Slow down, Tex.

Hey Folks,
Been a while since I put up multiples images on a single post so I thought I would go "crazy" and do it. Yeah. I'm insane. You love it.

Black and white vomit.

I'm still on my Black and White trip. Not sure why. This is by far the longest I've painted or drawn in black and white. Ever. I'm sure by next week I'll be vomiting in color all over the place... artistically, so to speak.

Happy Birthday, USA.

Hey Folks,


First off - Happy 4th of July. Hope all of you got the day off or at least part of it. If you do have to work today and don't want to, call in sick and tell your boss you came down with a heavy case of cynical patriotism.


BTW, here's a sketch of James Marshall Hendrix. His version of The Star Spangled Banner is the best.   

A blog with barely any posts... HA HA!

That's usually what happens to blogs eventually...right?.   Laziness, absentmindedness, life, or what ever excuse I wanna come up with, is not gonna matter. I'm not going to bullshit. So instead, I'm going right to it and start posting again.

Enjoy and thanks for checkin in.

What is it?

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

Post X-mas come down

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...

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!!

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



 

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

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...

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

 

Dig In Magazine Interview

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

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

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.

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!!

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

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.

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

Enjoy.

Short stories

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

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

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.