For those of you who are die-hard 2-d fighting game fans like myself, you probably know about M.U.G.E.N. If you don’t have it, then get it and watch the tutorial on how to install and further MOD the program here. It’s basically an open-ended 2-d fighting environment programmed in C. The MODing community for the [...]
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 December 11th, 2007 | Category: televisionMy wife is learning Portuguese right now, and one of the ways she picks up on new languages is by listening to songs and TV shows in the native language. While surfing around online, she found out about this show, Vila Sésamo, which is the Brazilian version of Sesame Street! Cool. There is a character they [...] December 5th, 2007 | Category: televisionHahahaha! Takeshi Kitano Comedy Show2 – Binoculars Soccer (1984) December 2nd, 2007 | Category: my workHere’s all my steps of the painting, starting with the canvas sketch for the Bruce Lee show, “Nature of Water”. If you look at a few blog entries below, you can see the original ink drawing from my notebook before the canvas. The title of the piece is from a Bruce Lee Quote, “As You [...] November 22nd, 2007 | Category: personalWhen it comes around this time of year, I think about what I have to be thankful for. My close friends and family over the years are always at the top of that list. My mom and high school art teacher were a big influence on me taking art seriously. I never thought I was [...] November 18th, 2007 | Category: scienceIn art I feel it is important to be open to influences outside of the field. My dad is an engineer; so math, science, and left-brain thinking were a daily routine along with my make-believe worlds and dinosaurs when I was little. Most of what I enjoyed discussing science-wise were alternate dimensions, event horizons, and [...] November 12th, 2007 | Category: my workSo I thought a good starting point for the Bruce Lee show would be to follow the theme of Bruce Lee’s philosophies. He’s got a ton of really inspiring quotes. One that jumped out to me was, “As you think, so shall you become.” This made me think of all the people I’ve respected and admired in [...] November 11th, 2007 | Category: animationI’m working on painting for a gallery show, so next best thing to do is get influenced by some new ideas and perspectives. My wife is a fan of the old Tom and Jerry cartoons (50’s and 60’s), and so am I. I’ve always enjoyed the cartoons where the visual humor and timing carried the [...] November 5th, 2007 | Category: my workI just did an interview with toysrevil.blogspot.com. It’s a really cool place to get news on upcoming releases, as well as other artist interviews. I try to answer some questions about my creative process and general details about the golem toy. Thanks for digging my work Andy! _________________________________________________ Designed by Tragnark (aka Nick Reid) and produced by [...] November 2nd, 2007 | Category: animal kingdomI’m working on this layout of a cityscape for a project and having alot of fun with it. I was looking around at creatures to inspire ideas for architecture and found a good one. The Sunfish, also known as a Mola Mola. It looks like a huge freakin’ head doing a split sideways. Awesome. They [...] So I’ve been juggling a few projects lately…… I’m going to start working on my idea for an upcoming gallery’s Bruce Lee themed show. I’ve never created an image paying homage to Bruce Lee before….should be fun to see how this ends up. I’ll be posting progress pictures from concept to finished product on this blog. I [...] October 26th, 2007 | Category: personalMy wife and I just went to the state fair. We had alot of fun, and saw alot of stuff. There was was a stunt dog show, which was awesome, and the pig races were pretty cool too. In a nearby museum there was a guy who was breaking another world record in stacking cards. [...] Nintendo DS, as you know, has a double screen with a stylus touch screen on the bottom. I enjoy games like Brain Age for the system, but there is one that totally surprised me by how rad it was. Elite Beat Agents. It was based off an alternative Japanese game Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan. You can [...] October 18th, 2007 | Category: personalRodney Mullen is one of the greatest skaters of all time. Almost every fundamental flip trick in skating are his inventions…..way impressive! Seeing him skate in the Plan B video was one of the greatest inspirations during my college years. My life was 2 things during that period of time: skating and drawing. It was a strange [...] October 14th, 2007 | Category: my workHey Hey. So here it is with the colors dropped in. See the October 3rd entry below for the pencil version. |
On this blog you will find some of my professional work from various media design, as well as personal stories and other random stuff that motivates me to stay creative.
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