CLASSICS OF CRAP: VOLUME 2-THE ROOM

Oh HAI, guys! So for this edition of Classics of Crap, I wanted to share one of my newest favorite bad movies, Tommy Wiseau's, The Room. I first heard about The Room as it was making headlines here in LA for being a popular midnight movie. I found a copy of the dvd and gave it a spin. It was amazing. After watching it about 5 times, I went to the theater on Sunset where it was playing and got to see it live, with Tommy himself in attendance. He was running up and down the aisles, shaking people's hands, signing autographs, obviously having a great time. His Hollywood dream had come true.

About the movie--A personal story about a man who thinks of himself as a giving lover, only to be betrayed by his girlfriend, The Room is horribly amateurish production. Plot threads and characters appear and disappear without notice, and the acting is flat across the board, save for some over the top outbursts("You're tearing me apart Lisa!") I cant even decide what is the best part of the movie. Is it watching Denny get chewed out by Lisa's mom, the headspinning flowershop doggie scene, or watching the Brittany Spears-esqe Juliette Danielle moan in ecstasy as she clutches Tommy Wiseau's gefilte fish textured back? If you haven't walked into The Room yet, I highly recommend it. Just bring a framed picture of a spoon with you.

CLASSICS OF CRAP: VOLUME 1-TROLL 2

Hi guys! I'm starting a new feature on my blog called Classics of Crap, where I draw some of my favorite "so bad, they're good" movies. Kicking off this event is Troll 2, a movie I discovered one fateful night flipping around basic cable stations in the early 90's. I had seen and enjoyed the first Troll a few years earlier, so I figured, why not. After sitting through the whole thing, waiting for an actual troll to show up (Spoiler alert: they never do), I logged this one away as just another disappointing experience. After moving to LA, I met one of my best friends, Joseph, and he told me of a similar experience. As we watched it again, we discovered out opinion had completely changed. Suddenly, Troll 2 became a unintentionally hilarious comedy. Apparently, some other people thought so too. The "Oh my godddd" clip has been viewed on YouTube millions of times, and Troll 2 still plays at midnight screenings all over the country. So, remember kids, Nilbog is Goblin backwards, and remember to eat the ice cream. It's nice and creamy!

I'm Still Alive!

Hey guys-this is embarrassing, but it's been SO long between posts. It has been a combination of freelance jobs, which unfortunately, I can't share, work being crazy busy, and working on personal art projects, which, again, I'm not ready to share just yet. I still keep up with my sketchbook, so here are a couple of doodles I like. Thanks for looking! More artwork coming soon!

Don't Go to Sleep!

Here's a little bit of fan art for my favorite horror movie of all time, the original Nightmare on Elm Street.

Piles o' Doodles

Hey Guys! I haven't posted anything in forever, so I apologize for that. Late last summer, I was promoted to Lead Artist at my job at Nickelodeon Virtual worlds, and that has proven to be quite stressful and has taken a lot more out of me than I had anticipated. I started to slide on my personal sketchbook drawings, doing maybe one doodle a week. So, my new years resolution for 2011 was to start drawing more, and what I'm posting is just the beginning. I've done 100 or more pages that I'm not going to post up, cause frankly, they aren't that good, and I hate scanning. So, anyway, sorry again for the lapse, but I hope you'll see something you like here. Thanks for looking!

Eat Your Veggies...Before They Eat YOU!

Sorry for the lack of posts recently. Been insanely busy. Hopefully I'll get back on my regular posting schedule soon. Enjoy Zombie veggies!

Bunny Boy

Ok, so I was just making up this story in my mind about a little kid who LOVES rabbits so much, he dresses like one and ultimately ends up pulling all but his front teeth out. Hope you dig it!

It's Not Over Til...

Another in my mermaid series...was going to do a full painted version of this, but I decided I was going be lazy instead. Idk, maybe I'll paint her up in the future...

Part of your world

The third in my series of unconventional mermaids. This time it's a half eel, half nerdy girl. I am mainly doing these as a way to practice painting in photoshop, a new skill for me. The nice thing is, the more I do of these, the quicker they go...Viva la progress! Hope you like this one...

Feelin Crabby

My second in my strange mermaid series...This time it's a half crab/half woman.

Imma Bite You

I'm really trying to wrap my head around digital painting. This is I think my 4th attempt at it. I still have a lot to learn.

The subject of the piece is based on the idea that there are many different varieties of mermaids, this one is half shark, half woman, instead of the traditional half fish, half woman. A tip of the hat to my friend Kristen for drawing something that inspired this! :)

2010 Sketchbook

The cover of my new sketchbook! It will debut at comic con next month, where I hope you all can get a copy. It's a limited print run, and it is filled to the brim with awesome sketches, caricatures, colored pieces, and some surprises. You can't afford NOT to pick this one up! My partner on this book is the super talented Shane Corn, aka Maizekid! His stuff is dope! We each have 20 packed pages in this sucka!

Cleaning lady rivalry

Just a little something something I pulled out of my ol' sketchpad...It made me laugh to think of these 2 cleaning ladies, always competing with each other...

Doodle-licious!

Here's some more pages from my sketchbook, drawn while sitting in a coffee shop in Burbank.

Massive Sketch Dump

Here's a few of the dozens of pages from my sketchbook that I've been too busy(lazy) to scan and post. Well, not so much a sketchbook as a bunch of looseleaf sheets of white paper clipped in a binder...but you get the idea. I hope you dig these....thanks for looking!

News

Sorry, I've been MIA for a while--been working on a bunch of projects I can't really show yet. BUT! Stick around. My very first sketch-art book is coming this summer and will be offered for sale at San Diego Comic Con as well as thru this website...Lots of sketchbooky art, colored finals, never before seen crap, and more! It'll be a joint book with my talented artist friend Shane Corn, who will also be bustin out the goodies for ya! Take care!

Something Fishy's Going on...

Just one of those days...

Grindhouse

This was done a year or so ago as a tribute to one of my passions, Grindhouse cinema. Hope you dig it, you jive turkey!

I'm lovin' it

This is something I doodled a while back and am just getting around to coloring it--