SDCC 2010!

All right, I finally have my Comic-Con appearance schedule. For all of you that will be there next weekend I hope to see you. Sat the 24th I’ll be at the Munky King booth #4539 @ 4 pm signing the new OMI custom mask.



Sunday the 25th @ 11 am I’ll be at the Dragatomi booth #3848 Signing my Angry Clobber Monkey vinyl. This will be my first time signing the Clobber Monkey at Comic-Con! Then at noon I’ll be doing some live sketching at the Sketch Theatre booth #5563 an amazing web production where you can see videos of some of the most popular contemporary artists drawing in time laps video. Check back for more updates. See ya next weekend!

OMI!

Munky King has created a new blind box sensation the Omi. Inspired by Asian Opera masks the Omi will have an artists series release as well as a DIY version. I had the pleasure of sculpting the mask as well as being a part of the Series 1 collection.




I'll be at Comic-Con Sat the 24th 4pm at the Munky King Booth #4539 I'll be posting a couple more SDCC happenings in the next couple days.

MISTER FAST FOODFIGURE FIRST STEP!

The first thing is to take the design and make a rough sketch of the pose and get an idea of the size. I want the finished sculpt to be roughly 6 to 7 inches tall at it's highest point. The hamburger should end up being a bit higher then the head for a more grand animated pose. I traced over the smaller image in the top of the comic page, since it was partially cropped I just guessed the missing parts. I think it will look nice if the cape sweeps around behind him.



With this pic I'll take some of the real features from the Randy face and incorporate them into the caricature. Most times for me it's better not to over sketch and work details out in the sculpt. Next we start slinging some clay!

MR FAST FOOD FIGURE!

For those of you who listen to the Pretty Good Podcast are familiar with Gina & Randy and Randy's Mr Fast Food Segments. Matt Marikian created a comic art piece of Randy's alter ego. Being that I'm a big fan of the PGP and love a challenging character sculpt. I offered to make a sculpture of MFF for Randy and let the PGP fans get a step by step peek into the process of turning a 2 dimensional piece of art into a 3D sculpt. Creating a articulated figure of MFF would be a major undertaking. For now I can do one excellent original sculpt. I'm getting started and I'll post the first steps before the week is up.

VADER PROJECT AUCTION NEXT WEEK!

Here it comes, July 10th. I received the email flyer for the auction and it features the Masks by Paul Frank, myself and Fawn Gehweiler. Very cool.

ANOTHER GREAT MUNKY KING TOY!

The New Luke Chueh Black In White will have an advanced release at SDCC this year.
Working with Luke is always creative and satisfying.


This is my final version of the sculpt. It turned out nice, we made adjustments to the knife handle so it could be held by the rabbit while in the costume.



The final meeting when we all checked out the finished sculpt. I can't wait to see the finished figure at SDCC, I'll be there Sat & Sun.

THE VADER PROJECT!

If you have been following The Vader Project, or you just are a fan of customized Darth Vader masks you may want to check out this show.

All 100 customized Darth Vader helmets will be on view in Los Angeles for this special 10-day event!

Opening Night Party
Friday, June 11 6pm - 10pm
With DJs The Crystal Pharaoh and
The Sucklord from BAND of the LOST

Saturday, June 12 2pm
Catalog signing with over 20 participating artists

Open Daily from Noon - 6pm June 12 - 20
6812 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles CA 90036


For more information or to pre-order a limited edition auction catalog go to http://thevaderproject.com/



I'll be there for the opening party on Friday night to have fun and sign programs.Also I believe this is the last chance to see the masks before they are auctioned off.
See ya there!