Super Giant Robot

TUMBLR

2011-12-14T00:32:00.004-05:00

I started a tumblr recently, you should follow it!

http://fondlepunch.tumblr.com/

I was hoping to have it share the same name as this blogger, but a man-child whose obsessed over My Little Pony took it first. What a world!

Sonic Generation

2011-11-28T19:13:00.008-05:00

I got invited recently to take part in a Sonic the Hedgehog themed art show at Brave New Worlds for December's First Friday.

Though if you know me, I didn't like the Sonic games past Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (they got kinda...wierd. I mean, just look at the ones that came out in the last 5 years). Though the old Ren & Stimpy-esque cartoon show held a soft spot for me for years.

I HATE THAT HEDGEHOG!
Watercolor & Ink

For more information, and awesome artwork by some Autumn Society members, go to the actual site here! Its gonna be a good time!

Iconolastic Dead

2011-09-26T00:49:00.004-04:00

Autumn Society is having yet another international show, after the success we had over in France at LA FLAQ GALLERY thanks in part with Geek-Art.

Guru Gallery down in Mexico City has kinda taken us in, with a Día de los Muertos show, The Iconolastic Dead. The theme being we had to do a piece based on a living/dead person who you looked up to.

Honestly, I don't have a lot of people I look up to. Maybe George Carlin, but thats really it. Lemmy on the other hand though, has had a successful music career about 40 plus years going, Motorhead has been pretty consistent in their sound since the 70's, has influenced bands like Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, Slayer, and more, and to quote many people, Can do whatever the hell he wants; drink a bottle a jack a day, sleep with thousands of women, write/compose song lyrics in about 15 minutes, and appear in your band's music video for the hell of it. The man is even as humble enough to say that Motorhead isn't a metal band.

Anyways, enjoy what I was able to crank out in little less than a week's time.

Watercolor, Ink, and Color Pencil

Idle hands at work...

2011-09-01T20:52:00.002-04:00

Idle Illustrator piece at work. Practice makes perfect I suppose.

8-Bit Champions

2011-08-25T20:22:00.017-04:00

The Autumn Society is having its first show over in Paris, France. Its first international show really, all in part thanks to Geek-Art. I was chosen to take part, and chose to illustrate the video game series, Adventure Island, that I had a lot of fun playing on my Nintendo during my youth.

"Death from Above"

For this piece, I decided to document it, since someone asked me recently to see a process post.

The first part, is to draw up ideas, in thumbnail size. I usually try to do at least 20 these days before moving on.

Normally around this time, I do research, which just consists of playing the game again, and getting screen captures. Same thing with videos of the SNES ones, because I never did play those (except the series took a turn for the weird on that console). Oh, and there was also an anime too. Go figure!

After choosing a thumbnail that I think has the best potential/composition/not boring, I do a very loose sketch, just to lay out key areas. This is bound to change over time.

The image then gets blown up, and then tightened up with tracing paper drawings, and then transferred to watercolor paper.

The time before inking is a tense time. Thank god for Mister Pabst.

And done.

After inking, a colored tonal wash is applied and then major areas get blocked in with washes.

More areas get blocked in, and I start adding details, value, and what have you...

....until I have this. Like I mentioned earlier, some elements get added in before the end.

Framed and ready to go!
And if you happen to be in Paris around the 15th next month, be sure to check it out at:

LA FLAQ GALLERY
36 rue Quincampoix
75004 Paris, France

Thanks for reading!

Comics Alliance Write Up

2011-08-24T20:47:00.001-04:00

Comics Alliance did an interesting and flattering write up of my work.

Thank you guys! That means a lot to me.

Death From Above

2011-08-14T23:32:00.004-04:00

I feel like I'm missing something
(I guess this is a little Toriyama inspired. I was watching Dragon Ball when I was doing thumbs and sketches.)

Creature Stole My Twinkie

2011-07-26T19:00:00.005-04:00

"Creature Stole My Twinkie"
Watercolor, Ink, and Color Pencil

My piece for Autumn Society's upcoming Night of the Creeps X Monster Squad show "Monster Creeps" at Dark Delicacies on 3512 W. Magnolia out in Burbank, California.
If you're in the area, Fred Dekker might make an appearance.

Toadman's Day Off

2011-07-11T18:20:00.006-04:00

Capcom finally gave me (and the other 299 winners) the go head to post our finished artwork up, since San Diego Comic Con is next week.

"Toadman's Day Off"
Watercolor & Ink

Oh yeah, they wanted some book promo jargon here, so here goes:

MEGA MAN TRIBUTE LIMITED EDITION HARDCOVER
-the book is premiering at the San Diego Comic-con at the UDON booth (#5037), July 20-24
-for fans not attending the show, you can preorder the book at UDONstore.com

MEGA MAN TRIBUTE SOFTCOVER
-The standard softcover edition is also available for preorder on amazon.com

/sellout

Moon Girl

2011-07-08T00:24:00.003-04:00

I was tasked earlier this week by the guys over at South Fellini (aka, the dudes I worked with on Carnivale de Robotique) to do a pin-up page for one of their recent comics, Moon Girl.

Watercolor and Digital.
(Mixed media if you wanna be technical.)

Robits

2011-07-08T00:11:00.005-04:00

Along with the "Rockets, Robots, and Rayguns Show", I also had another show I was invited to partake in on first Friday July, over at Drink Philly, with my former classmates Traci, Millie, April, and Nerissa.

These where another batch of character designs done in Illustrator, a program I feel more and more confident in.

"SUPER ROBOT FUN TIME FRIENDS! (Collect them all Kids!)"

"Robits"

"Robot King BAAL"
(with Power Claws)
(If anybody read the comic I worked on, this one should be recognizable)

Rockets, Robots and Rayguns

2011-07-07T23:35:00.000-04:00

I recently had the privilege to do another show for the Autumn Society this month for Jinxed/Toothless Cat Gallery in Philly this first Friday for July.

I tried to do something a bit different, and send in a piece done solely in Illustrator.
Safe to say, I was surprised to get a lot of positive feedback on this.

"Pew-Pew!"

I ♣ O'NEIL

2011-05-23T20:10:00.004-04:00

It's done.

June 3rd, 6pm @ Brave New Worlds.
Its going to be an awesome show.

Il Raggio infernale

2011-05-17T18:29:00.003-04:00

Deciding to experiment a bit more (and because I have some down time at work), I tried to tackle vintage hazard signs.
The idea came from both seeing simplistic signs all over Portal 2, and certain quotes from MST3K's Danger! Death Ray!! episode.

Shred the Gnar, Tokka

2011-05-08T17:31:00.002-04:00

(Just because you're a misunderstood bad guy, doesn't mean you can't skate.)

Upcoming work in progress for Autumn Society's "Shell Shocked" show in June.

Earth

2011-04-22T20:50:00.001-04:00

Today's Earth Day? Eh..

Probably already been done.

Mega Man Art Book Update

2011-04-21T00:39:00.009-04:00

So whose got two thumbs, and had his artwork selected among the possible thousands submitted to be in UDON's Mega Man Tribute book?

This guy.

*Due to legal reasons, I still can't show the full artwork until after San Diego Comic Con in July this summer (Or if I get drunk enough). Still awesome though.

The 3B Show

2011-04-09T02:17:00.008-04:00

Autumn Society and Gallery 1988 (at their new Venice location) do it again! If you're going to be in the area on May 5th, please stop in and take a look!

Back to the Future
Beetlejuice
Bill & Ted

With these pieces, I decided to combine my usual watercolor and ink paintings with some digital painting and textures.

"I HATE MANURE!"

"Sandworms? You hate 'em, right?"

BATTLE STATIONS!
(Station high five, hell yes!)

If you're going, the originals and prints will be available to buy!

"Whadda Yah mean that Pizza wasn't Vegan?!"

2011-02-23T00:37:00.004-05:00

Or "All Apologies to J.G. Quintel"
aka "I tried to draw a few hipsters/punks in Regular Show's style, but these are the only ones that looked okay to me and long titles for things are funny."

(Chances are, this doodle is already too mainstream for being on blogger, and thus liking it, will forever label you as a poser.
Now if you excuse me, I have a vinyl record collection to alphabetize by the year the band starting selling out.)

Botched Attempts

2011-02-08T01:32:00.004-05:00

An Ink Answer comic that I scrapped halfway through (because the punchline would of only made sense to me). Kept one of the panels and decided "Why not."
All done in Photoshop

Gato Revised

2011-02-05T17:22:00.002-05:00

Hey, how ya doin?
I decided to revise this piece, and add in few more cats, and play with textures that I acquired recently

Toad Man

2011-01-28T19:10:00.006-05:00

I recently submitted a piece to a Mega Man Tribute book being published by UDON Entertainment. Due to them not wanting to submitters to post their art before winners are announced, and before the book comes out, heres only a tiny thumbnail from the piece.
I hope they don't mind :)

More as this develops. I should know by March.

Apple III

2011-01-11T01:10:00.002-05:00

Another quick one
I have a soft spot for outdated and old world tech

Gato

2011-01-05T22:57:00.002-05:00

A new year, a new quick piece. Stretchin' mah Illustrator legs with a quick portrait of my cat.

Robotique Issue 4

2010-11-27T17:16:00.002-05:00

Carnivale de Robotique's 4th and final issue just got released this week.

Go here, read it, and enjoy.

Not only that, but the Eli-copter shirts have been printed, will available at the South Fellini art show next month.

Shirt Designs

2010-11-16T14:22:00.006-05:00

Carnivale de Robotique merch is on the way:

Two-color Eli-copters

Which will look something like this:

Sullivan's Sluggers

2010-10-14T19:02:00.004-04:00

Sullivan's Sluggers is a new graphic novel put out by Image Comics. Its sort of like Evil Dead meets The Warriors.
Very gory, and extremely humorous, just how I like it.
What I have up there is a work in progress (I was considering it a finish as of a few moments ago), seeing how now I have a bit more time to work on it before the end of the month.

Issue 3 is out!

2010-10-07T18:01:00.001-04:00

Issue #3 of Carnivale de Robotique is out over at Comixology!

Lost Divers Page

2010-10-06T01:21:00.002-04:00

Another page of Divers related lore.
I just forgot to scan this one when I was out in Los Angeles.

Issue #4 Complete

2010-10-04T16:05:00.002-04:00

Carnivale de Robotique's final issue just got wrapped up this last Thursday.
Now onto other things.

The Divers

2010-08-30T23:14:00.004-04:00

I'm sort of Job Shadowing at Cartoon Network right now, while waiting for the 3G show this friday. I have no idea if this will lead to anything, but hell, I'm out here for the week, so why not? Couldn't hurt. Though today the office was like a ghost town, it gave me time to let myself work on a personal idea I had brewing.

Whale & Squid

2010-08-30T23:10:00.002-04:00

"So thats where the dehumidifier went.."

Carnivale de Robotique #2 now available

2010-08-25T10:48:00.002-04:00

The 2nd issue of the comic I worked on, Carnivale de Robotique, is up for purchase over at Comixology!
If you haven't gotten the first one, its still free, and this one is only a dollar!

Enjoy!

The 3G Show

2010-08-17T02:45:00.006-04:00

I present to you, the latest three pieces I slaved on for the past week and half: My submissions for The Autumn Society's 3G Show at Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles (which I will be attending!).

Slimer as "The Demon" Gene Simmons.

Originally, the first idea I had was to do Staypuff, Sloth, Slimer, and Gizmo as kiss band memebers, but quickly scrapped that idea since it just felt a bit, dull, or didn't fit. With that huge mouth and tongue, I can Slimer as Simmons, but none of the others seemed to fit (for me at least) after sketching them out.

So I just decided to just do my own renditions of favorite childhood moments from the other two (Ghostbusters had too man, I couldn't just chose one part).

"In order to survive a war, you gotta become war."

I watched the hell out of Gremlins 2 when I was 5 years old over in Italy, and seeing him as John Rambo has always stuck out in my mind. Back then, that scene where he takes down the Spider Gremlin with flaming white out always got me pumped.

This one is more heart warming for me. Chunk offering Sloth to come live with him, and his eyes light up and his ears twitch with glee.

The show's opening reception is on September 3rd from 7pm to 10pm. If you're in the area, GO!

3G Preview

2010-08-16T01:52:00.003-04:00

Sorry, I had to make due with camera phone quality because my scanner is too small to capture them (And its not a flatbed either)

Nappa Vs. Pikachu

2010-08-03T19:54:00.003-04:00

I decided to go the hilarity route, and to save the Guldo idea for a rainy day

Watercolor & Ink on coldpress

Robotique on CBR

2010-08-02T23:22:00.001-04:00

Comic Book Resource also did a little blurb for Robotique.

I guess things are turning up Milhouse now

Turning Japanese Preview

2010-08-02T03:30:00.004-04:00

Below are two ideas I made for the Autumn Society's Turning Japanese Gallery Show for this month.
I just pulled these out of thin air tonight, but I don't know which one to go with, because they're both hilarious.

Nappa vs. Pikachu

Nappa vs. Guldo

Issue #3 Preview

2010-08-01T02:53:00.004-04:00

As per request, he's a sample page from Issue #3.
My favorite page out of the bunch.

Whats going on here? Is Pagliacci getting illegal (in 46 states) XXX VHS tapes from a haggard dude in a track outfit?
Or something more sinister? You're gonna have to wait and see.

Issue #3 Completed

2010-07-31T23:02:00.000-04:00

Completed as of around 9:30pm.
Now to triple check the hell out of these, sit back, do some personal pieces for galleries until the 4th (and final) script hits me.

Robotique in the Philadelphia City Paper

2010-07-30T14:06:00.002-04:00

More press coming in, now over at the Philadelphia City Paper

Very exciting stuff. More at Eleven!

Robotique on Broken Frontier

2010-07-29T00:05:00.004-04:00

Broken Frontier dot com just wrote a little blurb for Carnivale de Robotique!
Check it out!

Also, the first issue is up over at Comixology and its FREE, though the next three will be on sale for a dollar.

Issue 3 is almost done, and then finally the grind for issue 4 will begin!

Look Ma! No Feet!

2010-06-28T22:09:00.003-04:00

Ink and Watercolor on coldpress

80's Toy Show Preview

2010-06-25T18:40:00.007-04:00

I doubt a lot of people remember what a Roller Racer is. Hell, everyone that does know is like 30+ in age.
Roller Racers in the 80's where made by WHAMMO! and you basically move yourself by moving the handles back n forth, and it propels you forward. I remember in Elementry school gym class when I lived in Rome, we had games involving these.

So to challenge myself, I chose to do an obscure toy, rather then my original idea of He-Man or Transformer figures. To make it interesting, I decided to try the Ed Roth style again. I did something with it during my Sophomore year of College, but I wasn't too happy about it. Below is the resulting preview.

90's Show

2010-05-28T02:52:00.012-04:00

Tom Servo
Watercolor & Ink on coldpress

"Hey guys, I'm just going to go play with my Chicken Puppet"
Crow T. Robot
Watercolor & Ink on coldpress

A decade worth a bad movies made hilarious. Even though it started in 1989, it predominately had a good run from 1990 to 1999.

I made these this evening, as a break from doing Carnivale de Robotique work, and as a submission to the Autumn Society's 90's Show this June. The coldpress watercolor paper I still can't figure out, but I like the little bit of uncertainty it adds when it bleeds a tiny bit.
ALSO, SOLD!

Issue #2 is complete

2010-05-23T22:45:00.006-04:00

After a two and half months (The half due to me accidently using water soluble inks on 5 pages, and a terrible week long power outage that prevented me from doing much work), the art for Carnivale de Robotique Issue #2 is finally done. All that remains is the lettering, and that'll be it.
One of the good things that came out of the past few days, is that I found a sort of style of digital painting that I feel okay with, and will probably experiment more with when I get the chance.

Stay tuned for issue 3

Colored Preview

2010-05-05T15:46:00.004-04:00

and Word to the wise: Always make sure the inks you're using aren't water soluble.

Issue #2 Preview

2010-04-21T03:32:00.005-04:00

"You ain't seen nothing yet, kid."

(Slap some color & ink on this, and it's going to look awesome.)

Robotique and beyond

2010-04-19T20:37:00.007-04:00

Some of you guys already know, but I've been working on a 2nd (and then a 3rd, and then a 4th) issue of "Carnivale de Robotique" for the past month and half.
That means new characters, new adventures, and same old shenanigans.

I'll get the ball rolling with the new antagonist character designs:

G. Q. Finster, the Robotnik inspired antagonist and ring leader of Festival Maximus

Manstrong, Festival Maximus' elastic strongman. Frankie says RELAX!

Peach, a talentless bimbo

And Taco the Unicorn, the bi-polar, rejected 'My Little Pony' show horse.

Two more for the road

2010-03-24T18:21:00.002-04:00

The Adventure Time bug has bit me.

Helvetica

2010-03-22T02:54:00.001-04:00

With my luck, someone beat me to it. But regardless, I had to get it out after writing it down a few months back

Adventure Time!

2010-03-03T18:59:00.002-05:00

"The Ambush"
Ink, Watercolor, and Acrylic on Arches Cold Press

Its finally done! Not much else to say except that I was bit puzzled as to why some of my colors ending up bleeding a bit in a few areas, but sometimes I like a bit of chaos in my pieces.

What time is it?

2010-02-21T22:41:00.010-05:00

Time to look at this!

I'm currently involved with an Adventure Time project by the Autumn Society to coincide with the premier of Cartoon Networks's Adventure Time, which I've been a fan of since I saw the pilot almost three years ago. I feel as if I'm bit behind, since I changed my first idea, but I think this version is a lot better then what I was originally going to go with. Hopefully this will be done by the end of the week.

First Decade Post

2010-01-21T17:48:00.014-05:00

Happy 2010 everyone!

The Carnivale de Robotique comic I worked on has apparently sold quite well. The writers (Johnny Zito & Tony Trov) sold all of their copies they had, and a few friends of mine have already picked up a few (Thanks to everyone who did! I'll sign those whenever I get the chance!)

And getting to see it on a shelf at Midtown Comics in NYC was pretty awesome.

Anyways, I'm posting two pieces (that transform to into one collective piece) that I've neglected to post here back when I made them. They were apart of a PSA article assignment, but at the time, I wasn't too happy with them. (I think it was because I was so burnt out from my Senior Thesis) but after looking at them again after all these months, I think theres a bit of humor to them to be found. I might put these on my webpage under the "doodles" section regardless.

(Granted, theres probably a few things off/wrong here, but I think the only thing I would change is the background colors)

(I had chosen to use the SEPTA buses from the 1950s-60s because I love the vehicle designs from that era, and the ones today look so ugly and beat up. And, yes, those are PBR cans flying all over the place.)

Geekadelphia Article!

2009-12-29T17:53:00.005-05:00

Geekadelphia just did a write up on Carnivale de' Robotique today!

Click here to read it!

Indie Comic Week

2009-12-21T20:03:00.005-05:00

Hey guys!
A lot of you have been asking me about the comic "Carnivale de Robotique" I've been working on all though the Fall season.

Well, the book itself is now printed, and waiting distribution to fine comic shops that are participating in Indie Comic Week, which is NEXT WEEK! Theres even a little blurb they wrote up about it on their blog!

"BUT FIONDA? WHERE CAN I FIND YOUR COMIC?!"

Thats a good question. And I'm happy to provide!

MidTown
200 W 40th Street (Corner of 7th Avenue)
New York, NY 10018

Brave New World
45 N. 2nd Street
Philadelphia, Pa 19106

Fat Jacks
2006 Sansom Street
Philadelphia PA 19103

Dragon Slayer Comics' and Fantasy
6111 burnet road
Austin, Tx 78757

Dragon Slayer' and Fantasy
7959 Freedricksburg Rd Suite 129
San Antonio, Tx 78229

So if you live by any of those fine comic shops in the good old USA, feel free to buy one, or five!

2009-12-20T23:39:00.003-05:00

I can't wait for the jokes & mockery that generations down the road have to say about music from the late 2000s.

Hot Dogs

2009-11-16T14:43:00.005-05:00

Hot Dogs are awesome. So are bathysphere type diver helmets. Oh, and ray guns.

The comic Carnivàle de Robotique is coming along nicely. The inking is 75% done, and the color is getting there! Two to Three weeks more of coloring, touch-ups, and late nights!

Fiat 500

2009-11-16T14:41:00.003-05:00

I love the shape of these Italian cars. What I don't like is the color I chose, but I guess thats expected when you haven't slept in 30 hours.

They also race in these things, at least my dad tells me.

Midnight doodles

2009-11-06T03:51:00.007-05:00

Sometimes when you draw the same 7 robots over and over again, you need to do something else so that you don't go crazy.

Disgaea 2 Mothman (or half of him)

I love space, it just sucks I won't be around when we take to it

"But what are birds really?"

2009-10-30T19:06:00.004-04:00

The only thing keeping me sane now that the sun is down sooner
(I haven't had a good idea to put in here at the moment. I was thinking "This sketch book sucks" but that would be too easy (or hard on myself))

Beep Beep Boop zrrrrrrt

2009-09-28T19:14:00.008-04:00

So as many of you might know, I recently got offered two jobs: a one-shot 22 page comic, and another short graphic novel (I think its somewheres about 80 pages), both about robots.
I just recently finished up my last freelance job with Columbia University doing page layouts and making graphs, and am now working on the one-shot, seeing as how I don't want the robot characters to trickle into each other while working on the two at the same time. (Mixing two people's creations together sometimes never works out for at least one party involved.)

Anyways, I'd figure some quick sketches of the cast of the robot carnival characters might tie you guys over for a bit!

Pagliacci

Wendy

Sandbag

Remington Thunder

And as a bonus, I remember telling some people that I owned the orginal Charles Barkley vs. Godzilla comic.
well, here's my proof!

Dubbed by many to be both the Worst, and Best comic story ever.
(Actually, I'm not sure how much that is true.)

Dog Days of Summer

2009-08-26T20:19:00.007-04:00

Sorry guys, but summer has been a bit too fun this time to spend a lot of it glued to a piece of metal.
But, alls I can show for it is a glimpse of my sketchbook. I hope to have a few more up by the end of the month,
seeing how I got my first freelancing job a day or two ago to finish out.

What better way to cover a bar doodle gone wrong, is a collage...of sorts.

I still haven't come up with a name for this guy yet. Chubby, and friendly sea monster, with the 9 to 5 duty of fighting off other monsters, in the old Godzilla type way.
(Alls I got is Tikkle, but the name reference is probably way too obscure for anyone to notice/care)

Long time no update.

2009-05-09T18:35:00.009-04:00

Been trying to get my life organized, complete my portfolio, fixing & updating my website, and prepare for the work world post-graduation.
Anyways, a few new pieces.

A character design for Captain Ahab of Moby Dick, if it were to be turned into a animate kid's film or television show.

An excerpt from Shel Silverstein's "The Generals" poem

A spot piece for Jack Prelutsky's poem "The Flotz"

And last but not least, freshly done...

A piece for an upcoming book by Josh Frost called "100 Ways to the Dark Side."

2009-04-07T21:39:00.001-04:00

MY WEBSITE IS UP!
BETA-MAX VERISON .222!!!

CHECK IT OUT!
http://www.markfiondajr.com/

2009-03-26T19:47:00.004-04:00

Been a few weeks since I last updated, All because of this:

(photos stolen from Kaitlyn McCane, I hope she doesn't mind)

The hanging of UArt's Illustration Senior Thesis Show, or simply put, the ELY.

(This guy, I don't know what he's doing here. Probably having a seizure or something.)

A nice 4 hour hanging process. Luckily, nothing went too terribly wrong. But if you're reading this, and are in the Philadelphia area on the 29th, you should come check it out!

Anyways, here's a new piece done for Megan's portfolio class.
A spot illustration dealing with the unknown deaths and disappearances of Honey Bees across the US, which can
poise to be a huge problem if it continues.

Ink and Watercolor.

Monster Royale Rumble

2009-03-05T03:09:00.002-05:00

Potential Portfoilo Day Card winner
Watercolor, Ink, and Awesome on Hot Press

ELYs

2009-02-14T01:24:00.005-05:00

Senior Thesis work. A children's book about the little universe of characters I've created.
Pain stakingly done over the course of 4 months.

Blood, Sweat, Lost Souls, Ink & Watercolor, with digital touch-ups.

DOFT PONK

2009-02-12T00:06:00.002-05:00

An editorial spot for StopSmiling Magazine's article on Daft Punk

Watercolor and Ink on cold press

Doodle Monsters

2009-01-16T20:47:00.003-05:00

Steve scribbled some garbage onto a piece of paper. I turned it into a quick monster doodle.

ELY Show Poster

2008-12-08T01:17:00.005-05:00

A POTENTIAL WINNER RIGHT HERE FOLKS!
(Though I seriously doubt it)
(NO TYPE FOR YOU!)

Watercolor, Pen & Ink, and Colored Pencil

Quick Doodle (1 of 2)

2008-11-18T15:35:00.001-05:00

I saw someone with a Halloween costume similar to this somewhere in Philly.
Like the Care Bears went through Hell and back or something.

Quick Doodle (2 of 2)

2008-11-18T15:33:00.002-05:00

Super Mario Land on the GameBoy was, and will always be, a royal pain in the ass for me.

First ELY Thumbnail sketch

2008-11-10T01:55:00.006-05:00

The first thumbnail sketch of the first ELY piece.
A Robot-Repairs shop, with a middle eastern motif. I think kids need to be more aware that this kind of thing can be found almost anywhere in the world.

My senior thesis is a kid's book about the crazy futuristic jobs from the universe of characters I've uh, dunno, invented.

Dandelion

2008-11-01T19:05:00.002-04:00

Graphite, and Color Pencil

Persona Stencil

2008-11-01T18:58:00.001-04:00

Stencil
Acrylic and Ink

Fledgling Gulps

2008-11-01T18:56:00.001-04:00

Contour doodle.

Other Worldly Creatures

2008-11-01T18:55:00.000-04:00

Trees

2008-11-01T18:48:00.001-04:00

Pen & Ink, and Watercolor
(Waterproof Ink my ass)

Winged Victory of Samothrace

2008-11-01T18:43:00.002-04:00

A drawing of a life size cast of Winged Victory of Samothrace or Nike of Samothrace
Done down at PAFA (Philadelphia Academy of Fine Art)

Ballpoint pen, 15 minutes.

Text Drawings

2008-11-01T18:40:00.003-04:00

I get really bored in my Fiction Writing class too easily, and have been developing a tendency to write down or draw whatever comes to mind, no matter how absurd.

I guess I can call these "Text Drawings".

Halloween Show Poster

2008-10-20T14:30:00.002-04:00

A Halloween Show Poster for the Of Montreal show.
The point of the project was to use only two colors for poster, 3 including the color of the paper.

Drawn by hand, Colored Digitally.

Battle Aftermath

2008-10-16T16:15:00.002-04:00

Watercolor, Acrylic, Pen and Ink

Sketchbook

2008-10-13T14:50:00.004-04:00

I found an old pocket sketchbook that I misplaced two years ago.
Random doodles ahoy.

Maxwell C. Walker

2008-10-05T19:58:00.002-04:00

For my third assignment for my Senior Illustration class, I chose to make a biographical video game manual. The western theme came about when I was trying to narrow down my ideas: The fantasy aspect of RPGs has been done to death and back, and kid theme RPGs like Earthbound seem to be popping up all over now. The one thing that got me thinking, was that besides in the table top RPG realm, there's hardly any Western theme ones (Well, if you count the Wild Arms series, but it took them them until the last half of the 2nd game to get the western part right. But even then, they ended up making it more futuristic in the 4th, and the 5th one has too many JRPG and Fantasy elements, and little Western elements, as if the producers forgot what the hell they're doing now. Consistency people!) Okay, enough ranting, heres what I came up with.

A young boy about 13 years in age, Max has always had aspirations of becoming a great Vagabond like his father. Self-trained with revolvers by watching his dad, and despite his small stature, he can hold his own, but can be timid at times. Since Max is small and agile, he can easily dodge attacks from larger enemies, and take down aerial monsters with great accuracy. After the disappearance of his father a few years prior, he sets off into the desert wasteland with his sister in hopes he can find any clues as to what happened to him.

Annabelle Walker

2008-10-05T19:38:00.003-04:00

Maxwell's dear older sister. After the death of their mother, and disappearance of their father, Annabelle felt it was her duty to take over as Maxwell's caretaker. For 10 years of her life, Anna lived in a Monastery studying magic, which is a lost art in the desert wastelands, and through her studies and training, has become a valuable asset for the team, taking down the strongest of monsters with ease. Anna uses a set of Derringers and a large Grimoire left behind by her mother, and is not shy to use them on men who dare to hit on her.

I'm also not too great with drawing females. Its a bane of mine I've always experienced. Though some girls I know can't draw guys right. Go figure.

Free Range Cactus

2008-10-05T18:24:00.002-04:00

A common site in the desert lands of the world, these little cactus creatures roam the land in search of water. Though docile in appearance and nature, they will attack if provoked, and can fire their needles much like a gunslinger would with a gun. They also use their cute appearance to their advantage, stealing from travelers who aren't sure of their surroundings. Some have also taken to hopping around in ceramic pots; where they get them, no one knows. Much like are canine and feline friends, people have come to domesticate these little guys, so its not a rare site to see one in someone's home.

Great Sand Turtle

2008-10-05T18:11:00.004-04:00

A strain of giant turtles that have learned to evolve and thrive in the desert lands. Hardy and tough, these creatures can withstand even the most harshest of sandstorms and dry spells. Many a traveller have spun tales of traveling herds of these beasts as 'roaming deserts', which is such a rare site to be seen. Though a tad slow in their movements, they can be powerhouses in combat, with their jaws that can snap large tree trunks with ease, and tough to fell with their humungous shells.

(Don't mind the ink splatter on the bottom)

A Moment of Clarity

2008-10-01T17:09:00.006-04:00

Cross posting from Jimmy's one-a-day comic blog Ink Answer, a one panel comic that come about accidently during my Etching class today. The kind of thought has always crossed your mind at some point, but how many where in such a critical or messed up situation?

Done in Adobe Illustrator
Original drawing in pencil and ink pen.

MAP

2008-09-29T18:47:00.001-04:00

The idea behind this, was that I spread out a wash of blue, then dripped green onto it, and watched it spread about the paper, forming little 'islands'. This is the end result.

Pen & Ink, Color Pencil, and Watercolor

George Carlin

2008-09-22T21:26:00.003-04:00

A caricature of Mister George Carlin, done for a mock-up magazine spread

Pen & Ink, and Watercolor on Cold Press.

Beer Coasters

2008-09-22T18:02:00.004-04:00

For Megan's Senior Portfolio class, we had to make and design beer coasters. And if you know me, I loves beers.
(Seriously, a six back of Asahi, and you've got my heart.)
For my theme, I chose to do Science Fiction characters from dystopian futures (Except for Picard, he's just an innocent bystander to the whole thing unfolding before him.)

Korban Dallas

Judge Joseph Dredd

Mad Max

Logan 5

Jean-Luc Picard

Pen & Ink, with Watercolors added digitally.

Persona

2008-09-08T18:08:00.003-04:00

If you've played the most recent Persona game (The 3rd one in the series), you'll notice that all the characters in the game shoot themselves in face in order to summon mythological entities to fight for them.
Theres more video game influenced violence among kids, yet this one passes under Jack Thompson's nose.
Anyways, this is more like a mockery then anything political. The game is awesome.

The "Mono-Wheel" Robo-Rider

2008-09-08T18:03:00.003-04:00

0 to 120 mph in under 3 seconds. State of the Art, all terrain sport vehicle. Loves carbon fuel rods.
Yours at 500,000 credits

Watercolor, Pencil, Color Pencil, and Gelly Roll Pen

Bird Suck

2008-09-08T18:00:00.001-04:00

Does Tom Sellack even fly first class nowadays anyway?
Watercolor & Ink

Robot Arm's Holiday

2008-09-08T16:38:00.002-04:00

I think after 2 straight decades in a row of putting cars together in factories, the little guy needs a day off.

Watercolor and Ink on Watercolor paper

Coelacanth

2008-09-01T19:10:00.004-04:00

Just a stylized Coelacanth drawing. I thought these things looked pretty funny, and it was fun to draw.

Watercolor & Pencil on Arches Watercolor Paper

2008-08-12T22:03:00.008-04:00

I did a series of drawings Sophomore year of the cast of Lupin the 3rd for a stamp project.
I happened to make an extra drawing that I didn't have time to finish, and I ended up putting it away for a rainy day.
It rained today. You do the math.

This is a scene from the opening of "Dead or Alive", where in the Trio is searching for a fabled hiding spot of a late King's treasure. They're also in a gyro-copter, which is something I wished I had.
(My parent's scanner is all I have to work with, I'm sorry in advance.
I plan on rescaning everything I made once I head back down to school.)

Watercolor and Ink on Cold Press Watercolor paper

Enough

2008-07-24T21:55:00.004-04:00

My first Illustration Friday submission.

One of the things I detest about summer nights is the fact that when I enter the back door to my parent's home, I am bombarded with a million kinds of moths and beetles.
You can say that I've had, "enough" of it. nyak nyuck nycuk.

Watercolor and Ink on cold press. Done in about 3 hours.

2008-07-24T16:49:00.002-04:00

The following three pieces is a series of three riddles I did for Bob Bird's Children's Book Illustration class back in the fall, and I forgot to upload them.

"What do you get when you cross an elephant with a Boy Scout?"

"An elephant who helps old ladies across the street."

(Originally, Granny's shirt would of said "Vegas Baby!" but I thought it might of been over the target audience's head, kinda like every adult joke hidden in old Rugrats' episodes.)