Brian Moore's Sketchblog

The Holidaze Are Upon Us and the work is piling up, so here’s a painting from the archives. This was my idea for a mascot/logo for the proposed webcomics anthology site, Rocket Pirates. (Smithson was slated to be part of the initial RP lineup.)
I don’t dig the squidgy paint – this was an early effort in gouache – but I do dig the eyepatch-and-cyborg-eye combo. I have no idea where the rocket in the eye idea came from.

Another topical, timely doodle from my drawing warm-up for Smithson.

This is the second time I’ve painted these scenes – I’ve been trying to get the color and light where I want it. I feel like these are closer than the first version. Nice saturated gouache. Since I’m concentrating on the painting more than the drawing, they’re a little sketchy (that’s a toy robot that the kid is holding in the top painting.)