Skullbabyland

New- HOMINIDS pin-up art

2011-06-21T10:47:00.000-07:00

Hey guys, here's a new pin-up I did for my brother Jordan's great online comic, "Hominids"! Hope you like it, and be sure to go check out the comic, and vote for it, at:

www.hominidscomic.com

It's well worth checking out!

New sketches

2009-12-15T00:11:00.000-08:00

My big LA weekend (or "How I Met Kevin Smith")

2009-12-14T21:45:00.001-08:00

Hey guys, in an effort to keep my blog art-centric, as opposed to giant novels, I've moved my write up of "My big LA Weekend (or How I Met Kevin Smith)" over to it's own separate blog. You can find it here:

My big LA weekend (or "How I Met Kevin Smith)"

Check it out! Though I did keep a couple highlight photos below.

Also, all the art from the show is posted here:

http://smodcastg1988.blogspot.com/

Trav and Silent Bob, NOOOTCH

DC Comics "Heroes United" pencils...

2009-12-14T17:38:00.001-08:00

Inks, with pencil "asteroid" background

DC Comics "Heroes United" pencils...

2009-12-14T17:38:00.000-08:00

Batman (with alternate capes, weapons)

Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)

DC Comics "Heroes United" pencils...

2009-12-14T17:37:00.002-08:00

Black Canary

Superman (with smashing wall)

Blue Beetle (with mechanical wings)

Batwoman (with alternate cape and throwing weapon)

DC Comics "Heroes United" pencils...

2009-12-14T17:37:00.001-08:00

Aquaman swimming (with gloves)

Steel (with flight jets exhaust)

Mr. Terrific (with floating spheres)

Wonder Woman (with lasso and richocheting bullets)

DC Comics "Heroes United" pencils...

2009-12-14T17:37:00.000-08:00

Ion (Kyle Rayner)

Captain Marvel (with lightning bolts)

The Huntress (with swords and crossbow)

Aquaman (with trident spear and gloves)

DC Comics "Heroes United" pencils...

2009-12-14T17:36:00.001-08:00

Cyborg (with alternate fists/weapons)

Plastic Man (with alternate fists/weapons)

Wonder Girl (with lasso)

Black Lightning (with electric powers)

DC Comics "Heroes United" pencils...

2009-12-14T17:36:00.000-08:00

Big Barda (with alternate weapons)

Firestorm

Red Arrow (with secondary quiver)

The Flash (with lightning energy streaks)

DC Comics "Heroes United" pencils...

2009-12-14T17:35:00.000-08:00

Martian Manhunter (with alternate capes)

Firestorm (with energy blasts)

Robin (with batarangs)

Batgirl (with rope, batarangs)

DC Comics "Heroes United" pencils...

2009-12-14T17:34:00.000-08:00

Green Arrow (with alternate bows, hat). Incidently, this one, along with Power Girl and Hawkman, are the drawings that landed me the job.

Red Tornado

Hawkman (with mace, shield, and alternate wings). Incidently, this one, along with Green Arrow and Power Girl, are the drawings that landed me the job.

Hawkgirl (with weapons and alternate wings)

DC Comics "Heroes United" Pencils...

2009-12-14T17:33:00.000-08:00

Nightwing (with clubs)

Power Girl. Incidently, this one, along with Green Arrow and Hawkman, are the drawings that landed me the job.

Green Lantern (John Stewart)

Green Lantern (Kilowog)

DC Comics "Heroes United" poster/style guide project!

2009-12-14T16:58:00.000-08:00

Hey all, just now getting around to posting the final art. This is the project that just wouldn't quit! It was started in 2007. For those of you who aren't familiar with the project, this is a poster commissioned by DC Comic's Creative Services department. The idea was to draw out all their main heroes in one consistent style separately, but designed so they could also be compiled into a full poster graphic (or even cobbled together in different compositions). I also added a bunch of secondary weapons and details on separate layers, to provide more versatility. Below is the final colored art, as well as some detail views.

The final poster!

detail 1

detail 2

detail 3

detail 4

detail 5

Smodcast art

2009-09-10T12:32:00.000-07:00

For those of you who're fans of Kevin Smith, and his weekly podcast "Smodcast", this is an entry into the viewaskew thread for fan art relating to Smodcast. My entry is from an older Smodcast (or Schwalcast) in which Kev and Mos go back in time so that Kev can hit on high school Jen.

Snikt!

2009-08-19T10:44:00.000-07:00

A drawing I did for a friend I met out in London. Snikt!

Dr. Sketchy's Burlesque Life Drawing!

2009-01-30T14:37:00.001-08:00

Last November, my brother Jordan and I went to a "Drink and Draw"-type event where you go draw burlesque dancers as the life models. The model was "The Chocolate Glamazon", Sydni Devereaux. She was cool. And fun to draw.

As it turned out, she voted my drawing 'Best of the Night'. That was pretty cool.

Mine and Jordan's final pieces of the night.

Jordan getting into sketching the Chocolate Glamazon.

Dr. Sketchy's Burlesque Life Drawing!

2009-01-30T14:37:00.000-08:00

Dr. Sketchy's Burlesque Life Drawing!

2009-01-30T14:35:00.000-08:00

Dr. Sketchy's Burlesque Life Drawing!

2009-01-30T14:34:00.000-08:00

Muppet Rawk!

2009-01-30T13:51:00.000-08:00

I just realized I never posted the Muppet Rawk illustration I did! Sheesh. Here's the piece.

Based on 'Axis Bold as Love' by the Jimi Hendrix Experience.

Be on the lookout for more Muppet Rawk!!

Oil portraits

2009-01-30T13:42:00.000-08:00

In September, I took my first oil painting workshop with Henry Stinson. We painted 2 portraits per day. These are a couple of the ones that I thought came out OK... It was fun and very informative. I wish I'd gotten better photos, this was the best I could do at the time...

Street Fighter- Chun Li!

2009-01-30T13:11:00.000-08:00

...kicking that punk Vega's ass... he ain't so pretty anymore!

This piece was done for the 'Street Fighter Tribute' book... including tons of cool artists like Adam Hughes, J. Scott Campbell, and more! Thanks to Dev for introducing my piece to be included! Check out the address below for samples and stuff, it's pretty cool.

http://www.udonentertainment.com/streetfightertribute/

S-S-Slithe

2008-11-26T15:33:00.001-08:00

One of the villians from the Thundercats... I tend to get lost in detail, it's just so fun to noodle around sometimes...

This was, again, for our little Illustration contest we do at work.

The Scandal that Rocked Eternia!

2008-11-26T15:29:00.000-08:00

Drawn for a goofy 'weekly' (i.e., monthly) Illustration Friday contest that we're doing at work, just for shits and giggles...

This week's topic... He-Man and the Masters of the Universe!

The Dark Knight

2008-07-18T12:27:00.001-07:00

Mr. Green...

2008-06-16T17:44:00.000-07:00

Because you demanded it!

2008-04-29T12:07:00.001-07:00

Well not you, specifically, but Augie did. Some Wolverine love...

Catching up....just call me Scribbley Von Scribbleson.

2008-04-22T17:16:00.000-07:00

Random pose... trying to loosen up.

Bullseye is a jerk.

Thor... with a big hammer to smite muthafuckaz with. I'll probably clean this sketch up (do you think it needs it? haha) and post it.

She-Hulk... much cuter than her cousin...

Puny Humans better make cool Hulk movie this time...

Cleaning out Skullbabyland

2008-04-01T11:43:00.001-07:00

Hey all,

So I've decided to clean out Skullbabyland and make it more of a personal sketch site. Some of the other artists who've contributed great sketch work in the past may find that their entries are no longer on the site... Never fear, they're saved in a private bunker in an unknown location and will resurface on a new blog soon.

That being said, after being wildly re-excited by the work of the late great Mike Wieringo, I'm going to try to post new sketches here daily (but don't flame me if it's more like once a week...)

Viva la Skullbabyland!

Mr. Mxyzptlk having fun with gender roles....

2007-04-09T15:16:00.000-07:00

my own addition to the Mr. Mxyzptlk contest...

Travis' "Heroes" art is now live!

2006-12-05T12:29:00.000-08:00

Well, my "Heroes" pages are now live on the NBC.com page (http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/novels/) if you'd like to check them out.

Also, I decided to post the original pencilled pages right here! Or you can check them and other art on my portfolio website- http://thekotzebuebros.com/portfolio.html?artist=2&category=12&pg=1 (you can click on the preview images to enlarge).

A fun gig! Thanks to all you guys who checked them out!

Travis' art on NBC's 'Heroes' tonight!

2006-12-04T06:30:00.000-08:00

Specifically, the companion 'Heroes' online comic book!

I've pencilled 3 pages in the newest 'Heroes' comic episode "Fathers and Daughters".

(Pages 1 and 2 were pencilled by a different artist, but pages 3, 4, and 5 are mine! Oh, and just skip the annoying Nissan ad at the beginning, too.)

If you have Adobe Reader installed on your machine, the quality tends to be better on the pdf (printable) version.

The comic debuts after the show tonight, so watch the episode on NBC, then go to

http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/novels/

and check out the T-Kotz pages!!!!

2006-05-09T19:38:00.000-07:00

A portrait for my baby... Kristy and her brother Ryland.

2006-05-09T19:37:00.000-07:00

A drawing of me and Jordan when we were kids... trying to be tough Indian warriors. This was a birthday gift for my Mom, who loves portraits of her kids (which can be a pain around Christmas, believe me. Just kidding Mom! Love ya!)

2006-05-09T19:35:00.000-07:00

PIGGY!! Those who remember the short-lived Friday night beers around the time of Sly 3 will remember my Piggy. The Piggy Lighter, I mean.

2006-05-09T19:34:00.000-07:00

Model sheets from a western animated short that lasted about a week.

2006-05-09T19:33:00.001-07:00

An old zine-comic cover that i did with my buddy Jim.

2006-05-09T19:33:00.000-07:00

Cyber-Infant. A sketch from way back that made me laugh. I used to have it up on my office door, and it always made my boss uncomfortable.

2006-05-09T19:31:00.000-07:00

A cartoon for my buddy Lara's birthday from a few years back... I have no idea, I thought it would be funny at the time.

2006-05-09T19:30:00.001-07:00

Random angel chick sketch...

2006-05-09T19:30:00.000-07:00

A Mother's Day card from way back when I lived in Dallas. And from way back when I used markers instead of computers. Now I kinda miss them...

Angel sketch.

2006-05-09T19:10:00.000-07:00

Wolvie sketch. blah.

2006-05-09T19:08:00.000-07:00

OLD Spider-Man samples from 2003.

2006-05-09T19:05:00.000-07:00

Thought I'd post old stuff since it's been a while...

Cover.

2006-05-09T19:04:00.000-07:00

Page 1. Mysterio's picked up a nasty habit in prison... tho I'm not sure how he smokes through his dome.

2006-05-09T19:03:00.000-07:00

Page 2.

2006-05-09T19:02:00.001-07:00

Page 3.

2006-05-09T19:02:00.000-07:00

Page 4.

FINALLY!

2006-03-29T23:58:00.000-08:00

The THIRD table sent to me from the manufacturer... the first TWO had to be sent back because they were (very) damaged. Now I can finally start drawing real drawerings, not just doodling in a sketchbook on my couch! HOORAY!!!!

OK OK, still closed for renovations, but....

2006-03-13T22:52:00.001-08:00

Couldn't resist posting more geek sketches. Superheroes, zombies, werewolves. Grr. Arggg.

Superham.

2006-03-13T22:52:00.000-08:00

Tha Bat.

2006-03-13T22:50:00.001-08:00

Grrr. Arggg.

2006-03-13T22:50:00.000-08:00

Grrr. Arggg.

SKULLBABY LAND CLOSED FOR RENOVATIONS.

2006-03-03T01:12:00.000-08:00

Hey all, just gonna say that I won't be posting for a while... Work and personal stuff is taking up a lot of my time. I've got a new project in the works but it's sure to eat up my recreational hours... and I'm sure it won't be ready to show for a while, but when it does, I'll be posting.

Bye for a while,
Trav

Tattoo Pt. 2- The underlying framework design

2006-02-19T01:23:00.000-08:00

The underlying framework shown with the angel's linework superimposed... I tried to make the design have as much purpose as possible.. for example, having the angel's wings arc up and point to the passage in the top halo.

2006-02-19T01:20:00.000-08:00

The underlying design (shown without angel illustrations). I tried to design all the curves, shapes, and spacial relationships with a purpose... Lots of "infinity" symbols (figure 8's), equallateral spaces, etc...

It's finally finished! Tattoo design for my buddy David.

2006-02-19T01:00:00.000-08:00

Been working on this thing for quite a while... This is a tattoo design that my friend David asked me to do for him. It's a design in memory of his father William who passed away a couple years ago.

I'm really happy with the results... and glad to finally be finished with it, and happy to have given the design to him. Once it's inked around his arm (it'll be a full forearm sleeve) I'll post photos, but it may be a while!

The final design that will wrap around the arm (the compass meets in the back of the arm). I'm sure I'll do more obsessive little tweaks, but it's 90% done.

Details of the tattoo's different areas.

2006-02-19T00:55:00.001-08:00

The "compass" design, with the 4 initials for the 4 members of the family (William, Valerie, Karen, and David).

2006-02-19T00:55:00.000-08:00

Closer detail of the female angel.

2006-02-19T00:53:00.000-08:00

Closer detail of the male angel.

2006-02-19T00:52:00.002-08:00

Closer detail of the bottom area.

2006-02-19T00:52:00.000-08:00

Inside the top halo is an excerpt from David's excellent song "The End", written for his father.

The tattoo design- original sketch.

2006-02-19T00:50:00.000-08:00

The original sketch. I had to simplify quite a bit...

2006-02-19T00:49:00.000-08:00

Closer detail of the female angel (sketch).

2006-02-17T22:18:00.000-08:00

More Spidey villians in the cartoony style...

2006-02-17T22:17:00.000-08:00

Sketches of a sample I wanted to do... The trial of Sabertooth! And of course he gets loose and shreds everyone in the courthouse.

2006-02-17T21:30:00.000-08:00

Sketches of Doc Ock from back in 2003... these turned into a Marvel sample, that year. I like drawing Doc Ock as a fat, angry piece of shit.

2006-02-17T21:28:00.001-08:00

Spidey.. now with more THOOM!

2006-02-17T21:28:00.000-08:00

This one's for Dev... the Rhino's biggest fan!

2006-02-17T21:25:00.000-08:00

An old Hellboy fan drawing for Mike Mignola... that I presented to him at a convention... in 1996! Ten years ago.. damn.

2006-02-16T23:15:00.000-08:00

At one point I actually DID try to make Juggernaut look cool... you know what's REALLY cool? Finishing a drawing. Not that I'd know.

OK OK I'm finally updating! Quit bugging me, Memo!

2006-02-16T23:05:00.000-08:00

Just posting good ol-fashioned super-hero sketches.

Old-school Colossus

2006-02-16T23:04:00.000-08:00

Batman

2006-02-16T23:03:00.001-08:00

Wolverine

2006-02-16T23:03:00.000-08:00

Sabertooth

2006-02-16T23:01:00.000-08:00

Manga Jordan?!?

HOLY fuckin shit! Too funny....

2006-01-20T11:52:00.000-08:00

It's an inside joke I guess... My evil pug Oscar has been messing with my myspace account, apparently. Too funny... Jokes from Augie!

Gobby

2006-01-04T13:26:00.000-08:00

UPDATE- started colors on my GGoblin sketch... don't think I'll finish this one but thought I'd post the attempt, at least... bleh.

Since the Spider-Man movie screwed the pooch so completely regarding this villian, I thought it would be cool to do it up right and give him some of the coolness and scariness he deserves....

GREEN GOBLIN!

Initial sketch below, but more final work on the way soon, so check back often!

And more Joker coolness

2006-01-03T13:13:00.000-08:00

Colored Joker from Augie, based on my earlier sketch! We decided to jam on a Joker piece a couple weeks back and I'm just now getting it up on the blog (sorry Aug)! Very nice work indeed.

I've also moved my sketch up from a previous post, so the sketch and the color can be viewed together....

Just some sketchiz of characters I like.

2005-12-13T17:06:00.000-08:00

From that one TV show that is maybe gaining popularity. (I was practicing drawing regular people, so I thought I'd model them after characters I dig, so they'd have a bit more personality.)

old X-Men sketchiz...

2005-11-20T19:36:00.000-08:00

I came across these while cleaning out my computer. These are sketches for an abandoned X-Men sample I was gonna do. Look at the fucked-up proportions and anatomy, yikes!!! That's what 5 years of drawing Sly Cooper will do to you. I'm totally a cautionary tale.

THE JUGGERNAUT CHALLENGE CANNOT BE STOPPED

2005-11-17T12:32:00.000-08:00

Juggernaut's TOTALLY not going to clean up after his pet.

old art- Hulk samples.

2005-11-10T21:43:00.000-08:00

Drawing the Hulk rulz because no matter how ridiculously huge you draw his anatomy, it's ok, because, ya know... fuck. He's the Hulk.

But I do hate drawing vehicles. It's painful drawing backgrounds and trucks when all you wanna do is smash puny humans, so to speak.

Looking back on these drawings is pretty humbling, especially the vehicles. The backgrounds I'm OK with, kindof, but the vehicles are embarassing. Look at that army truck! So obvious that I was pulling that fucker out my ass. Bleh.

The most fun panel was the final one on page 4, where Bruce is about to change... I wanted so badly to draw the next page, where he tears shit up, but time was not on my side. I had like a 5 page massive destruction sequence planned.. but never got to it. Oh well. At least I got a pinup/cover of Hulk mayhem.

2005-11-10T21:10:00.000-08:00

super old character art... my first real photoshop attempt.

2005-11-10T20:47:00.000-08:00

Check out what a rad artist my sister Charis is. She rules with the watercolors (and most other mediums, for that matter).

old art- Close Cover Before Striking

2005-11-07T15:22:00.000-08:00

Cover (inks) to the first issue of "Close Cover Before Striking". Super old artwork back when I thought it would be fun to do a spy-action book.

old art- Mr. Flammable

2005-11-07T15:21:00.000-08:00

Close up of Mr. Flammable. Super old artwork back when I thought it would be fun to do a spy-action book.

2005-11-07T15:20:00.000-08:00

A birthday drawing for a buddy...