TTG at Comic Con 2007-- New Tshirt!

So con is on its way, and The Those Guys wouldnt miss it!

Our booth is #1035, come by and say hi.

Maybe buy one of our new Tshirts, they will be snazzy! Here is a mock up


And a close up!

Packed and Loaded Preview

The group show "Packed and Loaded" opens next week on Tuesday the 19th. I'm busy touching up the paintings and cutting mattes. Opening night is from 7-10pm and the show will include work by eight artists all together. This is my first time showing at Gallery 1988, so I'm excited. I hope to see you there.

Gallery 1988
7020 Melrose Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90038

Two Color Comps

The "Packed and Loaded" show is coming up fast, I have three more paintings to get done. Here are the color comps for two of them.

I painted the tree illustration in Photoshop first then I made this small gouache version to make sure that I could mix the colors correctly, I've been having trouble matching colors from my monitor to the final piece so I've been adding this step in between. Also, in the final, there'll be a little guy sitting up in the tree playing a guitar.

Nick Mag Comic

The June issue of Nickelodeon Magazine features an original comic, "Troll Bridge", by me.
Thanks to Chris Duffy and Dave Roman at the magazine for making sure the story was the best it could be. And thanks to my fellow "The Those Guys" for giving me advice as I tweaked the story, especially Mike Roush who helped me come up with an ending that tied it all together. Here's a panel from the comic.

Another one bites the dust.

So as of Sunday, May 20th, 2007, The Those Guy, Ry-Ry Hernandez, is officially off the meet market. He is now locked in the deadly jaws of holy matrimony with his lovely wife Vanessa. It was a great wedding, taking place in Kauai. Congratulations you silly lovers, may your lives together be full of wonderful suprises and joy.

Mike's new site.

I just put a shiny new coat on the ol' website.
Check it out.
www.mikeroush.com

Gallery Work

The line drawing and Photoshop color comp are for two recently completed paintings for the upcoming group show at Gallery 1988 called "Packed and Loaded".

The "River Giant" goauche painting is for next month's "Power In Numbers" show at Nucleus. The show will include 5x7 paintings by a ton of artists including fellow TTG's Matt Spanger, Richard Pose, and Justin Ridge. Part of the proceeds from the sale of the paintings will go to benefit breast cancer research. From the few paintings I've seen I can tell it's going to be a great show.

Long Road Ahead

Owl Sculpture

This is a picture I took today of a maquette I made of a Burrowing Owl. I made it with Chavante, armature wire and two teddy bear eyes. He is perched on a small block that represents the post of a barbed wire fence. I love sculpting, especially when I get seriously burned out with drawing or animating.....It seems to bring me right back.

- mike roush

Peace #2

One painting down. Here is the color comp for the next one. I made a few pencil sketches, but I didn't figure out a composition I liked until I took them into Photoshop. The challenge is to make the lasers and red guy's face pop against the surrounding colors.