MACRODONS ARE HERE!

SMALL SCULPTURE @ MARTY WALKER GALLERY

2010-11-16T02:43:00.002-06:00

Marty Walker Gallery presents “Small Works: Art + Object” -a small sculpture invitational group exhibition, featuring strange and fantastic small art objects from a selection of 16 stellar artists:

Sterling Allen
Frances Bagley
Richie Budd
Thomas Feulmer
Nathan Green
Elliot Johnson
M
Margaret Meehan
Pard Morrison
Rod Northcutt
Tom Orr
Allison Schulnik
Jay Shinn
Wayne White

Megan Whitmarsh
Billy Zinser

This assembly of sculpture debunks the trend that “bigger is better,” and by working within a small format, these artists have created a mess of random creatures and fascinating objects that demonstrate the power of big ideas imagined in scaled-down and accessible forms.

SMALL WORKS: ART + OBJECT

2010-11-15T02:37:00.002-06:00

a small sculpture invitational @Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas TX / opening reception: Saturday, November 20, 6-8 pm / exhibition runs through December 23rd / MAP

GIANT MACRODON INFLATABLE LANDS @ ARTOPIA

2010-11-13T20:33:00.000-06:00

photo by Fur Face Boy

MACRODONS invade The Dallas Observer !!!

2010-11-12T03:17:00.003-06:00

photo credit to the skills of Danny Fulgencio

Pick up this weeks issue of The Dallas Observer for the scoop on Artopia, (pgs. 33-37) plus an article on MasterMinds award finalist Billy Zinser (pg. 15), and more sneak peaks of MACRODONS art toys! (pg. 21) & click here to access the digital issue.

NBC 5 DFW covers MACRODONS @ ARTOPIA!

2010-11-11T23:41:00.002-06:00

"We can’t wait to see artist Billy Zinser’s debut of his 20-foot-tall MACRODON inflatable character (based on his small plastic art-toys)." -Annie Potasznik, NBC 5 DFW ( read the full article )

"Not only will Artopia be an incredibly fun event for art lovers, but there will also be many components of the event that will inject interest and excitement for many other viewers as well -- including the giant 20 feet tall Macrodon sculpture, live art installations and t-shirt screen-printing, fashion, music performances, and more," Zinser said. -quoted from NBC 5 DFW article

Billy Zinser -a MasterMinds award finalist

2010-11-10T00:16:00.003-06:00

Billy Zinser is selected by The Dallas Observer among 9 other finalists in it's first annual MasterMinds award -read the article online here, or, just skip to the good stuff (I am on page 4) and click here .

MACRODONS invade ARTOPIA !!!

2010-11-09T11:37:00.001-06:00

need I say more, go on, click it:

http://microapp.dallasobserver.com/artopia/2010/

MACRODONS series 2 -almost gone!

2010-11-08T20:48:00.008-06:00

MACRODONS series 2 -almost extinct!!!

Only a few available figures remain, so get yours
@ www.macrodons.com while supplies last!

MACRODONS ♥ Red's Pop Shop (final weekend / so long for now)

2010-09-25T06:20:00.000-05:00

Final weekend for Red's Pop Shop ! Stop by to adopt a MACRODON, and grab some great swag from some of the other vendors @ Red's -tomorrow is the last day!!! See you soon, B.

NEW MACRODON minis @ RED'S

2010-09-24T18:17:00.003-05:00

New MACRODONS figures are available @ Red's Pop Shop: MACRODON minis are approx. 1.5 inches tall, and there are 2 different character designs, also, each MACRODON mini is one-of-a-kind as there are no two painted alike.

Fresh batch of MACRODONS cookies + toys @Red's Pop Shop!

2010-09-23T03:49:00.001-05:00

Homemade MACRODONS sugar cookies, deftly decorated by my sweet Emily, and delicious too! (see enjoyment below)

MACRODONS top picks @Red's Pop Shop

2010-09-22T22:05:00.005-05:00

MACRODONS are in excellent company at Red's Pop Shop -so I wanted to point out a few killer items from my fellow vendors:

First of all, this awesome event was put together in no small part by both Brian Gibb (multi-faceted/multi-talented artist, Art Prostitute founder, and owner of The Public Trust) and Red On Greenville's own blogger extraordinaire "Red". (so, here's equal parts kudos+thanks to them both!)

The Public Trust broke out an excellent selection of prints, t-shirts, and artist books -for this event. This next photo doesn't even do justice to Brian Gibb's rad new t-shirt design, so go to the show, see it in person, and you will be knocked off your feet by the t-shirts color combo double punch of cream + bling, then your next step: purchase! Brian's designs are pure gold, so, I could go on and on, but instead of that, see his print below, and shop for other prints @ the Art Prostitute online store, or in person at The Public Trust. [MAP]

My next door neighbor at the shop, Marisa Bosquez, is displaying her jewelry collections "Bosquez Jewelry" and "Beatrice Collection". The brass collection "Beatrice" is very fun, made of neat, whimsical components, like small cast animal shapes / graphic shapes with a hand-stamped touch. I particularly liked the brass necklace with a small wishbone charm, and the necklace with a TEXAS state shaped charm, stamped 'TEXAS' across it's face:

The Bosquez Jewelry collection -simply put, is: cosmic fantastic; made from natural stones in off-kilter, strong, elegant arrangements. There is a beautifully sci-fi story buried within all these pieces, for example, see the "Solar System Necklace" referencing an imaginary planet system from a galaxy far far away...

We are 1976 is a great boutique of pop-design and the unusual here in Dallas, and for two weeks they have been cloned and have a satellite location at Red's featuring some of their choicest selections, plus a brand new set of giant graphic wood letters ...their store is really beyond my puny description here, so go see for yourself!

Another cool shop present, Decorazon Gallery, was displaying an array of great imports and hand-made objects -click here to see the hand made monkey doll Fur Face Boy's acquired from these fine folks. Fur Face got his props in my last post, but here is a little reminder, shop!

And another slick streetware brand at the show: Decade Clothing debuted new t-shirt designs and also, as his alter ego DJ Sober scratched some fun super-dancey tunes at the afterparty!

(Paleta image from Loyal K.N.G.'s blog of Red's Pop Shop)

The Sour Grapes booth had some sick surprises in store for Red's Pop Shop, the "paletas" by Eddie Castro had the perfect combo of pop-art-weirdness. And Carlos DonJuan's paintings were fresh, but mature, technically well painted, but adventurous, edgy, and at times even experimental, but with solid determination, as any elements, although seemingly haphazard, had purpose and conviction, and was anything but haphazard -his work has a feeling not dissimilar to Raychel Stine's most excellent show of paintings at Road Agent.

Carlos DonJuan's Nothings Is What It Seems Anymore
Mixed Media on Birch - 2ft.x3ft. - 2010

Carlos DonJuan's R-U-Ready
Mixed Media on Birch-4ft.x6ft.-2009

And last, but certainly not least: Lilco Letterpress & Bee-Things -two phenomenal print shops producing awesome and yet somehow very affordable posters, prints, and stationary- they are calling your name, telling you to grab some of their goodies this weekend at Red's. It really should be too good to be true, (very) GOOD ART+DESIGN, at not only 'affordable' prices, but some are absolute steals!!!

For more, see Red's photostream for Pop Shop photos. And you can see it yourself in person in just a few more days (Saturday + Sunday, September 25+26, noon-6pm) -see you soon!

MACRODONS+friends @Red's Pop Shop (weekend#1)

2010-09-21T09:39:00.003-05:00

The first weekend of Red's Pop Shop has concluded -and it was amazing! If you missed it, you have one more chance -the exhibit is so sharp we'll be cutting faces all weekend (Saturday + Sunday, September 25+26, noon-6pm), so check us out!

Red's Pop Shop, photo by Fur Face Boy (t-shirts pictured, bottom left table)

So first off, a shout to the sharp skills of all the artists/designers/vendors at the show, EVERY ONE OF THEM does spectacular work-

Fur Face Boy did a great recap of the event so I'll simply point you in that direction → above photo by Fur Face Boy, and go to his blog for the breakdown, and below, in front of the Fur Face Boy booth on the right is Fur Face Boy in the new MACRODONS shirt, and yours truly on the left in the dope Fur Face Boy shirt.

MACRODONS display @ Red's Pop Shop -1st weekend

2010-09-20T23:02:00.003-05:00

My darling Emily @ the MACRODONS booth during the 1st weekend of Red's Pop Shop

MACRODONS @ Red's Pop Shop

2010-09-18T02:00:00.006-05:00

THE DETAILS: For a limited engagement, popping up on Lower Greenville (Saturday & Sunday, September 18 & 19, from noon-6pm + Saturday & Sunday, September 25 & 26, from noon-6pm) in a vacant bar - converted into exhibition space for the event: Red On Greenville presents: "an amalgamation of Dallas' foremost taste-makers, an explosion of culture, a retail experience where art and design get fresh..."

Plenty of new MACRODON swag is being debuted, including t-shirts, buttons, stickers, COOKIES!!! (excellently executed in the visage of my MACRODONS by my lovely Emily) AND new special edition MACRODONminis (one-of-a-kind small $15 versions of these odd creatures -get them while they last!)

Also, our cohorts @ the show are displaying some stellar work, so check us out! [MAP]

Red's Pop Shop

1802-A Greenville Ave.

Dallas, TX 75206

& facebook

EXHIBITION EXTENDED!

2010-08-31T09:51:00.001-05:00

EXHIBITION @ THE PUBLIC TRUST EXTENDED!
-NOW ON VIEW THROUGH OCTOBER 11, 2010

JEREMY SMITH + BILLY ZINSER | NEW WORK

*gallery will be open late, 6-9pm, Saturday, September 11

THE PUBLIC TRUST

2929-C Commerce St., Dallas TX 75226

hours: Wednesday-Friday 11-6pm / Saturday 12-6pm

& by appointment

www.trustthepublic.com / P: 214.760.7170

EXHIBITION @ THE PUBLIC TRUST

2010-07-16T17:38:00.013-05:00

THE PUBLIC TRUST

JEREMY SMITH + BILLY ZINSER | NEW WORK

JULY17 - SEPTEMBER4, 2010 / Artist Reception: July17, 6-9 PM

2929-C Commerce St., Dallas TX 75226

hours: Wednesday-Friday 11-6pm / Saturday 12-6pm

& by appointment

www.trustthepublic.com / P: 214.760.7170

ANDY WARHOL & BILLY ZINSER @ POP UP 310

2010-02-19T09:12:00.010-06:00

(left) Andy Warhol's original 'Diamond Dust Shoes'
(right) Billy Zinser's painting 'THUMP'
@ POP UP 310 -inaugural exhibition, Feb. 13 - 21, 2010 !!!

POP UP 310's inaugural exhibition closes this weekend, so go see it! Gallery hours are Fri. 6-9 / Sat. 12-8 / Sun. 12-5. @ 3699 McKinney Ave #310 [MAP] West Village, Dallas, Texas 75204.

LOOK! A diamond dust Andy Warhol, right next to MY painting 'THUMP'. Pretty bad-ass.

For more Andy Warhol, go to the Modern Art Museum of Forth Worth for their exhibition "ANDY WARHOL: THE LAST DECADE".

MACRODONS @ POPUP THREETEN !

2010-02-13T09:26:00.015-06:00

Billy Zinser's MACRODONS series 2 figures & oil paintings will be part of the opening exhibition at POP UP 310 -a temporary art exhibition space in Dallas' West Village, run and curated by James Cope of The Goss-Michael Foundation and Brian Gibb of The Public Trust.

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE: POP UP 310 is an autonomous curatorial project that will serve as a platform for artists, writers, musicians and all things creative. Housed in what was formerly the Gardens retail space in the West Village, POP UP 310 is in essence a temporary pop up gallery showcasing and exhibiting artwork by emerging and established artists. With the space located in a retail center, the focus of the artwork will be on smaller works, prints and books, creating a gallery experience which is accessible to a broader range of art patrons. This model will also create opportunities for artists to experiment with ideas and materials that may not necessarily be shown in a commercial environment. At its core POP UP 310 is a work in progress, an ongoing project to be considered as an art installation it self.

POP UP 310
3699 McKinney Ave #310 [MAP]
West Village, Dallas, Texas 75204

OPENING RECEPTION:
Sat. Feb. 13th 6-10PM

hours: Fri. 6-9 / Sat. 12-8 / Sun. 12-5

POP UP 310 on facebook

POP UP 310 blog

www.popup310.com

DALLAS ART FAIR DEBUTS MACRODONS SERIES 2

2010-02-05T08:50:00.012-06:00

MACRODONS series 2 debuts in "Choice Cuts" by The Public Trust @ The Dallas Art Fair. Fair dates are Friday - Sunday, February 5-7, 2010.

"Choice Cuts" also includes some killer Charlie Harper prints and original paintings, as well as other stellar prints and works by Public Trust artists and founder/director Brian Gibb. Among the prints exhibited is an amazing print suite that includes M, Steven Hopwood-Lewis, Misty Keasler, Margaret Meehan, and Brent Ozaeta (and it is only $100 -go buy one now!)

And not only can you be among the first to get your hands on these new MACRODONS, but you will also see some great work by hundreds of artists from over 50 internationally acclaimed galleries -don't miss it!

Dallas Art Fair
@ f.i.g. (fashion industry gallery)
1807 Ross Avenue, Suite 250
Dallas, Texas 75201 [ MAP ]
214.220.1278

Friday, February 5, 2010
11:00 AM to 7 PM

Saturday, February 6, 2010
11:00 AM to 7 PM

Sunday, February 7, 2010
11:00 AM to 5 PM

Tickets to the Dallas Art Fair are $20 per person per day for a single day pass or $40 per person for admission to all three days of the event. To purchase tickets, click here. Tickets will be available for purchase at the event site during the dates of the fair.

EXHIBITION @ 500X - Dallas, TX

2010-01-14T01:35:00.020-06:00

500X EXPO 2010 - January 16th - 31st, 2010
Reception: Saturday, January 16th, 7–10 pm

BILLY ZINSER THUMP 2010 acrylic, oil, enamel on panel, 24 x 24 inches

My work is defined by a cartoonish approach to non-objective abstract painting intended to address color, line, and shape as the subject matter of the work, through simple gestures and automatic mark making.

In my paintings I combine these effects with a variety of qualities inherent to the medium of paint and painting, primarily the physicality of the medium and the mark-making of the brushstroke (be that with or without a brush). At times the paint is delivered straight-out-of-the-tube, or manipulated with a utensil to shape it's texture; when applying brushstrokes, some are very slowly and deliberately applied, making their laziness evident when in proximity to a more frenzied automatic mark-making gesture. The body of the paint is also manipulated dramatically, creating tension between sloppy 'juicy' dribbles, stiff paint with erect peaks, richly textured brush marks, globs easily perceived as mistakes, and 'inproper' layering of mediums resulting in wrinkled prematurely dried sagging and leaking paint skin...

500X Gallery, Texas’ oldest artist–run space, hosts one of North Texas’ most anticipated annual juried competitions. This years jurors include Christina Rees, Curator of the Fort Worth Contemporary Arts, and U.K.-cum-Dallas painter Richard Patterson.

Christina Rees was an editor at The Met and D Magazine, a full-time art and music critic at the Dallas Observer, and has covered art and music for the Village Voice and other publications. She was until recently the owner and director of Road Agent gallery in Dallas. Christina Rees is now the Curator of Fort Worth Contemporary Arts, TCU.

Richard Patterson, Born in Surrey, England 1963, Educated at Watford Boys' Grammar School, Watford College of Art and Goldsmiths' College, London University Exhibitions include, Freeze, Sensation, Ambush, Far from the Madding Crowd, GMF, Wall Rockets. Solo Exhibitions at Anthony d'Offay Gallery,London. James Cohan Gallery, NY. Timothy Taylor Gallery, London. Work in public collections: Tate, Arts Council, British Council, Southampton Gallery, SFMoma, Denver Museum of Art Lives and works happily in Dallas, TX with Christina Rees, Honda and Trixie the Japanese Chins. Drives: 1994 British racing green Jaguar XJS 4.0, Texas. 1969 Slate grey Porsche 912, London

Artists in the EXPO: Adam Palmer, Olagunju Adeniyi Tokunbo, Alfredo Salazar-Caro, Alison Starr, Andrew Douglas Underwood, Billy Zinser, Ashley Milow, Carrie Stout, Chelsey Mulnix, Daniel Birdsong, Danny Haslett, Devon Nowlin, Elizabeth MacDonald, Ignatius Peacher, James Lassen, Jennifer Gooch, John Dickinson, Jonathan Foisset, Kenneth Rajspis, Kerry Pacillo, Kristen Chochran, Leticia Emestina Gomez, Nancy Lamb, Nate Glaspie, Oscar Mejia, Rachel Cox, Rachel Fisher, Ricardo Paniagua Garcia III, Saul F. Waranch, Sibylle Bauer, Timothy Harding, Todd Camplin, Vance Wingate, and Yovanny Canales.

more links: www.macrodons.com www.billyzinser.com www.500x.org

more artspeak: my cv/resume (PDF), artist statement (PDF), essay on 'Death of a Propane Salesman' exhibition curated by Christina Rees, more to come...

NEW YEAR

2010-01-05T02:28:00.005-06:00

Thanks to everyone who supported me in the recent aarting designer toy competition -the winning design is of merit, so congrats to the winner. Regardless, I still plan on producing the MACRODON figures soon... so, until next time!

~~After a bit of a break these holidays I will be making semiregular updates to the MACRODON blog,~~ 1st up, 500X EXPO 2010, more to come...

MACRODONS @ aarting: CROM - design details

2009-10-21T23:51:00.001-05:00

click above to view the spec. sheet for CROM, MACRODON #367.

Vote: MACRODONS -for the next designer toy by aarting! - www.aarting.com/score.aspx

MACRODONS @ aarting: BOGEY - design details

2009-10-20T23:44:00.001-05:00

click above to view the spec. sheet for BOGEY, MACRODON #368.

PLEASE VOTE '5' FOR MY DESIGNS! - www.aarting.com/score.aspx

MACRODONS @ aarting: XENON - design details

2009-10-19T23:30:00.012-05:00

click above to view the spec. sheet for XENON, MACRODON #369.

AND DON'T FORGET TO VOTE! - www.aarting.com/score.aspx

VOTE MACRODONS @ aarting.com !

2009-10-18T23:54:00.006-05:00

Vote MACRODONS for aarting's next designer toy! CLICK HERE TO VOTE: http://www.aarting.com/score.aspx

What is aarting? Aarting is a Contemporary Art brand located in New York. Aarting exists to create high quality, limited edition art products from designs submitted and chosen by its members. Aarting is a true Democratic art form- one that is of, by and for the people.

Aarting's previous toy design is the 'Blankie' -designed for a competition to customize the figure, see the winning designs for series 1 & series 2 (soon to be released).

Also, the aarting blog is full of amazing design, art, toys, fashion, technology, etc... so check it out!

380 (sketch for new toy design)

2009-10-17T00:34:00.006-05:00

Next MACRODON figure to be sculpted!

379 (sketch for new toy design)

2009-10-16T00:29:00.005-05:00

this drawing is really rough, but I really liked the half-way-there unfinished state it is in; the design is pretty clear, and just leaves a few things left to resolve. (i.e. is that a hole or an eye? Xenon?)

378 (sketch for new toy design)

2009-10-15T23:27:00.004-05:00

This would make a good blank DIY toy, but it is almost too simple, it just about stops being a MACRODON.

377 (sketch for new toy design)

2009-10-14T00:24:00.005-05:00

standard Moleskine paper is pretty lousy. The ink had bled through the last drawing so much I just sort of went with the smudgy shape already happening, and ended up with a melting squid-like MACRODON figure...

376 (sketch for new toy design)

2009-10-13T00:22:00.003-05:00

another of my recent faves, after making a clay sculpt of "BOGEY", I really liked the idea of 3-legged MACRODONS, and in this case, I think it would be almost symmetrical.

375 (sketch for new toy design)

2009-10-12T00:20:00.004-05:00

this MACRODON belongs in the last series of "Bean-Shaped" MACRODONS, and, again, maybe I did already draw it...

374 (sketch for new toy design)

2009-10-11T00:18:00.003-05:00

This MACRODON is so big that other MACRODONS walk around on it's flat head and don't realize they are walking on a MACRODON (?)

this paper is really crappy...

373 (sketch for new toy design)

2009-10-10T00:16:00.002-05:00

Return of the Crystal Castles Creatures!

372 (sketch for new toy design)

2009-10-09T00:14:00.001-05:00

I feel like this design has potential for the third dimension as a future sculpture/toy..

371 (sketch for new toy design)

2009-10-08T23:11:00.002-05:00

déjà vu, I really feel like I've made this exact drawing before... and maybe I have. I need to go through the last year of MACRODONS again and see how many drawings turned out to be repeats, known, or unknown to me (?)

370 (sketch for new toy design)

2009-10-07T23:45:00.001-05:00

The next 11 posts are other ideas for toy designs I came up with that didn't quite make the cut for now (or at all).

Here, the strong-armed MACRODON makes a reappearance... a bit different than before...

MACRODON 'XENON' -toy design

2009-10-06T19:11:00.008-05:00

MACRODON #369 -'XENON' -final version.

xenon
1) 1898, from Greek, "foreign, strange," coined by its discoverer, Scottish chemist Sir William Ramsay (1852-1916)
2) 'vacuum' -properly a loan/translation of Greek, 'xenon,' lit. "that which is empty." Meaning "a place emptied of air" is attested from 1652.

(as seen here, the circle in the sketch is actually a hole)

MACRODON 'BOGEY' -toy design

2009-10-05T22:48:00.013-05:00

MACRODON #368 -'BOGEY' -final version.

as it can be seen, this MACRODON ended up with a more tubular variation on the skinny arm I started with, and I wanted to do something a bit different with his legs, so this will be the first MACRODON sculpt with 3 legs!)

MACRODON 'CROM' -toy design

2009-10-04T19:10:00.007-05:00

MACRODON #367 -nicknamed 'CROM' -final version.
(I don't usually name each MACROODN, but I may start)

above is the unedited photo of the clay sculpt, the image at the top was edited to have a cool gray color, for a 'blank' uncolored neutral look. And below, I had a bit of fun testing some solid colors I liked:

upcoming projects - sneak peak #3

2009-10-03T19:02:00.005-05:00

unlike the previous designs, MACRODON 369 started with this sketch
(whereas the others were 'sketched' first in clay)

upcoming projects - sneak peak #2

2009-10-02T18:58:00.006-05:00

another work in progress, MACRODON 368, here I am trying to figure out the upper appendages / arms, below are the two versions I am thinking about...

upcoming projects - sneak peak #1

2009-10-01T18:07:00.004-05:00

here is an early look at MACRODON 367 -a preliminary sculpt for a new toy design...

it was first conceived to stand on either end, below is the view of the figure, flipped over.

MACRODONS @ Long Beach Museum of Art

2009-09-17T09:12:00.011-05:00

ART AUCTION XIII -Sun. 09.20, 4-9pm
EXHIBITION & PREVIEW : 09.04 - 09.19

MACRODONS ON EXHIBIT NOW! Visit the Long Beach Museum of Art and check out a group exhibition, including newly discovered MACRODONS. The exhibit was curated by John Geldbach, owner/director of DDR Projects, Art Gallery/Toy Store -so, it promises to be a good show.

All proceeds from the Auction support the Museum’s educational programming, serving over 15,000 children and hundreds of families throughout the greater Long Beach area, each year.

In conjunction with Art Auction 13, LBMA will host "Collector's Bootcamp," an educational seminar on how to create the art collection you have always wanted. Each session will cover topics essential in starting and maintaining a collection of art that meets your aesthetic and long-term investment ideals. Join museum professionals, gallerists, artists, as well as other art collectors for an insider view on the do’s and don’t of collection artworks in today’s society.

Long Beach Museum of Art - 2300 E. Ocean Boulevard - 562.439.2119
HOURS: Tuesday - Sunday: 11 - 5pm, closed Mondays [MAP]

DDR Projects - 3403 East Broadway Long Beach, CA 90803 - 562.434.8480
HOURS: Tuesday - Friday 3 - 9, Saturday 12 - 6, Sun & Mon. Closed [MAP]

1 YEAR OF DAILY MACRODON DRAWINGS!

2009-08-28T02:23:00.007-05:00

Today marks the one-year anniversary for the MACRODON sketch-blog -which now includes way more than 365 MACRODON drawings, 425 posts, and many other random musings sometimes MACRODON related, sometimes not... whew!

+ "one to grow on" with MACRODON #366 and it's tentacled arms, above...

Time for a little break now, I think...

I ♥ TMNT

2009-08-27T23:59:00.105-05:00

As made evident in the last few posts, I went off on my ♥ for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and specifically the disembodied brain, Krang, the villain from Dimension X.

In the newer cartoon, Krang has a weaker appearance
(and looks a lot like my recent herd of MACRODONS drawing)

But, let's not forget ♥ April O'Neil ♥ -who was probably pretty high up on the list in my 8 year-old brain, as a reason to watch TMNT (as if martial arts, weapon wielding, humanoid, wise-cracking turtles in battle with weird aliens and mutated monsters wasn't reason enough)

so... Halloween...? Yeah, you guessed it:

KRANG! in 3-D!

2009-08-27T23:59:00.104-05:00

My recent obsession with TMNT's Krang led me to many amazing finds, first is Speedlee's custom Krang & Android toy -visit his site to see many more awesome customs, including several more custom Ninja Turtles toys.

it seems NECA announced several forthcoming Ninja Turtles toys. Here is a closeup of their version of Krang.

searching the web for "Krang" yielded this clever version of Krang + walker in LEGOS! by oneosendai2600

And lastly, pa perfoldables.com has a fantastic downloadable PDF to make your very own foldable Krang + android, click! download! make! *and if anyone is clever enough to make a foldable MACRODON, that would be pretty freaking awesome!

365 = KRANG!

2009-08-27T23:59:00.103-05:00

Krang, also has a large humanoid body to move around in, it looks like a beefy plasticized neanderthal from the future with 1980s shades, a forked antennae, and with a compartment in it's mid-section for Krang. I didn't want to be too literal, so this is my interpretation of that TMNT villain as a MACRODON.

from the cartoon:

from the comic:

the toy:

and Photoshop:

364 = KRANG!

2009-08-27T23:59:00.102-05:00

Krang, from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon is just a brain (a brain with a face, and wierd tentacles) so, how does he get around? In adition to his mini legs (seen in last post), he also has a sort of walker, so again, in the spirit of MACRODON-izing Krang once again, I extended his body into the form of his walker device. *it looks like Krang want's to color MACRODONS with his purple crayon.

here is the Krang-walker in all it's plastic glory:

363 = KRANG!

2009-08-27T23:59:00.101-05:00

Krang, the villain from Dimension X, nemesis to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (badass image by Tim Kelly)

and then MACRODON-ized:

362

2009-08-27T23:59:00.099-05:00

I drew this black ink mark from a similar smudge I had on my hand,
then I added some detail with acrylic white paint.

361

2009-08-27T23:59:00.098-05:00

MACRODON with a BEAK

360

2009-08-27T23:59:00.097-05:00

on an unrelated note, the Wolverine movie exceeded my expectations, it was fun, and the intro credits were stylized quite nicely, but, not as good as the intro credits for Watchmen. Ever so tangentially related, this MACRODON is a blob, but, not the same 'Blob' from the Wolverine movie...

359

2009-08-27T23:59:00.096-05:00

ridiculous

358

2009-08-27T23:59:00.095-05:00

357

2009-08-27T23:59:00.094-05:00

MACRODON with a lure similar to an angler fish:

356

2009-08-27T23:59:00.093-05:00

MACRODON radio comunication...?

355

2009-08-27T23:59:00.092-05:00

354

2009-08-27T23:59:00.091-05:00

353

2009-08-27T23:59:00.090-05:00

352 CH-CH-CH-CH-CHANGES

2009-08-27T23:59:00.089-05:00

expanding on the look of last post,
this MACRODON sprouts a head... then looses it:

this new look can be perceived as a giant eyeball form with legs,
or (below), a mouth/ass ?

351

2009-08-27T23:59:00.073-05:00

350

2009-08-27T23:59:00.072-05:00

349

2009-08-27T23:58:00.005-05:00

348

2009-08-27T23:58:00.004-05:00

347

2009-08-27T23:57:00.012-05:00

the wings stretched and devolved into super-long ape-arms...

346

2009-08-27T23:57:00.011-05:00

the notion of flying is disappearing and now the wings are fins again...

345

2009-08-27T23:57:00.010-05:00

reminds me of the Super Mario Bros 3 flying 'Parabeetle'

344

2009-08-27T23:56:00.007-05:00

the next concept I tried to implement is that of flying MACRODONS, but I am really not crazy about that idea... then I watched David Cronenberg's 1986 movie THE FLY, and this is what came out of the Telepod...

343

2009-08-27T23:56:00.006-05:00

shark fin and shark battle damage scratches

342

2009-08-27T23:55:00.004-05:00

triple fin, or designs for a MACRODON toaster?

341

2009-08-27T23:54:00.004-05:00

MACRODON vs. Dimetrodon

340

2009-08-27T23:49:00.000-05:00

Due to the vague abstract nature of these weird drawings, at times I try to picture these MACRODONS in ways I did not initially intend them to look. In this case we have bean-shape + fin, but, after a while it looked like a side view of a MACRODON sticking it's really flat, really long tongue up into the sky.

339

2009-08-27T23:43:00.002-05:00

There are a few ideas that were persistent throughout this set of drawings. 2 of them present here, I started several bean-shaped figures, sort of like this one here, & I was also trying to work out some ideas for things on MACRODONS' heads, see the last post for a strange anemone growth, and this MACRODON is really fuckin' punk-rock.

338

2009-08-27T23:24:00.004-05:00

I had begun designs for MANY other MACRODONS in the past month or two while I also continued to make one MACRODON drawing per day. At times while working on a drawing, an idea would come to mind that may not have been relevant to the MACRODON of the day, so, many little scribbles, some more refined than others, were put away until recently -I refined these ideas a bit and now here they are. The next 20+ drawings complete the Moleskine sketchbook I started quite a while ago before I took a break and switched to the second accordion sketchbook I have recently been using.

337, drawing over

2009-08-26T20:14:00.002-05:00

giant slug or MACRODON

BOTH!

?

what the hell?!

okay, this MACRODON (slug), sort of subconsciously spawned from thoughts of an awesome toy I just saw at the new Kidrobot store in Dallas. Frank Kozik's "Ride 'em Bob" a smorking labbit, on a smorking slug. Perfectly ridiculous. I LOVE IT.

this last section of MACRODON #327 (below) didn't really have anything to offer -aside from slug-inspiring subconscious Kidrobot memories.

336, drawing over

2009-08-25T20:07:00.002-05:00

I flipped the drawing on it's side, because I don't really see too many MACRODONS flying, and one with this shape seems to need to be grounded by gravity, below it appears quite odd 'flying'.

I was having a very hard time resolving this drawing, at one point it seemed to want to go in two completely different directions, or are they 2 MACRODONS conjoined at the head?

see below for the direction the drawing didn't take, but I felt the need to attempt to resolve it via Photoshop by clocking out it's conjoined sibling.

it would appear that the last few drawings didn't really retain any significant signs of the underdrawing: MACRODON #327, just some dots...

335, drawing over

2009-08-24T20:01:00.002-05:00

those are weird little feet

those are even weirder feet, almost as if little MACRODONS are attached to it's feet. And below, the mess of the prior MACRODON #327 drawing that this MACROODN and his weird feet replaced.

334, drawing over

2009-08-23T22:58:00.001-05:00

MACRODON or one-eyed squid?

this section of MACRODON #327 didn't really inspire anything related to the original drawing I painted over.

333, drawing over

2009-08-22T20:51:00.001-05:00

this MACRODON felt like a nebula, or galaxy, or some kind of spacial entity, so I inverted the colors in Photoshop, and I think it looks pretty bad ass!

not a lot changed between these two 'before' and 'after' drawing scans.

just about the only things to remain from the previous MACRODON #327 drawing, are the dots and stippling that went on to become stars.

332, drawing over

2009-08-21T20:45:00.001-05:00

sometimes the process of drawing over MACRODON #327 was quite smooth, and certain shapes from the original section naturally gave way to a new MACRODON form.

I began by covering up most of what I didn't want from MACRODON #327 with a light wash, but as can be seen below, most of the details remain somewhat present.

331, drawing over

2009-08-20T20:43:00.001-05:00

final drawing over MACRODON #327

in progress drawing over MACRODON #327, and below, the original page:

330, drawing over

2009-08-19T16:33:00.001-05:00

I drew over MACRODON #327... I'm not entirely sure why, I suppose I was somewhat displeased with it... I broke-up the pages that comprised MACRODON #327 into separate MACRODON drawings, so, the next 8 posts will show a bit of the progression in this change that occurred. Above, the end result for this particular drawing.

this was the first direction the drawing went in, but it seemed too literal, too much like a dinosaur, not much abstraction or anything left to the imagination... and below, this is the dissected section of MACRODON #327:

329

2009-08-18T23:05:00.001-05:00

ATTACK !
?

328

2009-08-17T23:01:00.001-05:00

before (below) and after (drippy face above)

326.12 -TRANSMOGRIFICATION ▲

2009-08-16T00:09:00.001-05:00

▲ + a mini ▲ (tribute to the vanished MACRODON herd)

326.11 -TRANSMOGRIFICATION

2009-08-15T23:59:00.001-05:00

an improvement over that past few versions, and I think it looks cool, but I'll still give it another go...

326.10 ½ (Photoshop-IFICATION)

2009-08-15T23:42:00.001-05:00

In Photoshop, I, VERY roughly sketched out a shape somewhat better than the last post ...

326.10 -TRANSMOGRIFICATION

2009-08-15T23:39:00.001-05:00

not quite what I was going for, the shape is getting a bit too simple...

326.09 -TRANSMOGRIFICATION

2009-08-14T23:37:00.001-05:00

this MACRODON has a dopey-B-horror-movie-D&D feel to it
:-s

326.08 -TRANSMOGRIFICATION

2009-08-13T23:33:00.001-05:00

and flipped back, sketchbook right-side up again. This time I think this looks more like a MACRODON-themed chess piece for the castle/tower.

326.07 -TRANSMOGRIFICATION

2009-08-12T23:30:00.001-05:00

the arms/legs had an appearance of horns/antennae/ears, so, again, I flipped the sketchbook.

326.06 -TRANSMOGRIFICATION

2009-08-11T23:30:00.001-05:00

shorter now.

326.05 -TRANSMOGRIFICATION

2009-08-10T23:27:00.001-05:00

now the MACRODON tower has a sort of stem, or foot, like a snail.

326.04 -TRANSMOGRIFICATION

2009-08-09T23:22:00.001-05:00

it felt like the previous 'towers' coming out of the top of the MACRODON continued to grow, and the gravity seemed to flip upside-down, and with it, so did my sketchbook. This MACRODON is not a super-tall drippy creature with what appears to be an eye -that carried through from the past iteration.

326.03 -TRANSMOGRIFICATION

2009-08-08T23:20:00.001-05:00

The previous herd of MACRODONS, now seems to be reappearing sprouting through 'the Center' -it almost seems like a walking MACRODON city...?

326.02 -TRANSMOGRIFICATION

2009-08-07T23:09:00.001-05:00

The previous herd of MACRODONS, now covered by this drawing were a bit too plain, so, after re-reading DC comics "The New Frontier", I felt drawn to the dinosaur island villain's shape and used that for the basis of this MACRODON's form. See below (and that is Superman flying into 'the center'):

324.06 + 324.07 -via Photoshop

2009-08-06T23:06:00.002-05:00

and here are a couple of changes via Photoshop that I wanted to work out... most of the MACRODONS that came out of this re-working are quite rad.

324.06 -TRANSMOGRIFICATION

2009-08-06T22:49:00.001-05:00

THIS is a ridiculous MACRODON, perfect! -one of my all time favorites.

324.05 -TRANSMOGRIFICATION

2009-08-05T22:47:00.001-05:00

crazier, but I like where it is going... still no sign of stopping...