A Stroke of Genius

Did a really quick logo design for Kevin Pereira who asked fans to design a "standing penis" in the fashion of Mr. Peanut for a logo for "A Stoke of Genius". Hopefully mine gets chosen...probably not, but its fun to come up with such a logo. If it gets picked up I'll un-censor it.

Elgyem

"Elgyem" Corel Painter 11 & Adobe Flash CS5.

Haunter

Yeah another Pokemon inspired painting...WHAT OF IT!?! It's my blog and I can do what I want with it!

"Haunter" Corel Painter 11 5/2011

Oompa Loompas are Evil

What can I say? They disfigure and possibly kill children. Then celebrate their actions with a jaunty tune. NO!! They're sick! And the topic of today's Phobia-stration. Oompa Loompas. The disgusting little orange child killers in Roald Dalh's "Charlie and The Chocolate Factory" who inhabit the drug induced HR nightmare known as "Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory". They freaked me out as a kid. Not because they were played by little people, it was the orange skin and the revel they displayed when a child is hurt or put in serious danger. I usually like Roald Dahl, in fact, I use to read his books as a child and, true, Oompa Loompas aren't anything new when it came to threatening children...but these little guys were the scariest and creepiest.

"Oompa Loompas are Evil" Flash CS5 5/2011

Galvantula

I know I said I'd do a Phobia piece on Oompa Loompas...But I really had an itch to do another Pokemon inspired painting. This is of the same game as the "Reuniclus" piece. This one is called "Galvantula" an electric spider. I also wanted to get at least one more piece done before I went back to work on my next deadline.

"Galvantula" Corel Painter 11 5/2011

FEED ME, SEYMOUR!!!

I was stuck deciding what to paint next and my friend Marissa IM'd me and suggested "Mutant Spring Flowers". The mutant part stuck in me and then I let that rattle around in the old cabasa and I found the "Little Shop of Horrors" plant in my mind. This thing scared the living crap out of me when I was a kid and it gave me a small complex about plants. I thought it was a great subject.

THANKS MARISSA!

Next phobia subject: Oompa Loompas.

"Feed Me!" Corel Painter 11 5/2011

Reuniclus

Nerdy? Yes. Do I care? No. Childish? Hardly.

During the few hours I have during the night, I play the "Pokemon: White" Nintendo DS game, the latest in the Pokemon franchise. There are a lot of weird and cool looking creature designs in this turn based creature RPG. A lot of people think of it as childish and not worth the time for adults. But the strategy, number game, and overall theme of the game reaches a far greater audience of gamer than an 8 year old. In fact, colleges across the nation have tournaments conducted and organized by the students.

But enough with me trying to over-explain why a 30 year old man plays this game. This piece is inspired by one of the games' monsters, "Reuniclus". Its design is based after microscopic cells in mitosis.

"Reuniclus" Corel Painter 11, 4/2011