Kuta vinyl now available wholesale to retailers!!!

DKE Toys and I have joined forces to make Kuta available for wholesale to retailers. Any retailers interested, please feel free to contact DKE Toys at http://www.dketoys.com/

However, I am still selling the individual units myself. Ordering info can be found here: ordering info

Wallcrawler

Uh, yeah... he wishes! HAHAHA Thank you all for the support and encouragement for my creating and developing Bastion's 7. Well, I hope this answers how it's coming along. I'm turning up the heat, and trying to evolve my art a bit more now. ;P



Hope y'all digs!

Ghost Rider...

... he is not. :P

Here's a sneak peak of a page from my new book to give ya an idea of what you're in for.

Without further adieux, meet Flicker! Lookit him... What a tool. He thinks he's all hard and shiz sittin on his scooter awaiting to terrorize some poor, helpless person(s).



He's the leader of a new group of baddies for my Bastion's 7 story. He'll be riding the streets with his scooter gang causing havoc. Sheeeesh .... no respect I tells ya, no respect! Somebody better lay the law on these fools. ;)

Hope y'all digs!

Hulk Hogan and the Rockin Rollin WWF...

... they are NOT!!! HAHAHAHA

Ok, so some of ya have been asking me to post a lil somethin' somethin' new...Hope this feeds your greedy appetites. HAHAHA Just kiddin.

But here ya go. I've teamed up with my pal, Kevin Freeman and his posse over at Animation Rigs. If ya get a minute please cruise to their site, and check out the goodness that they bring to the table.

This was one of the worlds I created with Kevin. Other than thinking Luchadores are cool as all get out, the real reason I decided to do a line up of them as my first world to create was because I had a request from a young lady, at the San Francisco Wondercon earlier this year, to draw a Luchadore head... not to relive my horror of embarrassment, I stunk up her book with poo poo, so this is me redeeming myself for it. I'm just happy it was something I could persuade Kevin to do. HAHAHAHA



Hope y'all digs!

Swift like a ninja

Heya, gang! Dang I missed, y'all!

Been outta sight outta mind cuz we got married on the 10th of October, and returned from our honeymoon a couple of days ago. Ichiban and I had the pleasure of spending 2 weeks in Australia (Sydney, and Cairns). I'll post a journal all about it and some photos we took. This weekend, we've been scrambling 'round getting much needed stuff done for the pad. I wanted to get more kick-it time with the Mrs also. HEHEHE Our official first day back to work tomorrow can start with a clear head! :P

Remember my character; Oki? Welp... Here's a little peek as to what's to come for Bastion's 7. Imma make another vinyl, and Oki/Zero is next on the line-up. Now that Oki is pretty much done, his alter ego; Zero is up on the chopping block. I'll show ya as it comes along, cool?



The super talented Joshua Singh hooked this bad boy up.

Hope ya digs!

Rollin in 2010 early...

Heya, folks!

Did ya have a good weekend?

Mine was really productive. Ichiban and I were wrapping up some stuff for our soon-to-be wedding. We're getting married next Saturday, so alot of appointments and details needed to be done.

Also I have been going through my Schoolism course layout and recording my class lessons. I have a few more seats available in the class, so sign up before they're gone!

On top of that, I just finished laying out my 2010 artbook; "Cheeks All Up in Ya Face". It's already at 100 pages, for now. For SDCC 2010, I'll have 3 new hardbacks available. One being my 2010 artbook, the other my B7 and (new IP) split book, and finally a top secret book.

Anywho... just wanted to see how y'alls was doin, and hope ya got some good creative flow out over weekend!

Cammy's Comic Corner Interview

Hey hey hey... so you think I have a future in signing after that horrendous act called singing? Yowsa... More on the way when I get a minute to produce, direct, choreograph and perform. HAHAHAHA


In the meantime, here's an interview done by our pals, Cammy's Comic Corner, of Ryan Benjamin and I during our signing at the Rising Sun Creation, down in San Diego last month.


The secret to the nickname Cheeks


Ryan Benjamin's inside look into his career part 1


Ryan Benjamin's inside look into his career part 2


More interviews can be seen at Cammy's Comic Corner!

Thank you Rising Sun Creations and Cammy's Comic Corner for the love.

Enjoy at your leisure...

My no hit wonder...

Heya, gangalicious!!!!!

Thought ya might dig hearing my no hit wonder I recorded.... Let me know if I have any future in singing! HAHAHA

CLICK >>> no-hit-wonder

Take a listen if ya got a minute.



Luff ya,

The Hunt For Doc Ock Contest

I am having the darndest time finding the time to track down a Doc Ock (wave 7), of the Spectacular Spider-man Animated series.

This recently released version is what I'm looking for:


I am devoting a contest to whomever the 1st person is that can track down Doc Ock (wave 7) and be WILLING to part with it.

The prize:
The winner has the choice of winning either a my 2008 artbook Spread the Cheeks or my 2009 artbook Cheeks:UNCLENCHED artbook from me. In the book you decide on I'll draw headshots of 5 characters from the Spectacular Spider-man Animated series.

The requirements:
Proof of product. The proof of it is it has to be a photo of you holding the Doc Ock figure in it's untampered packaging. Once I declare the winner we can set up shipping details. When I receive the item, then I will send out the artbook of your choice: Spread the Cheeks or Cheeks:UNCLENCHED.

Thank you in advance, everyone!

Who's ready to hunt?!

Good luck!

CTN Animation Expo

If you have any other plans in November other than Thanksgiving, then it should be CTN Animation Expo. It's presented by The Creative Talent Network. What's this all about? Now how did I know you'd ask? Let me give ya the 411.

Stuart Ng of Stuart Ng Books (my secret place to get all my hard to get overseas books!) and CTN Animation Expo has invited a ton of amazing talents and myself to be part of something incredible.

What is it? Keep your pants... I'm getting to it. ;P

The scoop:
The event takes place on Nov 20-22, 2009
and it's being held in Burbank, Ca @ the Marriott Convention Center
3 days
After Hours
Rare Appearances
Industry Discussions
Live Demonstrations
Breakfast with the Pros
Recruiting and Networking
World Class Animation Talent

Need I say more?

Ok, ok you asked for it...

You can do a quick register online at www.regonline.com/ctnanimationexpo2009

My boy, Ryan Benjamin and I will be sharing a table together. Come by and talk shop if you have time from all the goodness at the show.

You can do a quick register online by going to Quick Register
You can get 10% off by using this code: GALLX09


Hope to see ya there!

Batmang and his BFF's

I am totally getting into my Cintiq. I've noticed it takes 3x's as long to work on a piece, but I gotta learn sooner or later how to become more efficient, right?

For my artwork lately I've been slipping into only roughs mode. It feels so refreshing to go that route, but man I needed to snap out of it and find a balance. I was fiending to do a polished piece. HAHAHAHA

I haven't drawn many villains EVER, so I decided to do it up with Batman's BFF's and see where it goes from there. If you can't guess their names, then here's a rollcall: Killa Crizock, Clayfizace, and Batamang.

Anywho, this piece was done 100% on my Cintiq from roughs to finishes.

Hope y'all digs!

Tales of Avalon pin-up

Just wrapped up my Tales of Avalon pin-up for Matteo Scalera, Alessandro Micelli and Gianluca Maconi .

Thanks for asking me to join in on the fun, guys!

This piece was done 100% on the Cintiq

Hope y'all digs!

Wolvie-poo WIP

A buddy of mine sent me a link to a Wolverine 3D sculpt based off of a drawing I had done awhile back. Kevin totally hooked this lil pipsqueak up. HAHAHA I was very impressed how great of a job this dude did. I was laughing my arse off when I saw the base! HAHAHAHA

Kevin says it's still a WIP, so I'll update this image once he sends it to me.

Props to Kevin. You should check him out.

Here are a couple of links.


http://voidehawke.com/
http://voidehawke.com/CheeksWolvie.htm

Hope ya digs!

Bedrock Neighbors

Blast from the past fo' sho... I've NEVER drawn The Flintstones. Always loved them, but I didn't dare or even fathom the thought of tampering with them in fear that I'd look like a hack of a poor watered down version of them. After sitting Fear down, I had to look em' right in the grill. I tolds that lil rascalicious, "Fear, you need to let me have some fun, aight? Now, begone, bonehead!" HAHAHAHA

Anyway...I just couldn't resist the fun shapes!

My perspective may be off since it's a rough, but when I go to colors, I'll polish the technical aspect.

If you can get past that, then I hope ya digs!

HAHAHAHAHAHA

Make Mine A Double-Double

My pal Matteo Scalera asked me if I wanted to do a pin-up for his pals Alessandro Micelli and Gianmac's creator owned project, Tales of Avalon. The concept and the designs are wicked-cool, so I couldn't resist.

This'll be a double page splash pin-up.
I have been really diggin my Cintiq, and drawing more digital lately. This piece so far was done 100% on the Cintiq



Hope y'all digs!

Shellhead

Heya, gangaliciousnesses-

Hope ya had a nice relaxing Labor Day weekend!

Here's a 3d sculpt that my pal Luis Gomez-Guzman hooked up.

He hit me up with an email out of the blue to show me he had begun the sculpt of the Ironman illustration I had posted some time back. I was wowed by what I saw. Luis asked me to make notes, so he can get it closer to how I drew, and he also asked me to design the back for him to model from, so the top right pic is me drawing over his screen cap.



I tracked down some of Luis' links to share with ya. He's such an amazing artist.

One of my favorites from him is his Award Winning Animation Short-Film "Garto"


Here's Luis' blog
Please give him props when you get a moment!

Hope ya digs!

Nightwing...

...and some random panels from Wednesday Comics (Teen Titans)




Wrapped up splashing more spice on Kala...

Kala

Here's a panel I drew for my pals over at the House of Secrets.
It's of their character Kala.



Hope ya digs!

Grey Hulk

Just kiddin....


There's a Gargoyles convention this weekend here in LA.
I got invited to attend, so I'll be there Sunday for the Gargoyles/Spidey panel and the mug event before the panel.
Never been to one, but I'm PUMPED! I heard the event is a lot of fun.

I'm a huge fan of Gargoyles, so sow you have the reason to why with the Gargoyles fan art. :)








Hope y'all digs!

Love Birds

The wedding is right around the corner, so I needed to get our illo done for Ichiban and my thank you cards.



Hope y'all digs!

Artbook Signing In San Diego at Rising Sun Creations in August

My pal Ryan Benjamin and I will be having a signing for our 2009 artbooks, in San Diego, August 29th, from 12pm-3pm at one of our favorite spots. Rising Sun Creations. They've got a wonderful mix of Anime, comics as well as a slew of variety of vinyls, and etc.

Here's a flyer we put together:



Here's a cover to Ryan's 2009 artbook; Pancratia:



And the cover to my Cheeks:Unclenched 2009 artbook:



We'll be doing free headsketches in the back of the books.

I may bring some copies of my 2008 Artbook; Spread the Cheeks in case some of you want to pick up a copy or 3.

In the meantime you have got to go watch District 9! Ichiban and I went to watch the movie, last night. WOW! That has got to be one of the BEST flicks I have seen in years. The connection with all the characters was PHENOMENAL!

We hope to see y'all there!

Marvel Adventures

This is my first drawn cover for Marvel, but it'll be the second cover I did up to hit the stands. HAHAHA Confusing? I hope so! :P

Wanna know what the issue is about? Clickity-click-click on the LINK if ya do.








Hope y'all digs!

Teen Titans Wednesday comics pages 6

Here's the 6th page. :)

Shark! Shark! Shark!

One of my ALL-TIME favorite cartoons EVER. Short-lived, but long lived in my heart.

TIGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER TIGERSHARKS!!!!! What better way finish off Shark Week, right?



Hope y'all digs!!!

Red Head

Here's a warm-up I did earlier this morning. Took me a lil break to color it up.



Hope y'all digs!

Polarkeet? WHA?!

Been wanting to do draw Kristen Campbell awesome character; Polarkeet.

Polarkeet copyright Kristen Campbell



Hope y'all digs!

Tough as nails

Yups.... hahaha

It's fun to draw things I don't normally do.



Hope y'all digitty dig-digs!

Just...

...a warm up from yesterday, before I tore into my Bastion's 7 pages...



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oooooooooooooooooooooh..... imma gonna git ya!

Shark Week is off the heezy fo reezy. It's all the reason needed for me and Ichiban to NEVER swim in the ocean.

Been super inspired by a ton of great drawings that peeps drew of sharks this week, that it finally dawned on to me to do one as a warm-up, today.




Hope y'all digs!

Teen Titans Wednesday comics pages 4 and 5

Good morning, everyone!!!!

Man, it was such an emotional morning for Ichiban and I. We were so relived to see journalists, Lee and Ling reunited with their families.

Now that I can see without blurry vision, I present to you pages 4 and 5 of Teen Titans, Wednesday Comics.


page 4




page 5



Hope ya digs!

Pre-orders....

...are sent! Woop! Woop!

YAY! Thank you, everyone!

Here's a pic of the remaining preorders for Meowr, Kuta vinyls, Cheeks:UNCLENCHED, and orders for Spread the Cheeks being shipped out today! I have more in stock for anyone interested.

FYI I drew in all the books because I loves ya :D

Please give them all a good home. :P

Also Thank you, everyone for cruising by our booth and sharing the love! You all totally made our con. We heard some peeps say they had a hard time locating us, or couldn't find us at all. My bad. We weren't listed in Artist Alley this year. We were listed as exhibitors.

I don't know about you, but I still need a couple more days to recoup. HAHAHAHA I hope the con was as fun for you as it was for us.

Thank you also for coming by our Wednesday Comics signing over at the DC Comics booth, and a HUGE thank you for coming to our Spectacular Spider-man Animated panel.

If you're interested, The complete first season for Spectacular Spider-man is on sale!!! I already snagged mines.

My lil bro took AWESOME photos during the con. If you have time please peep it over at this link



Have a good week, gang!