"Final Ride" Process

 

Tribute piece for the cast of Sons of Anarchy. Amazing show - amazing cast and creative team. Going to miss the madness when it's over. Commissioned by David Labrava. 

My artwork can also be found on Facebook, Tumblr, and DeviantART.

Check out the illustration's progress below.

-MelB

Homerunners: Piper Lynn and Moira

So, my good buddy Kate NY and I have dove headlong into writing a series called Homerunners. Draft one of the first book is officially in the bag, which is especially exciting. Unsurprisingly, a side-effect of two artists writing a story we both love is ART HAPPENS.  Above is my gal Piper, one of our leading ladies, an apprenticing Homerunner. Below is a sassy Veteran Homerunner, Moira, one of Kate's lovely creations. The below portrait was my half of a recent art trade. You can check out Kate's half - a GORGEOUS rendition of my boy Fawkes - here.

Best,
-Mel

Toonstyle Mayhem

'Toonstyle Happy and Chibs - two personal favorites from Sons of Anarchy. This was actually a warm-up artwork for a separate illustration that got completely out of hand - Wound up being a fun exercise in FX/color/light. 

Also thought I'd share another warm-up: Quick first attempts figuring out how to draw Charlie Hunnam’s face. Kudos on being seriously fun to sketch there, fella.

-Mel

2014 Sequential Art Portfolio

 

Best,

Mel B!

2014 Design & Illustration Portfolio

  

Hi all! Here's my latest pass at a general Animation Design and Illustration portfolio. Click each image if you'd like a closer look. If you have any questions or are interested in hiring, feel free to contact me at artbymelb@gmail.com. Thanks for viewing! -M

Jacquotte Delahaye

Here's my contribution for Tiki Machine's upcoming art collab book, "Tales of the Nautical Deep!" - lady buccaneer Jacquotte Delahaye.

-Mel

Garuda Rising Visdev: Vigil

The latest finalized model sheet from Garuda Rising: Vigil!

Vigil = (Species: Thalsita) Tactics and Operations officer. Vigil is Tiago’s veritable right hand when it comes to planning battle procedures and flight patterns and keeping shields operational during confrontations with other ships. She is quite the virtuoso when it comes to planning grounds operations during high-risk trade negotiation, as wells. Vigil also handles flight communications with other ships when Tiago is indisposed, and is in charge of tracking ship operations overall, to assure all systems are functioning at peak efficiency. No-nonsense and fiercely independent, Vigil is one of the most respected members of the Garuda V crew. She will accept nothing less.

-M

Support Boot Campaign - Win a Free SoA FanArt Print!

Want to win a print of the above Sons of Anarchy fan artwork? Here’s your chance - and for a great cause!

SOAAddicts is GIVING AWAY a print of this SOA themed digitally painted picture to ONE lucky fan of Sons of Anarchy and Boot Campaign & Boot Campaign Canada.
Boot Campaign is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to Cultivating Awareness, Promoting Patriotism, and Providing Assistance to military personnel, past and present, and their families. - See more at: http://www.bootcampaign.com/about/

To show our support for Boot Campaign, SOAAddicts have a Javadoodle to GIVE away! To be in the running for this prize, all you have to do is LIKE Boot Campaign on Facebook , FOLLOW them on twitter, and verify that you’ve done so on our raffle entry page here: http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/share-code/NTBlY2RiOWIyZWZhNTg2ZDMxNmNkYTI5YTQ4NTk3OjE=/

Raffle Ends Friday, March 21st 2014.

Print Prize Information: The Artist will mail the print to the winning participant (Please make sure you are ok with providing a mailing address to ship to if you enter.) The print itself is 11x20 inches, on acid-free Moab Entrada Rag Bright White, 100% cotton paper, in a matte finish.

Raffle Terms and Conditions: By entering you agree to the Terms and Conditions. This giveaway is not sponsored, administered or endorsed by Facebook. By participating in this giveaway, you are agreeing to release Facebook of any responsibilities relating to the competition. SOAAddicts Admins & Admin family members are not eligible.

Cheers,
-M

Vigil Model WIP

 

The more I work all-digitally (Which is a pretty new thing for me) the cleaner the tie-down phase of my drawings keep getting. Whoohoo!

Here's progress on yet another Garuda Rising character model, this time for Vigil.

Artwork by Javadoodle. 

Cheers,
-Mel

Happy

Happy Friday! So as it turns out, when the absolutely awesome fella who plays SoA’s Happy Lowman mentions he’d love to see artwork of Happy… Artwork of Happy happens.

DL, you rock! ☺

My artwork can also be found on Facebook & Tumblr.

-Mel

TKP Page 001

I’ve always had a pretty keen interest in comic book illustration. This is the proof-of-concept first page for a graphic novel project to-be whose concept I’ve been tinkering around with in my head for a good long while now. Will be curious to see where it goes, as I’d love to bring the story into its own.

My artwork can also be found on Facebook & Tumblr.

-Mel