RICK AND MORTY - Fear No Mort

RaM finale was this seasons horror episode, one of my favorites. Felt like a modern twilight zone episode. This is a rough I did of the skin crawler monster seen in the cold open. I think originally it was a skin thief but ended up settling for a spleen.

 

RICK AND MORTY - Season 7 Skateboard Art

Ho ho ho, tis' the season 7 skateboard deck made exclusively for the RaM crew thanks to Welcome skateboards. It's a proud day when you see everyone receiving their deck at the holiday party and see their faces light up. The art is a riff on the Rick Prime episode, where Rick finally finds and kills his nemesis to wrap up seven seasons worth of story canon. This was an epic episode that was only accomplished by a village of folks dedicated to their craft, respect. Thank you to Welcome skateboards for doing another killer job once again top to bottom!  

RICK AND MORTY - Rise of the Numericons: The Movie

 

Decimal Crumb concept I did, Lord Dread Nought's sidekick seen in the epic follow up episode to the 'Get Shwifty' tag from season 2 and this time around legendary Ice-T provided a voice for the ghost force Magam Q.  

OPINION SOUP

 'Opinion Soup' - First time painting with acrylic markers and laying epoxy resin over it. Painted on wood panel with acrylic paint, acrylic posca marker, finished with an epoxy resin for a glassy look.  

RICK AND MORTY - Unmorticken

Rick finally exacts revenge on his nemesis and somehow walks away unfulfilled and lost to what life means moving forward. Whats in store for Rick after this triumphant episode? This was one of the hardest episodes I've ever had the pleasure to Art Direct in keeping all the small details top of mind so the episode at large remained seamless. The crew crushed it as usual with their attention to detail knowing the importance of the episode to the overall series. This is a tentacle creature concept rough I did that breaks through a force field dome in Evil Morty's sci fi paradise, just pure cosmic killing machine. 

 

RICK AND MORTY - Air Force Wong

Mr Stabby just came into this world this way, don't blame him. Following that is Onyx, a couple characters I did some concepts for that made the cut in season 7's third episode 'Air Force Wong'.

 

RICK AND MORTY - The Jerrick Trap

These are a couple alien mobster concepts from a vast vault of scrapped unused concepts from season 4 that didn't make the cut for the acid vat episode at the time. I'm thrilled they were able to find a home in season 7 - The Jerrick Trap. Great job to the crew, I loved this episode. One of my favorite all time RaM episodes. 
 

KISS GREMLIN

Cool parenting moment unlocked! My boys came up with a funny character before bed, the Kiss Gremlin, he who steals kisses and is as tall as a pencil. I thought oooh I have to make that a sketch prompt for my work pals and did they deliver. The assortment of submissions ran the gamut. Sharing that gift of creativity with them and showing them the power of an idea and how it can be interpreted so differently was a joy for them and myself. Here is mine. 

 

ADIDAS WORLD CUP SPOT - Rick and Morty

Rick and Morty find a new opponent on the field kicking the new Adidas Al Hilm ball like rockets at their heads. We wanted to create a dark horror set on the field, mixed with treating the balls like the egg room in Aliens. This was only for streamer platforms. The first world cup commercial aired on tv back in July promoting the first of two balls revealed for the 2022 World Cup. What an epic and exciting game, congratulations Argentina on their big win!
 

HIGH ON LIFE - Squanchgames

 

The last concepts I did for Squanchgames newest release 'High On Life', before returning to Art director on Rick and Morty season 4. This was an early concept of a sci fi alien slum with one earth home teleported into it. So happy for the teams successful launch, looks incredible!  

RICK AND MORTY - A King in King Mortur's Mort

Special Agent Mongo Bongo tracks down a thugs hideout to free the hotdog babies that have been illegally trafficked and sold to the public for consumption. They are finally free but Mongo meets his doom to a giant predatory hawk. RIP Mongo Bongo.

 

RICK AND MORTY - Season 6 Skateboard art

It's that time of year again! The new season 6 Rick and Morty crew skateboards are here and were handed out to the crew at our holiday party last night. I love watching the reactions of the crew as they receive this gift, truly rewarding. It's tough sneaking in the time to do this while hitting deadlines for the episodes but well worth it. This setup is from the Night family episode. I tried to capture the 70's grindhouse effect and 80's horror poster nostalgia as the proxy drones attack the family car, and the spooky Somnabulator wheel looms above over the house. Welcome skateboards did an awesome job once again, thanks guys, and hope the crew enjoys them!     

 

RICK AND MORTY - Final DeSmithation

One too many unresolved cookie fortunes for this business leader. Jenneth's Final Boss Mutation meets her end fighting off a Locker-ean beast that eats chaos capsules and her as well. The great Justin Noel nailed down a fantastic mid-mutation transformation pose that proceeds this moment, and this was a redlined color rough I did to give her a bigger monstrous end pose to the full final transformation. 
 

EVERYTHING IN IT'S RIGHT PLACE

 A new painting I just finished of my boys and our dog Comet in a cubist take.

Acrylic on canvas 4' x 3'.

THE GANGRENE FOOT SPIDER KING

A 'Foot Spider' sketch prompt turned more in the way of 'The Gangrene Foot Spider King'.

RICK AND MORTY - Bethic Twinstinct

Rick slices up a Bio-Mechanical Space Whale that telepathically talks to you in dreams. Rick wants to make a controller out of its wiring for smoother game play in a video game. Rick enhances it with a new esophagus, it'll thank him later.

RICK AND MORTY - Solaricks

 

"Mmmm I'm Mr. Frundles!' Here are more concept roughs from the season 6 premiere I did. Mr Frundles, the terrifyingly cute boogens that bites everything and turns it into a cartoon faced zombie. There are already tattoos online with Frundles on a body near you! Next is the derpy Cronenberg horse that Morty befriends, rides, and attempts to eat Morty. Lastly the new Rick UFO that has added built on armor plating to withstand the chaos of the the dangerous rift he must pass through. 

RICK AND MORTY - Solaricks

Season 6 is here woohoo! The premiere digs back into Ricks backstory and leaves the question of whether portal travel can be restored for the season. While grinding to finish season 5's finale I found a window to concept out a few characters for the season six premiere episode. The first image is the 8 limbed goo monster that is summoned by the beacon the Smiths assemble. Next is the Closet Cronenberg that can roll up into a speeding ball to roll around and pin Morty down. Lastly is the Alien Lizards that are looting the citadel ruins for parts. Hope you enjoyed it!   

CHRISTMAS NOIR 2021

 'Think you're a wise guy huuuh Santa. Breaking and Entering is a huge offense SEE-eee, and us gingerbread men have had it with you eating our families SEE-eee. Yeah got a giant convection oven see, we're bigger now, no more horsin' around see." Merry Christmas!

HALLOWEEN 2021 - The Golden Ghouls

"Thank you for being a friend...' 'The Golden Ghouls', a new spinoff series for NBC anyone?  My apologies to Betty White, you are a national treasure! HaPpY HallOwEeN everyone!