Oriax Reloaded

This is revisit of a character from The Silver Cord graphic novel I worked on named Oriax. If you have not read the novel you can read it on line for free and download a PDF version as well on the website http://silver-cord.net/ The guys over at Disruptive Media http://www.disruptivepublishers.com/index.php showed interest in making a line of Silver Cord Dynamic Themes for Playstation 3 users. Co-Creator Steve Masseroni asked if I would do a color treatment of Oriax for the themes and give him some golden skin. There is a bunch of cool things possibly in the works for The Silver Cord, I'll keep you all posted as it happens, for now here is my redo of Oriax followed by the quick color comp I sent to Steve for approval and The original concept art by Steve Masseroni.

Artist Profile / interview

I want to send a special thanks to my friend Mike Todasco and the guys over at the Sketch Maven site for the showcasing my interview/ work on their site. Sketch Maven is a huge Comic Book marketplace on the web (the biggest in fact), they ut up new artist profiles every Tuesday and Friday, so stop by and take a look through the rest of the site while you're there.
The links to my interview are:
Long URL: http://www.sketchmaven.com/cms.php?&content=Rafael_Rivera
Short URL: http://bit.ly/SMART26
I briefly mention a project I am working on at the end of the interview with my long time partner in crime, Scott Madden. Here is a little teaser page for you to check out. I'll share more when I can, Scott and I have tons of stuff we'll be working on in the future and last I heard there are a few Hollywood types showing some interest in our stuff, so stay tuned, it's gonna be craaaaaazzzzzzyyyyy.

Old sketch revisited

I always liked this drawing, so decided to revisit it and paint it up mainly in Corel painter and some photoshop. It gave me an opportunity to familiarize myself with some of painters brushes. This guy was originally drawn in ball point pen, then scanned in and painted. He was influenced by the Aliens in the Disney cartoon; Lilo and Stitch. I also gave him a Stormtrooper belt buckle. Guess who's side he's on.

DAVE STEVENS (1955 - 2008)

I just found out that artist Dave Stevens has passed away a few days ago from complications of leukemia at the age of 52. Dave was a friend, mentor and huge inspiration to many artist the world over. Below is a tattoo I did on a fellow fan of Dave's art. This happens to be one of my favorite Betty Page pin-ups that Dave drew. As you can see, I did not do it justice. The art world lost one of it's best. My deepest condolences to all his family and friends. You will be missed greatly - Rest in Peace my friend. http://www.davestevens.com/