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 :-)

Midnight Rider

Halloween is so close, can ya sense it?

In another life I'm sure I would have been a Greaser, heck, I think right now I'm pretty greasy. In conjunction with my massive beard and October, I wanted to do a neat Fonzy-like Wolfman image. I love the idea of the Wolfman being a Greaser on his motorcycle riding down highways with the full moon by his side.

The Glasses were inspired by my pair of "Paranorman" IMAX glasses that I wear all the time lol.

Hope you ghouls and goblins like it :-)

5 is Alive!!!

"Alive"      Mauro Balcazar 2013

Input!!!   Short Circuit is such an amazing movie to me. Not only does this movie have the best actor, Steve Guttenberg, but one of the BEST physical props ever built for any film. Everything you see Johnny 5 do in the film is real, they built a real functional robot and that magic is what made the movie so great for me. True, the prop robot wasn't really alive, but what was filmed still inspires me to till this day.

This is something I've had painted in my mind a few years ago but never felt I could capture it physically. A few days ago i scrounged up the courage to finally attempt this and I'm very happy with the outcome.

blue steel variant

Steve Guttenberg now has a print too! :-) awesome!

Monday Mornings on Ghost Planet... Space Ghost Coast to Coast

Greetings...I'm Mauro!!

I won't ever be capable of describing how much of an impact Space Ghost Coast to Coast had on my childhood. From my off beat humor and uncanny charisma, Space Ghost is the Elvis of my Nerd generation.

I drew this print to pay homage and depict what it would be like during the day before they taped their episodes. Just the look of disgust/contempt Zorak has makes me hysterical lol. I hope you all enjoy it as much as I did drawing it :-)

Danger! Danger Dr. Smith!

One of my all time favorites, growing up as a kid, I remember vividly watching Lost in Space in my parents house on the "Sci-Fi" channel. From the first time i saw the opening credits I knew I was hooked. I loved the Family Robinson but most I loved the relationship with Dr. Smith and the Robot B9. It was like a love/hate relationship that I loved watching play out on screen.

I really wanted to capture that relationship in my new drawing with Dr. Smith terrified at any odd creature they'd encounter and the Robot always protecting him as best he could. I hope you guy like this retro feel the poster has.

Danger!!!

Conquer!!! a Mars Attacks tribute

Ack...Ack...Ack....

I really couldn't find any great Mars Attacks t-shirt so I took it upon myself to make one! I wanted something really simple but full of color and sorta poignant. I've mentioned before that I am a huge fan of the Mars Attacks series of cards and the Tim Burton film.

So what better way to pay tribute than a martian profile propaganda!

Check out my two styles that are available at www.redbubble.com and use the code "ATREAT" at checkout to save 10% off. These shirts come in Peace!

http://www.redbubble.com/people/agliarept/works/10552351-conquer

13x19 Print signed for 20$ shipped of Black & White Version.

 

http://www.redbubble.com/people/agliarept/works/10553177-conquer-in-color?ref=work_more_artist_works

13x19 Print signed for 20$ shipped of Green Version.

Custom printed "The last Dragon" movie prints available

Hiya!

I can finally start offering custom printed, high quality, prints of my artwork poster for the "last Dragon". These are printed on matte premium paper with archival inks on a Pixma 9000 and size is 13 x 19.

These are signed and numbered and shipped for 20$ flat :-)

na na na na Batman!!! by MrMauro

It was time, I finally drew the damn Batman!!!!

I love this show so much  and as a gift for you super cool fans of my art, drew this specifically as a free digital print!! Will print some out when i get some free time to send to some lucky peeps on twitter @maurobalcazar.

I love Adam West and Cesar Romero is just brilliant. the colors of the show were perfect for this super poppy layout. hopw you guys dig it as much as i do :-)

13x19 print signed and numbered are 20$ shipped. :-)

Revenge of the Nerds - Tri Lamb Talent Poster

      
 

"Tri Lamb Talent" by Mauro Balcazar

You Damn Dirty Nerds!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi folks,

been working on this one for a week or so and want to show it you guys.  This one is called
"Tri Lamb Talent!" and it's a poster I drew for the film, that I love, Revenge of the Nerds.  Loved this film as a kid and still love it as a semi-adult Nerd. I hope i did it justice, even drawing Lamar made me LOL so hard. I wanted to make it as 80's as possible and even managed to mimic the background off of those cheesy laser class photos.


Hope you all enjoy it as much as I did drawing it! - M

11x17 prints available signed and numbered for 20$ shipped in the US  (secured Paypal)
-Limited to 50 signed/numbered prints-

paypal - agliarept@aol.com

Chillaxin on The Grid....

Done for practice.. Here is an illustrated take on the Tron Legacy world. Not a character in particular, just a program overlooking the out-lands on top of his light cycle (not a wheelchair lol). I like the style of Motorcycle gear they used on the film , i even bought the same jacket they used for the film and it rocks. Hope you guys like this one :-)

Pacific Rim, the Movie Poster by Mauro Balcazar

I can't wait for this film.

I've been a fan of del Toro for many years, I've gone as far as meeting the man on a book signing even after my car had been broken into earlier in the day (Thanks you bastards). I had brought him a drawing I made him when i was younger, looking back now it was very rough and it's cool to see how my art has developed over the years. (pictured below). He was a great guy to talk to, very friendly and instantly spoke to me in Spanish when he saw me. Threw me off because it felt like i was talking to a normal person, i don't bust the Spanish out for just anyone, even my GF was awe struck lol.

When you mix my love for giant Monster movies and Robots you get the awesome that is Pacific Rim! I remember seeing the director Guillermo del Toro talk about the film at New York Comic Con (i Snuck into the press Q&A and got so close to asking him a question :-/ ). He talked about the Kaiju Monster films that inspired him making the film and what a great experience Pacific Rim was going to be. I thought, finally, a great Monster Movie done by a Westerner!!!!

The excitement continued when my GF and I bought tix to go see him speak at the Nerdist podcast live after the NYCC. He talked about the film further, going into detail about the Kaiju culture and the awesome Mechs that the films human characters pilot. It was a great night, hearing someone i actually admire talk about movies and his passion for making them (he talked about having to fight the studios to get Ron Perlman cast as Hellboy for Christ's sake!). 

 After hearing all this awesome pacific Rim talk, and after the trailer came out, I really wanted to try and design something that I would have loved to see adorn a movie theater. Honestly, I drew this for myself, when it was all done i stepped back and realize dthat this is why i am so looking forward to seeing the movie. Giant landscapes and two titans battling with the city as there backdrop, it's epic in scale and i get a feeling of wonder. (imagine if Cloverfield had to fight a robot, it'd even the odds lol)  Obviously I'm not privy to the monster designs so i embellished what i could on the poster.

so there you have it, I hope you like it. I know it's not a Modo print ( one day :-) i wish) but a lot went into this poster and I hope you connect to it in some way.

enjoy!- M

Avengers Assemble! my work in an art gallery this week

It's been a while hasn't  it?


Don't worry my gigapets, I am here to feed your need, or lack thereof, for some more art from me. I was invited to take part in a Angers theme art gallery a few weeks ago and jumped at the chance to submit some old school water color art.

https://www.facebook.com/events/530009443695797/557306720966069/?notif_t=plan_mall_activity

I usually am comfortable working digitally because I can always control-z my way out of danger, but not this time, i put pencil to paper and added a splash of color. Here's the haul...

                                       Captain American al la lichtenstein style :-)
                                        "Never Surrender!" - ink, watercolors, colored pencil.

 

I Love the Bill Bixby/Lou Ferigno Hulk show, LOVE IT!

-- ink, watercolors, colored pencil.

 

My first try at skin tone colored pencil, not bad!

 -- ink, watercolors, colored pencil.

 

Even Iron Man needs a jump start, ha!

-- ink, watercolors, colored pencil.

 

Traditional Japanese Inking style with Kanjii

"Iron Man" - avengers of their native land.

-- ink, watercolors, colored pencil.