Six Million Dollar Man and Sasquatch and MoCCA fest.

Ok so  back in the day I was obsessed with the Six Million Dollar man. There was one episode where he met up with a bionic Sasquatch (this is awesome classic tv people...and you can't beat that). 

This one was actually a sketch that I did when I first started this blog way back when. I def. like to go back to earlier things that I have  done and try to improve upon them. So, here it is. The Bionic Man and Sasquatch. It's a weird obscure thing to paint and post I know. Now that it's done I can move on.

In other news, I finally sent off my book to be printed for Mocca fest (woot!). Tonight I am going to pick up the redesigned banner, and that's all that she wrote. I should then be ready for the show next week. I will do a post show wrap up after the show is done. I am pretty excited to network and meet new (fellow) solo artists.

I have also submitted an application to be a part of the Asbury Park Comic con. Last year I wanted to do more than one, so  I am gonna try for two this year, esp if I have all of the work done already (re: book and banner)

Stay tuned for a pre-show and post show wrap up!

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Lord Krang (and other news)

First off....I am happy to say that the MOCCA fest book is over and done with. * Bit 80's has gone off to the printer and although I am sure that there will be some edits needed, hopefully I will have sent it early enough to avoid any last minute rushing and stress (unlike last year).
I also managed to send out the banner too, so that should be arriving hopefully this week, and as long as I did everything right, then I should be all set for MOCCA. I was going to get started on the next volume, which was to be even MORE Nintendo games, but I am thinking that I might instead Saturday morning cartoons instead? Not too sure, the verdict is still out on that one.

I am off posting by a week (not that I need to post EVERY week, but I try). So this week I have a little "Lord Krang" action for you (from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles). If I decide to do the Saturday Morning cartoon book, then this one is def. going in it. Have a good one!

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Nintendo Tribute: R.O.B.--(Don't do any art)

It's been a while folks, and the reason for that is that I needed to take a break. Not for anything serious, but more because I was not happy with what was coming out. I would try and rush different pieces, over and over, and in the end it would look like crap. So I would spend a lot of time  pouring over a piece only to throw it in the trash (lame).

A friend of mine said to me, "Why are you trying to hard? Why don't you take a break?" The only one that is really going to see this is you any maybe a few people that happen across this blog. So...last weekend I decided to not pick up a pen, not a stylus (well I might have worked on something for a little bit) but that was for about 20 mins. I literally did nothing art related. I saw some friends, played a lot of video games, I went to a party, watched a lot of Netflix....but no art. You know what? It really worked.

Sometimes when you are stuck the best thing to do is to not do anything. If you push too hard, then you might just push the creativity away and that's not the desired end result. So....when you're not sure what to do, sometimes the best thing to do is "nothing".

So, I took a break, did more lessons and study during the week and then came up wtih the portrait of R.O.B. (Your Robotic Operating Buddy from the old school Nintendo days).
I wasn't even planning on doing this one, but it came out pretty well.
In the middle of working on this one, I also figured out some process things to make the end result look a little better.Woo! This one is going in the book!

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MOCCA Fest Art Book and Cover Ver2

Here is the cover fort he MOCCA Fest Art book.Take 2!

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MOCCA Fest Art Book and Cover

Here is the cover fort he MOCCA Fest Art book. Woo! The only thing missing is the book title, which is still to come. I will reveal the title in the next few weeks! Enjoy!

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Nintendo Tribute: Trojan

 

Ok, this week's posts is Trojan. Now I already did this one, but as I have been learning and working, I like to go back and improve where I can. I did Trojan a while back but went back and did a rework, fixed the colors and some of the brush strokes, and so this version is way way way better.
Now that I fixed this, it's going in the book. I think that this is the last one. Now I am going to move on to the book cover. Woot!

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Fashion Sketching!--Art Book News!

Happy Sunday all! Today it's pretty chilly outside and so today is a good day to sit inside and get some more work done. (I am always doing working, working on something, etc. etc.) 

1) Fashion Sketching:

I was recently asked to participate and donate several fashion sketches to the event (where they will be sold) so I have started to do several sketches on paper where they will be sold at the event.

The number of sketches that I put together and the cost per sketch is still TBD, but you can see a sample of them above.

2) Art Book Progress:

In other news, the art book is pretty much done. I basically have finished pieces for the following games:

-Bubble Bobble

-Clu Clu Land

-Elevator Action

-Mega Man2

-Mighty Bomb Jack

-Ring King

-DuckTales

-Kung Fu

-The Legend of Kage 

I still have some more work to do for one more piece, and then from there it's on to doing the cover, designing the interior, etc. etc. and some more materials (including the postcards). 

What's fun about this process is that I have been learning as I have been going along, so from when I started working on the first piece until now, I felt that I have gotten a lot better and learned a lot.

So I basically need to be done with everything by the end of this month and then get ready for the show...(it's the shipping time that I have to account for).

At any rate, that's what's new. I will post the cover once it's ready, and eventually I will reveal the name of the book too! 

See ya soon!

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