this is a dbl page spread cover for the launch of escape from wonderland out by Zenescope Ent.

this one was a major pain in my big ass behind....i needed to get it done in two days cause timing and miscommunication... and on top of that i needed to design these characters which is not easy to do when im solely responsible for what these characters will look like in the rest of the series. well that was the fun part..playing god and all..

my editors and i dont always see eye to eye when it comes to cover ideas...this one was not the case but it seemed that way at first. he told me all excited like (which is fun cause most editors are not so enthusiastic) and said DUDE...we need a wraparound of a girl walking through the mirror and ending up on the other side!! and i was like...no no no...sigh..borrrring...but as he begun to describe it more i was like ok maybe...but i started to visualize (which i stress is the key to all the mojo...serious brain storming) and it hit me...im like can show what happens INSIDE the mirror..the transition? and he's like sure and then i ask, has it been done b4...the answer was no and i was happy cause i get to make more shit up and i love love looove doing that....

i'll try and keep this short since im trying to describe two cvrs at once here..

the earth side i called the boring side..reg chick about to cross into wonderland...the dilemma is making something so boring, like the setting (attic) look interesting...so i went with the default eye candy trick...put a lot of shit everywhere and make it look like a organized cool mess...i think i pulled it off

the wonderland part was waaay more fun and didnt really need eye candy cause of the "cool" factor. so i didnt stress this side at all cause it's very dynamic in setting... a la "LOTR's"

the mirror part is by far one of the coolest published (coming soon a shop near u) piece i've prob ever done...since this is a dark and twisted world i felt it appropriate to dive into my darkside and summon my mojo and warp the earth calie and wonderland calie and her psyche all into one.

theres not much i can say about the earth side...i feel that even though there is a lot gong here its still separates..some ways to approach this is to have open space..i left the wall naked (mm...naked) behind her...and as the wall gets further away i drew more and more lines.. a resting point if u will...again with her hair...the top of her head is also naked of lines...and more detail as u go further down...same with the wooden floor, chest, lamp shade...u can apply this to just about anything...

i find it especially hard to draw a woman looking sexy AND badass at the same time...not easy to do..good examples are wonderwoman and tombraider...those girls are always kicking ass...alas, they are my absolute "least" fav female characters to draw...sexy is what sells over at zenescope and they always emphasize that...she needs to have knives in each hand about to lunge forward...

the wall behind her is flat and parallel to us..so i purposely turned everything thats placed here...the chest, boxes, books..everything is escue to help prevent looking "stiff".

the wonderland side was pretty tuff with all the layering...i separated everything into 4 planes.. the main figure, soldiers, queen and the castle in the far back...now thats a lot of info to tell in virtually half the paper...the mirror took up a lot of space along with the teleporting side as well..i cant even begin to explain my process here..so imma just say what i did...battle stance (with 1 leg) soldiers all armored up, queen in chariot with skinned horses and two floating angels (good vs evil ) on her shoulders...squint a lil and maybe u'll see 'em.. it was almost impossible to not make this all cluttered up. using blk on white on blk again helps a lot but i didnt really pull it off here...

i like her costume...its a representation of her earth clothes and her attitude that was caused by the looking glass...she is angry and out for blood....

now my fav part....the inner mirror...( i so wanted to draw an ass in there somewhere hoping that i could get away with it but opted not to be so tacky)

i originally wanted to have three separate bodies all fused and morphing but didnt have the space to do it in...i started with the ribcage (my fav part of the whole piece) literally coming out of her...why u ask..good question..i dont know... it just looks cool..and i wanted to see if i could get away with it..if u look closer u will see that the butt of the axe on the wonderland side fuses into her hand and forearm in the mirror...i also gave her like 8 or 9 fingers....i thought it'd be cool to take off her mouth, nose and ear...almost like, see no evil, hear, speak no evil...the skirt is kinda flowing on the top and morphing into her skin as it fades down..and in the far left of it i have a skull coming out from her skin and then somehow the muscles got added and the skin after that...

i was just very happy to flex my twisted muscle that i've never gotten the chance to do b4...this is the kinda stuff i draw in my sketchbook cause there are no rules and its so much fun...added extra arms and legs and partial clothing in some spots...

and finally the floating heads are all part of her psyche and are tormenting her...yup, made it all up... me needs some help...

i also designed the mirror like 2 yrs ago...and i never thought that i would have to draw it again..and i regret making it so detailed...it was a pain my ass (i love ass) to draw....and when i was done...i had to REdraw it again on the other side, and the paper is 17 inches tall.....blah! at that point i didnt care about continuity...the glass looks nothing alike...what ever, no one will care anyways..

this cvr felt like i was drawing three separate cvrs and felt like it was never going to end...in all it took me over 30 hrs to do....and most of it was straight...

its been a while since i've said this...ahem...straightens back and shouts...

GO ASS!!!

easter eggs-two halo's master chiefs gunning down Godzilla...an xbox.. i think thats it..


the bugs and worms are part of the eye candy as well as the atmosphere of wonderland..