Kickstarter - Hell Paso

In 2010 I got my first opportunity at my first paid comic gig. It was on a mini-series called Hell Paso. I did pencils and inks for issue 5 and did inks and some color assistance on issue 6. You can find the series here.

Well I'm proud to say that 3 years later, writer Jaime Portillo of JimmyDaze Comics, launched a Kickstarter to have a special edition Trade Paperback print of Hell Paso made. Meaning all 6 issues in one big book, plus special features and bonus material. His Kickstarter was successful, and even though I'm not earning royalties of any sort off of this series, it's important to me being the project that started my career. So congrats to Jaime Portillo! Awesome!

Check out some of my old 2010 Hell Paso art HERE

Illustration - Tex Mechs

This would probably be a movie on the SyFy channel. I did this for the Bloodsports Challenge over at Crimson Daggers. I had a lot of fun with this. The topic alone was fun to mess with. Western meets mechs. I love crossing two worlds like this. It's fun and interesting.

I had never drawn mechs before. So I was excited I'd get to try. It's harder than I thought, but funner than I thought as well. The design might not be great, but for my first mech design I'm definitely happy with it. The design was heavily inspired by Ashley Wood, as well as modern military tank design. You can see the painting studies I did of military vehicles below.

I definitely want to experiment with more mech design because it's interesting and something I should learn anyways. Playing with shapes and functionality is a great exercise. You'll see in my design process I used silhouettes at first to get a good idea of shape and form. Which is what mechs are essentially.

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Pinup - Hell Paso

For those who have been following me for about 2 years now know I worked on a comic series called Hell Paso with Ricky Martinez, Arturo Delgado, Dany Morales, and Jaime Portillo. I honestly can't believe that was almost 2 years ago that I started that book.

Anyways, Hell Paso is the reason Badassery Studios was started. So Ricky and I are paying tribute to Hell Paso with some cool art. Here's mine. Ricky's is sick. About 15 hours of work. Ton of details.

"The Story Of Dallas Stoudenmire"
El Paso 1881. Corruption runs rampant, crime and violence is high, and El Pasoans are scared. Who can turn this city around? There is only one man who can, and his name is Dallas Stoudenmire. "Hell Paso" will be tamed!

You've heard of famous Western lawmen such as Wyatt Earp, Pat Garrett, and Wild Bill Hickok. Now discover the El Paso marshal named Dallas Stoudenmire, the one man who had the courage to tame the most violent city in the Wild West. Read the greatest western time has forgotten, and learn why the city earned its nickname: Hell Paso. Hell Paso: The Story of Dallas Stoudenmire is a six issue limited series based on actual events from El Paso's Wild West history. *Recipient of a prestigious grant from the Wild West History Association (HTTP://WILDWESTHISTORY.ORG).

HELL PASO: THE STORY OF DALLAS STOUDENMIRE TM and ©  Jaime Portillo. All Rights Reserved.. All rights reserved.

Check out the Hell Paso series here

Stuff from 2010 (excuse the suckiness)