Happy Holidays and a New Year

Well I know its pretty late but you know what they say, better late than never.  I just wanted you all to know that I hope you had a good holiday and that the year to come is good to you!  I had a great Christmas.  One of the things I got was a ‘toy’ called a Munny.  They are little white vinyl figures that you can decorate and mold to create your own custom figure.  I’m just starting to make mine, based on Captain America.  I’ll let you guys know how it turns out!

 

Check out the Munny website at kidrobot.com/2008/munny

Baltimore Comic Con Goodies

Here are some of the goodies I received at the Baltimore Comic Con:

The Uniques TPB: http://uniquescomic.com/issuet1-3.php

The Uniques #4: http://uniquescomic.com/issue004.php

A Captain America print by Adam (Last name unkown :O)
Two hero cards by ID Comics (thor and Captain America)
A free sketch of Back Alley Scrapper by of ID Comics
A commemorative poster of the Balt. Con

^_^

Baltimore Comic Con

I made it to the Baltimore Comic Con yesterday at around 2:30 yesterday, and it was really cool. I met some awesome people, including the people from ID Comics and Comfort Love and Adam Withers from the Uniques. I’ve followed ID for quite some time, and saw them at 2007’s Pittsburgh Comic Con, but the Uniques are relatively new to me, though I really dig their stuff. Check out their awesome comic here: .

I’m going back today for a little, and I’m really hoping to get a chance to see Brian Michael Bendis and have him sign my New Avengers comic book. I went yesteday, but the line for his table was closed. :-/

I’ll update with some of the goodies I got later on when I have access to a scanner!

deviantART

A category that I will post a lot about is art.  I can’t get enough of it.  I like looking at it, analyzing it, making it…  I’ve been drawing seriously for two years now, since August of 2006.  I got started by a website called cityofheroes.com.  It is the homepage for a game by the same name, where you can make a superhero and fly around Paragon City fighting bad guys.  I stumbled upon a little part of the website called the Screenshot and Fan Art forum, and seeing the really cool art others made of their characters, I decided I wanted to make sweet art too.  So I made this, my first drawing, on August 26, 2006:

At the time, I thought it was pretty awesome.  ’Look at all the muscles!’ I thought.  ’Look at all the detail!  I even added his necklace!’ Hehehe.  Since then I would say I have improved in leaps and bounds.  I have studied anatomy, poses, composition, etc. in order to further my abilities.  I’m even considering the possibility of going professional one day.

 

For now, however, I will leave it as a hobby.  This blog will sometimes be used as a place to post WIPs (Works in Progress), as well as final pieces I am pretty proud of.  I will keep this updated with lots of fun stuff for you to look at, as well as read.  Someday, people may come here just for the pretty pictures–maybe when I get better though ;-P

So, for the title of this post: deviantART is my main art headquarters.  It is a website where you can make your own online art gallery pretty much.  It’s really fun and really addicting, because there are tons of things to do on there, like look at other amazing art, chat in the forums, or browse the latest news in the world of art and beyond.  Check out the homepage: deviantart.com  as well as my own site: backalleyscrapper.deviantart.com

 

As an example of how I have improved over the two years, here is a piece I will show you to close this post.  Gradient is my newest superhero, a mutant with the power to control five different elements.  Enjoy: