AngelMenace

Face to Face: Karl Lagerfeld

2012-01-30T09:55:00.000-08:00

Creature Sketch

2012-01-13T00:07:00.001-08:00

The Future Belongs to the Curious

2012-01-11T12:03:00.001-08:00

The Future Belongs to the Curious from Skillshare on Vimeo.

bird creature sketch

2012-01-05T21:13:00.000-08:00

The Old West

2012-01-03T23:05:00.001-08:00

Concept Painting

Golem

2012-01-02T19:04:00.001-08:00

Quick Sketch

Matsue Castle

2011-12-29T21:30:00.001-08:00

Concept Matte Painting

Yohji Yamamoto Interview

2011-12-14T14:02:00.001-08:00

SHOWstudio: In Conversation with Yohji Yamamoto from SHOWstudio on Vimeo.

http://vimeo.com/21010887

IN STUDIO INTERVIEW^

TOM FORD

2011-12-14T14:00:00.001-08:00

Style Forum Special from Music Guy on Vimeo.

very inspiring short documentary

YOHJI YAMAMOTO: THIS IS MY DREAM

2011-12-12T17:05:00.001-08:00

YOHJI YAMAMOTO: THIS IS MY DREAM from Huge Conglomerate on Vimeo.

Artists after dark

2011-12-12T14:36:00.000-08:00

Moonshine : Artists after dark from alexis wanneroy on Vimeo.

DreamWorks first personal art publication, Moonshine, was conceived as an opportunity to highlight the breath of artistic development talent at Dreamworks.
This short documentary gives you a sneak peek into the personal works from the artists.

Creativity isn't magic

2011-12-08T17:02:00.000-08:00

Everything is a Remix Part 3 from Kirby Ferguson on Vimeo.

Everything is a remix.

We are 138

2011-12-08T16:24:00.000-08:00

We are 138 from VITA BREVIS FILMS on Vimeo.

An artist creative process.

Pursue Your Passion Article: Danny Choo

2011-12-07T16:38:00.000-08:00

http://www.dannychoo.com/post/en/1691/Pursue+Your+Passion+-+A+Summary.html

Reminds me of Miami

2011-11-30T17:30:00.001-08:00

Nero - Reaching Out from Helin Film on Vimeo.

"Straight, No Chaser" - Mr. Hudson (Concept Video) from Matt Perri on Vimeo.

Canopy+Connection

2011-11-28T11:32:00.001-08:00

United Visual Artists: Canopy + Connection from inkblot media on Vimeo.

Traditional Biilboard Painters

2011-11-22T17:35:00.000-08:00

Ernest Hemingway in Midnight in Paris

2011-11-18T16:29:00.000-08:00

"All men fear death. It's a natural fear that consumes us all. We fear death because we feel that we haven't loved well enough or loved at all, which ultimately are one and the same. However, when you make love with a truly great woman, one that deserves the utmost respect in this world and one that makes you feel truly powerful, that fear of death completely disappears. Because when you are sharing your body and heart with a great woman the world fades away. You two are the only ones in the entire universe. You conquer what most lesser men have never conquered before, you have conquered a great woman's heart, the most vulnerable thing she can offer to another. Death no longer lingers in the mind. Fear no longer clouds your heart. Only passion for living, and for loving, become your sole reality. This is no easy task for it takes insurmountable courage. But remember this, for that moment when you are making love with a woman of true greatness you will feel immortal. "

Cycloptic Rainfall

2011-11-15T22:17:00.000-08:00

Menace art and sculpt

2011-11-14T00:40:00.000-08:00

Man in the Arena

2011-11-11T23:09:00.000-08:00

"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."

Theodore Roosevelt

"Citizenship in a Republic,"
Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910

Failure

2011-11-10T21:58:00.001-08:00

Made By Hand: The Knife Maker

2011-11-10T11:22:00.000-08:00

Made by Hand / No 2 The Knife Maker from Made by Hand on Vimeo.

Joshua Kraszewski chronicle the arduous knife-making process of Joel Bukiewicz of Cut Brooklyn. Dubbed “The Knife Maker,” this 10-minute short film tells the tale of artistic struggle, and finding one’s true calling in a trade that has been outsourced to machines. Check out why it still pays to make things by hand.

via: hypebeast.com

Eminem- Airplanes Verse

2011-11-02T22:30:00.001-07:00

Let’s pretend Marshall Mathers never picked up a pen
Let’s pretend things would’ve been no different
Pretend he procrastinated, had no motivation
Pretend he just made excuses that were so paper-thin
They could blow ‘way with the wind
Marshall, you’re never gonna make it
Makes no sense to play the game, ain’t no way that you’ll win
Pretend he just stayed outside all day and played with his friends
Pretend he even had a friend to say was his friend
And it wasn’t time to move and schools weren’t changin’ again
He wasn’t socially awkward and just strange as a kid
He had a father and his mother wasn’t crazy as shit
And he never dreamed he could rip stadiums, and just lazy as shit
Fuck a talent show in a gymnasium, bitch
You won’t amount to shit, quit daydreamin’, kid
You need to get your cranium checked
You’re thinkin’ like an alien, it just ain’t realistic
Now pretend they ain’t just make him angry with this shit
And there was no one he could even aim when he’s pissed at
And his alarm went off to wake him
But he didn’t make it to the Rap Olympics
Slept through his plane and he missed it
He’s gon’ have a hard time explaining to Hailie and Laney
These food stamps and this WIC shit
‘Cause he never risked shit, he hoped and he wished it
But it didn’t fall in his lap, so he ain’t even here
He pretends that

Pharrell Interview

2011-10-26T16:35:00.001-07:00

Sneak Peek

2011-10-25T15:22:00.001-07:00

Here's a sneak peek at my new project. More to come!

James Jean Interview

2011-10-24T15:21:00.000-07:00

1-2-1 w/jeffstaple feat. James Jean from jeffstaple on Vimeo.

Quick look at progress on new project

2011-10-23T00:47:00.000-07:00

2011-10-21T11:50:00.000-07:00

"You hang around the barbershop long enough sooner or later you're gonna get a haircut"

"If you don't fail you're not even trying"

"To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did"

"Imagine you're on your death bed and standing around you are the ghost representing your unfulfilled potential. The ghost of the ideas you never acted on, the ghost of the talents you didn't use. And there standing around your bed, angry, disappointed and upset. They say we came to you because you could have brought us to life and now we have to go to the grave together. How many ghost are going to be around your bed when your time comes?"

" You will never see a U-haul behind a hearse. You can't take it with you. The Egyptians tried it and all they got was robbed"

" The question is what are you going to do with what you have? I'm not talking about how much you have"

"Failure is sometimes the best way to figure out where you're going. In life there will never be a straight path."

"Never be discouraged, never hold back, give everything you got. And when you fall through out life remember this. Fall forward, because at least then you can see where your going."

-Denzel Washington

joseph walsh: sculptural wooden furniture

2011-10-21T09:59:00.001-07:00

"the free form compositions are a collaboration between the natural divisions in the wood grain,
and walsh's reconfiguration into functional items. "

via: designboom.com

dark side of the lens

2011-10-20T15:00:00.000-07:00

DARK SIDE OF THE LENS from Astray Films on Vimeo.

"If I only scrape a living at least it's a living worth scraping"
"If there's no future in it, at least there's a present worth remembering"

Moving forward

2011-10-20T13:14:00.000-07:00

So I'm slowly moving forward with my new project. Inspired, I hope to push this one to the end and have it fully realized and complete. I will be posting some of my progress shortly.

-M

NASA Video

2011-10-20T13:11:00.000-07:00

Images from one of my favorite films Baraka and footage from NASA along with narration by Carl Sagan. Very beautiful video.

Andrew Zuckerman's MUSIC

2011-10-20T12:59:00.000-07:00

I loved his last book WISDOM it was super inspiring. Here is a new trailer for his latest project MUSIC.

Worm

2011-09-26T23:09:00.000-07:00

Just trying something new technique wise.

Had some downtime

2011-08-04T11:04:00.000-07:00

scarecrow

Updated my site!

2011-08-02T20:49:00.000-07:00

http://cargocollective.com/marcuscollins
http://www.marcusacollins.com

interior

2011-06-23T14:12:00.000-07:00

Saturday Character Painting

2011-02-19T22:24:00.000-08:00

Brushing up on some female character painting

Here's the prototype

2011-02-07T22:52:00.000-08:00

Printed with white abs plastic from the zbrush model. I hope to do some resin cast soon.

Getting Back Into It

2011-02-07T22:08:00.001-08:00

This is my toy idea. sculpted in zbrush. Ill be posting the 3d print next

Quick sketch

2010-12-07T00:07:00.001-08:00

Happy Holidays!

2010-11-20T12:24:00.001-08:00

Saturday Painting

2010-10-10T00:02:00.000-07:00

Just got back from a party. Thought I should post this before I go to bed.

Just a robot and some chicks

2010-10-05T01:05:00.000-07:00

Mazda 2 Inner Driver Design

2010-10-03T22:04:00.000-07:00

I did some of the initial concepts for the green "inner driver" character for Rhythm and Hues Studios. This was the first commercial to feature the character. I'll be posting that concept stuff soon!

Sunday Speed Painting

2010-10-03T21:27:00.000-07:00

Quick Thumbnail sketch

Saturday Morning Painting

2010-10-02T15:46:00.001-07:00

Friday Night Painting

2010-10-02T15:42:00.000-07:00

Weekend Sketch Painting

2010-09-20T00:18:00.000-07:00

Finally found some time over the weekend to brush up on some environment painting.

Just updated marcusacollins.com

2010-08-09T23:26:00.001-07:00

Here's a peek at some new work.

NIKO-CHAN!

2010-04-11T17:43:00.001-07:00

Found some old pics of Niko when he was just a few months old! Super Cute

Time to get some fresh air

2010-04-11T17:39:00.000-07:00

Pics from the backyard. Good to get some fresh air!

Masked Fury

2009-11-25T00:35:00.000-08:00

Just Finished this one tonight.

New Painting in Warrior Series

2009-09-17T02:04:00.000-07:00

Just finished last night :D

New Site Finally Up!

2009-09-06T11:20:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-02T16:50:00.000-07:00

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!!

2009-08-30T21:13:00.001-07:00

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

Finally Finished Hendrix Piece

2009-08-25T13:08:00.000-07:00

Monrovia Artwalk

2009-08-25T12:52:00.000-07:00

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

2009-08-19T09:35:00.000-07:00

A self portrait that I actually like :)

Portrait #1

2009-08-19T09:34:00.002-07:00

This one was done July 2008

Portrait #2

2009-08-19T09:34:00.001-07:00

Paul

2009-02-22T14:50:00.000-08:00

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

2009-02-12T01:03:00.000-08:00

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

2009-02-09T21:21:00.000-08:00

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

2009-02-09T21:13:00.000-08:00

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

2009-01-31T13:52:00.000-08:00

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:)

2009-01-29T01:18:00.000-08:00

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

2009-01-26T23:23:00.001-08:00

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

2009-01-26T23:16:00.000-08:00

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

First of OVER PROCESSED

2009-01-25T13:56:00.000-08:00

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

2009-01-25T13:28:00.000-08:00

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.
^^

I'm going to just jump right into it!

2009-01-25T13:05:00.000-08:00

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^^