Saturday, April 22, 2006

Tobias Tak
I became associated with Tobias through tcj.com. He's an incredibly nice guy with many interesting ideas. I hope to collaborate with him down the road.

His drawing style and content reminds me of those old Betty Boop cartoons with classic children tales such as Alice In Wonderland mixed in. He has a very unique way of interpreting these things into his own very surreal and imaginary world. His comic "Upside Down" involves many strange characters such as Klazeena, the glamorous Schlènzy and the wizard Gaboon. In the book there is a world where everything is upside down, playing on the unusual idea of characters who stand upside down actually being right side up. You can purchase his book here. If you go to his main site attached to the picture link you'll be able to find many other places to purchase his work.

Also, apart from being an incredible artist, Tobias is also a well accomplished tap dancer, singer and choreographer.

Article on Tobias Tak
Section on Tobias from Lambiek

I will be dedicating the next full week to erotic artists that fit into the monstrous and surreal style.

Friday, April 21, 2006

Chris Mostyn
As with the last 2 artists I've mentioned, I found Chris's art at Artdorks. He is also collaborating on the previously mentioned comic project with many of the artists I've posted links to recently.

His imagery explores a colorful cartoon like world with an emphasis on unusual creatures and humorous characters. For the most definitive selection of his work be sure to check out Mostyn's Artdorks gallery page.
Michael Canich AKA Mictron
Another great artist I discovered over at Artdorks. Mictron is also involved in the previously mentioned comic project. I'm very fortunate to be involved with so many fantastic artists.
Michael has a great talent for incredibly detailed ink drawings. His imagery usually explores mutated hybrid forms of known animals along with a variety of imaginary beasts. Until he gets around to making a website, I can only link you to a thread he's devoted to showcasing his art. But you can also find more of his imagery included in the book mentioned here.

Thursday, April 20, 2006

Robert Hardgrave AKA Farmer Bob
I found Farmer Bob's art on the Artdorks website late last year, I've been a huge fan ever since. Farmer Bob is involved in a comic anthology along with Fufu, Luke and I. It's great to be involved with so many interesting artists.
His work explores unusual patterns and designs interpreted as organic deformations. His color combinations are always fantastic and as can be seen above, his imagery is incredibly unique.

Wednesday, April 19, 2006

David Paleo
Another artist friend of mine, David has always been very supportive of my work and I hope to collaborate with him at some point. His unique style oozes with the strange grotesque. The way he wildly abstracts flesh and bone into deformed abominations always amazes me.

Click here to see a comic page of his.
For more info and a few more pictures go here.

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Billy Mavreas
I discovered Billy Mavreas's stuff at the tcj boards the same as Luke and Fufu. One of the trademarks is his ability to completely abstract the humanoid characters that he draws into an assembly of bizarre patterns and shapes.

To see more of his work check out his gallery at Gigposters.com

Monday, April 17, 2006

Luke Przybylski AKA Arctic Luke
Here is another amazing artist I met at tcj.com boards. Luke is the one that encouraged me to get into blogging in the first place so you can thank him for this place existing. Luke and I have collaborated on the Comics Jam and the Narrative Corpse project along with Fufu. We are in the early stages of constructing a collective where we 3 and many other like minded artists will collaborate on future projects.

I've watched Luke grow artistically over the past several years. He's always had a penchant for incredibly strange imagery. He has a very unique drawing style that explores surreal landscapes filled with all forms of creatures, phantoms and abastracted lifeforms. Check back to his site often as I'm sure there will be some fantastic imagery posted in the future.

Sunday, April 16, 2006

Fufu Frauenwahl
I've participated in a couple of projects that have involved Fufu. An online comics jam from a few years back that took place on the comics journal messageboard and the currently in the works "Narrative Corpse" project.

Apart from his numerous and highly detailed drawings for various Fantasy, Sci - Fi and Horror projects, Fufu has created "Ray Murphy, Detective of Dreams", an interactive flash comic that takes place in a surreal nightmarish world. There is also "Mollusk Head" a comic that is arranged in a very unique and interesting seamless pattern. It takes place in the same fictional world as "Ray Murphy, Detective Of Dreams" and contains all sorts of bizarre characters and strange places. Here is a link to Molluskhead 1
- A Day in the Life of Ray Murphy's Assistant, Molluskhead 2 - The Assistant of Ray Murphy, and don't miss "Mollusk Head 3" located at the top of this page. The unusual colors fit the imagery very well.