A few new things...

Sorry I haven't kept up with this! It's been really busy around these parts. I plan on changing that from here on out, however!  So here's a few new pieces to take a gander at :D

This was a commission piece from my friend Leigh (who has been a great supporter!).  This was of him and his father, who had passed away.  Both are great musicians and he wanted something serene like this to go along with his memories.

Tried a bit of a different approach to this than my usual.

Floe and Streex! Two characters you meet in issue #1 of Eighth Sin!

I had trouble doing shots of heads looking up, so I did some 30sec-1min head shot sketches from whatever I could find.

And my Blacklight painting of 'Carrie' from.. uh Carrie'.

Watch the movie of me painting it here! I just had some fun with it.

Comic-Con Toronto, March 9-10, 2013!

So my friend Ryan told me about Comic-con Toronto and that I should get a table there. And so I thought, why not? But I wanted to bring something new to the table. ... well, my table.

I decided to finish my comic. I had pages of it going for issue #0, #1, and #2, but just needed to finish them. But knowing me, I dream big and get overwhelmed, so I settled myself for finishing issue #0. For the last two months I dedicated a lot of hours into this comic, and I'm finally able to present it to everyone!

Eighth Sin, a comic and story idea I've had in my head since I was sixteen, has shaped itself out of all the experiences I've had, the friends I've made, and anything and everything inbetween.

So I finished to comic, I got it printed, and hoisted myself over to Toronto.  I met so many cool people, great artists (professional and amateur alike) that I plan on doing this quite often.  And one of the coolest things? Aside from meeting LeVar Burton (aka Geordie La-fudgin-Forge, and the show Reading Rainbow!) and a tiny tiny bit with Marina Sirtis, I sold everyone of my Eighth Sin comics that I printed out!

I present to you guys the cover for now. I have yet to put up any sample pages, but let's just say, there's samples everywhere in my blog. Almost every character you see is a part of this story, even if they don't play any key or pivotal role in the story.

Sorry about my hiatus!

I was down and out for way too long, but with good reason which I'll go on about in the next post :D

For now, here's a few new things I was able to do between the busy-ness of it all.  I'm working on the art for a game with a friend currently, as well as a bunch of commission work but I -was- able to bang out a few decent things between work!

Some upcoming Sticker designs I'm selling!

A commission from my friend Joe to his sister Ashley.

Two characters of mine; Glee and Gretchen. An angel and demon respectively.

And of course? Do these guys really need any clarification?

:)

Calvaria Femina

Carvalia Femina

Moleskin book #004. :D

I made this one a little special using some Blacklight paint.  But! I already sold this one. 

More in the works!

Moleskin books

I've recently been getting into drawing on the covers of moleskin books.  It's an idea I saw first on DeviantArt, then all over Etsy.  I thought they all looked pretty damn cool honestly, so figured I'd try my hand. 

My first was a greek themed one which sold quite quickly! So I decided to draw up another one, which is this one here:

"Open Murder"

This was the second moleskin book I sold!  And since this one went the same day I had put it up for sale, I started working on a third...

"They Cannot Be Stopped"

One hundred and twenty some-odd zombies present in my third moleskin book.  THIS was super fun to do. And guess what? It sold right away as well!  These things are amazing! I'm glad people like these 'cause I'm having a shit-ton of fun drawing them up 

And it's neat to see how people handle these.  I spray all of these and treat them so they don't fade or wear quickly.  Then I tuck them into a plastic sleeve.  The first buyer said he's never going to open his book. :D

The second started using it for his notes in his business. 

And the third.. I'm not quite sure.  I think he'll use it.  But either way, whether they use it or not, I'm just happy they like these books.

So?  That means more on the way. 

New Stuff! Commissions and sketches. Nice. Nice.

Let's see... just a couple of commissions and a clean sketch I worked on here!

First up......

A commission I did for my friend (and tattoo artist) Cynthia!  She asked for a logo or some sort of pin-up for her shop so I did the best I could with this one! Even individually drew her tattoos and pasted them on. Took a while!

A commission for my cousin Anna in Toronto.  She wanted herself done up as the newer, Anna Hathaway version of Catwoman.

And then Rosalyn, another character in homage to the Capcom Succubus characters. Love 'em :)

Character work

Aaaaand then some character sketches. 

Sort of... a redesign of my character Empusa from my comic.

And then this! I did up another character of mine, Inada, in only three.... four? colours, to match with an old picture of Streex I did.

....tah-dah?

New Commission work!

Been a while! So first, onto the commissions :)

First, my old buddy from High School, Nick, asked me to paint his portrait for him. And I did! :)

Next, my friend Kathleen commission this painting of 'Ziggy Stardust', a horse she was helping take care of with her friend, Kaileen. Sadly, Ziggy passed on after a long, long battle of trying to get healthy.

But I bet he's having the best time right now.

And finally, a commission for Tiffany and her now husband, Mike!

This was a surprise to him-- a total 6 month surprise!  She asked me a long time ago to do this, then contacted me finally again a week before they were married. Safe to say they loved it! And I was more than happy to do it for them.

'Feathered by Leanne'

A logo commission I did for Leanne! 

All I really needed to draw was the feather, colour it, and she provided the font and adjusted it to where it is now!

 If you would like me to try a hand at a logo, the minimum is $50! 

 This was a $30 logo, simply because all I drew and painted was the feather! And Leanne did the font, 'cause she's quite Photoshop capable. :) Thank-you Leanne!

"Drawing Water" Greek themed Book Cover

'cause surprise! I'm Greek and I've (don't think...) done anything Greek themed before.

So I had this moleskin book for sale that I drew on, so I apologize for the image being so 'advertise'y. 

But hey, I sold the book within 4 hours :) And more to come! 

A zombie themed book is up next. Who doesn't like zoms?

Sydney

This was a bit of a special commission piece for Adam of his dog and best friend Sydney, who passed away.

I took a while on this piece 'cause.. well it sucks losing your best friend, be it animal, human or otherwise. I know what it's like.

So I wanted to make sure this was done with a lot of care. Not that I don't with my other commissions or pieces, of course! But ... you understand :D

Thank-you so much Adam, it was an honour to paint this for you.

"Ivy"

‎"Ivy"

My harlequin character from my comic. She's nothing special, more of a character that pops in and out once in a while to lighten the mood. Though she's -really- weird.

Entertainer, tumbler, magician, hostess, high wire, animal taming; she pretty much does it all on her own. Lots of dangerous acts like sword swallowing and knife throwing which she seems to survive (and thrive on).

Each of her masks also seems to bring out a different personality in her. When she doesn't have one on, she's weird enough, but if she slips one over her face, her demeanor changes.

And I'm considering her talking in rhymes. But that might be too cliche' :P but, fuck it.

Artwork and character © Gus Kosmopoulos 2012.

Shy and Shoulder

Oh, hey!

A little bit of de-stress sketching between commission work! Getting busy.  But no complaining, whatosever!  

So here's one of the sketches I kinda 'finished' up.

Also! I might try to add more 'content' to this webpage... feature other peoples' artwork, maybe would up a music video or two.  I'm not sure! I know I'm going to redesign this place a bit... add some more 'updated' content.

We'll see.

Also.... I'll be releasing the introduction to my comic in September.  Decided to try and make it a serious venture. For once.

A few new things. . .

Sorry I've been lacking in updates! I've been super busy! Sooo.. here's a few :)

Random Kitsune girl character sketch in action.

A commission done for Jaimie-Lyn!  Thank-you so much!

A painting for Amanda :D

Meathook CD design cover commission!

And just a character design and me messing with inks.  I wanna redo her now that I *think* i've an idea of what she looks like...

Samara's Tantrums

 A more updated drawing/sketch of my character, Samara! 

 She's the main character in my comic book, both demon and angel in one. but early on, she doesn't know exactly what she is. Early in her ages (I think this'll be... 9-11?) if her emotions get out of control, or if she's part of a high stress situation, she could explode into one of two forms-- an angel, or a demon. Both are rather terrifying in their own right. 

 If you think she looks fucked up now, wait 'till you see her older designs. :D 

 Samara and artwork © Gus Kosmopoulos 2012

Gorgon's Ilk

Believe she's done. I may put in a background digitally, paint something in, but I like the clean look Medusa's great (x500) grandaughter. Only one or so in every generation of family developed the snakes in their hair, the rest more of the quality's of Medusa's sisters. ... I haven't decided if she can turn you to stone, yet. Or on a name yet. Pencil crayons, white acrylic.

John Snow and Ghost

A painting of John Snow and his dire wolf Ghost from A Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones) that was commissioned to me by my friend Bert!

This took just over a month to do. There were a lot of things I didn't understand how to do when I first approached this piece.  Many of my pieces don't have backgrounds, so I've been trying to do them more with my pieces.  So after a lot of practice, a lot of research, new brush making, experimenting, getting textures, taking photos of new textures, learning how to fade things out and making it look a bit painterly, photo ref... finally finished it to my liking.  

Thanks a lot, Bert!

The Beta 58's

The Beta 58's of Kingston, Ontario recently commissioned me to do their new logo to promote their EP, Big City Ruckus.  They just wanted one tone, and a kind of city/tour theme to it, so.. here we are!

Mistakes

Personal piece. 'Cause sometimes, I'm a big idiot.

Liquorbox Hellride

A commission from the band Liquorbox, old friends of mine here!

They're starting to climb up in the world, singing country, rockabilly and dirty ol' western tunes and Justin (singer) was wicked enough to commission me to do a drawing for them to appear on posters, shirts, etc.

He didn't want anything as detailed as some of my full stuff, so I went easy on it, especially with the colours. A lot of colour can sure cost a lot for printing out t-shirts

If you're curious, go and check them out!