Frantic Scratchings

What is it?

2011-03-01T22:08:00.000-08:00

Character artwork!! It's what's for breakfast.

Post X-mas come down

2010-12-29T17:47:00.000-08:00

Hope you all had a nice gut-filling-of-good-food X-mas. Now that were over that.. looking forwards to new year's!

Yeah, I know...

2010-12-08T21:01:00.000-08:00

Hey folks, I know that the whole point of blogging is to consistently post. Unfortunately that annoying thing called life has a habit of making that just a little more tricky... That's my excuse anyways....

Got some big news on the horizon so stay tuned.

Since it's been a while..

That's right!!

2010-10-13T23:40:00.000-07:00

Been a fun couple of months...already October. Damn. Halloween season. That means... ZOMBIES!!!

Boats!... On water!... Sweet Jeezes!!

2010-07-30T09:59:00.000-07:00

Hydro Thunder Hurricane is out now for Xbox Live Arcade!! I was fortunate to have had the opportunity to work on it with the fine folks over at Vector Unit and it's great to the see game out. 1up.com gave it a good review and the game is a lot of fun to play with your friends on xbox live.

Screens

Truckin along...

2010-07-28T15:03:00.000-07:00

New artwork from the not-so-secret anymore project. Photoshop sketches...

Dig In Magazine Interview

2010-07-22T15:37:00.000-07:00

Got a chance to talk to Cindy Maram of Dig In Magazine during the San Rafael Street painting Festival. Cindy is an artist/designer that puts together an amazing online magazine. She was very nice to come down to chat and have a look at the artwork Will, Elizabeth and I were able to create on the street.

Check out Dig In Magazine for the latest on art, fashion, entertainment, and the creative. Thanks Cindy!!

Big Thank yous as well to Will Groebe and Elizabeth Elder-Groebe for a fun weekend of art, brutal heat, and good times. Artwork pic and interview link:

Dig In Interview - Fred Aquino

New Project Sketches

2010-07-22T14:58:00.000-07:00

Been working on a semi-secret project and have some concept sketches. More like not-so-secret now. Pencil and paper and watercolor. 19th century tech, man.

RAW Art Show

2010-07-20T19:06:00.000-07:00

Pics from last month's RAW Art show at the Uptown in Oakland, CA. I submitted three paintings and I feel they turned out good. I've been meaning to post these up for a while. Nothing like getting paint on your hands.

Much respect and thanks to Carly Ivan Garcia for setting it all up. He's an amazing artist himself and cool to hang with. Thanks to everyone that came out to the show, as well.

In with the new.

2010-07-20T18:44:00.000-07:00

Now that F.S. is up and running how about we add some artwork? I figure I have two years worth to throw at it. Might as well start now...

Yes it's been TWO YEARS!!

2010-07-20T16:28:00.000-07:00

Originally I started the sketchbook of doom blog to put down artwork and other nonsense for myself to keep a record of sorts. The sketchbook of doom has closed up. In its place: Frantic Scratchings. I saved Artwork and some of the posts from the old sketchbook for you to check out.

Artwork and more on the way.

Enjoy.

Stephen King movies

2008-11-06T15:22:00.000-08:00

A little halloween leftover from last week. Reminds me of the movie "Firestarer" based on a Stephen King book. Let's see; A woman that can set you on fire(literally!) just by looking at you angrily. I'm sure I would have been extra crispy a loooong time ago.

Just realised Turkey Day is around the corner(WTF ...already), so turkey sandwiches on the lunch menu for the next three months.

Halloween, damnit.

2008-10-30T11:27:00.000-07:00

It's Halloween. It's Leatherface. It's almost like peanut butter and jelly.

Enjoy.

Short stories

2008-07-29T22:47:00.000-07:00

Double post today. Both are from a couple of short stories I'm currently reading. Both take place after nuclear incidents in the U.S. and the chaos that would actually happen immediately afterward. No zombies though.

Zombie apocalypse

2008-07-13T23:42:00.000-07:00

Yep. Part of me does want the zombie apocalypse to actually happen. Where everyone has a mohawk, shoulder pads, and mutant biker gangs run around mostly bored and frustrated.

Monster trip

2008-06-29T22:11:00.000-07:00

I've been on bit of a monster trip with my work lately. A lot of people will say that monsters represent anxieties or personal issues within my/your subconscious.

Whatever.

Brotherly love

2008-06-27T20:43:00.000-07:00

I threw this sketch at my brother to get his thoughts on it. He said it was scary. I told him if he didn't like it he should just say it. Then he punched me in the face. Then I kicked him in the stomach. Because brothers are good like that.

Cars. I hate 'em(just for today).

2008-05-19T00:06:00.000-07:00

I had to take my car to the shop the other day. Found out I gotta kick down the the equivalent of a small nation's economy to get it fixed. Great. If my mechanic looked like this(see above)after hearing the estimate, it maaaay have not been as bad. Maybe.

New Story Ideas

2008-05-10T22:34:00.000-07:00

Hey folks,

Just trying to get back to posting more art on regular basis. Last few months have been... well, a bit interesting. Now with more time for art available, we'll see how it goes. I have a couple of story ideas I'm creating art for. I'll be posting them here to share and hopefully get some feedback.

-F

Time flies

2008-01-31T20:19:00.000-08:00

Yeah I know...I might as well not have started again, but then what would I do with all this artwork? My brain is still cranking this stuff out anyway sooooo....

No Time

2007-11-28T17:42:00.000-08:00

I could make up excuses for not updating but I won't. Instead, I'll just put up some really rough sketches so it looks like I've been actually doing...something...

Basements, attics, and crawlspaces

2007-11-13T16:02:00.000-08:00

After living at my place for a few months, I discovered the attic. Got me thinking what could be up there?. I started sketching this with that in mind.

-F

Cheap Baked Goods

2007-11-06T19:31:00.000-08:00

This might make a good ad for those cheap, wannabe Hostess fruit pies. You used to be able to buy 2 for a buck back in the day at most liquor stores. We never really ate them though, we would just throw them at each other instead.

-F

Medusa and Ray Harryhausen were sitting at a bar...

2007-11-05T18:56:00.000-08:00

Happened to stumble across "Clash of the Titans" last night. Awesome effects by the one and only Ray Harryhausen. His Medusa still scares the hell out of me. Before I knew it I had this sketch cranking out.

-F

Halloween

2007-10-31T14:48:00.000-07:00

Working on this drawing got me thinking: Halloween for kids is awesome(trick or treating especially). Funny that it's become a great excuse for adults to dress up in bad costumes, get pissed drunk, and become prime online video material.

-F

Bad Dreams

2007-10-29T18:15:00.000-07:00

Had a bad dream last night. In b/w no less. I know we've all had bad dreams. But seriously, how many people out there have dreamt about going out for dinner, only to have a winebottle opener come in and shoot the place up?

-F

I like old people

2007-10-28T15:37:00.000-07:00

Old people are by far the most fun to draw(girls aside). And if they carry a big sword/machete on their back... even better.
-F

Greetings , welcome, saludos....etc.

2007-10-28T15:03:00.000-07:00

Thanks for stopping by. I'm just setting this up as a mental scratchpad of sorts for art, music, and general chaos. Here's my first sketch. Feel free to comment...or just sit there.

-F