To my artist BFF!

:D

You're one of the hardest working people EVER and I wish I spent more time with you at PAX. I hope you have a good day!

It's been a while since I last cblogged. A good while. I'm still alive, as the work I do on the Destructoid comic no doubt proves, but I guess I have neglected my old art blogging roots. So to make up for all the time I should have been here, I propose a huge unload of (mostly) all the stuff I've drawn in the last couple of weeks.

Are you ready?

Here it goes. (It's doing that thing where it stretches the images to a silly size again. D: Look through them on the gallery at the bottom for the proper resolution.)

First off, some character work done for the comic, I do these mostly for colour reference and the like, just to make sure things are kept somewhat consistent through the story. And let me tell you, trying to keep a story that's dictated purely by user comments is no small task.

Jim


Hamza


Dyson


Colette


Chad


Topher


Stella


Necros


King3vbo


Hitogoroshi


Madninja


Yashoki


Technophile


Bonus CTZ image

This was me experimenting with more dynamic angles.

Next up, some quick videogame inspired pieces, conveniently ordered by series!

Sonic the Hedgehog

Sonic


Tails


Super Mario

Tanooki Mario


Frog Mario


Boo

This is me trying something different, thought it'd be a nice change from the block colours I normally use.

Pokemon

Bulbasaur


Ivysaur


Venusaur


Charmander

My favourite Pokemon!

Charmeleon

I'm really happy with this one, I wanted to give Charmander and all his evolutions more of a dinosaur look, I hated the stumpiness of the original designs.

Charizard


Squirtle


Wartortle

I'm planning on drawing all the original 151 Pokemon... so here's hoping I'll get it done!

Whew... there we have it. Hopefully that'll make up for my absence. Those that follow me on Twitter may have seen most of these already, so feel free add me on there if you'd like. The main reason I have a Twitter account is so I can stalk Nathan Fillion. He's dreamy.

Also, I'm open to do commissions too, so email me if you need anything done and I'll get back to you and maybe we can work something out. :D (my email address is on the sidebar>>)

Hope you all enjoyed this picture blog! Get in touch if you'd like anything converted to a wallpaper!

Pendleton21 has been doing the rounds lately trying to get some tattoo designs from Dtoid artists, lucky for him, his suggestion was selected so I had a go at making one. His comment stated:

Draw a Mr. Destructoid tattoo design for me!

So I did. I'm not exactly the bast person for tattoo designs, simply because I haven't a clue where to start. So please excuse it's terribleness. What you're about see is also the reason I try not to crosshatch shade... once I start I can't stop! Crosshatching is like crack to me.

Full size below

I hate it. Everybody has off days, this was mine. Number 13 too.

Thanks for your suggestion Pendleton21! And I apologise for the result!

You know the rules.

1. You have 24 hours from the time this blog was posted to tell me what to draw, after that the winning comment is randomly chosen!
2. Try to keep it SFW.
3. It must be somewhat video game related. (I may make exceptions if the suggestion is too awesome to ignore.)
4. You can only have one suggestion. If you do make more than one suggestion, only your first suggestion will be put into the draw. NO EXCEPTIONS.

What should I draw next?

I had some free time yesterday, so I thought I'd churn this one out quickly. I guess I'm in a good mood because I managed to pay off my bank overdraft! I no longer owe the bank money! Fuck YEAH!

The winning comment last time was... IronPikeman! The comment was as follows:

Ratchet and clank flying the Delorean time-machine with Marty and Doc Brown outfits (Back to the Future).

Here you go sir.

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I did deviate slightly from the brief... they aren't exactly flying the Delorean. As soon as I began I had the Back to the Future movie poster stuck in my head and I just had to use it as a basis. I JUST HAD TO.

Thanks IronPikeman! I forgot how much I fucking love Back to the Future!

The rules, as always:

1. You have 24 hours from the time this blog was posted to tell me what to draw, after that the winning comment is randomly chosen!
2. Try to keep it SFW.
3. It must be somewhat video game related. (I may make exceptions if the suggestion is too awesome to ignore.)
4. You can only have one suggestion. If you do make more than one suggestion, only your first suggestion will be put into the draw. NO EXCEPTIONS.

Get commenting!

Well hello there! Thought I'd take some time to get back into this. I've missed yooooou! How long has it been? 3 months? Whoa. Been busy with a bunch of stuff. A whole bunch.

Anywaaaay..... LET'S DO THIS.

Back in January, Wilbo had the winning comment... which was...
The tank from left 4 dead running in fear from me
while im chasing him with a molotov and shouting "FIREGOD!" pictures of me are on my dtoid profile if needed, if im chosen

Which eventually led to...

Full size below.

Was it worth the wait? I was gonna have a speech bubble with Wilbo yelling "FIREGOD!" but I quite like it the way it is. :D

Thanks Wilbo! May your molotovs always fly true.

For those unsure of the rules, they are as follows...

1. You have 24 hours from the time this blog was posted to tell me what to draw, after that the winning comment is randomly chosen!
2. Try to keep it SFW.
3. It must be somewhat video game related. (I may make exceptions if the suggestion is too awesome to ignore.)
4. You can only have one suggestion.

Till next time... away with you!!!

Ok guys, here's the skinny. My life is a complete and utter mess at the moment, completely and utterly. I am stuck on a course I don't like, in a place I hate, I have hardly any money and as I live on campus in term time accommodation, if I don't find a place to live in about 3 months, I will be homeless (I was supposed to be staying with my parents for the summer, but they decided to go live on boat somewhere...). I've also been busy looking for a job, which is why I haven't been too active on the site lately. Of course... there are no jobs available.

SO.

COMMISSION WORK.

I'm opening up shop. I was planning on doing this a while back, but I sorta didn't. I'm like that... all planning, no action. But that all changes NOW! I DON'T WANT TO END UP ON THE STREETS. Seriously, sleeping under the sky gives me a rash, and a severe case of being dead.

Here's how I'm gonna do this. If you would like me to do something for you email me at mikeyturvey [at] gmail.com and we can sort something out, payment will be made through PayPal and prices are as follows (bear with me, I'm still new at the commission work thing):

Standard drawing.


Inked black and white piece: £25 (about 35USD)


Full colour piece, coloured in photoshop: £40 (about 60USD)

You will be sent a full resolution JPG which should print smoothly on paper up to 11 x 17 inches. These prices are negotiable, I'd charge less for a single character than I would for a full scene with the background and everything.

Original line art can be sent to you but that will cost extra! Sending things around the world ain't cheap you know!

Pixel painting on canvas.


These'll cost a little extra than the drawings, as they take a long time to do, plus I have to cover the cost of materials used and postage and packaging. If you want one of these done email me and we can settle on a price. So you have an idea of what they'd cost, I'd charge about £70 (about 100USD) for that Bucky O'Hare piece (it's not for sale though :P) which is on on a 16 x 16 inch canvas. Again, the prices on these will change depending on complexity of the scene, amount of pixels, colours used, etc, etc...

Custom 360 faceplates.

This is a new one for me... I've been told that I should do it by both Digtastik and Craineum, so I thought I'd give it a try. I've not done it before... so if someone wants to send me a a blank faceplate to experiment on, I would really appreciate it. :)

Prices will be negotiable on the faceplates, I'm not sure what to set as average price, as I'm just starting.

With regards to the pricing for things that need to be posted, they may change depending on how much it costs me to ship them out. And regarding pricing in general, these aren't fixed, they may change depending on what you want.

So there we are. I am asking Destructoid for help. If there is anyone out there that hasn't been slammed too hard by the credit crunch and would like a personalised piece of artwork done, please, let me know.

While I'm here, I just want to mention to Y0j1mb0, your samurai is on the way! And to SilverDragon1979... it's nearly finished!

P.S. I also do watercolours! Seriously.