Crab People

 
CANCER

The Crab

CONSTELLATION

Cancer

PLANET

The Moon
(not really a planet though)

ELEMENT

Water

BeefyBlimps

I've mentioned before that I'm a big fan of exaggerated and cartoony art styles. So, you can see why I was an instant fan of the work from big boy artist, BeefyBlimps. Beefy's work swells with masculinity and pops with testosterone. The lust in his work seems to drip a humor that made me eager to know more about him and after interviewing him, I want to know even more!

June

Happy June, Everybody!

This month's birthdays are:
Spanish artist, Javi Cuho, just turned the big 3-0 on June 2nd.
Tattoo master and Hard to Swallow's Dave Davenport will be 47 on the 15th
and artist extraordinaire, Belasco, celebrates another year on the 16th.

Ok. A lot is happening for me this year. Right now I'm juggling several art projects, a new schedule with my day job, and going to be traveling a bit over the next few months. So, I'm not gonna be able to get to the blog as often as before for a little while.
I will, however, still be delivering the monthly calendar stud, the monthly interview, and the rest of my zodiac series. I have a stack of uncolored fan pieces I will get to as I have the time.

This month you can look forward to a very entertaining interview with big man cartoonist, BeefyBlimps and the next in the zodiac, Cancer!
I feel confident you will love both!

Till then, love yourselves a lot.
-Jezza

Never too late to show some love

I know May has come and gone, but I didn't get around to coloring the fan pieces I prepped for Asian/Pacific Islander History Month till this week. And I can't acknowledge the month and not follow through with what I promised. So, my apologies for being late, but here's some love for those from the far east.

First up is Samurai Jack.
I can't say I really followed this cartoon, but every time I caught it, I was consistently impressed with how well they used the vector graphic style. I was a huge japanimation nut growing up. Samurai Jack felt like one of the most original looking hybrids to come out of the fusion between Japanese and American cartoons.
I also loved the culture clashes often featured in the cartoon. Two of my favorite episodes involved Jack meeting up with an entertaining Scottsman and another with a visually clever African tribe.

Similar to Samurai Jack, I haven't really followed the story lines for Psylocke much. They sort of bore me, BUT every since I've been reading X-Men, the various pieces of artwork featuring Psylocke have been unbelievably inspirational!
From pages illustrated by Jim Lee and Joe Madueria to paintings by Boris Vallejo and some amazing fan art. I will never forget a Marvel trading card from the 90's featuring a painting of Psylocke wielding two swords. If anyone of you know the name of that artist I'd love to know.
So, here's my tribute to one of the most artistically inspiring Asian characters out there.

Last up is the one and only Ryu. The web is flooded with beautiful art featuring the Japanese stud. It was only a matter of time before I tried my hand at him. 
This is the first of what I'm sure will be many pieces of my take on the original street fighter.