Friday, January 11, 2013

FIGERO, FIGERO, FIGEROOOOO!!

I AM SUPER-STOKED TO be working on this AWESOME project!
A comicbook like concept to go along with music videos.
Figero Baunchi is the brainchild of the wonderfully imaginative and creative force-
 Mr. Alphalpha aka Nathan A Jones aka Figero Baunchi...







I am 99% free to do WHATEVER type of illustrations I want AND the story is truly entertaining and amusing- EXCITING to be part of! Most of the project is still in Secret Squirrel mode but I can share some of the character design sketches and a few of the pieces-
Not for the kiddies-(more of a R/ NC-17 rating, as most rap vids are....)
Looking forward to the possibilities of this collaboration-!
DEFINITELY ONE OF THE COOLEST PROJECTS I EVER HAD!

FUN & FUNNY INDIAN JOKE BOOK

I had the pleasure of doing all the cartoons for "Are You Indian?" , a joke book about growing up Indian in America by Sanjit Singh. A few of the toons were a bit crazier and they were edited from my original concepts-but over all I had a lot of fun doing the "quick, sketchy, scribbly, splash color he  requested.
It 's geting some great reviews on amazon and is available on amazon and here:
http://www.amazon.com/Are-You-Indian-Humorous-Growing/dp/0578116138/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1354441890&sr=1-1&keywords=sanjit+singh

Sanjit has some great stories, funny insights- a fun read, even for non- Indians like me!

















 REV 1
REV 2
REV 3





AND--
Here are some of the original sketches that were submitted and got the Sorry, Charlie....ok, maybe ripping off his arm & beating him with it was a bit too far, I guess....Though I still think the spelling bee toon is funnier the way I originally did it....D-u-n-k-i-n...., haha....



T'was the Season....for studio gift caricatures!...

Of all the fun Christmas themed Gift Caricatures I did this holiday season- I had 2 really cool, unique commissions that I really enjoyed-
One was for a polygraph (lie-detector) class commemorating their graduation which took (or was supposed to) place during hurricane Sandy. There were a lot of details and the idea was the instructor was blowing his own hurricane of the 18 students-My finished art was presented as a gift to their instructor, and since it was digital, it was emailed overnight and 18 students each got their own copy too!

Another one was a mayor as Batman (Debt-Buster) locking up 125 million debt criminal-another digital emailed overnight in time for Christmas!