Sharp Lead and Wet Ink-Tales from the Art Side

This Blog is dedicated to my pursuit of getting published. I have been plying away at this for almost two decades with limited success. I am not looking for fame or fortune, although it would be a nice side benefit, but rather an opportunity to create and express myself. There are many talented artist out there that have helped me along the way and I am hoping that my getting published will be payback for all of the time that they have invested in me.

Monday, September 03, 2007

All right ya'll,

the day is finally here and Full Moon Craze is featured in the Diamond Spotlight for the September issue of Previews. The item code for it is

Page 326 Order Code:SEP073852


Please be sure to check out your local comics shops and place your orders.

This is the cover for the November debut. . .

Thursday, July 26, 2007

I have been so neglectful of this blog that I am ashamed and surprised that it is still a vialble blog. things ahve been so busy that I have not been able to get anything up. The comic I am working on is finally going to be in Previews by Diamond Distributors and will be on the stands this coming October 2007, awesome.

This image is the cover for issue 2 and 3. I hope that you like them as I really enjoyed the overall look of them and believe that they are very nice images.

See you around, more often than it has been in the recent past. . .Peace Out.

Cesar-







Sunday, April 01, 2007

The following is an image that I did for a recent comission. This is a character design for Secret War Chronicles by Mercedes Lackey and Steve libbey is is copyright of the respective creators.



With this image I went with a bolder inking style as I thought that it would make for a more dramatic image. I hope that you all enjoy.

Cesar-

Monday, January 01, 2007

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2007

Alright ya'll.
This is the beginning of a new year and I am looking forward to many things ahead. BUt before I officially sign away last year here is an image from the never realized Monster Squad comic from TightLip Entertainment. The lesson here is never listen to someone that is promising you the moon unless he's an astronaut ;-)



Wednesday, December 20, 2006

This image is the next of my sketches referenced from DC Comics' Justice Society of America. This character is Power Girl, the muscle of the group.
Check you out next post.
Cesar-

Friday, December 15, 2006

Looks like Liberty Belle is becoming a favorite of mine. This is a full figure shot done in ink. It was a pretty quick and rough layout that I finished up in the inking stage.

Looks like Liberty Belle is becoming a favorite of mine. This is a full figure shot done in ink. It was a pretty quick and rough layout that I finished up in the inking stage.

I recently read the new JSA drawn by Dale Eaglesham and was really impressed with the way that book is looking. I decided that the characters were cool enough and thought I might take a stab at drawing one of them. This is a pencil head shot of the character Liberty Belle. She is the romantic interest of the superhero Hourman in the comic.

Thursday, December 14, 2006



The above image is me attempting to work with Photoshop 7. I am by no means an expert in Photoshop and am just stumbling through some basics. I drew the image in a more contrasted style and then colored it up and finished by using the smudge pencil filter.