mightyrobot

2011-04-03T14:48:00.000-07:00

i tried drawing people from memory today.

2011-03-22T22:10:00.000-07:00

i tried drawing a viking today. but it kept looking like peppermint patty. so i just drew peppermint patty. so then i thought i'd draw marcie too. then i realized that she looked like velma from scooby doo. so in the end, i think i just drew velma.

2011-03-01T14:14:00.000-08:00

Georja

2010-09-19T21:53:00.000-07:00

I've been playing a lot of Mass Effect 2 again with the new DLC. Lair of the Shadow Broker. This is what my Commander Shepard looks like. Really... how can you play any other way than Renegade?

2010-09-04T20:08:00.001-07:00

messing around in photoshop. working out some ideas.

2010-09-01T22:46:00.000-07:00

trying to get back into the swing of things. lately i've been more interested in loosey goosey style.

i tried smoothing things out with softer brushes, but i forgotten how to make that work properly.

2010-08-31T23:29:00.000-07:00

more random stuff from the mightyrobot facebook page

2010-04-22T23:46:00.000-07:00

finally found my DS, so i messed around with Colors again. i havent been doing much art lately. been to busy watching the Dick Van Dyke show on netflix streaming and unlocking sniper specs in BF:BC2. serious business.

2010-03-09T09:41:00.001-08:00

2010-01-22T02:15:00.000-08:00

grim

2009-12-17T02:11:00.000-08:00

it's been a long time. haven't been inspired lately. trying to get back into it.

i blame modern warfare 2.

2009-10-23T01:32:00.001-07:00

old school

15¢ bang bang

2009-10-11T20:52:00.000-07:00

lexine

DEAD SPACE EXTRACTION is out! GO BUY IT!

http://www.deadspacegame.com/

2009-09-28T22:47:00.000-07:00

for the Helle Belle's benefit @ the Shooting Gallery.
It gets bigger and bigger every year!

2009-09-12T14:01:00.000-07:00

MR-issuu

2009-09-03T10:27:00.000-07:00

MRtest

Open publication - Free publishing - More test

2009-08-26T00:56:00.000-07:00

i started going through more of my older stuff to fill out the pages for the MR2 book and decided to futz with this one some more. happy accidents. :)

i dunno if you've ever seen the ring, but the japanese version scared the crap out of me.

...
true story. two or three minutes after i finished watching it. still a little freaked out. the phone rang! i answered and there was nothing but static on the other end. thankfully, 7 days later i was still alive.
...
here's the original - http://mightyrobot.xanga.com/583359576//

2009-08-19T10:08:00.000-07:00

gangs of new york stuff

coming soon!

2009-07-19T23:57:00.000-07:00

SOUYL#3 covers printed!
courtesy of Wahab and Hondini

Look for it at Table O-15 in the Small Press Area of Comic Con!

Also pay a visit to Bumperboy right next door!

2009-06-16T00:09:00.000-07:00

w.i.p. for the third SUYL cover. still trying to figure everything out.

2009-05-30T11:42:00.000-07:00

"3 weirdos & talk balloons"

so things have slown down a lot.
MR rough draft book finished, you can see some pictures of it on the facebook page. that one's not for sale, but i'm gonna try to make one that's more cost effective. like a softcover 80 pager. instead of the 40-page image wrap hardcover. He-Man show coming up next month at the Double Punch store in North Beach.
word.

2009-05-12T20:38:00.000-07:00

MAGICKS!

alice in wonderland yooooooouuuuutuuuubed

2009-05-01T23:38:00.001-07:00

for buddys birfday. he broke his leg rescuing orphans... puppy orphans.

this was the only productive thing i did today. i've been watching Lost like it contains the antidote. thats some good television programming.

2009-04-22T01:22:00.000-07:00

did a quick orko before sleep

2009-04-22T00:41:00.000-07:00

thumbing ideas for the he-man show... still not sure what i wanna do.

2009-04-15T11:33:00.000-07:00

w.i.p... but i was messing around with blending layers and liked how some of them looked, thusly the above...

thunderheist - jerk it

2009-04-03T14:15:00.000-07:00

rough draft stuff. might change the pattern on the back.

2009-03-31T18:15:00.000-07:00

rough draft of MR book done. just need to fill in a couple more pages. then evaluate to see what the end results looks like. need to find a cover.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero

2009-03-18T22:37:00.001-07:00

darkstalkers

2009-03-11T00:31:00.000-07:00

due to popular request... being a whole two people.
'crutches are cool.'

listening to: ThruYOU

2009-03-06T17:57:00.001-08:00

'of vampires'

"lookit my teefs"

"ow."

i started drawing in my DS again. then i futzed with it a bit in photoshop.

2009-02-19T13:00:00.000-08:00

w.i.p.

2009-01-27T08:39:00.000-08:00

book is on hold again. here's some more shit that's unfinished.

listening to: nico vega - medicine man

2009-01-12T16:33:00.001-08:00

lots of shit going on. mightyrobot book is back in the works. i'm learning about patterns right now.... need to add the third heat.

2008-12-04T01:05:00.000-08:00

everybody pffffrrrts....

2008-11-26T02:06:00.000-08:00

more work time doodles.

2008-11-17T15:49:00.000-08:00

"silog"

for the tulay show! thanks to dino for inviting me to join.

Nov 22nd if you're in the area.

2008-10-17T17:17:00.000-07:00

busy busy...

dead space rules!

"hyoominz at play"
I can has lolarts
benefit for Partners in Reading adult literacy

"mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowgirls"
Hells Belles Pinewood Derby
benefit for Bay Area Women's And Childrens Center

next up:

test for SUYL cover

thank god for PTO. missions accomplished and now i can rest.... for two days... then back to work!

thanks to Ian, Dino, Jamie, and Wahab for keeping me busy and giving me fun stuff to do.

2008-10-02T09:46:00.000-07:00

"piggies"

/shrugs - who paints feet?

listening to: The Roots - Birthday Girl
[edit: added the video link. bonus: that's sasha grey if you know who that is.]

2008-09-23T01:39:00.001-07:00

"silly android, that's not how you make a unicorn."

i put the title in the picture this time, cause i'm not sure if they make much sense with out it.

p.s. threadless submission final results:

votes = 995, average score = 1.99 out of 5, comments = 26

it was a good learning experience!

2008-09-22T16:16:00.000-07:00

so i finally took a stab and entered something on threadless.com... please vote for mightyrobot!

2008-09-14T19:49:00.000-07:00

wips and such. for hell's belles pinewood derby.
i'm still trying to make sense of arm tattoos. i don't understand their logic yet.

ALSO... check out my buddy's etsy store. BUY HIS STUFF. he is a good artist and a nice person.

JOEBOT's EMPORIUM OF AWESOME
http://joebot.etsy.com/

2008-09-10T01:49:00.000-07:00

i spent like an hour or so rendering this out when i realized i liked this early rough in version better... so there.

2008-09-03T11:00:00.000-07:00

oh word

2008-08-21T09:36:00.001-07:00

"you're doing it wrong!"

listening to: scrabbel - california plates

2008-08-17T01:47:00.000-07:00

more DS fun...

"cute things secretly hate you"

"my name is rupert?"

2008-08-07T01:18:00.001-07:00

john motherfuckin' rambo

2008-08-06T01:35:00.000-07:00

alice glass of crystal castles

watching: Sleepdance MTV2 commercial
cool commercial directed by Jonnie Ross with Belle & Sebastian music.

2008-07-28T22:22:00.000-07:00

androids hate the environment

CSS - death from above

2008-07-28T00:55:00.000-07:00

i dont know if many people realize this, but bluebirds talk a lot of trash.
...

2008-07-23T00:31:00.000-07:00

work in progress. i was just messing around with channels in photoshop and thought this looked kinda cool. hooray for happy accidents.

listening to: coldplay - the escapist

2008-07-19T02:18:00.001-07:00

More work time fun.

"Conventional weaponry seems to have no affect on this ghostly monstrocity."

"Timecards"

listening to: NERD, Santogold, The Strokes dude - My Drive Thru
what happened to Julian Casablancas?

[edit: you can actually download the whole song on http://www.converse.com/]

2008-07-02T21:51:00.001-07:00

late night work time doodles

mighty.

2008-06-26T14:05:00.000-07:00

this one's called: "at the office"

i think i'm in a little rut painting, so i'm putting all that on hold for the time being.

p.s. kristen chau is having a show at the rowan morrison gallery tomorrow (6/27) in oakland. go check her stuff out. she'll have prints and stuff to sell.

2008-06-24T00:47:00.000-07:00

cover for issue #1 where the facts of life girls get it! i hope thats not a spoiler, but i mean look at the cover. it may or may not be missing something. i can't put my finger on it.

2008-06-18T00:56:00.000-07:00

Cover for my buddy Wahab Algarmi's epic tale of a ragtag team of 80's tv characters trying to save the world... one day at a time. issue #2 features punky brewster, evie from 'out of this world' and the ever popular lassie. find them at comic-con when it comes around this july. you won't regret it! in fact, you'll thank your lucky stars.

this is the first time i've ever really tried only using 4 colors for something. it was quite a challenge indeed. quite. now i know...

here's the full front 'n back coverage.

listening to: this

2008-06-02T00:42:00.000-07:00

'bigfoot aces the paradigm shift'

2008-05-21T09:30:00.000-07:00

recs 'n fx pt. #2

1.

2.

3.

2008-05-16T15:07:00.000-07:00

first attempt at the mod podging = failure
well, semi-failure. at least i know how it works now.
all mod-podge really is, is glue.
i really like how it gives the print texture since all my prints are flat.
also, i'm gonna redesign the layout after some good feedback i got.
a record's too big for my printer.

it's for my buddy ben's show at lower haters, called vinyl apocalypse.

2008-05-13T00:16:00.000-07:00

i finally broke gta's strong grip upon all my free time and actually got some painting done.
gonna try uploading w.i.p.s for once. just to chart progress.
i don't know if it's such a good idea for one of two reasons.
usually there's something that really bugs me about the early stages and i'll delete this post.
or... i get used to it and call it done.

listening to: rip slyme - NP

2008-05-12T10:46:00.000-07:00

trying to get used to using limited colors. like only two or three. i'm used to using a lot... and blending them.

so i finished gta4. as awesome as it was, the ending was kind of underwhelming. needless to say it's still really good. my addiction level was 'serious habit'.

listening to: justice - stress
[edit: actually the whole album is good. go get it! its called cross.]

2008-05-09T20:02:00.000-07:00

they gave us ceramic mugs at work for earth day. to transition away from using paper cups. so in keeping with tradition, i drew on mine.

it's inspired by kristen chau's bunny girls.

not only is her art awesome. she's a really nice person too. she threw in an awesome present when i ordered a print.

mightyrobot <3's www.krischau.com

2008-05-03T12:38:00.000-07:00

"at the bus stop"
...or
"dreadful grog goes to work"

[edit: gave the slug a name and tail]

2008-04-28T23:34:00.001-07:00

mightyrobot book is still in progress. i just need to paint more to make it more worth it for me.

currently reading: world war z - an oral history of the zombie war

soon to be owned by: GTA IV

p.s. i kinda knew it would happen. the ting tings have their own ipod commercial now. someone at apple hire me and make me rich.

2008-04-23T01:45:00.000-07:00

still trying to figure out things on the new computer. the brushes don't feel the same.

mightyrobot book is on hold due to crappiness.
...maybe next year's APE?

signed,
sir shrugs-a-lot, the 2nd.

2008-04-22T17:22:00.000-07:00

happy earth day... its earth day apparently.

2008-04-18T13:38:00.000-07:00

xanga link

for alice's awesome sea monster challenge.

challenges are good. i think i'd just paint chicks otherwise. i'm kind of a one trick pony.

listening to: mutemath - typical

2008-04-17T07:59:00.000-07:00

still trying to get used to painting on the new computer. it doesn't feel right yet.

also...

sylvia ji's art + tattoos = awesome!

if you watch LA Ink, like i do, it's by the dude that tattoo'ed pixie's face onto kat von d.

2008-04-14T00:27:00.000-07:00

i was at kinokuniya today looking for some book i should've bought the first time i saw it, cause its gone now.

that aside, whilst there i realized a 7"x7" book with only 40 pages is hella skinny and lamez... and not worth $15 imo. so i think i need to go for the 80 pager which is more substantial and still cheaper than the 8"x10". thusly, i need to make more nonsensical pages like the above. hooray for padding the product!

listening to: the wombats - let's dance to joy division

2008-04-10T02:09:00.000-07:00

logo test

i combined all the little icon things i've been putting in the stuff i've been doing ...all into one omni-uber-logo-cron. not sure about the juicy juice calligraphy though. i need something more cholo and less couture.

listening to: the ting tings - that's not my name

2008-04-06T23:24:00.000-07:00

DS colors all-in-one.
supposedly, since i have my computer back. i'll be painting on it more.

...or not. drawing on the screen is pretty sweet.

at least i can theoretically begin putting a small book together on the computer.

2008-04-05T20:39:00.001-07:00

xanga link looks better

i'm not 100% sure what 'ministry of sound tv' is, but i do know that like 3 out of every 4 music videos have some form of hot chick in them.

2008-04-02T13:03:00.000-07:00

DS Jillian fan art action for my buddy debbie.
bumperboy version

mightyrobot version

check out her awesomeness and buy lots of her stuff here.
http://www.bumperboy.net/

.

2008-03-31T13:42:00.000-07:00

this one is called: "Hitman was an O.K. movie."

[edit: i made a stupid pun and didn't even realize it]

2008-03-26T13:44:00.000-07:00

this one's called:

"stfu, lincoln."

even if they're not very funny. i kind of feel like i have to keep doing them, otherwise it just ends up being another thing i never finish.

2008-03-24T13:12:00.000-07:00

Another one for the EA Artists blog. Fun topic.
The theme was putting a twist on a childhood memory.

2008-03-19T13:08:00.000-07:00

i started doing another unhappy cupid for st. patricks day, but it ended up being too sad to finish. so i did this instead.

if you're interested, here was the punchline... or downer-line as it were. it was gonna be titled "TGIF?"

you can see some new 'characters' too. they all work at holiday corp (name pending). and their boss is santa klaus.

p.s. monkeys are awesome

2008-03-14T10:38:00.000-07:00

i miss my computer.

i did this for the street fighter contest on my DS (like everything else lately). if i can get my new computer before the 30th, maybe i can finish this off.

2008-03-08T05:26:00.000-08:00

lucy and the popsonics were awesome and sung in portugese.

party dream was just as awesome as my buddy promised.

hat-trick complete

and now... i sleep.

[edited for a little bit of TMI]

2008-03-07T03:15:00.000-08:00

my friend's band, MFA was rad, as usual.
and the bands that opened for them were just as sweet.
long live logos & mahjongg. (sorry if you're myspace adverse)

we even got to board the tour bus for free cds and business card passing.

hopefully i'll have enough energy to see party dream friday.

hat trick of shows this week? oh word.

2008-03-06T00:25:00.000-08:00

raveonettes were awesome
be your own pet was cute

2008-03-04T20:51:00.001-08:00

"stupid wings"

2008-03-03T10:18:00.000-08:00

i have no idea if lai lai means anything.

2008-02-29T16:34:00.000-08:00

guh. i think i need a cigarette.

2008-02-25T21:07:00.001-08:00

so my home computer is down. i imagine the number of DS doodles will increase. i'm gonna see how long i can go without a computer. i'm surprisingly okay without one. kinda puts the mightyrobot "book" on delay though. i was having second thoughts about that anyways.

signed,

sir shrugs-a-lot

2008-02-19T01:04:00.000-08:00

DS Doodles

DS+colors!=<3

I did most of these on the couch with Deadwood in the background.

p.s. deadwood is muy bueno.

2008-02-13T14:28:00.000-08:00

The Unhappy Cupid #1

wouldn't it be ironic if cupid was really this lonely, manic depressive a-hole. i think it would be ...AND HOW!

... to be continued?

(cue BTTF music)

2008-02-11T20:09:00.000-08:00

i did this for the latest ea artists blog topic. it's inspired by baron samedi, dia de los muertes, jazz funerals, and sylvia ji's stuff. word.

back to speaking about french illustrators, veronique meignaud is pretty amazing! i found her stuff by accident, but was pretty floored.

in other news, i got a bike! so if you see me rolling by, get the hell out of the way. i haven't ridden one in over a decade. somebody's gonna get a hurt real bad.

2008-02-06T10:34:00.000-08:00

i did this on a nintendo DS!

it's funny how i've avoided buying one for so long, but as soon as i tried this, the credit card came out lickety split. it works and feels a lot better than i thought it would.

2008-02-06T01:51:00.000-08:00

i was looking at a bunch of claire wendling illustrations and got inspired. in particular, this one. they're all pretty freakin awesome though. those frenchies sure got their shit down pat.

i made an honest effort to keep things simple this time. i think i get too preoccupied with painting sometimes. i tried for the most part just using flat color. that didn't work out ...but whatever. you're not the boss of me!

2008-02-03T20:53:00.000-08:00

if you haven't seen an Extra Action Marching Band show. i highly recommend it. it's complete and utter madness. it's like a 13 person band complete with tubas, trombones and drum sets. there were flag bearers, burlesque cheerleaders, three chicks in bodysuits and rubber masks, a popcorn canon, and they just don't play up on stage. they march through the crowd, which is not an easy feat at 12 galaxies. it was truly a sight to behold... and there's a good chance there'll be some toplessness by the end of the show.

...

i kinda went crazy with filters and color balances on this one. if you're interested, here're the originals.

in other news, i sold a print at the loan office show. note to self: chicks prints do better than robot prints. another lesson learned.

2008-01-22T01:23:00.001-08:00

lately, i've been listening to 'be your own pet' a shitload. thusly the above. the lead singer is pretty awesome. she sounds like karen o... minus the weirdness. looking to forward to their show in march.

i finally sent in my spectrum stuff. here's to hoping they don't realize its not really what the book is all about. in any case, i can cross that off the list. next up, make my own book.

in other news, i sold one print at the the studio gallery. i think i overpriced them for sure. i'm surprised one even sold. lesson learned.

2008-01-11T00:54:00.000-08:00

still trying to get used to things here.

2008-01-09T00:20:00.000-08:00

first official post at the new address!

for some reason i always feel the urge to put text on things.