Kickstarter Sketch Card – A New Power

An unfamiliar and fearful new power.

Pentel pocket brush, Prismacolor and Copics on card stock.

-RD

Original Art is © 2015 Randall Drew
Rydia is © SquareEnix

Kickstarter Sketch Card -Ora ora ora oraaahh!!

Sabin from FFVI showing you his heart through his fists!

Pentel pocket brush, Microns, Prismacolor on card stock.

-RD

Orignal art is © 2015 Randall Drew
Sabin is © SquareEnix

Sketch Card – Byuu for yuu!

Byuu from Bahamut Lagoon! I believe this was for the awesome Kunal Majmudar! Check out his beats!

Pentel Pocket Brush, Prismacolor and Copics on card stock.

-RD

Original art is © 2015 Randall Drew
Bahamut Lagoon is © Squaresoft

Granite Con Sketch Card – Dagger

Princess Garnet is still probably one of my fave FF female characters. Most of it is nostalgia for sure, but at the time when FF IX came out, she impressed me as a fun, ambitious, and brave protagonist in a world where the ladies were usually damsel fodder or simple love interests.

Pentel pocket brush, prismacolor and copics on card stock.

-RD

Original art is © 2014 Randall Drew
FF IX Characters are © SquareEnix

Beyond Mode 7: Deadline Approaches!

This update has been a long time coming! It’s time to officially get excited about Beyond Mode 7 as the final art submission deadline is just a mere 2 weeks away! To whet all those video game art loving appetites out there, today I’m going to share a few nibbles of some of what has already come in from our STILL GROWING list of contributors!

First off, I’d like to announce that the book will officially launch at MeCAF 2014, in Portland Maine on May 18th! Jesse and I were accepted for the sixth year in a row to table at this amazing, growing and evolving indie comics show! It’s got a great history of solid attendance and being great for the whole family, exactly the intended audience for the anthology.

Second, if you missed any of my Post-MAGFest Reports (read them here and here) then I’ll once again announce the addition of the amazing Kevin Bolk, 8BitMaximo and Hex Martinez to the Anthology roster! Each brings something unique and powerful to the table and we’re overjoyed to have them on board! Hit those links up and check out their work!

Now, for the newcomers to Beyond Mode 7, let me introduce the anthology real quick: The brain child of my table mate and fellow ink-slinger Jesse Durona (artist behind the popular Despondent Mega Man comics) Beyond Mode 7 came to be after MAGFest 11 in January of 2013. The book will be a full-color, 6×9″, perfect-bound homage to all things Super Nintendo.

With more contributing artists than the system had Bits to work with, it will cover a broad spectrum of experiences, games and memories from arguably the 90’s greatest video game console and game library. It will feature comics, illustrations, essays, and other works of art all honoring a device that brought interactive art and creativity right into our living rooms every day of our childhood!

Some of the games covered by Beyond Mode 7 include: (Art represented are works-in-progress!)

Super Mario World


© Scott Baer

Kirby’s Dreamland 3


© Matt Aucoin

Super Metroid


© Amanda Ruddock

TMNT Turtles in Time


© Bill Volk

Mega Man X


© Michael Ruggia

The Legend of Zelda: LttP


© Matt Aucoin

Earthbound/Mother2


© Randall Drew

…and many many more!

As a note to creators still working: The deadline for final art submissions is the end of this month! As of March, Jesse and I will be compiling the artwork together and preparing a Kickstarter for April! Then it’ll be a Super Nintendo Blitz to get as many people contributing to the campaign as possible! We want to put your art in as many hands as possible, so keep and eye out for requests to help spread the word!

Thanks, and game on!
-RD

Above original artworks are © their respective creator, all rights reserved!

Sketch Card – Kupo!

First sketch card I did for 2014, on the road at MAGFest! A classic Moogle, I’ll do a lot more of these little guys as their designs have changed a lot over the years, such variety!

Pentel pocket brush, prismacolor markers on card stock.

-RD

Original Art © 2014 Randall Drew
Moogles © SquareEnix

Production – XII

Here’s a little preview of a certain insane, villainous take on a recurring character in every Final Fantasy game! For an upcoming project at OCRemix!

Ink on Bristol Board
Colors in Photoshop CS6

-RD

Original Art is ©2013 Randall Drew
Cid and Final Fantasy are © SquareEnix