Warning if you are a fan of Spartacus and have not watched the series finale... stop reading...


Not since Optimus Prime passed away (during the 80's animated film) have I been brought to sadness and grief over a fictional character...

First was Oenomaus in the previous season... I was saddened but understood.

Then these warriors who I have followed for years lost another after many successful battles... Crixus... I was hit very hard....

Again not since childhood have I care for fictional characters so much.  Gannicus  being crucified was rough to watch...

but the manner in which Spartacus was murdered... killed on the battlefield was fitting... No Roman would be able to topple him head on (same as Crixus)

Not 1 spear, but 3 large spears... to topple the bringer of rain...

RIP Spartacus ... 39 episodes was a great run indeed.


Time to start the whole ride over again with season 1.

To all the kind warriors over at   I have to say the prospects of facing another artist has really paid off in the long run for me.  I don't battle anymore, but it has put me in a great position to get better really quickly.  I took roughly 5 years off from doing art after getting married and having kids and being the working man... but I am feeling better about the my artistic capabilities.  I will give much credit to that group.  I averaged around 1000 views and a 100 faves per piece in my time of battling...

It's not abut the winning or losing, it's about the end game... the goal for each individual.. why are you battling... for all should be to improve.  Good luck my fellow warriors.  As always after three battles you will see the difference in what you are capable of!!! Lastly you will meet some great people as well within the group!









Here is a link to all my works [link]

Just wanted to share some fun news! Over at we are having a fun artistic art battle with one another with "This is a Jecking as the theme"  

This is a Jecking Starring Niko Bellic

What is  "This is a Jecking"  you ask??? Well it is a series of illustrations by the Great starring Niko Bellic  jacking (or stealing) various items from various characters from various universes.  Sometimes he gets away other times ther are problems

Your Goal  To create your own "Jecking" starring Niko.  Use your creativity folks.  The living legend himself will be judging the battles as well!!! Have some fun!!!



The battles will Start sometime Monday.  The deadline will be roughly a week from the start date (actual dates and times will be posted when the matches start)   Also side note, there are only 2 battles left this season (this battle and one more in December) so let's go out with a BANG warriors!!!

We all get inspired by different things... music, movies, etc... for me it's seeing one guy do all of this...

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Gonna FINALLY start posting some original art (non fanart) on here... was debating on starting another account to keep my two interest separate but that seems like a lot of work.  Original art coming soon.  Still gonna do some cool fan art, but I need to grow more in terms of subject matter I handle.

So I got invited to another Gallery event with the theme "F'n Ridiculous" soooo... what should I do?

I have until November to come up with a piece or two.  I am doing mixed media (inks, watercolor some acrylics and color pencil)

So here I am excited to be invited to another gallery show about Childhood Revisited, and for a theme I chose one of my favorite toons... Pirates of DarkWater...

So to get in the mood I watched the entire series over the past couple of days and knew it was coming to an abrupt end (they never finished the series ... Cancelled after 21 episodes )


I got burned with Exosquad as well in my youth watch the Humans battle the Neo Sapiens only to come face to face to an actual alien threat and the series was over.  

How many times has this happened to you whether it be video games, movies, tv shows, comics, or actual movies ...when there is an adventure that you liked and followed only to see it not completed???

In the comic book world there seems to be times when an artist is just perfect for a certain character...

My perfect matches:

Thor by Olivier Coipel

Young Avengers by Jim Cheung

Incredible Hulk by Dale Keown

Red Hulk by Ed McGuinness

Batman by Jim Lee

Avengers (classic) by Gorge Perez

New Avengers Loved David Finch but also loved Leinil Francis Yu

Ultimate Spiderman - Mark Bagley....

You get the idea...Who are some perfect fits you???

There are millions of artist here on Deviant Art.  Some are extremely talented and we get to see the reality of this business that even talent doe not equate to success.  What are you hoping to accomplish with your talent?  Is this a hobby? Dreams of getting into animation? Dreams of breaking in the comic industry with Marvel, DC, or going independent? Dreams of getting into video games?  What about commercial art? Why are you busting your butt putting those hours into improving folks...what goals are you trying to accomplish?

So it's Summer time and I am catching up on my comic fix... in May I sent the comic shop 4 times in the Month and spent around 70 bucks each time... so far in June I have went three times and spend around 65 bucks each time...  I think I could literally spend 1000 bucks if I had the chance... If I had more to spend I could easily do it... comics have been a part of life for the past 22 years of life... how much could you spend at one time if there was no limit on a comic shop???

Yes! This is tribute battle folks!   X-men versus Avengers.  Create some kick ass art and win some prizes!!!   Test your might!!!


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I never am one to think the tools make the artist, but better tools can make an artist better themselves.  

Everything in my gallery is pretty much hand drawn and colored with a mouse.  I have been operating on an old emac from 2003, using photoshop.  Well I finally broke down and invested into a new iMac.  Got a new 27 inch iMac running at 3.4 ghz with 16gbs of ram and 2 terabytes of storage.  It looks like its time to finally use my intous 4 xl my wife bought me...

I am feeling quite inspired!
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Well I have been part of a wonderful group here on Deviant Art called Battle Artist is a group...scratch that, its a community of artist who have banded together to jam on some art with a bit of a competitive twist.  The level of artist range from all over the board.  The group is filled with wonderful people from all over the globe.  The group is great for helping artist improve on meeting deadlines, increase the variety of themes an artist would normally work on, and pit you in 1 on 1 matches with other artist.  

Here is a snippet of what was done in the past and a glimpse of what's to come in 2012.  Enjoy!!!

How are people handling personal projects...at little progress here and there? procrastinating? Brainstorming to flesh ideas out still...

I will make it a goal for me personally to put all excuses aside and get cracking on my own art and still make time for recreational art as well. When art becomes work it takes the joy and fun out of it...

A buddy of mine whom I met during multi-player matchmaking on Halo 3 created a full 22 minute Halo Machina of a Campaign level.  It is very awesome to see.  It took him two years to finish but I am sooooo glad he took the time to put this together.


Link to the video!  [link]

Way to go Phil!!

Defeated Gears finally.... Dom you will be missed... (spoiler I know, but if you are a fan of the game you would of already know the story)

time to put the play things to rest and tackle some more art!!!

Yes!! Made the top 100 in the Gears of War contest!!!

But I cannot forget about brothers at B.A. that also made the top 100.

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And I can't forget my Gamersdigart comrades!!!

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Congrats brothers!!

Now I can't wait to get me game to sit it next to my retro lancer I won!! [link]

They should be announcing the Gears of war contest winners this coming week.  There were a ton of amazing entries to this contest.  D.A. and Epic really came up with a winner of a idea for a contest.  Gears of War fan art really took over DA for most of September.  I don't have the game yet, so a place some where in the top 100 would be sweet as will the 200 bucks.  My 360 is dead at the moment so I would use that to get a new system.  If I don't place in the top 100 I guess that's a sign as I need to get more art done and play less games

My wife has joined the DA community~ Show her some love please!!

In the past three months I have had the most deviant watchers added to my list in all the three years I have been a member here!! Thanks everyone! Your support fuels the fire!! Thanks to all who follow me and good luck in your endeavors as well


April

17 new watchers!

April 30
~HEN101

April 30
~solankiravi

April 29
~X9001

April 28
~MP-40

April 25
~satsuma3000

April 24
*Captain-Starbuck

April 23
~MormonFury

April 23
~Harpokrates

April 20
~nomuru2d

April 19
*sssk76

April 18
~TheSteampunker

April 18
~CHOSENBLOOD
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April 16
~Plugin848y

April 16
*Kaemgen

April 10
~gamerfan2000

April 6
~Natter45

April 2
~ShadowPsychos

May

15 new Watchers!

May 31
*Chalyward

May 31
~damooname

May 28
*AzureParagon

May 27
*DynamiteWildCard

May 24
~TwinsaneIncarnation

May 24
~noisebeast

May 18
~Zero-Optix

May 12
*j0kersWILD

May 8
*skribblboy

May 6
~C1Leader

May 3
~chronashowlett

May 3
*JDCONE

May 3
*MASSIFESTO

May 2
~Pseudorado

May 2
~RavenT2


June

18 new Watchers!

June 30
~yangreaper

June 26
~cheesebugs

June 25
*Donkdafied

June 16
~NeuAgeArt

June 13
*steven-donegani

June 11
~ReiChii15

June 8
~KidVenom

June 7
~kibome19

June 6
~carolsart69

June 6
~KiraKilla

June 5
~zann722

June 4
~Woodeedoo

June 4
~BiggBlue

June 2
*Selkirk

June 2
~Mad-Wolf-Hatter

June 2
~MaNicusEvictus

June 1
~naritan

June 1
*DeadCobra


Thanks Again Everyone.  Hope to  keep the art flowing!!