chris Staggs Art

Batman lost and found

2011-10-30T10:49:00.000-07:00

Another free sketch. I didn't post this when I did it because honestly, what is Batman doing? I'm not really sure what his gesture is saying. I have a tendency to do that sometimes, to just start drawing without any idea of where I'm going. I should stop doing that.

Man in Suit

2011-10-28T20:02:00.000-07:00

Nothing too special, just messing around with brushes in PS.

Dream

2011-10-28T17:19:00.000-07:00

Another free sketch. This time Dream from the Sandman series.

Madman

2011-10-23T17:43:00.000-07:00

I've been doing the free sketches with any purchase from my online store http://staggsart.bigcartel.com/ and this is what this piece started as, but the person who was getting it wanted to upgrade, which I was more than happy to do.

Anyone who's interested I'm taking 9x12 inked commissions, usually of one character, for 30$. If you want something like this just e-mail me.

Thanks again to anyone who purchased any pages from me or who even wanted to, but couldn't because they were strapped for cash, I totally understand.

Deadshot

2011-10-20T14:07:00.000-07:00

Another free sketch, this time, Deadshot!

Punisher Paintball

2011-10-18T14:57:00.000-07:00

Another free sketch to go along with a purchase from my shop. [link]

Not exactly what the person asked for, but I hope he likes it anyway.

Ghost Rider and Firebreather

2011-10-15T18:51:00.001-07:00

I did this as a free sketch for Phil Hester. He was a second too late trying to buy a Deadpool page with Ghost rider on it. It was my fault that he missed it but he was super cool about it and still got something from me which was super cool of him. So I thought the least I could do was a team up with Ghost rider and his awesome character Firebreather. Hopefully he likes it.

Power Company

2011-10-07T14:31:00.000-07:00

Gambit Grumpy

2011-09-27T14:12:00.000-07:00

A quick sketch to go along with an original art purchase from my store. Buy something and tell me what you want and I'll include it with your order for free!

Batman Montage Inks!

2011-09-25T10:30:00.000-07:00

Found the pencils to this piece recently and decided it might be fun to finally ink it. Inking an older piece of your art is pretty interesting, it really helps you see how much you've changed/improved as an artist. I recommend doing it for anyone questioning whether or not they are improving as an artist.

In the Belly Button of the Beast

2011-09-08T11:22:00.001-07:00

Wizard with a Muffin-Top

2011-09-08T10:27:00.001-07:00

Alright, from left to right, "Tickle, Tickle", "Doc Ock Has a Headache", "Wolverine Can't Believe What He's Seeing", "Crocodile Smile", "Just Stop" and "You're Not Funny" This is the continuation of me regularly not posting work regularly. A bunch of false starts and things that didn't even get that far.

A Fresh Start

2011-09-05T14:48:00.000-07:00

My New Studio space! The weird stuff in the right corner are traditional art materials, crazy I know. If you're curious the art on the screen is from one of my all time favorite comic artists, Rick Leonardi. Time to make some art!

2011-09-05T11:29:00.001-07:00

Not sure if this ever got used for anything, but it was a cover I did for a fun independent book titled "Call Me Perilous". This is one of those times where your pretty happy with parts of the image and not so much with others. Either way here it is. I figure I did it and at the time it was the best I could do so I should be at peace with what it is. Sorry, didn't mean to get philosophical about it all, but you know what, art can get pretty deep, even comic book art.

Pg8

2011-08-09T15:07:00.001-07:00

Robin's revenge Pg7

2011-07-29T11:40:00.001-07:00

Two pages left. I'm aiming to finish the remaining pages by next week if all goes well.

Pg6

2011-07-25T15:52:00.001-07:00

Pg6. Three to go. The pacing on some of these pages isn't really ideal but I wanted to keep the amount of pages under ten. It's also the reason that a lot of the action is implied rather than shown in more detail.

Robin's revenge Pg5

2011-07-19T12:59:00.000-07:00

4 left!

Robins revenge Pg4

2011-07-15T14:08:00.001-07:00

I've still got a bit of work to finish pg5 so it might be a couple of days before I post that one. After pg 5 I'll have four to go.

Robins Revenge Pg2

2011-07-14T14:42:00.001-07:00

I know I'm posting these out of order but I'm drawing them out of order too so what's a guy to do.

Todays sketches

2011-07-13T13:07:00.000-07:00

Sketchbook warm ups for today. Disclaimer: Sketches not necessarily drawn today.

Batman on the Loose

2011-07-13T13:01:00.000-07:00

One of the most fun characters to just let go with and play around with design.

Robins Revenge Pg1

2011-07-12T19:18:00.001-07:00

Another page down and getting back into the narrative groove again.

Bubba

2011-07-06T20:15:00.000-07:00

Hey gents and Dames I'm trying to keep this thing updated more regularly. I can't always promise gems or even semi precious posts but I'll deliver something. Today you get Bubba! Mostly just playing around with style a little bit in anticipation of a future project. (More on that later;)

Robin Pg3

2011-07-06T15:21:00.000-07:00

#3rd page of a ten page Robin story that I wrote. I'll post the rest of the pages as I complete them.

Hulk

2011-07-03T19:45:00.000-07:00

I tried to paint! I think this is the second thing I've tried to paint with acrylics. I have to say, things were less frustrating this time. I'd like to try more in the future. I did play around with it a bit in PS. (filters and a little bit of digital painting)

crowheadbrohead

2011-07-03T14:15:00.001-07:00

Does anyone know why the letters in my title turn into little squares when I put a space between them?

A few new sketches, some from life, some that obviously are not but all a blast to draw.

Tankverine

2011-06-27T19:47:00.000-07:00

Just a silly sketch

Two Am Post

2011-06-01T23:09:00.000-07:00

Basically just a bunch of life drawings, even the dinosaur I swear.(It was a model in a restaurant)

Drawn with a Cavalier Hi-tech C pen

zombie crossbones

2011-05-02T23:20:00.000-07:00

A couple of quick sketches for a t-shirt logo. In the end they didn't get used but It's always fun drawing zombies so it wasn't a total loss.

Sketchbook

2011-04-24T21:16:00.001-07:00

Thor

2011-04-20T10:15:00.001-07:00

Zombie Cage Fighter

2011-02-23T07:07:00.001-08:00

A few pages I did a while back as part of a pitch With UFC fighter Nate "Rock" Quarry. I really liked the idea and had a lot of fun working on it, unfortunately these four pages and the cover that I did will probably be the ex stint of my involvement with the book.

Looking back at them now I think I would have handled the tones a bit differently than I did at the time, but that's how you learn, so all in all it was a good experience.

Blue

2011-02-12T06:16:00.000-08:00

From Z to A

2011-01-15T21:59:00.000-08:00

This was commission of two brothers that wanted to be drawn as super heroes. I'm also working on an alternate version that's a take off of the classic Leyendecker Pilgrim and football player thanksgiving Illustration.

Zombie Cage Fighter

2011-01-02T20:10:00.001-08:00

I got the ok to show this cover so here it is. What is it you might ask..., it's a project that I've been working on with UFC fighter Nate "Rock" Quarry. This is Nate's baby so to speak, it's a really fun story with a lot of heart and a ton of cage fighting action. Hopefully I can post some of the preview pages soon. In the mean time, I hope you'll enjoy the cover. If you don't know Nate Quarry and you're a fight fan be sure to google him, he's super tough and like his story, the guy has ton's of heart.

Speeding

2010-12-31T21:13:00.000-08:00

Sketchwork

2010-12-27T17:16:00.001-08:00

Just a bunch of sketches and an outhouse.

Thor

2010-11-15T10:05:00.001-08:00

Hellboy

2010-11-14T20:49:00.000-08:00

What can I say, he's blue!

The Punisher!

2010-11-11T19:19:00.001-08:00

This started as a toned paper commission but once I scanned in my rough I couldn't stop myself from messing with it. Anyway, this is what came about from my fiddledge.

8.5x11 toned paper commission, just e-mail or send me a note

20$ + shipping

ZCF

2010-11-11T10:49:00.000-08:00

[link]

Shrugged

2010-11-09T11:57:00.001-08:00

A few of the Shrugged characters.

CAP

2010-11-02T12:45:00.000-07:00

Still working the Digi Panting skills. Next up, a whole cover(unless it stinks)

Storm

2010-10-22T21:25:00.001-07:00

This is a pretty old drawing that I did so the style a bit different than what I do now but it seemed like a nice simple drawing to digitally paint. I want to start doing more fully painted pieces like this just to have some different work to show and also to flex some art muscles that I don't use normally. I still have lots to learn about this approach but hopefully I'll be looking back at this in a month or so and see it as the beginning of becoming more versatile.

Deadpool Head Ache

2010-08-30T13:08:00.001-07:00

Team up pencils 4

2010-07-30T08:07:00.001-07:00

Last bit of pencils.

Team Up Pencils3

2010-07-30T07:32:00.001-07:00

I have pages for sale as well if anyone is interested just e-mail me. Thanks

Team Up Pencils 2

2010-07-30T07:23:00.000-07:00

More pencils form Deadpool Team Up 891

Team up pencils

2010-07-29T21:35:00.001-07:00

Splatter Rama

2010-07-15T14:16:00.000-07:00

One more character for the book who's name must not be spoken! I had a bit of an accident here involving a syringe and some ink, I won't say where it happened, I don't want to ruin the fun of looking for it yourself;)

Deapool Team Up 891 partb

2010-07-15T08:22:00.001-07:00

Last preview pg

Deadpool Team UP 891

2010-07-15T08:18:00.000-07:00

A few preview pages from the issue of Deadpool Team up that I did the pencils for. Inks by Robert Campanella and colors byy Dan Brown

Tiny Feet

2010-07-14T15:39:00.000-07:00

A couple of early character designs for a project that will hopefully work out. Sorry to be vague but I don't know too much more than that. I was trying out some new inking tools on these guys, it was fun to do and I feel like I'm getting more comfortable with everything.

Olmec Nation

2010-05-02T22:55:00.001-07:00

I haven't posted in a while and I'm not sure when I'll have more work that I can show for a bit, so I scanned in some sketch work that I'm doing for a personal story. The story is sort of part archeology, mythology, and Theology/ horror, adventure, morality tale. Simple enough right? It is centered around the mystery of the Olmec people, their origins and influence in the ancient past and their potential return in the not too distant future. As you may have realized if you know anything about the Olmec my story is completely fictional and based mostly in imagination. Thanks for taking a look and sorry for not posting in such a long time.

Nasa Jr

2010-03-18T08:23:00.000-07:00

I ran out of time on this one so I'll post it as is but I might add some color to it as some point.

Mega Mega

2010-03-05T06:25:00.000-08:00

Just for fun, a shot of random characters posing all cool like. I'm still working on the colors but I should have them done soon. I feel like I lost some clarity with the inks so hopefully I can pull it together in the color phase, I'm open to suggestions;)

Dunn Miner

2010-02-25T12:37:00.000-08:00

I remember this awesome painting from an illustration history class that I had, painted by Harvey Dunn. If I remember it correctly it was this miner guy with light blasting from his helmet. That painting just stuck in my head and is the basis for my miner pic. My teacher told us a story about him that I'm sure was exaggerated but I thought it was cool anyway, the story was that Dunn would layer on his oil paints so thickly that one of his paintings was so heavy it actually caused his easel to collapse. How cool is that! He was a big guy whose paintings reflected his physical stature pretty accurately, I think.

A minor Miner

2010-02-22T12:01:00.000-08:00

Just a quick digi paint. I've been doodling Miners lately, I might post osme of those soon as well. I'm not sure why I've been into the manmoles lately but there pretty fun to mess around with in terms of shape and design.

Spidey colors

2010-02-19T09:20:00.000-08:00

Quick colors for this piece. This is me trying to do what all the cool kids online are doing and failing miserably.

Spidey and the "D" man

2010-02-17T17:40:00.001-08:00

A commission that I just finished up, really fun one to work on. I'm going to try and get the colors done tomorrow, we'll see.

Gambit Process

2010-01-29T18:57:00.000-08:00

Start to finish. I originally planned on just the inked sketches but ended up going through to color. Along the way I ended up trying out some new techniques that I will probably use on future projects.

Sketchbook

2010-01-23T09:19:00.000-08:00

What's up people, this is the cover to my new sketchbook.

It's 65 pages, 20 full color pages, 20 or so monochrome/tonal pages and about 20 pages of bw. sketches. Gloss paper with a spiral binding.

It includes work from my DA gallery as well as other stuff that I have never posted. If you want one just e-mail and I'll send you a bill. Cray888@hotmail.com

The book is 30$ plus shipping

I tried to pack as much as I could into this book, showing sketches, process and finished illustration. It's a range of everything that I've done.

Each book will come with a sketch, let me know what character you want and I'll hook it up.

Black Panther

2010-01-08T23:38:00.000-08:00

This was a pencil commission the I decided to ink and color. Overall, I'm pretty happy with the results, its not perfect but at this point I think my total production is more important than trying to create a perfect drawing.

Deadpool Teaam Up

2010-01-08T23:34:00.001-08:00

A couple more pages.

DeadPool Team Up

2010-01-08T23:16:00.000-08:00

The first few pages from Deadpool 897.

Deadpool pg 10

2009-10-15T10:21:00.001-07:00

More Deadpool pages. Now that the book has come out I can post the rest of the pages that I drew. Pg 10 This page was a doozie...is it only old people that say Doozie?

Deadpool 900 Pg 5-9

2009-10-15T10:15:00.000-07:00

More Deadpool pages. Now that the book has come out I can post the rest of the pages that I drew. Pages 5-9

Deadpool 900 pg1-4

2009-09-26T11:37:00.000-07:00

I was fortunate enough to be given a chance to draw a short story in the new Deadpool anthology book. The book comes out on Oct. 14th if anyone wants to pick it up.
Here are the first four preview pages that Marvel posted. I just did the drawing portion of the page, the ink were done by http://elvlasco.deviantart.com/ and the colors are by http://martegodpopo.deviantart.com/

ghost Ryda

2009-09-13T18:20:00.000-07:00

Some sketches of the Ghost rider.

Deadpool

2009-09-01T18:18:00.000-07:00

I know how much everyone wanted to see this and I aim to please, so without further Ado, DEADPOOL! A couple different stages here, inks and colors.

I'm going to be offering prints of this guy as well. Same deal as before, If you want one drop me an e-mail (cray888@hotmail.com) and I'll send a bill through Pay Pal.

11x17 high quality prints for 20$ Plus shipping

Thanks

Indy

2009-09-01T18:09:00.000-07:00

Just for fun. I really love Short Round, what a great character. Roughs, partial inks and full inks with gray tones.

Sketch cards

2009-08-27T16:16:00.000-07:00

I just started doing these sketch card commissions recently, these are a few of the ones that I did so far. I'm working in gray tones only at this point and will probably start doing full color soon.

I'm selling the cards for 10$ a piece, just let me know what you are looking for and I'll do it up for you. I'm starting to do some painted cards as well, if you want one of these let me know and we'll work out the price.

All payments are through Pay Pal just send me an e-mail with what you want and I'll send the bill back to you for payment.

Thanks for all the support, take care.

cray888@hotmail.com

Sketchbook

2009-08-27T16:01:00.000-07:00

A bunch of pages from my sketchbook, a mix of life drawing and imagination drawings.

Spidey inks pg1

2009-05-12T20:11:00.001-07:00

First page of inks

Spidey inks

2009-05-12T20:00:00.000-07:00

Not much to say here just the inks. I take that back, I will say that I really tried to not worry too much about the end result here and just go for it. I had a great instructor at the Kubert school named Toby Cypress that really helped change the way that I looked at art. What he said and did didn't fully sink in at the time but it really made an impression with me. I don't know if this is the direction that I will head in and I think that's a good thing. The most important lesson that I have taken from Toby's instruction is to just be open to what's feeling right for you at the time and to not be scared of heading into new territory.

Spidey Cover

2009-05-12T03:02:00.000-07:00

Cover for the previously posted six pages of Spidey vs Hyde. I think that I'm starting to settle in a bit with how I want to approach my inking in the future. It's been fun seeing the different type of marks that can be made wih a brush once you break out of typical approach to comic style inks.

Chief 3d

2009-05-05T03:13:00.000-07:00

I was fortunate enough to be able to make a maquette of the chief character of my spirit fireman story. I haven't decided yet but I might paint this guy up pretty soon.

Kingdom of the Sun

2009-04-20T20:51:00.000-07:00

This guy is from something called Kingdom of the Sun which I think was a Disney movie, if anyone knows for sure please tell me. Anyway I thought he looked like he would be fun to sculpt so I did.

New force 2

2009-04-15T18:22:00.000-07:00

A little more early exploration of color styles and character designs. Next week I'll have to get more detailed with the characters and their final designs, I should have more props as well.

New Force

2009-04-13T16:10:00.001-07:00

The start of some of the new characters for the Ghosts of White City. Here again I'm just trying out some different ways to color things and also I'm trying to incorporate more reference in my work.

Spidey pg1

2009-04-12T12:12:00.001-07:00

Six pages of a very old Spider-man plot that I've attempted to draw numerous times. This things been around I've seen a bunch of other versions of it on DA. It's always cool to see how different people interpret the plot. Pg1

Spidey pg 2-6

2009-04-12T12:09:00.000-07:00

Six pages of a very old Spider-man plot that I've attempted to draw numerous times. This things been around a while I've seen a bunch of other versions of it on DA. It's always cool to see how different people interpret the plot, since it's left pretty open.

The Old Engine

2009-04-05T17:07:00.000-07:00

I beefed up the color a bit on the Fire engine page. I tend to like less saturated colors but in this case I wanted to push the color a little more, I kind of see these characters as being more at home in a cartoon than a comic book.

The first piece is about 50/50 digital and traditional. The bkg and the overlay I used were both done in Photoshop but the rest was done traditionally.
This is the Ghost's of White City's Wheels. I think that it's actually based mostly on Firetruck from turn of the century Great Britain if I remember correctly. I thought this looked cooler that Fire engines from Chicago at the same time period so I changed it up a bit. More development work to gome along with the rest of my Spidey sample pages.

The next couple are a couple character moments with the chief and his daughter.

The big man

2009-03-18T17:46:00.000-07:00

I'm starting work this week on some of the other characters from my firefighting ghosts project, this is the second guy. He's kind of the old school muscle back when strong dudes looked like dudes and not buff chics, admittedly he's a bit fat too. I'm about to start painting this guy too so if it doesn't suck too much I'll post that as well, since I'm a posting whore.

Hammer head sculpt

2009-03-18T17:45:00.001-07:00

This is a sculpture bust that I'm working on, it's pretty much finished here except for a couple minor things. I'm debating if I should paint it or not, I probably will but it might be a while later. So this is a character from the Enrique Fernandez Wizard of Oz comic that came out a couple of years ago. He's such a great character designer that I had to sculpt one of his Oz characters.

Firehouse

2009-03-12T01:14:00.000-07:00

No not the crappy eighties band the domicile. I'm starting work now on the Old Firehouse designs. This is the first pass and possibly the last as I'm running short on time. Pretty basic stuff a bunch of silhouettes of different types of firehouses and a more detailed version, along with a detail of one area. I think I'll move on to designing some more of the characters next and a couple more interiors.

Chief in repose

2009-03-07T00:33:00.000-08:00

So I'm never going to claim being done with a certain subject again because I love to beat a dead horse to death, redundant I know. Anyway, this one's a bit gimmicky with the frame and the filters and such but I was having fun and it fits the story so there you go.

2009-03-07T00:32:00.001-08:00

What's more exciting than a kitchen, I mean c'mon. I'm finally moving on to some environments and such for the firemen stuff and this is the first pass.

A quikie

2009-03-04T23:03:00.000-08:00

A quick pass at some colors on...you guessed it the Chief. It actually wasn't all that quick because I was just trying out all sorts of combination's, damn Photoshop and the endless possibilities that it offers!

Portrait of a Ghost

2009-02-19T04:07:00.001-08:00

I couldn't resist adding a bit of color on the chief. Really quick color sketch, I'll probably finish most of the characters this way.

Chief

2009-02-19T02:58:00.001-08:00

A page of the Chief pointing at people mostly. Just a page of some of the chief characters actions, this will probably do it for this guy for a while, down the road a bit I'll probably have some colored versions of this guy.

Batman and the gang

2009-02-15T12:03:00.000-08:00

I always wanted to have someone else color this and a couple of people ever said that they were going to; you know who you are, but no one ever did. So, I had to do it myself. This is probably the most popular thing that I've done so I wanted to give you a finished up version, it only took like two years to do it! Anyway, thanks for looking.

ghosts of white city dev. week 3

2009-02-14T16:46:00.000-08:00

More development stuff, I'm still working on the chief character, almost done I think.

Ghost's of the White City wek 2

2009-02-08T18:20:00.000-08:00

Second week of dev. for this project. Mostly just figuring out the chief.

Ghost's of the white city

2009-02-01T21:20:00.000-08:00

Just some early development stuff for school. The thumbnails are pretty rough at this stage and are just used to get a feel for some of the environments that some of the scenes will take place in. The rest of it is just me getting used to the way things look. As things get a little further along the designs should get more outlandish, I'm still working on the idea so it's all kind of up n the air still.

Gadzooks it's sketches

2009-01-21T00:45:00.001-08:00

A bunch more sketches, I'm still working on some drawing issues, mostly that I just need to draw more. This page of sketches is the result of some of those efforts. The page is 19"x24" and was not that fun to scan as you might imagine. Anyway, thanks for looking.

Same day different face

2009-01-16T12:39:00.000-08:00

I sat down to Practice drawing womens faces because mine are less than ideal at this point. I sat and I drew with no other distractions and it was great. But what I realized is something that has occurred to me in the past, and that is that you really can't find a consistent voice to speak in unless you are constantly drawing. It's so easy to get influenced by art from people that you admire but what's there to keep your own work stable? For me it's devoting a chunk of time everyday(which I don't do enough) that really keeps you honest and lets what you do naturally flow out. Anyway these drawings are just the beginning of that idea. I'm going to do my best to devote most of my day everyday to drawing with limited distractions. Easier said than done, I know.

Reggie Couture

2009-01-06T10:53:00.000-08:00

What do you know, another painting and believe it or not these are just for fun, there's got to be something wrong with me. I really like MMA and one of the best and most liked fighters is a guy by the name of Randy Couture. When I painted this I thought it kind of resembled him but in a "bizzaro world" kind of way, you know, like an evil half brother or something. One day I'll have to do a proper portrait of some of these people. I think my next painting I'm going to do a whole scene, I feel like it time to stretch myself a bit more, maybe even some women in the next painting.
One last thing, I painted this for anyone who's interested, on the back of an old drawing board. I really like the surface of the board over canvas, plus there were a bunch of scratches and cuts all over the thing as well so it added another layer of texture to everything.

Frank and Lilith

2008-12-24T01:02:00.000-08:00

I did this as a drawing after watching the now cult classic Monster Squad. There was a scene from the movie similar to this and it just struck me as an interesting image. The drawing sat around forever waiting to be painted but since it wasn't high on the priority list I never got around to it, until yesterday that is. I just finished up my next to the last semester of classes and since I finally had some free time to do exactly what I wanted I made sure that I took advantage of the opportunity, Frank and Lilith was the result of that free time. It's nice to have finally gotten this thing painted and for the most part I'm pretty satisfied with how it turned out. As with all things there are areas that could be improved but those areas will have to wait for another day to get fixed for now I'm through with this painting.