basically a psychic bloodhound; he could track your track you down by scanning your brainwave patterns. 

What is made him stand his look (He was designed by Sam Keith for Marvel Comics Presents 85-85), this dude looked like the psychotic love child of Colossus and the Tick. What's even more interesting is that he's one of the few characters, if not the only character, to best Wolverine in combat, to the point where Wolverine was actually afraid of him for a while. Honestly think the way they killed him off was lame (Wolverine 96). Even as a ten-year-old I feel like he had a lot of potential.

Wolverine #96

Wolverine #84

Looking Through the bin #3

Been a while since I've done one of these posts. No books this go round, just touching on a unique character. I think I'll do more like this.

Guido Carosella aka Strong guy from X-Factor. He’s one the many mutants from the 90’s who has since faded into the white noise of the Marvel Universe (don’t know if they killed him off or what). His power was always one of my favorites. He could absorb kinetic energy (collisions, explosions etc.) and turn it into raw physical power.

Despite allowing him to compete with powerhouses like The Hulk and The Thing, Strong Guy's mutant ability was very much a double edged sword in that it warped his physique to where his upper body was disproportionately enlarged. This condition placed a constant agonizing stress on his body, to the point where he suffered a heart attack or two.

New Mutants Vol. #29 (First Appearance)
Chris Claremont (writer)/Bill Sienkiewicz (artist)

X-FACTOR #135

Strong Guy vs. She-Hulk

Strong Guy vs. Hulk

A little poetry

I don't write as often as I used to (and it's down right criminal the way I've been neglecting this blog), but I got the bug this weekend.  Only two that made the cut...

 Sweetheart

You smelled nice, the artificial, chemical kind of nice. Shampoo with just a dash of perfume.

Just enough to get my attention and keep it.

I'll never know how you tasted but for a while when I tasted other women on my tongue,

I would think to myself you must have been that much sweeter. 

I remember your hands holding mine, and the way your forehead felt on my lips. 

I miss the happy fool I was.

Phone Sex

She can feel me now. 

She’s soft, warm, smooth all over.

She says it’s my voice.   

Poems by Ryan Scales 

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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