HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

More Hakos for the Holidays

 "Daisy" 16" tall Cinderbot Hako featuring the Titanian Butterfly and flowers. 

2.5" and 5" tall Cinderbot Hakos. 

Current Work.

 "Underground"
16 x 20

When I first started this painting, I was thinking of a community of bots that existed in a labyrinth like network of machines service ways beneath the surface of a world.  This final painting shows a Cinderbot playing with a collection of lab mice while tending a system monitor.  There's a few hints in the painting to tie into one of my favorite stories. 

"Arrival"
16 x 20

I started this one with a sky and hill and the idea that a group of Cinderbots would be watching the sky for something.  I spent some time considering what that "something" could be then hit on the idea of daisies.

September Updates...

Greetings All!



The art I've had up at Capital Garage ...

 and at Blue Lamp ...



will now be up at Maiya Gallery this September.


Be seeing you...


C!nder

Toy Fusion Hosts Toy/Anime/Art Show at the 33rd st. Bistro, Sacramento

I'll be in the art show part of this event.  This time, along with some more 8-Bit characters, there will be some Comic Book and Sci-Fi Hakos along with a few of my own characters like Al-One and the Eye Bots of Titania.

I'm working on a painting as well, but focusing on the Hakos. Click the banner below to see more about the show and learn a bit about one of the more awesome collectibles shops in the area!

 

UPDATE: 28 JUNE 2011

The first of the Comic Book Hakos

These were finished up this morning...took about half a day to get them cut, assembled, painted and detailed.  Most don't realize that these are hand painted and I put just as much effort into them as I would any piece of art I do.There are at least five layers of paint on each one which is how I get the color to look so "alive" opposed to just drawing them up in a CAD and printing at Kinkos en mass.

Here's a reinterpretation of the Space Invaders Hakos I took to the Clouds Have Eyes show.  These were done last week and just needed some details to bring them into their own character. 

Again, they're called "30pt" and "20pt" based on their position on the board.  I like to call them "E" and "T".  10pt is in the works as of this update.

This is also a revision of the Mario Hako; scaled down just a bit to give a more Hako appearance. The Koopa Shell is the same morph as the first ones.

I really like this form best as it represents a vision of what the Hakos started out as: a simple form where the surface is fully utilized to bring forth the character.  Luigi is on the desk as of this update and should be posted up soon.

(Later the same day in the studio of C!nder...)
Got side tracked so no 10pt Invader...but I finished up Luigi and added Thor and the Human Torch.  Seems like I'm Team Building between the Avengers and the Fantastic Four...well, at least the classic versions anyway.

UPDATE 30 JUNE 2011

Here are the rest of the Comic Book Hakos.  I figure a good dose of villainy will work well with all the heroes.

...and the rest of the Heroes.

Cinder "Unleashed"

(click on the above image to view it larger)

And here's my contribution to the show:

It's called "Catnip" and is 16 x 20, acrylic on canvas.

Level Bonus at the 8-Bit Show...

Just finished up from "The Clouds Have Eyes" in Modesto. Had a good time poking around the town, seeing a few Nerdmarks like the American Graffiti stature at George Lucas Plaza.  Here's a link to the page Modesto has on Lucas  and a link to the Google Image Search of the plaza.  Well, it's not really all that, just a touch stone in the history of a film maker and major contributor to much of the industry.

But that's totally off topic for the evening!

The show was as much fun as I anticipated it to be.  Art and music and lots of fans of both!  For those of you reading this that attended: Thank You for coming out to the show.  For those of you who heard about it but couldn't make it: you missed a lot of fun.   Matt, the organizer, tells me there will be some videos and wright ups on the show.  I'll post links as soon as I get them.  In the meantime, on the subject of gaming, here's a fun web site with games for your smart phone!

And some links to the bands that were playing:

And many thanks to Deva Cafe' in Modesto for providing the venue! 

Thanks again, guys!

 

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