Fauns, Bird, and a Joel

Hello my Toasted Followers! This week has been quite busy and fun. I've been working a lot on my paintings, but I've been working on some different digital techniques as well. First off I have a painting that I did of Faun from Pan's Labyrinth. I'm amazed at the incredible creatures that Guillermo Del Toro comes up with. He also did the Hellboy movies. I recommend that you check them out. Also, check out Doug Jones(he played El Fauno). He seems to be in quite a few movies with makeup. He was in Warriors of Virtue, Mimic, Hellboy, Lady in the Water to name a few. Guillermo Del Toro made Pan's Labyrinth and said to Doug Jones that he HAD to be in the movie. Doug Jones was ecstatic to be in it, but reluctant when he heard it was in Spanish. He worked really hard to say his lines in Spanish, but his accent wasn't up to par so Del Toro had his lines dubbed. He also played the Pale Man. Yeah...so check it out and let me know what you think.

Underlayer

Final

This next illustration I put together in photoshop. I just was playing around with the colors and was concerned with how the background was going to turn out, but I think I did a fairly decent job.

I just love the idea of any animal with slippers.

 This final piece is just a new style I've been working on. I get frustrated with photoshop sometimes because I'm a lot more used to illustrator. I feel like I can control a lot more. I didn't want to do a self portrait so I asked my roommate if he wanted one. If you like it then maybe I can do one for you reader. Email me at mrtoastedtoast@gmail.com and we'll work something out.

If you like what you see, and I hope you do, feel free to to tell a friend or two. Bless you!

Heart, Toast

Hellboy

Here's the latest in the series. He's red. He loves cats. He files off huge horns in order to look normal and pass through doors. He smells like peanuts. If you haven't seen Hellboy than check him out. He's played by Ron Perlman who is awesome! Enjoy!

Hellboy Acrylic

Hellboy Final

"Is it dead?"

How often have we hit a giant, hairy man thinking he was Bigfoot?  If only I had a quarter for every time that happened.  When I was a kid I thought this movie was so touching, and compassionate, it really taught me a thing or two about life, than I grew up and was all "This movie doesn't make sense." I guess some things make more since when you're a kid.

Harry and the Hendersons Acrylic

Harry and the Hendersons Final

Land of the Lost

I've been on a kick of watching the old 1974 series of "The Land of the Lost".   You may remember the movie that came out a little while ago starring Will Ferrell.  Well, the show is WAY better.  It has puppet dinosaurs, people in costumes, and claymation.  Here's a Sleestak from the series.   Enjoy!

 Acrylic Sleestak:

Finished Sleestak:

HEEYYY YOUUUU GUUYYYS!!

"Goonies never say die", and neither does are love for what's his name who played sloth.  Let's be honest, he made that movie.  Isn't Sloth everyone's favorite character? Who else could say, "Baby... Ruth" and make it the catch phrase of the 80's?  not to mention, "Rocky...Road?" and of course, "Hey you guys!". So, it was only natural to paint him, it was like a self portrait.  After all, don't we have a little Sloth in all of us?

 Sloth after the acrylic ground

The finished piece

Bear Boy: Chapter one

The soon to come public online comic book!  The best part is that it's free!  I'll be writing the first chapter and based on the public response, i.e. your comments, you finish the story.  that's right,  YOU WRITE THE STORY.  isn't that great?  Here's the cover for the first chapter(soon to come). 

Have fun writing the story, my toasted public.  I'll be keeping busy drawing your ideas.  feel free to comment or e-mail, or just walk up to me and tell me in the street what you want the next scene to be.  And hey, if it sucks....well it'll be your fault. 

Weenie the Pooh in theatres July 15

 

So, I didn't do too much this week and I don't want to finish the project I started, so here's what I got done: