THE MAINSTAGE

083 - CREEPY

2012-01-25T06:05:00.003-05:00

Here's an un-lettered look at one of the Preview pages for my 'Bloodsuckers' story featured in Dark Horse Comics CREEPY #7 Written by Bill Morrison. In Stores Today!

082 - GATEWAY LEGENDS

2012-01-15T04:24:00.004-05:00

A look at Page 01 of my third installment in Gateways Comics LEGENDS

081 - KHAL DROGO & THE KHALEESI

2012-01-10T03:37:00.005-05:00

Let’s get 2012 started off - Here’s a piece featuring two of my favorite characters from GAME OF THRONES, Khal Drogo and the Khaleesi Daenerys Targaryen as played by Jason Momoa and Emilia Clarke respectively. In other news… I have a 10 page story in Dark Horse Comics CREEPY Issue No. 7 In Stores WED January 25th, 2012

The good folks at Comic Book Resources posted a PREVIEW so go check that out and I hope you’ll got to your Local Comic Shop and pick up a copy when it comes out!

080 - THE BLACK PIRATE

2011-12-27T03:48:00.006-05:00

Playing with ink - My attempt at Douglas Fairbanks and Billie Dove in THE BLACK PIRATE (1926)

079 - DAYDREAMER

2011-11-29T09:54:00.003-05:00

I've been pretty swamped this month working on something I'm really excited about and can't talk about quite yet. I really hate not updating on a regular basis so now that I finished that project I figured I would do something for the blog before jumping on to the next thing. With this I was basically just trying to have some fun while practicing my inking a little bit - Pencil and Brush Pen on 11" x 14" Bristol

078 - FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS

2011-10-10T05:16:00.003-04:00

It tolls for you Gus... it tolls for you.

077 - FALLING

2011-10-03T00:27:00.003-04:00

Here's another random panel from my Gateway Comics LEGENDS project that I'm working on right now. I was particularly pleased with the way this panel turned out.

076 - GATEWAY LEGENDS

2011-09-27T22:17:00.003-04:00

Here's a look at Page 01 of my current project for Gateway Comics' LEGENDS Issue #2

075 - ACTION COMICS

2011-09-25T04:10:00.004-04:00

So awhile back Dan McDaid took a stab at Superman's new look on his blog in an attempt to try and get a feel for it and after picking up a copy of Action Comics #1 from DC's New 52 I thought I would take a quick pass at it to see if I couldn't get my head wrapped around it a little better. .. Unlike Dan, I still don't get it. I don't know, maybe I did it wrong.

UPDATE - MORE BREAKING BAD

2011-09-17T19:16:00.003-04:00

"Bitch!" More amazing color art from my friend and fatastic Artist Tom Feister

UPDATE - BREAKING BAD

2011-09-14T03:38:00.003-04:00

"I am the one who knocks!" Colors by the incredibly talented Tom Feister of G.I Joe, Avengers: The Initiative, Witchblade and much, much more!

074 - BREAKING BAD

2011-09-03T17:46:00.002-04:00

A little piece featuring my two favorite miscreants, Walter White and Jesse Pinkman as played by Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul. Breaking Bad is in my opinion the best show on television. I could have done something more interesting with the composition but time is at a premium so I just went with the likeness.

073 - VULTURES

2011-08-19T07:26:00.002-04:00

'My Mamma' done told me, get somethin' for dinner...'

LEGENDS - PROGRESS 03

2011-08-12T05:52:00.003-04:00

Here's another random panel from a project that I'm working on with Bradley Potts - http://www.livinglegendscomics.com

072 - PROJECT ALICE

2011-08-10T18:02:00.003-04:00

That last 3D installment of Resident Evil was pretty much unwatchable but I am a fan of the Alice character... I'm usually a sucker for anything with zombies in it.

LEGENDS - PROGRESS 02

2011-08-08T11:46:00.002-04:00

Here's another random panel from a project that I'm working on with Bradley Potts - http://www.livinglegendscomics.com

LEGENDS - PROGRESS 01

2011-08-07T19:51:00.004-04:00

Here's a look at a random panel from a new project that I'm working on with Bradley Potts - http://www.livinglegendscomics.com

071 - THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN

2011-07-14T23:35:00.003-04:00

This piece is based off of a scene from Bride of Frankenstein (1935). Bride was a seminal film in that it inspired the hairstyles of several American icons, Horschach from Welcome Back Kotter, Norman and Harry Osborn as well as the weird neighbor guy from Seinfeld.

If you haven’t already checked it out, I set up an etsy shop so if you're interested in picking this piece up follow the link - http://www.etsy.com/shop/mainstage

070 - KUATO LIVES!

2011-07-13T19:00:00.003-04:00

This handsome and charismatic leader of men and mutants was too much fun to draw! I just recently discovered that the movie TOTAL RECALL is based on a Novel by Stephen King (who knew?) and apparently Hollywood is busy with a remake... plus it was on last night so I had to take a stab at Kuato. I also just set up an etsy shop so if you're interested in giving this guy a good home stop by and check it out - http://www.etsy.com/shop/mainstage

WARMUP 01

2011-07-11T19:24:00.002-04:00

I don't usually post warmup / cool down sketches type things but here's one.

069 - CC SABATHIA

2011-07-10T03:09:00.004-04:00

Here's my take on Yankees Ace, CC Sabathia - this will probably be the last one I do in this Baseball series for a little while at least but it's been alot of fun for me to have two of my passions sort of crossover. This piece is available for purchase on my etsy shop - http://www.etsy.com/shop/mainstage

068 - ROBERTO CLEMENTE

2011-07-08T03:18:00.006-04:00

A personal hero of mine, not just for the way he played the game but also for the way that he lived his life. The great Roberto Clemente. This image is available for purchase on my etsy shop at -http://www.etsy.com/shop/mainstage

067 - ENTER SANDMAN

2011-06-19T06:14:00.006-04:00

Future Hall of Famer, The New York Yankees Closer... Mariano Rivera

Col-Erase Blue Pencil and Ink on 11"x17" Bristol / This iamge is available for purchase on my etsy shop at- http://www.etsy.com/shop/mainstage

066 - SKIP, THE DEMON

2011-06-15T22:55:00.005-04:00

A shout to all my fellow Buffy and Angel fans - I've been wanting to draw this guy for a long time but I just never seemed to get around to it... until today. Skip only appeared in something like 3 or 4 episodes of Angel but I loved it every time that he showed up so he absolutely needed to make an appearance here ;)

CBLDF Liberty Trading Cards

2011-05-27T01:13:00.005-04:00

Here's a look at a batch of cards that I did as my contribution to the CBLDF Liberty Trading Cards featuring some characters that I'd never drawn before and one in particular that I've drawn quite a bit ;) Top to bottom: Usagi Yojimbo, Grendel, Witchblade, Savage Dragon and my main dude Dirge. Stop by the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund's site at http://cbldf.org/ and get all the details on how you can contribute to a great organization!

065 - BATTLE ANGEL

2011-05-10T00:52:00.004-04:00

Here's a BATTLE ANGEL piece I did as a break in-between pages based off of some amazing costuming by Riddle - Blue Pencil, Pentel Brush Pen and Ink Wash w/ a little Photoshop tweaking to play with the color. This image is available for purchase on my etsy shop at - http://www.etsy.com/shop/mainstage

064 - BEDROOM EYES

2011-05-09T05:30:00.003-04:00

Another random panel from Issue No. 2 of SCORN that I was fond of.

MORE THOR!

2011-05-03T07:57:00.006-04:00

Here's a look at a few sample pages that I worked up for Marvel from the script to THOR Issue No. 611 written by Kieron Gillen. Thanks for looking!

063 - THOR

2011-05-01T04:59:00.004-04:00

I've had THOR on the brain for the last month or so... a single panel from some pencilled sample pages I've worked up that I wanted to slap some loose inks on just for fun. I'll post those pages up soon ;)

BRUN / DISIR

2011-04-13T23:11:00.002-04:00

MEGACON 2011

2011-03-24T01:31:00.003-04:00

Come see me this weekend March 25 - 27 at MEGACON - You can find me at Artists Alley / White Table No. 5. I'll be sketching and I'll also have books, prints and original art available for purchase!

062 - SCORN UPDATE

2011-03-07T03:47:00.003-05:00

One of the drawbacks that I've found to inking myself is that over time I feel like my Pencils have gotten a little lazy at times. More often than not, if I'm not 100 % happy with them I just push forward and fix it in the Inks. Here's a section of a page I re-drew because I didn't feel like Inks alone were going to get me to where I wanted to be.

061 - SCORN UPDATE

2011-03-01T06:47:00.002-05:00

060 - TODAVIA MAS SCORN

2011-02-22T16:43:00.004-05:00

Dirge always knew how awesome he was, he was just waiting for you to figure it out. A little Before & After action.

HELA - Updated

2011-01-26T02:06:00.003-05:00

Here’s a look at another piece colored up by my buddy Adrian Johnson. This will also be available as a print at the Wizard World New Orleans Comic Con – JAN 29 & 30. Swing by table 1009 and pick one up from me.

SHE-HULK Updated

2011-01-24T01:32:00.003-05:00

Here's a look at the final on the She-Hulk Print which will be offered as a show exclusive at Wizard World New Orleans Comic Con available at the Headhunta' Studios Booth, if you'll be attending the show stop by and pick it up!

My good friend and SCORN collaborrator Adrian Johnson threw the colors down on this one and really, I couldn't be happier. There's nothing better than working with someone who 'gets you'. With no notes from me at all he accomplished exactly the look and feel that I wanted and just made it his own without resorting to Photoshop gimmicks or compromising my linework. Cool Beans!!

059 - SHE-HULK

2011-01-19T05:18:00.007-05:00

Here's a She-Hulk piece I worked up as print for the New Orleans Comic Con JAN 29 & 30 - I'll be at the Headhunta' Studios booth along with my buddy Chris Walker and guys like Koi Turnbull, Kevin Stokes, Sideeq Saafir and Jeff Balke. Whipping up Sketches, Commissions, and Prints will be available so if you're in the area, come on by and check us out!

058 - DARTH VADER

2011-01-11T05:31:00.004-05:00

"The Force is strong with this one" - Red Col-Erase pencil, Pentel Brush Pen and gray wash on Bristol

057 - THE GECKOS

2011-01-10T23:29:00.004-05:00

Here's a piece I did as a birthday present for my friend Steve Caruth, I had no idea what to draw and his Wife Denise said he liked Gecko's and the first thing that came to mind was the thing from the insurance commercials and The Gecko Brothers in From Dusk Til' Dawn - Red Col-Erase pencil, Pentel Brush Pen, Deleter White and gray wash on Bristol.

056 - ALEX

2011-01-06T10:11:00.002-05:00

Happy 2011 everybody! I've got some big plans for this brand new year, this vague little character study is just a small but important part of it.

055 - THE CAPTAIN

2010-12-31T05:22:00.003-05:00

I started this one as an experiment in Inking after a conversation with my buddy Egg Embry, the idea was to blue line a photo and then ink it without having to worry about 'fixing' my pencils so that way I could just focus on line widths and values and all. It was a neat little exercise and I figured this being the last post of 2010 I would let the good Capatin wave me out. I wish you all a very happy, safe and prosperous New Year! Cheers!

054 - HEADMEN: ROUND TWO

2010-12-28T17:26:00.003-05:00

Two creepy little superhero stalkers, Round Two of Headmen features: Mister Mxyzptlk Vs Batmite... Who Wins?!?

053 - HEADMEN: ROUND ONE

2010-12-27T05:44:00.003-05:00

Okay Round One of Headmen: The Leader Vs Sinestro... Who Wins?!?

052 - MAS SCORN

2010-12-23T07:34:00.003-05:00

051 - HELA

2010-12-18T06:04:00.003-05:00

HARLEY QUINN Updated

2010-12-13T22:31:00.004-05:00

Here's a look at the Harley Quinn print that I worked up for Atlanta Comic Con - I was very happy with the way that this one turned out. A big thanks to the talented Brian Frey on Colors and the design assist.

Atlanta Comic Con 2010

2010-12-08T01:09:00.004-05:00

I really need to start doing a better job of taking pictures / gettings scans of the sketches I do at shows... here's a look at two I did get scans of, a big burly Batman with a sort of unitentional Bart Sears-ness to him and Nick Gnome which was alot of fun to draw after such a long time. I promise I'll do a better job of keeping track at Megacon ;) and if anyone wants to put in a comission request prior to the show hit me up! torres@mightyfineline.com

050 - HAWKGIRL

2010-11-04T15:00:00.004-04:00

UPDATED: Added the Inked version of the piece.

Never cared much for this character until the Justice League cartoon came along. As I kicked around names of characters that would make for a neat art print her came kept rattling around in my head so I took a shot... probably won't make the final cut but I am happy with it considering I've never drawn her before.

049 - HARLEY QUINN

2010-10-28T07:00:00.001-04:00

048 - JOKER

2010-10-23T03:40:00.003-04:00

047 - BABYFACE

2010-10-20T07:03:00.002-04:00

My scanners doing this weird thing where when I scan inks this red static shows up on large areas of spotted blacks and I haven't been able to get it figured out... in this instance I thought it looked kinda neat.

046 - BIG BARDA

2010-09-30T06:24:00.003-04:00

I've been on a Kirby kick for the past few days, wanting to draw a bunch of New Gods characters but I just haven't had the time to get around to them. This one here's for my buddy and fellow Barda enthusiast Adrian Johnson

MORE RANDOM

2010-09-15T19:45:00.002-04:00

Here's a random panel look at Dirge 'having a moment'...

SCORN - No. 02 UPDATE

2010-09-09T21:48:00.003-04:00

More SCORN with my good buddy Dirge being Dirgesque...

SCORN - No. 02 UPDATE

2010-09-05T01:04:00.004-04:00

Been kept pretty busy with Egg Embry's SCORN as well as another project I don't think I can really talk about quite yet so there hasn't been much time for blog sketching. Here's a random page from SCORN No. 02 - More Scorn previews soon!

045 - DEADMAN

2010-06-12T05:40:00.003-04:00

So after a few hours of banging my head against a wall and still not being able to get the page that I was working on right, I decided to take a breather and just draw something for fun and I've been itching to draw Boston Brand here for a while.

044 - NIGHTCRAWLER

2010-05-04T06:17:00.002-04:00

RIP Kurt Wagner. Swashbuckler. BAMF!

043 - SUPERMAN

2010-04-23T18:06:00.001-04:00

Clark looking at something he doesn't like, probably a mugging across town or something.

042 - B'WANNA BEAST

2010-04-22T15:12:00.003-04:00

Yes... B'Wanna Beast! Why?!? Well, why the hell not!!

COMICS FOR CURES - 2

2010-04-10T00:01:00.008-04:00

With the exception of Curt Swan on Superman I really have no fonder comic book memories than The New Teen Titans during the Wolfman / Perez era. Storywise and artwise there just isn't much out there that's been done better so these were alot of fun for me. My cards got mailed out today and a few of my friends have been good enough to volunteertheir time and effort for a great cause - For more info go to: ttp://www.comicsforcures.com/

COMICS FOR CURES

2010-04-04T15:04:00.007-04:00

Comics 2 Games is hosting it's 3rd Annual

SKETCH CARD GALLERY SHOW & BENEFIT AUCTION

for the American Cancer Society on May 22nd, 2010
PROCEEDS WILL GO TO THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
For more information about participating or attending the event please visit their website at http://www.comicsforcures.com/
email: Sketchcards@bluelinepro.com or call 859-282-0096.

Here are a few of my contributions for this years auction.

SCORN - ISSUE No. 2

2010-03-27T22:31:00.004-04:00

"Who loves ya' baby?!?" My buddy DIRGE getting ready to put foot to ass.

MEGACON '10

2010-03-08T04:03:00.005-05:00

Here's a look at a design for a SCORN t-shirt that my buddy Egg Embry and I will be peddling at MEGACON this weekend. We'll be set up in Artists Alley, Yellow Section - Table 12. Stop on by and pick one up!

041 - THE KENTS

2010-02-18T12:54:00.003-05:00

Part 3 of 3 ... and with that my homage to my favorite scene from Superman: The Movie comes to a close but there's more Kryptonian coming soon.

040 - KAL-EL

2010-02-17T22:40:00.003-05:00

039 - STRANGE VISITOR

2010-02-16T04:18:00.003-05:00

Part 1 of 3 - The reason Ma and Pa Kent didn't need to have an Auto Club membership.

038 - SPIDEY Vs. DOC OCK

2010-02-01T00:51:00.003-05:00

I did this piece as a gift for my buddy John McGuire’s birthday – I got the idea of doing the New School / Old School composition from an awesome batch of covers that Joe Quinones is doing for Amazing Spider-Man… so I set my own take on Spidey against my attempt to ape John Romita Sr. who is one of my all time favorites (although so is JRJR). Anywho, it was a lot of fun putting it together.

037 – ROCKETEER

2010-01-27T05:20:00.003-05:00

With apologies to Dave Stevens –

I'm thinking The Rocketeer is a bit outside my wheelhouse but more than that I think this is a good example of what happens when you have a drawing you're not happy with to begin with but you keep plowing through hoping to 'fix' it along the way. I think at one point I did have it looking halfway decent but then I just kept going at it and essentially worked it to death. The gray wash on the pants was really the last straw for me I think.

Anywho... I was trying to play along with the guys over at the COMIC TWART blog but obviously I was in over my head on this one. Maybe next time.

036 - SUPREME

2010-01-20T05:55:00.002-05:00

My buddy Don Thomas did a sketch of SUPREME and I finished the nights page early and it's not a character that I'm real familiar with and had never drawn him before so I decided I would take a shot at it too...

035 - ROAD TO PERDITION

2010-01-14T05:48:00.002-05:00

034 - ROAD TO PERDITION

2010-01-13T04:44:00.003-05:00

033 - ROAD TO PERDITION

2010-01-12T06:25:00.002-05:00

032 - ROGUES / INKS

2009-10-09T04:10:00.004-04:00

Heh. This was fun. Other than Ole' Harley Girl, I'd never actually drawn of these guys before which is odd but not unusual for me now that I think of it. There are tons of characters that I love and I've never tried my hand at... come to think of it I've never tried drawing Catwoman before either ;)

Thanks to friend and fellow Artist Jason Flowers for the feedback on Mister Freeze, I'm thinking there's a big difference between the pencil and ink stages so hopefully more of that cold heartedness (wink) comes across.

032 - ROGUES / PENCILS

2009-10-08T03:23:00.003-04:00

Rough week so far and for whatever reason, drawing Harley Quinn always makes me laugh a little so I figured I'd give it a shot. It was just meant to be for fun so I pretty much just drew her out without a real 'plan' or a composition in mind but once I started messing around with inking it I figured I could just expand on it and I added in a few other Batman Rogues that I love, the ones that don't get the shine they deserve I think. Anywho - I'll finish inking this up and then post the result here.

50 GIRLS 50 - PROGRESS

2009-10-06T19:28:00.004-04:00

Here's a look at the Pencils to Page 2 of my 50 Girls 50 submission. I left most of the foliage for the inking stage just because it's the sort of thing that I feel better just laying down in one pass as opposed to the rest of it where I want to make sure I have the framwork down first. You can check out all 6 pages in their final stage here.

50 GIRLS 50

2009-10-04T17:35:00.004-04:00

Here's Page 3 of my 50 GIRLS 50 6 page submission - click on over and check it out!

CRASH & BURN

2009-09-16T04:14:00.003-04:00

Like I've said before, for me it's all about the small things.

ANOTHER RANDOM PANEL

2009-08-31T13:03:00.002-04:00

I know... but I like it.

RANDOM PANEL

2009-08-29T00:33:00.004-04:00

As much as I'd like to show off some of the pages I've finished up this week, I'm gonna need to play it a little closer to the vest... so here's a random panel! Cheers!

SAINTS

2009-08-24T01:27:00.004-04:00

So before anyone asks, the answer is no... I did these two pages as a sort of exercise in trying to adapt the look, tone and mood of the movie (BOONDOCK SAINTS) onto the comic book page. Overall I was pretty happy with the way they turned out but I think my biggest mistake was in attempting too literal a translation. I pretty much went shot for shot, not realizing until afterwards that the pages didn't read the way they should.

SUPERMAN

2009-08-19T00:08:00.003-04:00

I figure I haven't posted a Superman drawing since January so I'm pretty much due. Getting Supes down to a science is an on-going process with me... you could say, he's my 'end game' and working towards mastering a classic, iconic and fun look is a big part of that.

OPEN GRAVE - INKED 07

2009-08-16T15:35:00.003-04:00

All right folks, here's Page 7 of my 7 page OPEN GRAVE preview. Enjoy!

OPEN GRAVE - INKED 06

2009-08-14T01:06:00.003-04:00

Dirge is having a hard time with the ladies...

OPEN GRAVE - INKED 05

2009-08-12T03:04:00.001-04:00

OPEN GRAVE - INKED 04

2009-08-10T23:19:00.002-04:00

OPEN GRAVE - INKED 03

2009-08-08T14:12:00.004-04:00

OPEN GRAVE - INKED 02

2009-08-06T00:17:00.004-04:00

Heh. Egg gave me A-LOT of freedom on what I threw into the mish mash on some of these pages and even though I didn't get to draw the sequence I loved the idea of our leading man Dirge fighting a giant gorilla.

OPEN GRAVE - INKED 01

2009-08-04T16:23:00.003-04:00

So here's the inked version of page 1 of my collaboration with Writer Egg Embry, OPEN GRAVE. I use a combination of tools when I ink - Pentel Black Color Brush Pen, Bombay Black India Ink, Loew - Cornell 797 Flat Stain Brush, Loew - Cornell 795 Round Brush as well as Copic Multiliner Pens. On those 'flashback' panels I'm doing an ink wash just to get a different texture in there, which is something I've employed on previous projects like SALEM as well as DEMONS REGRET. I'll be updating with new pages every other day or so, make sure to also hop over to my buddy Egg's site and check out some of his other work - http://comicsbyegg.com/

OPEN GRAVE - 07

2009-08-01T22:44:00.002-04:00

OPEN GRAVE - 06

2009-07-30T02:08:00.000-04:00

OPEN GRAVE - 05

2009-07-28T05:24:00.001-04:00

OPEN GRAVE - 04

2009-07-25T17:32:00.002-04:00

OPEN GRAVE - 03

2009-07-21T00:16:00.001-04:00

OPEN GRAVE - 02

2009-07-17T23:58:00.002-04:00

RED ROBIN

2009-07-10T03:20:00.003-04:00

Here are a couple of pages from RED ROBIN issue No. 1 that I re-drew to use as samples for HeroesCon Charlotte. I always feel like a bit of a douche doing that but I needed to whip up some quick pages to show Editors and I didn't have a DC script handy, at least not one that I liked and this was the first thing that I grabbed and thought, "Yeah, I could have done a better job". See? Douche. Whatever.

OPEN GRAVE - 01

2009-07-07T23:24:00.002-04:00

Been keeping pretty busy lately and all of the drawing I've been doing has been for projects so... no posts but my buddy Egg Embry said it was cool to start posting some pages from our project OPEN GRAVE - Once it's completed it will be hosted over on Comics By Egg but until then I'll be posting pages so check back and have a look!

031 - COLOSSUS

2009-06-02T05:41:00.001-04:00

SNIKT!

2009-05-16T20:48:00.006-04:00

So this time the folks over at Project Rooftop have set their re-designing sights on WOLVERINE and here's my take on the surly cigar chomping runt - Color Assist by my buddy Egg Embry.

DEMONS REGRET – ORIGINAL ART SALE

2009-04-21T03:19:00.002-04:00

So I finally decided to break out my little tin cup and I put up a few pages of original art for sale from Demons Regret Issues No. 1 – 3. DEMONS REGRET was Written & Created by Mitch Brown and Published by Digital Webbing 2008. Original Art by Wilfredo Torres: Pencil and Ink on an 11” x 17” sheet of Strathmore Bristol Board signed by the Artist and suitable for framing. In addition, when you purchase a page you will also receive a copy of the comic book in which the artwork appears signed by the Artist.

Click on the link to View the pages - http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/wtorres1972

Snooch!

030 - ZOD

2009-04-14T03:59:00.003-04:00

You will bow down before me... no matter if it takes an eternity, you will bow down before me - first you and then one day... your heirs!