Andrew Trabbold Artblog

30 days of posting- day 11

2012-02-02T13:54:00.001-08:00

30 days of posting- day 10

2012-02-01T20:32:00.001-08:00

30 days of posting- Day 9

2012-01-31T22:10:00.000-08:00

30 days of posting- day 8

2012-01-30T19:18:00.001-08:00

30 days of posting- Day 7

2012-01-29T18:15:00.001-08:00

30 days of posting- Day 6

2012-01-28T21:38:00.001-08:00

30 days of posting- day 5

2012-01-27T13:17:00.001-08:00

30 days of posting- day 4

2012-01-26T13:28:00.001-08:00

30 days of posting- day 3

2012-01-25T18:51:00.001-08:00

30 days of posting- day 2

2012-01-24T18:23:00.000-08:00

30 days of posting- day 1

2012-01-23T14:55:00.000-08:00

Wolvie vs ninjas....

2012-01-19T10:31:00.000-08:00

I know it's cliched but I still love the idea of Wolvie having it out with some members of the Hand...

Comics Alliance write up!

2011-12-23T13:48:00.000-08:00

The people at Comics Alliance were nice enough to do a write up of my art! You can see it here

New Story!!!!

2011-12-17T15:15:00.000-08:00

I've been working with a writer friend of mine (one mister Jeff Bartel) on a story. You can see it in it's current state and follow any updates at: http://whiteharestories.blogspot.com . Please show your support and spread the word or just click follow once. Thanks all!

An article of sorts at Marvel.com!

2011-12-05T14:42:00.000-08:00

I recently did some work for marvel and you can read a short article about it here.

Firestorm re-design

2011-12-05T09:29:00.003-08:00

Paiso Publishing illos

2011-11-29T23:03:00.001-08:00

iPad ArtRage sketches

2011-11-02T14:22:00.001-07:00

A little early but...

2011-10-27T18:50:00.001-07:00

Mutants and Masterminds work!

2011-10-24T13:02:00.000-07:00

I recently had the pleasure of doing some illos for green Ronin for their new Gamemaster's guide for Mutants and Masterminds! Buy your copy here: http://www.greenronin.com/store/product/grr5503-gmg.html and tell 'em Andy sent ya!

The Engineer

2011-08-23T11:52:00.000-07:00

Wildstar is live!

2011-08-17T10:18:00.000-07:00

The game I am working on is now announced- Wildstar! Please visit the above link and enjoy!

Rockman

2011-08-13T14:58:00.001-07:00

Locust concept

2011-07-23T18:33:00.001-07:00

Old concept of a locust thingy.

Wolvie

2011-07-13T14:59:00.001-07:00

Hulk smaaaaaash

2011-06-21T20:24:00.001-07:00

Inuit illustrations

2011-05-11T00:33:00.000-07:00

Some work done for Inhabit Media...

Juggs the crimefighter....

2011-05-08T16:29:00.001-07:00

Something a little cartoony and fun, done for my lady :). Extra points if you can guess the city I painted :)

Iron Man

2011-03-09T10:37:00.000-08:00

Vigilante

2011-02-01T22:09:00.001-08:00

Ladyface

2011-01-28T01:27:00.000-08:00

Sticker Mule....

2011-01-18T17:17:00.000-08:00

I've recently been made aware of a pretty cool website that will decorate you electronics with art of your choice! Click here for more:

http://www.stickermule.com/

Rain

2010-12-13T18:31:00.001-08:00

Rest in peace Joseph Arthur Morois

2010-12-02T17:35:00.000-08:00

After a long illness, my grandfather, Joseph Morois, passed away yesterday. He was liked by everyone he met and loved by anyone that knew him. You will truly be missed, grandpa. Rest in peace.

Crusaders web comic....

2010-10-29T12:35:00.000-07:00

Although now defunct, I figured I would show some old comic work called Crusaders. Enjoy :)

Witch paint

2010-10-22T13:14:00.001-07:00

Painted version of the witch sketch I previously posted.

Lady sketch

2010-10-20T00:55:00.000-07:00

Ipad sketches

2010-09-28T10:24:00.001-07:00

All lumped together for your convenience...

Quickdraw fridays sketch.....

2010-09-24T12:57:00.001-07:00

Lunch time sketch....

2010-09-21T14:05:00.001-07:00

Player

2010-09-15T22:05:00.000-07:00

Scary kid....

2010-09-10T12:56:00.000-07:00

Done for Quickdraw fridays at work. The subject was "scary cute"

Photoshop cs5 sketch pieces....

2010-08-30T23:13:00.001-07:00

Just doing some pieces in CS5. I have no idea why I called one "spire" and the other "quill" :)

Ghost sketch

2010-08-27T12:47:00.001-07:00

Done for quickdraw fridays here at work.....

Piggie....

2010-08-24T17:37:00.000-07:00

Demon quick sketch....

2010-08-20T13:05:00.001-07:00

Done at work for quick paint fridays...

iPad sketch part 3

2010-08-03T11:12:00.001-07:00

Solomon Kane sketch

2010-07-26T16:50:00.000-07:00

Done on the iPad.

'Nother iPad drawing....

2010-07-23T10:20:00.000-07:00

Old blog has now eaten the new blog

2010-07-22T18:22:00.000-07:00

In a misguided attempt to showcase one style over the other, I created another blog. My intent was to keep one style from getting devoured while the other distracted from it. All it really did was hog interweb space. So I'll be filing it here instead.

Old Creeper

2010-07-22T18:16:00.001-07:00

Always liked this one but never posted it here....

iPad sketch part 2

2010-07-13T18:19:00.001-07:00

Downloaded yet another program called ArtStudio which is pretty rad and solves the problems of Sketchbook Pro and Brushes. Just a quickie for now though :)

New twitter feed!

2010-07-09T09:57:00.000-07:00

In an ongoing attempt to shamelessly promote myself, i have shaken hands withthe devil. I am now on twitter.

http://twitter.com/atrabbold

iPad sketch

2010-07-07T09:46:00.001-07:00

I recently got an iPad and the first two things I bought were Sketchbook Pro and Brushes from the app store. I like things about both (Brushes seems to have a higher rez) and dislike things about both (no way to change brush size in Brushes without stopping, opening a sub menu and moving the slider). It's a great virtual sketchpad but it won't replace photoshop any time soon. Or maybe it will. I dunno, what am I , Nostradamus?

Vampire

2010-07-02T13:32:00.001-07:00

I've been accused of being "goth" with my work by certain people. this should prove them wrong.....uh......

Daredevil sketch

2010-06-24T22:34:00.001-07:00

Evilest queen

2010-06-22T22:47:00.001-07:00

Ironman sketch

2010-06-22T21:50:00.001-07:00

late sketch....

2010-06-21T23:28:00.001-07:00

New iPhone game- Pacifier

2010-06-14T11:41:00.001-07:00

Friends of mine at Fish Sandwich Media have come out with their first ever game- Pacifier. It's a fun little app and you will get more than your money's worth:) facebook link here

Whispersmith

2010-06-13T00:18:00.001-07:00

My take on Drognan, the whispersmith guide in Iron Council by China Mieville.

Late sketch

2010-05-22T01:50:00.001-07:00

Frank Frazetta

2010-05-10T12:25:00.000-07:00

February 9, 1928 - May 10, 2010
rest in peace

New Blog!

2010-04-20T16:34:00.000-07:00

I have two distinct styles and I've decided, instead of dumping them all on one blog, to split them up. The more cartoony style is here while my realistic stuff is still on this blog. Hope you all dig the new blog!

Village...

2010-04-12T16:02:00.001-07:00

Lady Body

2010-03-15T13:45:00.000-07:00

lady moon

2010-03-09T15:57:00.001-08:00

Purple lady...

2010-03-08T10:58:00.001-08:00

Archvillain!

2010-03-04T19:21:00.000-08:00

The new book Archvillain is officially announced with a cover by yours truly! It's slated for release in October of 2010 and apparently the final cover will have a gaggle of snazzy effects! You can read more about it here.

Witch...

2010-03-03T22:38:00.001-08:00

"Onwards" or "Iron Sharpens Iron"

2010-01-25T23:53:00.000-08:00

Welp, yesterday was officially my last day at Red 5 Studios. It was a lot sadder than I expected and I already miss the people I worked with. I could sit and rehash all the bad and weigh it against the good but I won't. There's no point, what's done is done and all that. What I will do is talk for a bit about the artists I worked with.

It started a few weeks ago when I was digging through my "artstuff" folder on one of my ever growing collection of hard drives. I came across several pieces I seemed to remember being pretty good and was shocked and appalled at what I saw. They were filled with mistakes, half finished and half hearted. Most of them were just lazy. A few minutes in photoshop could have fixed any number of problems. I compared it with my current work and realized there was a large discrepency between the quality and general polish of the pieces. What was the reason?

My coworkers.

Now, before I continue, let me make one thing clear: I in no way, shape or form believe I've "made it" or crossed the finish line. The beautiful and frustrating thing is that with art these things don't exist. I still see plenty of problems with what I do, with how I execute things. I still see my "safe zones" and how I hide in them. I always will. But being around the artists I worked with, it's made me want to push past those limits and learn, learn, learn. On a daily basis, each and every artist around me wow'd me with what they brought to the table and fed off each other in a positive way. It's a strange emotion. Kind of like envy but without the self-destructive nature. It's more akin to wanting to keep up with the pack.

That said, I have to give the most respect to Anthony Waters, Sungbo Baek, Jon Ryder, Mongsub Song, Phillip Wang, Doug Gregory, Arnold Tsang, Joe Peterson and Bill Petras. These guys innovated and pushed me to do better, both with subtle encouragement and zealous excitment. I hope and pray I gave back to them in the same way and can work with all of them again.

Cheers.

A.

Ogre

2010-01-15T09:13:00.001-08:00

Various stuff...

2010-01-05T22:20:00.000-08:00

Ares

2009-12-11T14:22:00.001-08:00

Moon Knight

2009-12-09T17:35:00.000-08:00

"Worst" sketch....

2009-11-17T22:52:00.001-08:00

This is a character from the manga "Worst". That symbol means "flower". That is all.

Weird Tales #354 cover!

2009-11-13T09:56:00.000-08:00

The nice people at Weird Tales magazine were nice enough to use one of my illustrations for their cover. You can visit their site by clicking here.

Vulture guy lunch quickie

2009-09-21T13:49:00.000-07:00

Vulture guy.

Spiral...

2009-08-25T18:44:00.000-07:00

Quickie before I go home...

Deep Lever Music Compilation #1 is out!

2009-07-27T15:45:00.001-07:00

A new compilation of ambient music with a cover done by yours truly is out and available for free download. Tell everyone you know. TWICE. You can find the free download here.

Thaumaturge

2009-07-09T00:03:00.000-07:00

Lunch quickie 2

2009-06-09T13:16:00.000-07:00

Elephant Tug

2009-05-31T20:56:00.001-07:00

Bellis Coldwine

2009-05-14T20:13:00.000-07:00

Another character from the Scar, Bellis Coldwine.

Lunch doodle

2009-05-07T13:10:00.000-07:00

Quickie over lunch. Hehe....."quickie".....

Tanner Sack

2009-05-03T10:54:00.000-07:00

This is a pic of my favorite character, Tanner Sack, from "the Scar" by China Mieville. If you haven't read any of his books, run out right now and start. Go. Go on.

Shack...

2009-04-23T10:00:00.000-07:00

I have this thing for rusty stuff. Maybe my years as a texture artist have left me scarred.....

Enviroments...

2009-03-25T20:29:00.001-07:00

Done for Raven software during my tenure there. This is older work and I see a lot of mistakes in these but still like em :). That and I promised myself I would show the world my vision of a casino. BEHOLD....

Cactacae

2009-03-14T22:32:00.000-07:00

This piece is a colored sketch of one of the cactacae people in the books by Chine Mieville. It turned out more "capcom-ish" than I was planning...

2009-02-17T19:01:00.000-08:00

Some times you need to just call something done. this was a piece I could have noodled forever. But here it is. Moving on....

Life drawing...

2009-02-14T21:35:00.001-08:00

I don't usually post life drawings but figured what the hell :)

Mr. Spade- now in color!

2009-02-11T01:07:00.000-08:00

Yeah I think coloring an old post and passing it off as "new" is lame too. Just a quick doodle before bed :).

Fae

2009-01-22T22:04:00.001-08:00

I like the way his hands turned out :)

'Nother scape....

2009-01-20T22:06:00.000-08:00

I might post this as a color piece at some point. The reason I'm graying it out and posting it is I'm playing Fable 2 right now and ignoring art. So to justify my Fable 2 time, I'm posting something.

Cityscape

2008-12-30T21:11:00.000-08:00

This is a piece inspired by the city setting in the book 'Perdido Street Station' by China Mieville. Two enviros in a row! Whoohoo!

Enviroment

2008-12-15T21:15:00.000-08:00

This started as a sketch and I decided to color it. I'll probably be all sneaky and work on it more and update it without telling anyone. I can. I have that power.

Sapperstein

2008-11-28T01:17:00.000-08:00

I did this trying a new process- I draw things out traditionally and then ink them in the computer. Seems to be yielding some good results. For the record, I imagine him to sound like Tom Waits. If you don't know who that is...go find out :)

W-w-w-whaaaaat?!

2008-11-20T19:16:00.000-08:00

Just a headshot mined from an old sketchbook. I feel like I'm slacking if I don't post semi regularly :)

Monsters...

2008-11-15T21:25:00.001-08:00

Some mutated weirdos I drew while sketchin' with a friend.

hullo guv....

2008-11-02T20:29:00.000-08:00

Something I drew while hanging out with a drawin' buddy.