Scratch n' Shif

Ol' Scratch sculpted by the Shiflett brothers. Pure...fucking...power.

The Devil, man.

It never fails, every time I hear or think of the word Devilman I invariably drift to the White Zombie song, "Super Charger Heaven" with it's chorus, " Devilman, Devilman - calling. Devilman- runnin' in my head, YEAH!"



Well at long last, I finally assembled and painted a Max Factory Devilman kit. Had I not been commissioned to paint this piece, it's very likely that I wouldn't have painted one for myself. With all of it's lovely detail, the sculpture is quite intimidating to me. It may have been at Wonderfest earlier this spring when Brandon Shiflett and I were getting hammered as nails drunk, talking kits, Danzig and Art in general; he asked me if I would paint this kit for him. It had been many years since I'd last painted a Takayuki Takeya piece, so I said, "Fuck yes I will, man." To coin Charlie Sheen- the thought rollin' through my head was, " Winning..." Yes, I just did that.



The only direction I got from Brandon was that he really wanted to see some magenta tones, the rest was for me to work out. So I went in there with the magenta and purple tones, then accented with rusty oranges gold. It feels great to get the poison out with this; painting this beautiful piece was a tremendous release.

Devilman Sans Pigmentation

Inarguably the most exquisitely detailed 'garage kit' ever produced. The Max Factory 'Devilman', Sculpted by Takayuki Takeya. This sculpture is even a personal favorite of Takeya san himself.



The next time you see him he'll be full of Hell. Please enjoy...

Mastodon: The Hunter

I've been inspired beyond description by this band, and I'm very much looking forward to the release of their sixth studio album release, " The Hunter". The new album is scheduled to be released on September 27 of this year, and the band has released a track for rabid fans, like myself, to enjoy titled, "Black Tongue". The video for Black Tongue features artist AJ Fosik sculpting the piece that adorns the cover of the bands new album.

Black Tongue Video:

King Thalidomidas

It's always the smallest pieces that provide me with the most fret and indecision. I feel that since they're small, I need to make the very most of the piece. King Thalidomidas.



I'm not totally sure what happened to this Fella. Artists Paul Komoda and Norman Meyers laid out a story that explains the life story of this mysterious thalidomide sailor. And speaking of thalidomide, it wasn't until after weeks and weeks of frustratingly trying to make sense of the name, and I found the answer in the most unlikely of places: listening to the Howard Stern satellite radio show. So we have a man who's an unfortunate product of his mother's indulgence of a pill to relieve morning sickness, and he's half the man that he would've been. But don't be mistaken! From what I've heard from Norman, King Thalidomidas was quite the man indeed!



Even though it is a small piece, Paul passionately blessed the King with a lovely organic pasture of convoluted, and tumor-fattened skin. Paul Komoda truly is one of the most interesting and curiously talented artist living today; everything he produces speaks of it.




Since this piece was a commission, my client and I had discussed quite a few different ways to approach painting him. But in the end, the "less is more" approach prevailed, as it often does in my experience in painting. Oh, and if you're curious about the illustrious history of King Thalidomidas, follow this link to Artist Proof Studio's blog and see what Paul and Norman have to say about him. Artist Proof Studio Blog

Hack Head

Here's my most recent painted piece. It's a life sized latex mask display titled, "Final Chopper", sculpted by Jeremy Bohr, and produced by Dark Side Studio. I painted one of these a while ago, and with this version, I used more blues and violet colors. I also sculpted the teeth from ivory Super Sculpey. I added more blues to my bruise and shadow paint mix on a suggestion from a very talented painter, and I think it turned out better than the first.