Sketch Blog of Michael Bills

RANDOM

2012-02-20T05:14:00.000-05:00

YETI

2012-02-16T03:14:00.000-05:00

Something before bed.

INSTAGRAM QUICKIES

2012-02-04T19:13:00.000-05:00

Some quick heads from my sketchbook.

THE GOOD OLD DAYS

2012-01-19T03:10:00.000-05:00

Another pre-sleep picture.
This is actually what I look like when relaxing on the weekends.

FOREST

2012-01-11T02:47:00.001-05:00

Something before bed.

STRONGMAN

2012-01-10T01:53:00.000-05:00

Just some stuff before bed.

Holiday 2011

2012-01-06T00:33:00.002-05:00

So here's a handful of pics from my Holiday 2011 trip.
Few different locations in Germany (Heidelberg, Ronneburg Castle, Büdingen) and then a day trip to Paris.

More after the jump.

PARIS

2011-12-27T14:44:00.000-05:00

Drove here with the family for a day.

At the very least I can say I've seen most of the Eiffel Tower.

SAINT NICK THE TYRANT

2011-12-14T04:39:00.001-05:00

You can't have Christmas without an evil Santa.

HERO DWARF AND RUNNING MAN

2011-12-12T04:50:00.001-05:00

Just some stuff before bed.

LINK!

2011-12-06T04:21:00.001-05:00

CAT SWEATER

2011-12-05T19:50:00.001-05:00

HERE COME THE MUMMIES

2011-11-30T19:00:00.001-05:00

Some album art I did not too long ago for the band Here Come The Mummies.

DAPPER HULK

2011-11-16T14:39:00.001-05:00

Don't really have anything to update with, so here's a quick Dapper Hulk.

FIRE

2011-11-09T04:23:00.006-05:00

Something quick before bed. SKYRIM on the brain. Can't wait till Friday!

NYCC 2011

2011-10-20T00:46:00.001-04:00

Went to the NYCC for the first time. Was way smaller than SDCC but still pretty fun. Got to meet some cool ass artists and hang out with some friends. Who knows, maybe I'll go again next year.

Pictures after the jump.

MORE ZBRUSH

2011-10-03T10:21:00.001-04:00

More practice.

ZBRUSH

2011-09-30T00:01:00.002-04:00

Once again, making a feeble attempt to learn Zbrush. Maybe it's because I'm not a 3d guy, but I find the UI overly complicated. Maybe that'll change when I figure out what all those damn buttons do.
Sculpted from a sphere.

SKINNY JEANS

2011-09-07T06:07:00.003-04:00

Based off some girl I saw at checkout in Walmart.
I seem to be cutting these pre-sleep drawings close, considering its just after 6, and I gotta be up in 3 hours.

MORE ENVIRONMENT QUICKIES

2011-08-20T02:45:00.006-04:00

DIGITAL STRETCHING

2011-08-12T21:06:00.001-04:00

ENVIRONMENT SKETCH W/ AIRSHIP

2011-08-07T01:40:00.002-04:00

SPEED PAINTINGS

2011-08-05T04:01:00.005-04:00

Some lil environment sketches before bed for fun.

ACTUAL SKETCHES

2011-08-04T02:32:00.001-04:00

Havent posted some actual sketches in a while have I?

ZOMBIE BOB

2011-08-02T04:02:00.001-04:00

Not a real update. Just something before bed.

UPDATE

2011-07-27T23:33:00.004-04:00

My lack of updates is nothing new, but I'll be posting some pics I took at SDCC11 soon.
Tons of fun! Got to meet a lot of great artists too. Was just the jump start I needed to get back into sketching regularly. So hopefully I'll have a few scanned pages in the future.
In the meantime here's a panel from something I'm working on.

SOMETHING BEFORE BED

2011-06-29T04:24:00.003-04:00

MORE QUICKIES

2011-06-20T03:59:00.001-04:00

QUICKIES

2011-06-17T06:20:00.001-04:00

WARMUP

2011-05-28T22:34:00.001-04:00

COWORKERS FAM

2011-03-25T16:31:00.002-04:00

Done in exchange for a free lunch!

JUST ME WITH A SWORD

2011-03-19T07:32:00.002-04:00

INSTAGRAM SKETCHES

2011-03-09T02:28:00.002-05:00

INSTAGRAM SKETCHES

2011-03-08T19:48:00.002-05:00

TUMBLR

2011-03-08T00:37:00.005-05:00

In case anyone who comes here is interested, I have a tumblr now, located here: http://michaelbills.tumblr.com/
I'll still be posting here, I just figured I'd let you know that I jumped on the tumblr bandwagon.

PRE-SLEEP SKETCHES

2011-02-18T02:56:00.003-05:00

Just some doodles before bed.

PRE-SLEEP SKETCH

2011-02-03T04:56:00.001-05:00

PRE-SLEEP SKETCH

2011-02-02T01:43:00.003-05:00

SKETCHES BEFORE BED

2011-01-18T03:05:00.001-05:00

Just some quickies.

ZBRUSH TEST

2010-12-18T06:48:00.003-05:00

Here's something a lil different. Trying to learn a bit of zbrush, so here's my first try. Sculpted from a sphere, with no ref except for the ear. Eventually I'd like to sculpt one of my designs.

2010 X-MAS CARD DESIGN

2010-12-12T10:45:00.004-05:00

What!? Two posts in one day? I blame caffeine.

CREATURE 1/3

2010-12-12T06:08:00.004-05:00

I had done three creature sketches a long while back and intended to finish em up. For one reason or another I didn't get to it. Decided it was about time only to find the first one was done and I just forgot about it. Guess that only leaves two.

CREATURE IDEATION

2010-12-05T21:30:00.002-05:00

I'LL POST I PROMISE

2010-11-14T16:56:00.005-05:00

I know, I've been pretty bad with the updating. Honestly I dont have much personal work/sketches to update with at the moment, so here's some more of those mini comics I drew for work that I can show since they've already been released.

CLOUD PRACTICE

2010-10-12T23:43:00.000-04:00

Some practice.

MACHETE

2010-09-15T03:53:00.001-04:00

Just the character for now. Plan on doing more with it later.

WEIRD DREAM

2010-08-30T02:44:00.006-04:00

Had a weird dream I was in a field surrounded by a herd of strange blue creatures. Decided to try and draw one of em.

NATURIST

2010-08-23T02:18:00.002-04:00

SURVIVALIST

2010-08-12T04:07:00.001-04:00

TEMPER TEMPER

2010-08-03T10:27:00.007-04:00

Ive been getting to draw some webcomics for work. Anyone in the studio can submit ideas and then our writer gives those ideas an outline. From there I try and flesh it out visually.

SDCC 2010 PICS

2010-07-29T04:26:00.005-04:00

Here are a few pictures from the convention.

SDCC

2010-07-24T15:03:00.004-04:00

Been walking around the San Diego Comic Con the past 3 days buying sketchbooks and taking pictures. I'm at the San Diego airport right now waiting for my flight to arrive. I have a 20 minute layover in ATL, so we'll see how that goes. I'm assuming running may be involved. Definitely wish I had stayed the extra day (Saturday) but I'll try and plan better next year, and even have a artbook of sorts to bring with me.
I would have liked to have attended more panels. The only one I went to was for the upcoming movie "SUPER" with Rainn Wilson, Liv Tyler, Kevin Bacon, Ellen Page, and the one and only Nathan Fillion. The rough trailer and clip they showed looked awesomely hilarious.
Bought a lot of killer sketchbooks. Definitely makes me want to get off my ass and draw more!
My next post will probably have some pictures from the con, so stay tuned.

BUSINESS CARD

2010-07-12T03:05:00.003-04:00

PREVIEW

2010-07-11T05:43:00.002-04:00

SKETCHES

2010-06-27T03:13:00.003-04:00

YOSHI

2010-06-09T03:33:00.003-04:00

The second character in that "Spread'ems" lineup that for some reason took me forever to get around to doing.

Vikings

2010-04-20T04:54:00.005-04:00

I know, I haven't been posting art regularly at all. I promise I'll try harder.
Been wanting to draw Vikings after watching How To Train Your Dragon (awesome movie!) So here you go.

iPhone Wallpaper 1

2010-02-28T04:46:00.003-05:00

I plan on doing a handful of these. They're pretty fun and not too time intensive. Got the idea from creaturebox.com!

Preview

2010-02-24T04:38:00.002-05:00

Full view coming soon!

Weird-Burns

2010-02-23T20:06:00.001-05:00

Some dude working at my local grocery store has, not side burns, but jaw puffs. Its weird.

Tengu

2010-02-15T16:58:00.000-05:00

Upcoming Creature Concepts

2010-01-21T04:08:00.002-05:00

Jack Daniels

2009-12-05T22:25:00.001-05:00

Haven't drawn my own stuff in a while. Want to do a fun character line up. This here's Jack Daniels, bouncer of the gentleman's club known as "Spread'ems"

Scene From "Gladiator"

2009-11-07T23:21:00.004-05:00

Done for the Apedogs weekly.

Haircuts

2009-11-01T14:57:00.000-05:00

October Hill And Roughs

2009-10-30T00:08:00.001-04:00

Balloon Boy

2009-10-24T13:34:00.001-04:00

For the APEDOGS weekly.

Pre-Sleep Dino Baby

2009-09-16T02:54:00.002-04:00

Just a sketch while watching Bobby Chiu do his U-Stream artcast. http://imaginismstudios.blogspot.com/

ZOMBIE STOMP

2009-08-20T07:19:00.006-04:00

ZOMBIE STOMP Lines

2009-08-19T08:03:00.003-04:00

Colors coming soon!

Robot Banner

2009-08-13T03:31:00.003-04:00

Character by Mike Mitchell.

Post-sleep Dragon

2009-08-12T07:33:00.001-04:00

Pre-sleep Sketches

2009-08-03T03:03:00.003-04:00

Viggs Character Design

2009-05-16T01:12:00.002-04:00

Viggs WIP

2009-05-14T01:57:00.003-04:00

His name is Viggs. Been working on it slowly before I go to bed. Hopefully I don't take too long to finish it.

Alien Quickies

2009-05-12T01:09:00.003-04:00

Full character design coming soon!

Work Doodles

2009-04-10T21:33:00.001-04:00

Sketches From Work

2009-04-08T18:46:00.002-04:00

Doodles

2009-03-29T21:30:00.001-04:00

Pre-sleep Doodles

2009-03-19T01:12:00.002-04:00

Works been keeping me busy but here's some doodles. Going to try and sit down and draw more tho. Stay tuned!?

Sketches

2009-02-25T04:49:00.000-05:00

Quickie

2009-02-02T17:15:00.001-05:00

Doodle

2009-01-29T00:00:00.002-05:00

No new real work. Just a doodle.
My graphire 3 broke, so I got one of those newer Bamboo models. Its pretty nice. Rest of my stuff wont be shipped to my new place till mid Feb now, so no scanner/printer/art table/etc until then.

Moving

2009-01-23T00:32:00.003-05:00

Going to hop on a flight to Charleston SC in about 6 hours. I start working as a concept artist at KizToys on Monday. So until I get settled in, and have all my stuff shipped to my new place, my posts may be few and far between. I'll still try to post when I can tho.

Page 1 Colors

2009-01-22T20:09:00.001-05:00

Short Comic WIP 2

2009-01-21T17:25:00.001-05:00

Short Comic WIP

2009-01-21T00:00:00.003-05:00

Something I am going to work on in my free time. Try to look past my SUPER FORCED PERSPECTIVE.

Pre-sleep Quickie

2009-01-05T08:06:00.002-05:00

HELLBOY

2008-12-30T06:50:00.007-05:00

First time I've really tried to draw Hellboy. Sadly I'm not much of an inker so this is actually a mix of Micron and photoshop.

Hellboy Sketch + A Rough

2008-12-29T06:29:00.003-05:00

Threw myself in the background for good measure. Inks to come eventually.

Holidays

2008-12-25T03:44:00.001-05:00

Pre-Sleep Sketches

2008-12-24T06:38:00.000-05:00

Digisketch + WIP

2008-12-21T01:57:00.002-05:00

Random Sketches

2008-12-11T04:17:00.002-05:00

Some Sketches

2008-12-04T08:01:00.002-05:00

More Characters

2008-11-21T23:23:00.003-05:00

Character

2008-11-21T12:05:00.000-05:00

Character for a short story I'm doing to pass the time while I'm looking for work. More to come!

Sith Self Portrait + Process

2008-10-23T18:26:00.003-04:00

Some Sketches

2008-09-26T09:34:00.003-04:00

Robots

2008-09-24T03:40:00.001-04:00