Sydney Redmond

Working on a commission for the John Redmond family. This is eldest daughter Sydney. I'll be illustrating their son Walker and other daughter Lily as well, then put them together and add background...

Andrea

Loyalty

This commissioned illustration will be put on an empty bottle of Knob Creek...

Rob & Fred WIP

A work in progress of Rob & Fred. Going to add in cactus' and possibly text under the characters. The final will be put on a bottle of Knob Creek that Rob sent me.

Said Captain.... Say Wot...

Cast of Characters

Been working on giving life to cast of character I've had living in my brain. Hooked up with an old friend, Dan Lundin, who has the writing skills to create a universe for these Desperados. Really excited about this project.... stay tuned.

Southern Comfort

Superman

Momentum

Batman for Matt

Another Batman commission done!

Process of Creation: Holmes Clock

The Buchner's

Catwoman Finished!

Catwoman

Just about finished with this Catwoman piece. I've added in some wood grains on the window sill and bookshelf since this vid.....

Holmes WIP... A little Further Along...

A little further along. Next add in the trailer home and cactus....

Holmes WIP

The Whitson Sisters

Erin

Emily

Lacey

Batman

Just finished this painting for Michael Duffy. Now on to a Catwoman piece that will be the companion to this.

Eight

The Making of Eight

Video of the process of making a commissioned illustration.

Inking Batman

Short clip of me inking a Batman painting...

Smokin' Batman WIP

This is a work in progress of a painting I'm commissioned to do. This one will be a pair, along with a painting of Catwoman.

Los Desperados TV Prints Available thru Calavera Company

Desert Skies Print

I will be offering affordable prints through Calavera Art Company. This is the first of many to come. Here is where you can purchase one:
http://www.calaveracompany.com/products/desert-skies

Thanks for the support,

T

Emo

Lacy WIP

Work in progress of a commissioned piece. Sketched, "inked", and now will work on colors and background. Not sure yet on the color scheme, but more than likely the inked line will be more tonal to the overall color way, instead of black lines.... but who knows.

Sketchbook 11/14/11

A page from my sketchbook.....

Happy Halloween!!!

Happy Halloween everyone. I really enjoy this time of the year. The vibe is amazing, creepy, yet full of sharing. Here is a little image I made in the spirit of this fun day.

If you like this image, I'm going to offer this as a 13"X19" print on Fine Art Photo Rag paper. Each print will be hand signed. $40 including shipping to anywhere in the US. International shipments add $10.

Hit me up at tom.vadakan@mac.com if interested in this print.

Happy Haunting!

T

Work Space

Working on Animation #2

I'm working on my 2nd short animation, this time I'll be putting it together in Flash. This is my 1st attempt using Flash, and I'm learning as I'm doing it. Here is a screen cap of a frame.....

Sketches for Animation #2

Working on building the characters for the next animation. Still not sure if I'm going to do this next one in Flash or continue to do it "ghetto" style....

Desert Love (Higher Res)

Here is a higher quality version of my Desert Love animation, for those who are viewing via a computer...

Desert Love

This is my first attempt at making an animation. Always wanted to have my characters move, but really didn't know how to do it. Bought some animation programs and a few books, but I'm a bit impatient..... Also couldn't get the animation programs to get the look and feel I want.... so I sort of did this the "DIY" way.... the animation is raw and the transitions are rough, but I hope that adds to the charm. This is the first of what I hope to be many more.... I'm sure they will get better as I figure things out....

Los Desperados Animation?

I'm hoping to make a short animation. I have never done one and really can't get into reading tutorials on how to make one, so I'm just going to figure things out my own way. It's going to be crude, but that is part of the charm, I hope. Here is the main character with background elements..... there will be a female character as well.... Stay tuned...

Process of Creating "Bandit Girl" Icon

I recently was hired to come up with an album cover text logo for Yonder Music artist Stephanie Fagan. Knowing that they will also want to make merch I decided to also create an "icon", something simple but strong.... The "Emily the Strange" character image came to mind, because it's so identifiable, so I wanted to create something that was simple and had that same kind of "power". Stephanie's album is called "Heart Thief" so an image of a "bandit" came to mind.

Above is a sequence of how the Bandit Girl icon was created. First I looked at photo's of Stephanie on her FB page. I then took out a pad of paper and quickly sketched with simplicity in mind, but that it's no doubt an image of Ms. Fagan. For the geeks, I love sketching with Color-Tex non-photo blue pencils. I just like how they feel. Once I got the image I liked, I then light-boxed it and hand inked it, using Windsor & Newton series 7 brushes. From there I then scanned it and re-traced it in Illustrator, making it a vector file, which now can be sized at any size and retain it's sharpness.

This was a super fun project for me, one in which the execution matched the expectations of my initial vision. That doesn't always happen. The bonus is that the client loved it!

Seasick Steve

"Heavy"

"Heavy" (Wata from the band Boris)
11" X 14"
Mixed Media on Canvas

"Lovesick Blues"

Bowie Collective Limited Edition Print

This limited edition print is now available at Pomp Vulture. Hand signed and numbered. Get yours today!

"Bowie Collective Print"

GHETTO JUICE_BOWIE COLLECTIVE PRINT

This is a print design I just finished for the upcoming Ghetto Juice "Bowie Collective" show. I'll have these for sale at the show and then through Pomp Vulture.

Bowie Collective Print... WIP2

GJ...Bowie Collective...WIP

Ghetto Juice is having their 3rd issue release party in a few weeks. Here is a little something I'm working on for the show...... the unofficial show poster.... will be available at the show at Mesa in Costa Mesa on November 9th.... and also via www.pompvulture.com

Vultures...

Here is one I did today, just for the sake of doing it....

Scarlet

"Scarlet" is a new bi-monthly comic series by Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev. Here is my take on her.....

"Willie"

Can't wait to see Willie Nelson tonight at the Greek.

On The Road Again

Here is my little sketch of the day. A tribute of sort to Willie Nelson, whom I am going to see tomorrow evening.

WONDER

Sketch done in Photoshop.....