The Tower Arcana

Just a quick note, I started a new blog to exclusively track progress on my personal project "The Tower Arcana". Check it out if so inclined.

The Tower Arcana

I heard you like Exhibits

Wow, two posts in one day! It's been a very busy week for me art-wise! In addition to the kickstarter project I contributed to I also have two pieces of my art being shown and sold at local video game store Game Over Video Games. Game over rules. I've dug them since I found out about em' when I moved to Austin. They really are all about gamers and the gamer culture. Their stores not only sell EVERY SINGLE old game system and games, the also have tons of gaming related toys, shirts, and random stuff. Basically a gamers dream store.

I walked in one day and noticed some local art hung up behind the counter and asked about how to go about getting my art featured. I sent an email to the president of the stores and found out my timing couldn't be better! They were opening a new store that actually has a small gallery section! So here we are, today is the stores opening and I dropped off two pieces that I think look absolutely beautiful printed out on canvas!

I doubt anyone will buy them. I have them priced pretty expensively (it cost a lot to print them on giclee) but hell just having a new way to show my art is pretty fun, and if they don't sell I have my art to hang in my office at home. :)

I don't know if anyone who visits this blog lives in Austin Texas, but if you do please head down to the Game Over on South Lamar Blvd and take a look in person!

Awesome Robo!

Awesome Robo 

Awesome Robo is an awesome website founded by Sirio Brozzi and Rachael Garcia

Their kickstarter is in the final week and they've reached their goal but if they hit the 5k goal, two NEW rewards become available, and one of those rewards is a tee shirt I designed! So hey if you would, please fund with a few bucks and if you like the designs, fund with a few more and get yourself some sweet threads! Also please help spread the word! Thanks!

Awesome Robo Kickstarter



Powa!

Under the Influence

Thought it was time to update this thing. I like how it forces you to really think about what drives your creativity. If you follow the directions it also forces you to think about what is the biggest driving factors.

I have an offer in mind...

With my recent move (yay I'm a home owner!) work, and life in general I've had precious little time to work on any personal art. But with this weeks release of Darksiders 2 I just couldn't help myself and create some fan art. I've been a fan of Joe Mad since his days drawing X-Men and Battle Chasers just cemented it. I was SUPER bummed when his company Tri-Lunar closed without releasing their game Dragon Kind. So when Joe Mad and some other peeps started Vigil Games I was REALLY excited! They didn't disappoint with Darksiders, and so far the sequel looks to continue the awesomeness! Of course I got the special edition which comes with a rad mask that Death the main character in the game wears.

So during lunch on Yesterday I found myself wanting to open Zbrush and sculpt something for fun but I couldn't think of anything. I looked over and saw this bad ass mask and thought, hey why not!?

 I noodled on it a bit during lunch today and yesterday as well as a bit after work as well (my PC at home still isn't set up). Anyway I started with a simple sphere and used dyna-mesh and just kept going till I was happy.

And for shits I messed with the Lightcap material in Zbrush as well as some photoshop magic and did this :)

Expose 10 is almost here!

So as I mentioned in an earlier post, I am so excited, proud, and honored to have been included in the 10th anniversary edition of Expose! The amount of talent in this book is staggering and humbling, I am among giants! This is a huge step in my journey as an artist, but I must continue to push myself, learn all I can, and practice, practice, practice!!!!

Pre-orders for the book are now open so if you love cool art please check it out! This is their biggest edition yet so there is sure to be something in there for everyone!

Expose 10

One last thing...

...before I call it a night, I put this together real quick. Artists love their signatures, and I'm no different. So I used my guardian heroes skull and made this.