Art Adams commission of DC Comic's superheroine Powergirl!
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Friday, December 9, 2011
Goblin Queen by Ed Benes
By far one of the most intense pieces from Ed Benes I have. The detail on this piece makes it easily one of the best pieces I have from him.
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Oh how it pains me to do this....
Two commissions of everyone's favourite traitor. First one at Comiket, and the second at Comic Fiesta.
Friday, November 4, 2011
Cammy by Ed Benes
One of my most highly coveted pieces is this extremely tight pencils of Cammy from Street Fighter done by Ed Benes. I spent a long time tracking this piece down to purchase and do not regret the price I paid (Don't ask please.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Huntress by Ed Benes
Detailed pencil art of Huntress in her redesigned Jim Lee outfit, by artist Ed Benes.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Limited edition consoles...
This didn't happen back in the SNES and Megadrive days!
Originally posted at vlahka.blogspot.com
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
My my Mai Shiranui
A couple of Mai Shiranui, from Fatal Fury / King of Fighters. Commissioned at Comic Fiesta 09.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Cloak and Dagger by Takeshi Miyazawa
Loved Takeshi Miyazawa's work and his redesign of Cloak and Dagger's costume in the Runaways series. This was a private commission so it's very close and dear in my heart.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
X-23
So X-23 is a pretty new character to the X-Men universe. Essentially a female Wolverine introduced in the X-Men Evolutions cartoon and eventually adapted to regular Marvel U, like Harley Quinn from Batman, or Firestar from Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends.
I'm trying to get as many artists do this character in the "Weapon-X" form as a theme for my commission gallery. We'll see how I go. But for now, there's these two to start with. One from Humberto Ramos and the other from Billy Tan. Both former X-Men artists. Ramos from SDCC and Tan from Perth Supanova.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Haunting Ground / Demento 2nd Ed Benes Commission
My second commission of Fiona being stalked by Debilitas from Capcom horror game Haunting Ground (Demento in Japan), ink marker work by Ed Benes.
Monday, August 8, 2011
Demento / Haunting Ground by Ed Benes
Thursday, August 4, 2011
SDCC 2011 report Part 3
Speaking of Dr Who, the US fandom is crazy! The line at Hall H was insanely huge, and even though I lined up about 2 panels prior, I still only managed to get in about 15 minutes late into it. Would have been great to see the Supernatural panel before it, but thats the price I pay for not camping out!
I discovered late on Saturday that one of the Free SDCC shuttles actually stop past the hotel next door to mine! So here's me getting lost on trolleys, paying $5 a day getting about, killing my feet walking thinking I could save a buck when there was free regular transport all along! Ahh, karma. What did I do to you...
The discounts were few and far between in the closing hours Sunday. A lot of stalls would not budge or discount for me I found. The leftover stock weren't that appealing to me but I did pick up some otherwise harder to find items. But some stuff I had my eye on Thursday/Friday were long sold. So if you see something you want, just get it. No point saving what, $10 when you'll regret it later.
Closing at 5pm on Sunday made it feel way too short. The other days where it ended on 7pm, I was actually feeling it was JUST enough time. But as soon as SDCC ended and everyone packed up, San Diego became like a ghost town. Everyone packed up and went straight back to their state. It was eerie. Just moments ago, the Total Recall car was there, along with the scale replica of South Park city, and in just a couple hours, total emptiness. It was depressing. But the party can't go forever...
Bring on 2012. I'll be ready for you next time Comic-Con!
I discovered late on Saturday that one of the Free SDCC shuttles actually stop past the hotel next door to mine! So here's me getting lost on trolleys, paying $5 a day getting about, killing my feet walking thinking I could save a buck when there was free regular transport all along! Ahh, karma. What did I do to you...
The discounts were few and far between in the closing hours Sunday. A lot of stalls would not budge or discount for me I found. The leftover stock weren't that appealing to me but I did pick up some otherwise harder to find items. But some stuff I had my eye on Thursday/Friday were long sold. So if you see something you want, just get it. No point saving what, $10 when you'll regret it later.
Closing at 5pm on Sunday made it feel way too short. The other days where it ended on 7pm, I was actually feeling it was JUST enough time. But as soon as SDCC ended and everyone packed up, San Diego became like a ghost town. Everyone packed up and went straight back to their state. It was eerie. Just moments ago, the Total Recall car was there, along with the scale replica of South Park city, and in just a couple hours, total emptiness. It was depressing. But the party can't go forever...
Bring on 2012. I'll be ready for you next time Comic-Con!
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Comic-Con 2011 part 2
Getting lost in San Diego was not fun. The trolleys were confusing and I should have known better than to hop on the first random trolley that rolled past. For those who don't know, San Diego has a small dedicated train system that went around the major parts of the city, called the trolley. About $2.50 each way. It only had about 3-4 different lines and it was just my luck I took the one NOT going back to the convention centre. Protip: research the trolley lines before you get on!
I heard everyone saying that Thursdays and Fridays at SDCC are the quiet days. Since everyone is supposed to be working. But I saw no difference. It's just as bad on the Thursday as it is on the Saturday. You need to dedicate yourself to a single goal for the day. Whether it's to watch that super-hot panel, or line up for convention exclusives. It's pretty much near impossible to do both without some form of backup or help.
For example, I dedicated my Thursday and Friday solely on getting art, and Saturday I was going to try for autographs and panels. The Saturday I literally walked into the panel room I wanted to get into. No lines nothing! There were about 2-3 panels before the one I wanted to catch. So I decided to bail on the room and get into a line for autographs. There was apparently a one in five shot of getting the lucky ticket. People around me were super prepped for it, they got like a group of friends or family all joining the line to help them out. So me on my lonesome, hah! But I gave it a shot anyway and failed as expected.
Killed an hour or so in that autograph line. So then I decided screw it, back to the room I bailed on to watch my panel. And lo behold, there's now this massive fucking line that wrapped around the building for that room. Protip 2: Don't try for autographs, stay in the fucking room. Unless you have help in the form of family and friends. Some tickets are even worse, with a one in 50 chance of scoring an autograph ticket. I'm looking at you Doctor Who...
I heard everyone saying that Thursdays and Fridays at SDCC are the quiet days. Since everyone is supposed to be working. But I saw no difference. It's just as bad on the Thursday as it is on the Saturday. You need to dedicate yourself to a single goal for the day. Whether it's to watch that super-hot panel, or line up for convention exclusives. It's pretty much near impossible to do both without some form of backup or help.
For example, I dedicated my Thursday and Friday solely on getting art, and Saturday I was going to try for autographs and panels. The Saturday I literally walked into the panel room I wanted to get into. No lines nothing! There were about 2-3 panels before the one I wanted to catch. So I decided to bail on the room and get into a line for autographs. There was apparently a one in five shot of getting the lucky ticket. People around me were super prepped for it, they got like a group of friends or family all joining the line to help them out. So me on my lonesome, hah! But I gave it a shot anyway and failed as expected.
Killed an hour or so in that autograph line. So then I decided screw it, back to the room I bailed on to watch my panel. And lo behold, there's now this massive fucking line that wrapped around the building for that room. Protip 2: Don't try for autographs, stay in the fucking room. Unless you have help in the form of family and friends. Some tickets are even worse, with a one in 50 chance of scoring an autograph ticket. I'm looking at you Doctor Who...
Comic-Con 2011 report
This is my first time back to Comic-Con, my first time back to the United States since 1997. I remember it being a lot smaller, I remember the place having more room to move about. 14 years later and it's a totally different beast. Back then it just used barely 1/3 of the exhibition space one one floor. Now it's expanded to beyond all the halls and rooms of the convention centre. Even going to hotels outside and events being held on the park grounds across the road from the convention.
I'm no stranger to massive conventions. I attended Comic Market consistantly for the past 11 years. So I'm used being obsessive to the point of camping out, or waking up early. To be honest, Comic-Con isn't close to the obsessive levels of Comiket, but there are still dedicated people who will camp overnight for the Twilight panel. The campers for Comiket usually number in the thousands the night before. I was number 42 in line when I camped out to collect my 4 day pass on Thursday morning. And maybe around the 400's when I camped out for next year's tickets.
Now, it's supposed to be summer in the states. But it was COLD. The whole West Coast had that kind of cold air, but sunny weather. I lugged with me a massive amount of clothes in anticipation of a sweat-fest like Japan's summer.
So, Comic-Con... there were at least a hundred panels I wanted to attend. But the lines were so daunting. People were camped out for Ballroom 20 and Hall H in particular. And the lines literally wrapped around the building. I wasn't going to my first convention in years and just stand in line for the whole day. So my first 2 days were to ignore the panels and focus on getting commissions from the artists in attendance.
First thing on Thursday morning was to run into the artist alley. Problem was... the artist alley was about 50% empty. The doors to the hall opened about 9am, but the artists weren't supposed to arrive until 9.30-10am. So strangely, it was quite empty in the morning in that section of the building. The bulk of the people were heading to the panels no doubt, or going to the toy booths to pick up the exclusives. My Thursday was dedicated to familiarising myself with the halls. Of course, I left to dump some luggage back at the hotel and promptly got lost for 4 hours trying to find my way back...
I'm no stranger to massive conventions. I attended Comic Market consistantly for the past 11 years. So I'm used being obsessive to the point of camping out, or waking up early. To be honest, Comic-Con isn't close to the obsessive levels of Comiket, but there are still dedicated people who will camp overnight for the Twilight panel. The campers for Comiket usually number in the thousands the night before. I was number 42 in line when I camped out to collect my 4 day pass on Thursday morning. And maybe around the 400's when I camped out for next year's tickets.
Now, it's supposed to be summer in the states. But it was COLD. The whole West Coast had that kind of cold air, but sunny weather. I lugged with me a massive amount of clothes in anticipation of a sweat-fest like Japan's summer.
So, Comic-Con... there were at least a hundred panels I wanted to attend. But the lines were so daunting. People were camped out for Ballroom 20 and Hall H in particular. And the lines literally wrapped around the building. I wasn't going to my first convention in years and just stand in line for the whole day. So my first 2 days were to ignore the panels and focus on getting commissions from the artists in attendance.
First thing on Thursday morning was to run into the artist alley. Problem was... the artist alley was about 50% empty. The doors to the hall opened about 9am, but the artists weren't supposed to arrive until 9.30-10am. So strangely, it was quite empty in the morning in that section of the building. The bulk of the people were heading to the panels no doubt, or going to the toy booths to pick up the exclusives. My Thursday was dedicated to familiarising myself with the halls. Of course, I left to dump some luggage back at the hotel and promptly got lost for 4 hours trying to find my way back...
Sunday, July 31, 2011
The claws are out!
X-23 versus Lady Deathstrike by "30 Days of Night" artist Ben Templesmith.
Commissioned at Melbourne Supanova 2011.
Friday, July 15, 2011
Tifa Lockhart by Ed Benes
Tifa Lockhart from Final Fantasy 7. Detailed pencils and inkwork by Ed Benes.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Spider-woman by David Finch
Commissioned in 2006, I requested David Finch for this awesome Spider-Woman piece.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Supanova Perth 2011 Part 1
Wow, what an event...
A massive thanks to Supanova for putting on a solid show. It was one of those rare moments in my life where things went well... right. One thing after another, all things went good.
Not being locally in Perth, I took in the sights. My first day in Perth I toured the comic stores with my cousin Mark during his lunch break. In one store I bumped into Ben Templesmith! He didn't remember me at first though, but when I mentioned he did that X-23 vs Deathstrike commission, he remembered!
Well, that was the Thursday. On Friday, I wandered the streets of Perth, hopping from store to store buying up some stuff, when in a store called Tokyo Underground I bumped into Tiffany Grant! English voice for ASUKA from Evangelion!
Ok, I didn't take a pic of her when I saw her in the store That would be too creepy. But she remembered me from my Melbourne leg. I'm no stalker! Really! The shot above was from Melbourne.
Taking the train to Showgrounds, I forgot that the Perth trains you need to push the magic "open door" button, so I missed my stop. Had to backtrack. Yeah, Perth, your trains are weird with your "button to open door" thing! Upon arrival, I ended up at the back gates of Supanova. Met up with my old friend Michael as we tried to get security to let us in.
Also met up with the guys from the Ozformers board, Fraser, Bill and Kyle. It started to rain, pretty heavy then! So we rushed in. It was onward to the opening ceremony where they introduced the voice actors and the cast of "I Dream of Jeannie".
At the charity auction, Tiffany Grant opened the show, and said she met a few of us during her walk through town. She called me by name, so I was honoured, and scared at the same time. All those stares.. Anyway, my eyes instantly lit up when the voice actors said any auction that wins over $100 gets a personalised phone message! So I decided to bid big on this voice box item, with both Asuka voices actresses saying "Are you stupid" in english and Japanese. Problem was the auction was going to end at $80! So I bidded against myself to get it to $100! I got an ovation for that LOL. Oh... but was it worth it. I love this voice box...
Now I needed to get the voice actress to do my voicemail, but they all left for the evening after the auction and I was told by Supanova staff that I needed to come back next day and get them to do my voicemail during their signing... so well, after grabbing some autograph and photo tokens for the Whedon stars, I went home satisfied.
A massive thanks to Supanova for putting on a solid show. It was one of those rare moments in my life where things went well... right. One thing after another, all things went good.
Not being locally in Perth, I took in the sights. My first day in Perth I toured the comic stores with my cousin Mark during his lunch break. In one store I bumped into Ben Templesmith! He didn't remember me at first though, but when I mentioned he did that X-23 vs Deathstrike commission, he remembered!
Well, that was the Thursday. On Friday, I wandered the streets of Perth, hopping from store to store buying up some stuff, when in a store called Tokyo Underground I bumped into Tiffany Grant! English voice for ASUKA from Evangelion!
Taking the train to Showgrounds, I forgot that the Perth trains you need to push the magic "open door" button, so I missed my stop. Had to backtrack. Yeah, Perth, your trains are weird with your "button to open door" thing! Upon arrival, I ended up at the back gates of Supanova. Met up with my old friend Michael as we tried to get security to let us in.
Also met up with the guys from the Ozformers board, Fraser, Bill and Kyle. It started to rain, pretty heavy then! So we rushed in. It was onward to the opening ceremony where they introduced the voice actors and the cast of "I Dream of Jeannie".
At the charity auction, Tiffany Grant opened the show, and said she met a few of us during her walk through town. She called me by name, so I was honoured, and scared at the same time. All those stares.. Anyway, my eyes instantly lit up when the voice actors said any auction that wins over $100 gets a personalised phone message! So I decided to bid big on this voice box item, with both Asuka voices actresses saying "Are you stupid" in english and Japanese. Problem was the auction was going to end at $80! So I bidded against myself to get it to $100! I got an ovation for that LOL. Oh... but was it worth it. I love this voice box...
Now I needed to get the voice actress to do my voicemail, but they all left for the evening after the auction and I was told by Supanova staff that I needed to come back next day and get them to do my voicemail during their signing... so well, after grabbing some autograph and photo tokens for the Whedon stars, I went home satisfied.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Teen Titans Go!
One of my first and most prized commissions is this Teen Titans piece from Ed Benes way back in 2005. I seriously love this piece.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Yoko yoko yoko!
Yoko Littner from Tengen Toppan Gurren Lagann! Commissions from Comic Fiesta and Comiket.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Judgement desu!
Kuroko Shirai from A Certain magical Index and Railgun, commissioned from Comic Fiesta 2011
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Kick ass Cammy!
From Melbourne Supanova 2011 from Street Fighter artist Jeffrey "Chamba" Cruz.! I requested Cammy in a bikini, and got this awesome piece! Sure you really can't see the bikini, but what a perspective. And oh yeah... dat ass...
Friday, April 29, 2011
Lilith by Jeffrey Chamba Cruz
Monday, April 25, 2011
Ahsoka Tano by Colin Wilson
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Someone of your breeding could never stand a chance against me!
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Puppeteer
Monday, March 21, 2011
Two in one!
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Habibi!
Here's 3 sketches from an artist named Habibi during Comic Fiesta 09. Lightning from Final Fantasy 13, Tifa and Yuffie from Final Fantasy 7. He's got a really nice style. Couldn't find him during CF10 though for another commission.
I'm looking forward to FF 13-2. Lightning in that new costume = win.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Draw me anything!
Draw me anything!
Here's 3 more randoms from CF. It's kind of fun to just give artists a blank piece of paper and tell them to go wild!
Here's 3 more randoms from CF. It's kind of fun to just give artists a blank piece of paper and tell them to go wild!
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