Masked Fury

Just Finished this one tonight.

New Painting in Warrior Series

Just finished last night :D

New Site Finally Up!

It's taken a while but the new site is up and running. There are still a few things under construction but everyday I will be adding on to it. By October it should be complete :)

Marcus Collins

Pasadena Open Market

On Sunday, October 4, 2009 I will be showing two new pieces at the Old Town Pasadena Open Market located at One Colorado blvd. from 10:00am- 5pm. It should be fun. The new work will be the first in my new body of work based on warriors from around the world. Hope you can swing by and check it out ^^

-Marcus

Monrovia artwalk pics!!

This was a great experience. I had tons of fun and met great people :)

Finally Finished Hendrix Piece

Monrovia Artwalk

I will be selling traditional paintings along with some digital ones this Saturday at the Monrovia Artwalk on Myrtle Ave. from 7pm- 10pm. Should be a good time! I will post pics as soon as I can. Wish me luck!

-Marcus Collins-

Fragmented Self

A self portrait that I actually like :)

Portrait #1

This one was done July 2008

Portrait #2

Paul

So this characters name is Paul. He's the stubborn one in my group of characters. Just finished it today. Hope you like!

King Po

King Po is a greed monster. He comes into our world (the human world) to distract us from whats really important. His story is still in development.

Biju Illustration

So this is my first illustration for my first monster character, Biju. More about the story later. Hope you enjoy the painting ! ^^

Web Page home

Hello this is my first attempt at figuring out what I want the feel of the new site to have. I like so far but im still searching. Its going to drive the feel not only of the monster story but every story.

Merl Color Version

So the idea in my head didn't quite materialize the way I envisioned it. Mistake 1. I held others reaction on the idea over my own. I thought the initial idea was cool. But after showing it around people seemed skeptical. Now after showing it to tons of more people I see the original idea was way more original than my own. Sigh.... Oh well we make mistakes to learn from them. All in all it was still fun and i learned a few things.

Meril my second prototype:)

Here's another toy idea I'm almost done with. This time I documented a lot more of the process. I think the paint job is definitely gonna sell this thing. But for now it might look a little odd. The idea has gone from a robot who over processes things, rescues a cat from a tree, and mistakenly strangles it . yeah a little dark. But then somehow i started rolling around the idea in my head of it being a giant robotic mouse thats sole mission is to destroy cats.... Yeah I had a bad cat experience. (this goes no further than the toys lol). Any who this idea was more fun for me so i pursued it. Hope you like!

Jury Duty Sketches

Here's some doodles from my red moleskin while I was in jury duty today. I was trying to redesign and rethink the v0 concept. Also playing around with some ideas for potential future characters ^^

New website Check it out

Here's the coming soon page! http://www.angelmenace.com

First of OVER PROCESSED

This is a design that I'm doing for a group of robots that over process everything. This one's name is V-0. He basically thinks way too much.
Quick story note: He tries to save a young girls kitten and ends up strangling it too death once he nabs it from the tree. :(

Biju

This is the first of my new vinyl toy designs. His name is Biju. He's a guardian for angelic spirits. Unfortunately a demon has wounded his arm. Once touched he begins to turn evil, transforming into a demon himself. Hope you like and Ill be sure to keep u updated. Here's a bit of my process.
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I'm going to just jump right into it!

So there is this quote that I love from Frank Gehry.

" You're best work is the expression of you're self. You may not be the best at it, but you're the only expert in it".

So staying true to these words this blog is me expressing my ideas and creations openly and honestly. I love criticism so please feel free to be completely honest with me. Most of all I hope to inspire, inform and entertain all of you. Have fun! I know I will^^