My basic morning routine is usually wake up, get a walk or workout in, shower, fix breakfast, and then sketch. Sketching kind of gets my brain really thinking and gets the productivity going before I consume any media like social media or podcasts. It's just something that kind of puts me in the zone before I get distracted.

Why These Characters?

It doesn't take much time, about 15 mins or up to 30 mins before checking email to get me ready for the day. So usually I pick a character or just something I maybe was thinking about while doing my morning walk and give it a quick sketch. Lately, it's been comic characters, but sometimes it's my own original characters or just a gesture or something I'm noodling on.

I've always like Magneto as a character and what a flawed person he is, kind of a walking contradiction. Black Bolt is a more recent character I've been interested in and actually wondered if they've ever thought of adding American Sign Language into the comics he's in—I know he has telepathy so he doesn't have to speak. Anyway, seems like it could be a cool opportunity.