School Daze

Holy cow, Its that time of year. Back to school time. Ugh. I hate school. Rather, I hate going to school and working full time. Right now I feel like I'm walking in the middle of the road. To celebrate the start of the school year I'm ditching work and school; and I'm going to Lake Powell on Friday. So I won't be here tomorrow. Everyone take care and have fun!

Marvel Masterpieces Series III

Hello True Believers! Here today, in a Hardin Art Studios Blog exclusive, are all 25 Marvel Masterpiece Sketch cards I did for series 3. I will post 5 on Digital Webbing, Myspace, Facebook, and Scoundrel's but right here is the only place where you can see all 25. I'm going to try and get more exclusive with art here on the blog to boost subscribers. So make sure you subscribe and visit weekly!

Ghost Squad

Many of you may know that I'm slowly working on getting my MFA from the Academy of Art University. Two semesters ago I killed two birds with one stone and did an illustration for Ron Fortier's Pulp Novel: Ghost Squad, while fulfilling my final for a digital painting class.. Well the novel is set to be published and I figure it time to get the art out there. Check it out and let me know what you think.

Flashback Friday

Holy cow! Time flies when you're having fun. I can't believe a week has gone by so quickly. Well its time to post a flashback piece of artwork. This week's flashback is from Sony's Warhawk video game. I it drew traditionally then scanned it and added some digital paints. I think it turned out pretty cool, and found it worthy of a Friday Flashback. I do have lots of new stuff coming. I got the cover to Ghost Squad to post as well as MARVEL MASTERPIECE series 3 sketch cards. Look for those this week.

Flashback Friday

TGIF everyone! I thought I'd try something new. I have some comps I did for the videogame industry see if you can spot the properties (pppssst don't look at the labels)! They are old but I couldn't post them when I did them ND's and such so.. Never been a better time than right now! Have a good weekend!

Countdown to Mystery

I'm discovering as I blog that its hard not to post stuff you are working on. At the time you are so excited about it but you have non-discloser to think about. So I'm going to try and do a better job of posting stuff I have worked on at the time I was dying to show but couldn't. These next few posts have got to be prime examples of stuff I was dying to show. This is my first double wide comp page for DC. It was for Countdown to Mystery #5. Enjoy!

Warhammer Condemned by Fire #3

Hey guys, I have some art this week to share. Warhammer: Condemned by Fire # 3 is out from Boom Studios. Yours truly did the art for 7 pages. Here is a sneak peek to make you want to rush out and grab the book. I'm also eagerly awaiting my comp for the Warhammer Age of Reckoning Online so I can check out how those pages turned out. I've gotten complements from one of the Boom Owners so I'm guessing it turned out great. Hopefully I'll get to post some art when it launches! Check back often to see.

My Trip to Disneyland... er I mean SDCC.

Well I took a left turn in Albuquerque on my way to San Diego (somehow I got off the 215) and before I knew it I was in Anaheim California?! Which ended up costing us an hour getting to the Con, but we got there and enjoyed preview night. We being Lynn Walker (inker of Ape Entertainment's Clipstick) and I. We met up with Derek Hunter of Pirate Club and "The Geek Show Podcast" fame. We talked a little about the podcast, Anime and other little what nots. Derek (at the time) was seated next to Ryan Ottley of Image Comic's Invincible. I let Ryan take a gander at my portfolio this year, in particular I showed him my homage to his Sea Bear and Grizzly Shark posts on his web site. Hopefully I'll be able to post the drawing soon. I have to get permission first, but with luck I'll be able to show it soon.

San Deigo Comic Con

Well its that time of year. Time to brave the unwashed masses in San Diego California in order to seek out future work in the comic and video game industries. I've been doing good since last year hopefully I'll double the amount of work I get this year. I'll try and post a nightly update of all the fun! Anyhoo... On another note it was Christmas in July this month. I got my share of the original artwork for Countdown to Mystery#5 and my comps from "Boom!" for Warhammer: Condemned by Fire issues 2 and 3. I did a cover for #2 and 7 pages for #3. The colors for #3 sort of covered up a lot of my work. Maybe I'll post my inks so you guys can see the Black and Whites. Anyhoo I got a ton of stuff to do before I go so I got to get back to it!

Laters-

Chad.

Fan Mail = Fan Art

Well I got my frist piece of Fan mail the otherday. So I decieded to respond with a token of my apperication with a custom sketchcard. Figured I'd post it on the blog so everyone could see. I have more stuff coming soon in preperation for SDCC. So stay posted.

School

Well I have tons of stuff I want to post but I'm super busy trying to get issue 22 of "The Spirit" out for DC. In the meantime here is a 6 panel story I did for a class I'm taking. I hope to have some Marvel Cards up soon too!

Another one bites the dust!

I can hear the late great Freddie Mercury singing his tune as I post the latest failed attempt for a DC cover. Atleast now I have 3 of 4 covers approved. I can't post approved sketches so please don't ask. I'll post them when they get published.

I'm not as let down with the rejection of this one as I was struggling with the concept. Its not as cool as the Superman one. But I feel its good enought ot get put up on the old blog. I'm going o try and do a weekly post. We'll see how it goes. Hope you like it!

DC Covers

I'm doing some covers for DC as well as other things. I felt like posting some of the rejected comps up here so at least somebody can see them. Here is a Superman comp that didn't make the cut.

Still More Marvel Cards

Hey Guys I'm trying to do better about posting more. here are some Marvel Sketch cards I did for Upper Deck. I tried to spend as little time on them as possible. None are over twenty minutes. Hope you like them, I thought they were fun.

More Marvel Cards

Marvel Cards

I am alive

One year my last post was a year ago? Holy moley. Well I must admit that things have been busy and exciting. Anyhoo. As soon as i get some stuff done I'll try and update everything. Big news is that I'm working for DC Comics WOOO HOOO! Check out my first big work in Countdown to Mystery #'s 5,7, and 8! More to come soon I promise.

The Mole Men Cometh!

I got my first Fist of Justice story done for the back of Dynamo 5. Here is a sneek peek. This is my first time doing both pencils and inks. Hope everybody likes it. I'm pretty happy with the results. I need to thank Ryan Ottely for his inking tips. I emailed him and asked for pointers when I got bogged down and he speedly replied. Ryan's tips helped me speed up some and I'm sure that the rest will come with practice. look for the whole story in the back of Dyanmo 5 #4.

Chad.

Comics Update!

Hey I know its been way too long sinse I've posted an update. But a lot has happened and I figured I would get my blogging at leat started for the year. I have quit my job of the past four and a half years to go out on my own as a freelance artist. My first full lenth comic is set to hit the stands in a couple of weeks and I'm really excited about it. Bloodrayne Tibetan Hieghts will be out in the first half of April. Written by Troy Wall and Pencilled by yours truely. I'm also really stoked to be working on Fists of Justice again. The pages I'm doing now are set to appear in the back of Image Comic's Dynamo 5 (Written by Jay Faerber and Penciled by Mahmud A. Asrar) so I will have some work published by Image WHOOT WHOOT! Anyhoo, I hope to keep the steam up I'll keep you posted.

Chad.

FoJ is done.

Wow, it's been a long while but I just sent off this Fists of Justice Cover to Ed and Mike. All together I pencilled 32 pages of art for Fists. I will be posting some of my favorite bits of each book up here so keep checking back for updates.

Also things are going along well with my top secret pitch I'm working on with Noble Causes writer Jay Faerber. I'm only one page away from having the pencils done. Wish me luck.