just a random doodle

Done

the following scenes were created for the Endings in Mortal Kombat 9, which were painted on layers, and chopped up into the ending cinematics. fun but difficult to do O_O










So, Mortal Kombat 9 has finally come out, and even though i was only there on the last two months of the project, i did get a couple of fun pieces out of it. The game was a complete success, and even though my concepts werent as awesome as some of the veterans we had there working on the game before i got there, heres what i have to show!

AAAAAND go! my dave wilkins work, finally done!

looking at the thumbs, i still think maybe ill visit some more of these as finished pieces in the future! Thanks Dave Wilkins for the opportunity.... i just hope this work holds up to all the other awesome pieces in the book, being that its only a pencil drawing!

feels like im almost done... like 75%

My El Zombo contribution for Dave Wilkins' upcoming project... i tried to just do a huge piece in pencil... but now that im to this point, i just wana make sure i tone it right and bring it all together? tough. cuz i dunno wtf im doing... but its sure as hell fun!

when drawing a character who smokes a giant cigar, it is necessary to also smoke a giant cigar while doing so.

w.i.p. el zombo

havin fun slangin that pencil to the sounds of Nas and DMX (yall remember when he was hot like fiya?)

JUKES! w.i.p

so just started painting on this sketch, using some lighting inspiration from a friend of mine, Jason Hong, also known as Rusty... view his work here. (<====that is if the link ever works :( its not working for me at the time, so cross yer fingers, his stuff is REALLY worth seeing)

an old painting that never saw the light

lol. i found this while looking through my old work. it was a nude study, of course. fun fun. enjoy it before i take it down, lol. or maybe i wont take it down. fuck it. I need to stop censoring myself, and just be raw and honest about whats on my mind, or what im painting :P

pan 2011. My personal project for this year.

Sketches for my upcoming personal project, Pan and The Land That Never Was(as im calling it now)...Ive always been intrigued with the decision to make the original peter pan portrayed by a female actor, and ive always wondered what the story would be like if pan were indeed female. Also, i picked up the original peter pan novel, and gave it a good read.... it was very gory and imaginative! so many good creatures, and concepts of great characters! i want to reproduce....it...

Whats Marco Working on....

So in my spare time, ive been working on a super secret project for personal development...and for an art show that i have coming up in december. heres a sneakie....

Nicki Minaj

i know i know, another nicki minaj piece. but truth be told, shes just SO FUN TO PAINT. what a crazy face, lol. No seriously though, this piece is for a show that im in next month, part of a two piece set, this is the first in the edition. ive never done a caricature before, so any tips are appreciated!

Hornet

newest addition to my family, my new bianchi Pista concept bike, fixed gear, for maximum appreciation of Chicago. Ive taken it out a couple times, to get used to it, and i dont mind riding in the snow, but i really cant wait for spring and summer....

Old Sony Art Test

Wow, cleaning out my folders and found this old stuff. From an art test that i did to try out for the God of War team in Sony Santamonica. Of course, my career took me in a different direction, here at the mortal kombat studio in Chicago, but i had a very fun time doing this. i came across This Guy, Anthony Jones, also known as RobotPencil, who DID get the job (my direct competitor for the position) and now i realize why i didnt. hes an AMAZING artist, and after looking at his submissions, i understand that i have a LOT to learn :)

Cataclysm, old art test

SO, Cataclysm is out, the new blizzard expansion to their massively popular game, warcraft, and i was remembering that i had done some OLD artwork to try out for their cataclysm team about 2 years ago. Now that the game is out, it features an underwater kingdom, and rideable underwater mounts. Seeing the footage for how the game turned out, and its environments and its mounts is really cool! These were my test images and my take on what i thought that environment might look like. In the end, of course i didnt get hired there, but its still really cool to have done some artwork that was related, even though it wasnt used!

a few new-ish things

Just a few pieces of art leftover from this year that i havent posted till now. nothing fancy.

Recharging my "Izm"

been taking a while off of the seriousness to do a little thing i call "recharging my izm."
Sometimes i think its very important to step aside from the art, and just lift your head to look around and remember the things that made you want to do art in the first place. So i activated a Tumblr account (to which the URL will remain anonymous) and loaded it up with a bunch of the things that i feel motivate me, and feed my "ism." If youd like to take a brief trip through my mind, here are just a few tidbids...