Monday, July 28, 2008


PAX 2008 cover and possible poster. I think this is my favorite drawing of the CTS I've ever done.

22 comments:

Kevin Mitchell said...

love the image

It would make a great wallpaper.

Jake Ekiss said...

Very nice piece Mike. I dig the colors here; they really enhance the sort of old school samurai feel.

Pikman said...

very well done :]

mjb said...

First post in 7 months, thank god for RSS, I wouldn't have wanted to miss this!

Anonymous said...

Wrex was right - that would be an awesome wallpaper!

Sam Nielson said...

Really nice colors and composition. Great piece.

Unknown said...

Woah! Nice line!
And your composition is superb.

Leus said...

Beautiful! Gayish, but really beautiful.

Samuel Deats said...

Awesome! The hair over the eyes gives him a nice look. Good to see yah playin' with textured brushes, too, eh. I might hafta hunt down that there poster, eh!

Brian said...

Very nice piece. I love the use of the textured brushes.

michael said...

Awesome! I promise to buy a poster if you make it into one. Please do!

Unknown said...

Brilliant work. It puts me in mind me of the old Lucky Luke comics I used to read. Err, I know he was a cowboy, not a samurai...but if you swap the straw for a cigarette...

Anonymous said...

Wow, I agree, awesome colours and composition here.
I do envy your artistic ability greatly, love the way you drew the folds in the clothing.

Anonymous said...

So, I can tell I'll probably get lynched, but...
I don't care for this new take on CTS. Just my personal opinion: I don't like the shine on his skin, or the skin-tones. Too chibi / glass doll for my tastes.

Anonymous said...

I tend to agree with you in regards to the shininess. It makes the CTS a bit feminine.

Dustin said...

people can be so rude.

I really like the style. It is different then your normal style. The blue sky and the yellow really look good together.

The hair is cool. The way the eyes are done show a lot of personality. Just because he made him look like he cares how he looks doesn't make it gay. Most anime male characters look like that.

Josh Howell said...

wicked

Anonymous said...

A very interesting new take on a classic hero.

I like the sideburns.

I think you should keep them around this year. :]

Anonymous said...

Oh, dear lord. That's incredible! Like said before, that would make a great wallpaper. Did you do the colors too?

DavidHalo said...

Fantastic. I love the subtleness of the background. The yellow/black is definitely great color against the green/blue.

Anonymous said...

The colouring's delicious. =P

Do you mind giving a few pointers to a newbie computer artist?

Danmark said...

cute....thanks for sharing!