Under da sea

A design for a fish-type person!

UPDATE
The David Malki/Carly Monardo "Futurism" print that had everyone talking at Comic Con is now available for sale at the Wondermark website!

(Did we mention Wil Wheaton bought one? GO!)

Megaman!

Almost forgot to post this! This is a Megaman pinup that the super-talented Zack Giallongo drew and asked me to paint. I had a lot of fun with this one :)

Retro Futurism!

A couple of months ago, back around MoCCA, a fascinating gent named David Malki(!) approached me about painting a poster for him. He had visions of cigar-shaped rockets and chaps in fedoras and a city of lights and monorails! It was my pleasure to bring those visions to life :) Here are the preliminary sketches and studies...






And here is the finished product! It's currently making the rounds at San Diego Comic Con as a limited run print, but at some point in the not too distint future (ha!) it will be a poster available for sale on the internet :) I will, of course, be letting you fine folks know just as soon as that happens.

Concept, text, and typography by David Malki, sketch, design, and painting by me!

http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gifThe Mighty Monarch!

I realize I haven't posted any of my Venture Bros. work since...ever? 99% of what I do is props and characters, but on Season 3 I had the opportunity to assist with backgrounds and, occasionally, even paint one of my own! Here are two Monarch interiors I painted for "Home Is Where The Hate Is" (alternatively "My Dinner With Hatred")!

EDIT: I almost forgot to mention the amazing background design team responsible for the original designs here! George Fort is the fearless leader, working with Ray Feldman, Denny Fincke, and Chris Palesty. (Guys, if you have blogs let me know so I can link them!)

And of course I am supervised by the crazy talented Liz Artinian and joined by the amazing Chris Fisher and Deo Pangandoyon (who never ever told me his last name so I had to go looking it up on Google. Thanks, Deo!)

Monarch's Sick Bay



Monarch Corridor



(this one looks like it was stretched and skewed a bit).

Hopefully I can dig up some more to post later on :)

May I direct your attention...?

To my new blog/project? It's called Whirring Blender Weekly Design Challenge! Each week I take 2 or 3 designs and attempt to redesign them in another artist or property's style! This week kicked off with my challenge to take two Disney princesses and redesign them after the style of Hyung-tae Kim! Check it out!

Overcompensating for something

I have a guest comic at Overcompensating today! And it's ANIMATED!!

85% true

Baby Dog

This is an illustration I did for a project that sadly never got off the ground. I still had fun with the drawing!

It's here!!

Fat Chunk Volume One: Robots is here!!

Please help spread the word about this great anthology! Edited by Jamie Smart (http://www.bohdate.com/) and published by Slave Labor Graphics, Fat Chunk features 80 artists including moi!

The Diamond order code is MAR083402. Please tell your local comic shop to stock our sweet little comic baby :)

Twins!

Another quick commission, for kind Canadian fan Peter Trinh!

Firefly

This was another commission, this time for a young gent named Michael. He requested Mal and Inara from Firefly/Serenity. Lookit them! Awww! They're so in love! Or maybe not I've never seen the show.

I went with a different shading style here; very air-brushy, which was fun, but not something I plan on doing too much in the future. I'm always afraid I've either gone too far with the airbrush or not far enough!

Pocus Whiteface

This is a gig poster I did for London-based band Pocus Whiteface! The lead singer, Theo, commissioned it from me, and he basically let me do whatever I wanted with it. For some reason this is what I came up with!.

Carly <3 Rene!

Rene Engström was kind enough to help yours truly when I was in need! So in return I drew her this little pinup! If you're not familiar with Rene's comic, Anders <3 Maria, you should MAKE yourself familiar! (Tis a bit graphic, though, so it's not for the kiddies or your workplace.)

Rufus Sewell part one

One of my favorite actors is Rufus Sewell! So, in celebration of my adding 1 GB of RAM to my Mac, and the fact that it's been far too long since I've done a portrait, I've decided to try and paint Rufus. I'm toying with the approach at the moment, but in the meantime I'll share my sketch with you:

Guest comic update!

Sorry for the lack of updates, folks! I've been working on a couple of things, but none of them are ready to be shown off yet. In the meantime, please accept this, a preview of my guest comic for The Slightly Askew Adventures of Inspector Ham and Eggs, which should be going up some time this week. It's pretty "in-jokey" so I definitely suggest reading the current story first! It's only about 20 pages and it goes down smooth like a butter milkshake.

www.inspectorham.com

Wilhemina

My second entry for Square-Enix/deviantART's "The World Ends With You" contest. This will probably be the last one...I should be getting ready to move!

Marjan

This is my first entry for the Square-Enix/deviantART "The World Ends With You" contest. I always like to challenge myself with a new style, so this was a fun exercise. I'm not sure she's dressed distinctively enough to be a contender, but I'm well pleased with it anyway :)

(And yes, she was named after Marjane Satrapi. The "e" was omitted due to my own forgetfulness! )

Have a heapin' helpin' of Ham & Eggs!

Here's a pinup I did for Ham and Eggs. I wanted to make a title card for what could have been an old cartoon of the two animals' early careers. Note the lack of pants on our hero. Classic.

Guys, if you haven't checked out The Slightly Askew Adventures of Ham and Eggs then you must do so now! It's hilariously written by Jesus Hates Zombies's Stephan Lindsay and illustrated by none other than my own sister Lauren Monardo! Lauren is totally kicking hammy butt with the art on this one, so go! GO!

Print Update!

I am very pleased to announce that I will be selling my remaining Ostrich prints with Topatoco and Raptor Bandit Industries!

I intend to do even more prints in the future, so keep your eyes peeled!

For sale (Fo sho)!

Those of you born under a lucky star will be able to buy one of these lil beauts at the UK Web & Mini Comics Thing this Saturday! It is my first ever limited edition print!