i tried to think of the most harmless thing

I thought I had lost the original art to this but thankfully I forgot I had scanned it prior to gifting it to the Firefighters at Hook & lader 8, The Ghostbusters firehouse. Being its the 30th anniversary I was excited to paint this right and give it some new life.

so I hope you all enjoy it, everything was done in watercolor and then enchanted in photoshop a tad.

Long Live the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man...and Gozer the Gozerian.

La Evolucion - The Evolution

This is a piece that I did for an art show a few months ago. I only now realize that I never had a chance to upload it here. It's a very open ended piece and was done in watercolors and then colored a little digitally. I had no real theme when drawing this but wanted to show some sort of progressions with life and technology and music meet.

I hope you all like it

Hail Caesar!...rise of the planet of the apes

After watching rise of the planet of the apes I needed to draw something fast! The movie was so much fun and its amazing how far CGI has come. I honestly forgot the apes weren't real very soon once the movie started. I thoroughly enjoyed the first rebooted film and this one really stands out on its own as a great film into the franchise.

So i whipped this drawing up. and what i thought would be a quick little drawing turned into a full fledged painting, a lot of fun was had with this piece, enjoy!


*UPDATE!!!

after posting this I saw that Caesar himself, Andy Serkis, had liked my photo on Instagram. This has made my day!! really glad I got to draw this. Now go watch the movie!!!

Hamato Yoshi...The Splinter

This was a really fun drawing I got to do after free flowing sketching on a note pad. With Splinter here, I started to do a traditional lined drawing but I wanted to test myself and relied on colors only to bring this to life. The TMNT are my favorite characters of all time and I wanted to something fun in time of the new movie and the new surge of interested in the turtles.

Here is Hamato Yoshi in his prime. I hope to have this be part of a bigger piece in time for the New York Comic Con in Oct 2014.

Be A Super Hero!!! ... to the Blank Station

I have such a soft spot in my heart for Blankman

As a kid, my family wasn't rich, and I obsessed about the 1966 Batman tv show (the sci-fi channel played it in the mornings before school started). But when Blankman came to theaters, i was watching an average person try to be super hero without Batman's millions, and it was awesome! Damon Wayans brings the character of Blankman to life in a relatable positive light, as Blankman just wants to make a difference.

If you haven't watched Blankman, i strongly recommend you rent it on iTunes or Netflix. It's hysterical and pays its respect to the classic Batman tv series that came before it. Did I mention how funny this movie is? (when Blankman screams like a girl after getting slapped still gets me every time).

After watching the movie this month, I got to doodling, and what was going to be a quick little sketch turned into a full illustration. Eventually, I ha a full fledge poster layout full of 60's pop colors. It wasn't until last night that I realized in August it was the 20th anniversary oof the movie!  What a crazy coincidence and really happy at the turn of events!

Hope you all like it!

Can't Make the Scene, If You Don't Have the Green!!! - The Mask 20th Anniversary Print

I am Stanley Ipkiss...


well, I was him, for a very long time. When the Mask came out in July of 1994, Stanley Ipkiss was me in grammar school. I was shy, picked on, a hopeless romantic with a love for cartoons. Always quiet, I never got the girl but always desperately wanted to. At 10 years old I felt I was watching myself on screen, letting my imagination run wild as the Mask doing everything I've ever wanted, it was all there.

Afterward, I started wearing my own figurative "Mask" whenever I needed a boost of confidence as a kid. When it came to talking to girls, showing a little backbone or just being social, I'd change my personality and stopped being the quiet shy guy. The Mask encouraged me to snap out of my shyness and I like to think that even now I still wear that Mask from time to time.

It was only very recent that I realized the movie was approaching its 20th anniversary in July, which also happens to be my Birthday. So to celebrate these 2 awesome events I designed a print that captures everything about the movie that I love.

It took me a while to think of a great layout, but thankfully i was inspired to design a coco-bongo flyer for the club. I really like the art nouveau style i've seen online and wanted to try something different I thought would work.

Looking at the design, I hope "kid" me would've really gotten a kick of seeing this. I hope at some point I'll have an opportunity to meet Jim Carrey and give him a poster in person. He is still my hero....


The Mask turns 20 years old, I'm turning 30, and I'm happy to mark this milestone by celebrating a movie that encourage me to be different.

S'mokin'...

-Mauro

"Le Masque" - digital painting test of "The Mask"

Sometimes I get an itch to paint and it eats at me until i finally put stylus to tablet and bring it to life.
such is the case with this painting. I hadn't plan on doing this as I was working on another piece about the Mask already. But unfortunately my mind had already started sketching & doing layouts until finally i sat down and painted it.

I wanted to make this a French style caricature- esque design. I love the Mask's suit and how it can be very angular and I wanted to exaggerate it here, kinda like Tex Avery. Tinas hair was a nightmare, I'm really pushing myself more and more to draw more details and I really pushed it with the hair. I must have re drawn it 20 times and I like the way it came out.

Hope you all like it!

Also, the Mask turns 20 this month so go stream it or buy it because its fantastic!

-Mauro

"I tried to think of the most harmless thing" Stay Puft - 55 Central Park West

I've always been in love with Ghostbusters. It's a part of my childhood and hard wired to my creativity. I recently found a stack of 17 x 6 watercolor board and really wanted to do something interesting with it. What better way then to utilize the length of the paper by drawing that infamous building where gozer the gozerian conquered (well, tried to anyway).

This was done using ink wash, watercolor, colored pencil, and micron pens. really happy the way this came out.

fun fact. on Saturday April 19th, I visit the Hook and ladder 8 firehouse and donated this piece to the fire fighters working that night. Was a really great moment and I couldn't be happier knowing the art is where it should be :-)

That's Sar-Doh! NO Mister, accent' on the Doh!!!

Hiya

Here's my submission to the "Art you Afraid of the Dark" art show. One of my favorite recurring characters from the old Nickelodeon kids show. I still watch these episodes every October, they hold up so well! I drew this after buying a book on old timey magician flyers and really liked the concept of Sardo having his very own flyer.

I'm happy how this turned out and it's one of the rare times when I get to just paint and not rely on inking or heavy blacks to come between the poppy color. I plan on having prints of these made for sale in the near future and leave some hanging around NY :-)

Check out my 1st Art Show and Zine!!

howdy

I decided to do my own art show with friends and fellow artists, it's called artyouafraidofthedark.com and yes, it's a show based on the awesome Nickelodeon kid's show. I love a good scare and this show always delivered for me as a kid. I hope you all come and check it out!

If you want to contribute let me know, art is due on April 15th and will be visible and available as a Published zine for purchase! :-)

come and see!!

http://artyouafraidofthedark.com/

Happy New New Years!

Happy New Years!

Hope to give you all more art in the new year and push my creative boundaries as best as I can!

Have an awesome holiday everyone!

A Halloween that's out of this world...

a little Halloween Art Treat from Me to you :-) ... Happy Halloween Ghoulies!

"Trick or Treat Abduction"

Creature from the Summer Lagoon

Just a little drawing of the Creature enjoying his time off in the Lagoon


Happy Halloween :-)