Watercolors @ the Getty

 

 

-Stu

Stu Draws Games roundup!

For the more perceptive of you, this is old news, but I've REcently REstarted REupdating my game-sketch Tumblr - StuDrawsGames!

 

Warrior - FINAL FANTASY

Monk - FINAL FANTASY

 Thief - FINAL FANTASY

 White Mage - FINAL FANTASY

Red Mage - FINAL FANTASY

Trying to keep things loose, clear, and story-focused.  I think I've finally found an efficient method that works, so stay tuned (for real this time) for future updates!

-Stu

"For Alexandria" - an FFIX fancomic

Now it's no secret I'm a huge nerd, so enjoy this story I did for Zac Gorman's Final Fantasy IX anthology, the Tantalus Theater Review (release TBA).

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Growing up on the Final Fantasy series had a big impact on me creatively, and FFIX was no exception.  First hearing about the project, I was instantly inspired to come up with something.  As it usually goes, however, what started as a quick project for fun turned into something much more serious and time consuming.  Despite that, I had a ton of fun writing/drawing/coloring the story and I hope you enjoy reading it (whether you've played the original game or not)!


...and to anyone curious who hasn't, I've provided a short list of referential notes after the jump!


-Stu

PS: Huge thanks to Nate, James, Kat, and Deb for their help with color-flats!

Isaac the Pirate

More bored-at-work sketches...Some fanart from one of my favorite books:

 Isaac

Alice

Philip

Everyone should read Christophe Blain's comics, they're the best!!

-Stu

Girl

-Stu

Chrono Trigger Kali!

Merry Belated Christmas everybody!

Here's a Chrono Trigger-Christmas print I illustrated for my good friends Kali, Nico, Jack, Tara, Myke and Matt. I drew them (and myself) as each of the main cast of the game, my favorite game ever, as well as some of theirs!

Have an awesome weekend and a Happy New Year!

Stu

Warmups from work

I found these story-warmups earlier today...I think I did them in September? August? Something I started but, as you can see, didn't keep it up for very long. :P

The only thing I can remember about 'em is I had one song per picture I'd just listen to on repeat til the picture was done. And also, to anyone who's curious, doing full-color pieces in ToonBoom Storyboard Pro?...huge hassle, but it can pay off!

"Who's Theme" by Minmi

"Old Soul Song (For the New World Order)" by Bright Eyes (particularly everything after 2:40)

"Electricity" by The Avalanches


Should I continue doing these? I should. :)

-Stu

One Thing at a Time!

A month ago, I posted inks to a new comic I'm doing - more specifically, a short I'm doing for Zac Gorman's upcoming FFIX zine, "The Tantalus Theater Review!" Following some big deadlines at work, I'm happy to be jumping back into color. Here are the same panels I posted as B&W inks way back...


And a bonus panel!:
The story should be totally done by Christmas - as for the zine itself, that's TBA! :)

-Stu