Portrait - Granddad

Portrait of my Granddad for his 92nd Birthday.

Concept Art - The Dark Tower

Art Update - Misc.

Illustration - The Savior

Slight update of my character's design. Still working away at the artbook for this as well as a comic book series. Pretty excited. Stay tuned.

Study - Gandalf

Painting study of Gandalf.

Sketches - Random

Just a sketchdump of drawings, messing around with style and lighting.

Sketches - Original Characters

A few stylized sketches of my main characters. How they'd look in a comic. 

 

Fanart - Robot Unicorn Attack

I don't play a lot of mobile games, but since I've gotten an iPad and have been traveling a lot, there are a few that I really like. Angry Birds, Temple Run, and Robot Unicorn Attack. Mainly because they're simple and I can get into it really quick for a few minutes, then stop.

Robot Unicorn Attack is pure genius. The title is so ridiculous and the entire concept is so silly, that you just HAVE to see what it is. And then once you play it, it's very addicting and fun. Honestly, the art is beautiful. In a weird way. The music is also awesome and weird at the same time. But it somehow fits. Adult Swim Games created something awesome with this game. It's just a simple game with 2 buttons that makes you wish you had thought of that.

So I decided to paint a tribute to the game. I might do an Angry Birds and Temple Run piece as well to go along with it. Hope you enjoy. If you don't know where to find the game, click HERE and play it :).

-Chris Shehan

Album Cover - Teal by Dulcet

 I got the honor to illustrate an album cover for my buddy's first electronic album titled "Teal". 

The cover is inspired by Track 7, Land of the Boulder Giants. 

It's available on iTunes here https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/teal/id642020676 Check it!

Collab - Magneto

I actually started this in 2012, but didn't get around to finishing it until recently. I don't normally collab with other artists, but this was a fun one. Pencils by Rudy Vasquez. I painted over his lines, not traditional comic style. But as a painter I prefer this :).

Digital Painting Basics

For the past few months I've been teaching 6th and 7th graders the art of digital painting. That's the age I gained a serious interest in doing art for a living, so it was an opportunity I had to take up. If one or two of these kids pursues art as a living, that'd be awesome. I told them I'd share their most recent pieces here, so here they are.

Fanart - The Walking Dead - Michonne

I haven't seen the new season of The Walking Dead, but I've read a lot of the comics and Michonne is by far my favorite character. Robert Kirkman is a creative genius and everything about The Walking Dead is amazing, but Michonne takes the cake. She is such a cool character. I love her history, I love her personality. Rick is alright. But Michonne is walking badassery. I hope I did her justice with this painting.

-Chris Shehan

Character Concept - The Reaper

This is a quick character concept. This guy is awesome. Can't wait to paint him in action.

-Chris Shehan

Fanart - Adventure Time

Here's some Adventure Time fanart. I'm a big fan of the show. I think it's this generation's Ren & Stimpy. It's weird. The art is crazy. But it's entertaining and very creative. So I wanted to do some fanart of what these characters would look like in real life.

-Chris Shehan

Creature Concept - 009

Never really tried my hand at creature design, other than a few attempts here and there. I see some great stuff out there and I'd love to be better at it. Here's a quick one. A few hours.

-Chris Shehan

Fanart - Lucy - LMS

So I dunno if you've read Dan Luvisi's Last Man Standing, but I do know that you need to. It's a game changer as far as art books go and the art and story are epic enough that they got picked up by Paramount for a movie, soon after publication.

This book itself is a big inspiration to Badassery Studios and it inspired us to do an art jam based on the book. Here's mine. Everyone else is still working on theirs.

I chose the character named Lucy. In 2008 when I was starting to take my art seriously, Dan had posted an image of this beautiful character, wielding two guns, falling from a building with the face like she was more calm than she'd ever been. From there he created a world of characters and eventually his book. The main character is pretty awesome, I'll admit. But I've sort of had a crush on this character Lucy since it was at the same time I was starting to really work on my art.

So I hope you enjoy Lucy. There are a lot of WIPs and Detail shots of this painting on my Facebook in the WIPs album.

-Chris Shehan

Comics - The Savior promo

 

Quick promo for my upcoming comic, The Savior. 

Comics - The Savior panel

A panel from my upcoming comic.

Fanart - The Dark Knight Rises

I'm friends with and follow a lot of artists on Facebook, Twitter, DeviantART, etc. And a lot of them have been doing The Dark Knight Rises fanart in anticipation for the final installment of the latest Batman trilogy. I for one am very excited about this movie. Batman is one of my top favorite super heroes. He's dark, gritty, and risks his own life for a city he grew up in. He sacrifices relationships, friends, and his own money to do this. Not to be a vigilante and not for some vendetta. He knows the police can't do it alone. Anyways, this Batman piece was heavily inspired by Dan Luvisi who also did a recent Batman and Bane piece, and has done Batman fanart for the previous movie as well. Which you can see here.

So I hope you enjoy my Dark Knight Rises fanart and I hope the movie is as good as if not better than the hype. Can't wait to see the completed trilogy, even though I'm sad to see it end.

-Chris Shehan (ZhourRules)

Interstate 60

Speedpainting commission for a motorcycle riding, car fixing, drag racing, handlebar mustache wearing 60 year old for his 60th birthday. My cousin got me to do this for my uncle who's turning 60. It was all his idea, I just brought it to life. I gotta say, this was a fun one. This is the life. Cross country road trips, seeing beautiful things. I'm all about experiences and travel. Enjoy!