Twitchin'

Poor Red :(

This is my contribution to the "Twitch Plays Pokemon" phenomenon (if you're unfamiliar, this is a pretty good summary and timeline about it: http://www.dorkly.com/article/59505/the-majesty-of-twitch-plays-pokemon)

It was particularly fun for me, because if you didn't know kids, when I was your age, this was my first video game. Blue version. And there were only 150 o' them suckers. I still play the games today but everything related to the first ones makes me pretty nostalgic XD But when I first saw the stream, the one thing running through my mind was: "What the heck do the people around him think?!" Do they think, "Kids these days!" or "Does this boy need help?" or "When was the last time he got some sleep?!" Anyway I hope you enjoy the art. Download it from the link below for the full view and see if you can scope out all the references I threw in!
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The Neo-Tokyo 3 Olympics - Wrestling

So as I'm sure you are all aware, the Olympics were recently on...and during that time I was rewatching Evangelion (I'd never gotten around to the last few episodes in the original series). So that's how this was born XD. I really wanted to make a tribute to that iconic battle in the 2nd episode. Decided to use the eva's rebuild color scheme to make it a little more relevant to today. Eva 01 going berserk is a totally nerdfest for me.

This is fan art and Evangelion is ©GAINAX

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The Wind Rises Contest Entry

deviantART had a contest this week to create a piece of art in tribute to "The Wind Rises", Hayao Miyazaki's final film. It was a tight 5 day deadline, most of which I had to prepare for my next con which is this coming weekend, but I took a day off anyway to do it. It was my first time entering a dA contest and I felt I really needed to pay tribute to Miyazaki has he's been a big inspiration for me over the years. Anyway, hope you enjoy! Can't wait to see the film this weekend!

The Nine-tailed Fox at the Changing Tree, Oji

This one was so much fun to make! It was inspired by one of my favorite Hiroshige prints (http://bit.ly/NfwMLQ)

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Nightmare

My latest ukiyo-e style painting! Hypno lulls them to sleep, Drowzee eats their dreams, and Darkrai replaces them with nightmares! Inspiration for this piece was "One Hundred Stories of Demons and Spirits by Kitagawa Utamaro (http://bit.ly/1c1EpL8), and the characters are inspired by pokemon and yokai.

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Blazing into 2014!

Happy new year! Ok, I'm a day late to the party but I was celebrating XD For a lot of people I know 2013 was a terrible year. Some attribute it to black magic and unlucky number 13  I had my own share of ups and downs, but I'm very optimistic about 2014. Hopefully this piece conveys that sense of optimism to you as well  Look forward to more traditional Japanese style pieces like this very soon!

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Nantucket Historical Association Museum Children's Activity Book

This past summer I did a commission for the Nantucket Historical Association creating artwork for an entirely new childrens' activity book planned to be released next year. The book will allow children to interact with the Whaling Museum's collections in a meaningful way that teaches them about the artifacts they see through fun games and activities.

Above is a wrap-around cover I did; the final book will have text over it. The paintings were designed to focus on the artifacts and history of Nantucket in a child-friendly, non-graphic-side-of-whaling manner. The paintings below are a small selection of the many works I did for the book. The rest can be viewed in the book when it is completed. All illustrations were done with a mixture of watercolor and photoshop painting.

Brant Point Lighthouse

The Legend of Maushop

(a Wampanoag tale)

Scrimshaw Bicorn Horse Pie Crimper

(it's a side view but the thing actually has two horns)

Toby Jug

(yes, it is scary)

Giant Squid

(a sperm whale's favorite food)

Sperm Whale

Whaleship