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The Hunt For Gollum Trailer

THE HUNT FOR GOLLUM - FULL Trailer 1 from Independent Online Cinema on Vimeo.

The film will go live online in full on May 3rd, further details are up on the official site.

-Otis

The Words & Pictures Podcast Episode 6

In this episode, Marc and I provide a scene specific audio-commentary for The Fellowship of the Ring Extended Edition DVD!

Go HERE to download the Intro.

Go HERE to download the commentary for Disc 1.

Go HERE to download the commentary for Disc 2.

Thanks for listening!

-Otis

Lord of the Rings: Evolution Aftermarket Cards

Some recent aftermarket commissions:

-Otis

Lord of the Rings: Masterpieces

The set was released yesterday and cards are already hitting eBay!  People sure are eager to make a buck off of these things (but who am I to talk, right?).

All of the artists really brough their A-game to this set, and I'm glad I had a chance to be a small part of it all.

Click here for a search of LOTR:M sketch cards!

As I've said, I drew 106 cards, so my cards are pretty rare this time around (I drew 1006 for the Evolution set).  If you'd like to see some of my cards for this set, check out the Gallery.

So if you want one of my cards . . . head over to eBay and happy hunting.

-Otis

Darth Maul vs The Balrog

I don't ask questions, I just draw what I'm paid to draw.  ;)

Hope ya' like it, Rupesh!

-Otis

Lord of the Rings: Masterpieces Part 2

I just got word that all of my Lord of the Rings: Masterpieces cards have been approved by Topps!

So head over to the new Masterpieces Gallery and check out the 51 cards I've posted.  These are the cream of the small crop I cultivated for this set.  The other 55 cards I did all feature our pal Gollum.  That's right, Fifty-Five Faces Of Gollum.  These 55 are all inked and minimally colored and are all unique.  Drawing the little guy that many times was a challenge that I intentionally forced on myself and it was done to make me work on my "acting".  Getting different expressions from the same face was a very useful storytelling exercise.  Unfortunately, I didn't scan any of them.  But I'll grab some scans when they start to hit eBay in a month or so.  I'm actually vey proud of the 55 expressions I pulled off and hope people like them.

Here are three of my personal favorites from this new Lord of the Rings set, the "Three Petes":

The cards were inked with Microns and Faber-Castell brush pens.  Colored with Prismacolor markers and colored pencils.

The cards should hit store later this month.

Thanks for looking!

-Otis

Lord of the Rings: Masterpieces

Sorry for the lack of updates.  I've had my head buried in Lord of the Rings cards.  Here are the first few of my cards to be approved for public viewing:

Inked with Microns and Faber-Castell brush pens.  Colored with Prismacolor markers and colored pencils.

More to come very soon.

Oh, and in case people are wondering . . .yeah, I'm playing around with my style and I'm finally drawing how I've always wanted to draw. I'm in the toon zone and I'm planting my flag. No going back now.

I'll be posting a fairly long blog entry very soon on the subject of "Style, Substance and Self", so check back soon to find out why I'm moving in a new (old) direction with my artwork.

-Otis

More Lord of The Rings Aftermarket Cards

I'm pretty happy with how this lot turned out:

Inked with Microns and Faber-Castell brush pens.  Colored with Prismacolor markers and colored pencils.

-Otis

Full Time

As of this week, I will be working full time on comics and illustration!

That's right, I'm taking the plunge and making a go of it in the dangerous world of freelance.  I have my wonderful partner-in-crime Leigh to thank for this opportunity.  Her love and support make this possible, so I work for her now.  And she's the best boss I could ever have.  Thanks, Leigh.

Anyway . . . all of this means that I am now very available for commissions and sketch cards (either Lord of the Rings aftermarket jobs or personal sketch cards)!  So if you've ever wanted to commission artwork from me, this is the time.  I'll also begin offering original artwork for sale here on my blog!  Part of my daily routine will be a warm-up session, and hopefully some of the artwork I generate from that will be worthy of selling, so check back often to see what is up for sale.  Oh and I still have sketchbooks for sale (with a few original drawings featured in the book to give away with them), so order yours today!

And of course this means I will be posting more to this blog now that I have more time to do so.  This month will be spent mostly working on Lord of the Rings: Masterpieces sketch cards, but I'll also be writing future installments of Oddly Normal and begin work on Flynn, my next graphic novel.  So I'll keep everyone up to date on the progress of those projects and show off some work from them when I can.

Things are about to start hoppin' here, so check back soon!

-Otis

Here We Go Again . . .

One month . . . one hundred and six cards.  Should be a piece of cake compared to my experience on Evolution.

But my cards for Masterpieces will be nothing like my cards for Evolution. 

I'm going for 106 unique cards, and if possible . . . no repeated characters.  They'll all be fully inked and colored, too.  This is not a re-do of Evolution for me.  We'll see if I can do it.

Also, no multi-card scenes.  Everyone else seems to be going crazy with multi-card scenes with this set, but not me.  Sorry.  I'm only doing the multis for Evolution aftermarkets.   I have to differentiate the sets somehow, and this is how I'm doing it.

Wish me luck.

Oh, and just FYI . . . the six cards I get back from Topps will immediately go on the auction block.  Stay tuned.

-Otis