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Hey everyone! 

I've decided to put my blog back up, for browsing purposes as it still gets a ton of traffic. Thank you!

Keep in mind I may not update my blog again, but you may follow me at these sites for updates:


 My Portfolio 

 and

 My Tumblr / My Tumblr Archive 

as well as:

My Facebook page

And My Twitter!





 Thanks for watching me here and I hope you travel with me permanently to my new home on Tumblr!

Animations

Posting my animation work!








base was done by Charlie Roode, reskin and animations done by me

Adventure Time Encyclopedia!

So I wanted to promote the book I worked on last year and early this year! The, The Adventure Time Encyclopaedia (Encyclopedia): Inhabitants, Lore, Spells, and Ancient Crypt Warnings of the Land of Ooo Circa 19.56 B.G.E. - 501 A.G.E. , comes out in the USA July 22nd! I did a bunch of illustrations along with other brilliant artists such as Celeste Moreno and Renee French! It came out yesterday, July 22nd, so go to your bookstores or online and order a copy.

ALSO, August 3rd, please please if you’re able come join us at the Adventure Time book event! You can meet Olivia and Martin Olson and Pen Ward and ME!

Note the time and the place! I was told this is gunna be all out balls to the wall so it would be amazing to see some support! We worked really hard on this book and it would be great to see the fans join us!

CMAAAAAN!!!!!!!!!! Please come out to see us!!!

Tumblr

So heres my new Tumblr :


http://aisleenromano.tumblr.com/

And as I said, I will try to keep up with this blog but there may be a lag, as Tumblr is a bit easier to update!

Kiki from Kiki’s Delivery Service! Friend from work, Scrotumnose, opened up a Ghibli drawing theme for us to do at work. So I picked kiki! I don’t think this is done but I’m tired of working on it and looking at it, and I really wanna draw Tina Belcher instead.

Downfall of Reader

Well....with the downfall of google reader, I think I will finally make the jump to Tumblr. I've been thinking about switching over for a little while now, and it looks like google made the decision for me! I'll still keep up with this blog as much as I can, but for those that have a tumblr and like that better, I'll post my username (whenever I get one) and we can be friends there too. I know not having a google reader will greaaaatly impact my following of some artists, and I may lose some of you awesome people! But, we'll see how it goes.

For now, heres a little piece of what I've been working on slowly in my free time. As slow as I want to. When I want, however I want because no one can tell me no! SO THERE!!

Drive-by Post!

Many thanks to Scott Underwood, for reminding me that I STILL have yet to get that pitch bible together! I hope you accept my apology and excuse of 'I've been really stressed out with Real Life stuff.' I'm actually kinda working on it. Sort of. Im the free time I'm not working on freelance.....why can't I do whatever I want 24/7?

Heres a drawing I drew for two sweetie friends of mine for their first wedding anniversary :)

Natalie and Michael as Sugar Rush characters! This was really fun to draw AND was my first go at an all-Copic drawing.

And this was my version of what I'd look like in Sugar Rush. Angry, tired, and with droopy-ass boobies.

I hope I update more because I really miss drawing! AND I hope to add a bunch more things to my Etsy store. Which is here!!! :: SpooyPress Etsy Store   feel free to buy things because its all  made with  love :3

CTN 2012

Well, I fly out tomorrow for CTN. I have no portfolio, no new work, aaaand no appointments set up. I've been so exhausted and run down, I've been trying to relax when I can so I don't make myself sick again! If you're going to CTN let me know, I'm mainly going to meet people and buy art. So...yay? Im so tired already lol.

Mini Pitch Bible

After struggling to get over my second bought of sickness in about 2 weeks, I've decided I probably wont get a nice complete bible together for CTN.

My idea is to flesh out a contest idea I submitted about 2 years ago, updating and adding expressions to the turnarounds I did. I think I am too bogged down in trying to make it 'look nice' instead of busting out expressions. I'm going to try another route...messier, freer, and much more fun to work on I hope!

Etsy Store!

Grand opening of my Etsy store, filled with all prints and originals that were at APE!

Aisleen Romano's Etsy Store

Hooray! I'm currently still adding prints and originals, but at least theres a place to check back and see whats new. Hope you guys like it! Thanks for looking :3

POST APE

APE is over!! I had a great time even though it was super exhausting! I met some really amazing people, got a chance to meet and talk to Bill Presing, met up with Phil Rynda who is such a sweetheart, bought a bunch of prints, the SKADI COMIC, and overall had a blast!

To anyone stopping by who had taken a card or bought an item at my booth, hello! I will have my Etsy store open shortly. I will NOT be selling my jewelry at first (I need to figure out how to ship them), just prints, originals, and books. Keep an eye out for jewelry in early December! Thanks!

Now I'm back to work on a small pitch bible for CTN. Stay tuuuned for that! Hoorraaaaaayyyy

APE 2012!!!!!

Time is running out, and APE 2012 will be here this WEEKEND!!! I'm REALLY excited, this will be the first time I will have a table at a convention featuring my original art. I will have prints, original paintings (framed and unframed), pins and barrettes, necklaces, postcards, copies of my kid's book, and Christmas cards!

APE is October 13th and 14th, at the Concourse in San Francisco. Check it out here: APE to learn about special guests, parking, shuttle service, and panels!

THIS IS WHAT I LOOK LIKE, and also my banner!

I will be at booth 911:

Along with my friends Christy Bontrager and Kim Herbst , who will be at table 912 next to me! If you can read this and you're going, stop by and I'll draw you something for free!

Here is an old monster girl I drew and never posted:

 

AAAAND I will also be going to CTNX again this year! I wont have a table, but I'll probably bring what doesn't sell at APE with me to CTN, so I'll post more about that later. Weeeeeee! SEE YOU THIS WEEKEND

Princess Bubblegum and Marceline

I'm sorta surprised at how popular these two are together! But thats a good thing, because...its pretty cute. Finn and Flame Princess are next! You can buy the original AND prints of this at APE!


Unfortunately I had a horrible time with the gouache on this painting. The colors didn't mix correctly, sometimes not at all, so the final version is pretty streaky. Can anyone recommend a good slightly cheapish brand of gouache? I currently use Plakkaatverf which is about $4-5 per 0.7 oz tube.

More Monsters!

Here are my other monsters for the 30 Day Monster Girl Challenge!

Naga:

Spider Girl:

Aaaand my mermaid:

 

I haven't finished this one yet. I'm going to paint it up and take my time with it!

Centaur and Slime-Girl!

Here are my other two monster ladies for the 30 day Monster Girl Challenge.


Centaur!

  Slime Girl!

MORE TO COME I GUESS!

Little Mermaid Final

Here is my final for the Zynga art show!

 

I have it framed but  haven't had a chance to get a photo. 

And I'm also starting on the 30 day Monster Girl Challenge! I'm already 2 days behind the rest of the crew...but here is my first one, the harpy!

Not 100% about it...but there it is. Done!

Transfer

Here at Zynga, theres a group show being put together with the theme Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales. I chose the Little Mermaid! I did a few sketches and ended up drawing the scene where the Sea Witch cuts the Little mermaid's tongue out.

Did the transfer to the final paper today and hopefully I'll get to start colors soon :)

Working on side art

I'm swtiching to a new team here at Zynga (both sad and exciting at the same time), and in the meantime I've been doing some art for a Street Fighter 25th Anniversary online show coming up in August. A whole mess of my (old) art team is in it too!!

I chose Rainbow Mika:

I also finally got around to scanning some paintings in mini-frames I did for APE. Theyre about 2" to 3" big!

 

Can't wait to sell them come October :D

Making Things

I've been making jewelery lately! These are for APE as well.I have naked ladies, animals, and flowers. I'll have about 60 of them total for October! I'm also going to (re)start up an Etsy store since I've had one empty since 2006.

I am ALSO starting a Freakazoid sculpture to make casts of! SUPER excited about that. Its going to take me ages, but I have months to finish until APE. Hooray!

Convention Talk

While its a long long ways away, I've been getting ready for the convention in October called A.P.E.! This is one of the paintings I plan to sell along with prints. I've also been getting ready to make sculptures...so you'll be seeing more of that soon. Im so excited! Hope to see Bay Area people there!!

Day 25, 26, 27, 28, 29...

I have fallen SO FAR BEHIND. I decided to not color these today, to just draw as many as I could. Phew!



Day 25: Scenery 

 I was stuck on this scenery one because I do not do them often. So then I thought of food as I usually do, and drew a food scene!

Day 26: Something you hate: Ratatouille

Ok so....let me explain. The movie is gorgeous. I own it actually, and I watch it now and then. But the story is what I hate. I could write an essay on it, and actually my friend Raven and I picked it apart and dissected it and if Remy just DIDN'T talk I would like that movie.



Day 27: Someone you love: Chris Meyer!


I love him to death. I like Saturday mornings when I watch him play video games.


Day 28 : Anything you'd like: Bird girl

I started drawing on the train home from work again, and these are some sketches.

Day 29: Someplace you'd like to go: FUCK THIS, A DEER HEAD

So glad this is over :)

Day 24: A Couple

A COUPLE OF NUTS, AM I RITE?!

Day 23 : Something I Need

GLASSES!!


I just bought some new glasses too, they haven't arrived yet but this is what they look like. Huzzaaaaah

Day 22: Something I miss: DE 2D crew

I would love to draw everyone from DE! And I would have for this challenge if I had the time....so, as to not make anyone feel left out too much, I narrowed it down to the 2D department. Brainstorming, creating characters, goofing off, all those things....I miss soooo much with this crew. I'll never forget the 3 1/2 years spent with these guys. DE, surprisingly, had its amazingly fun moments. I miss concepting with you two puddin' pops! SPACEBAR!

Don't worry Darrin, I still love you! We gunna get maaaaarried.

Day 21: Something I want : Buh?

Ok so I cheated a little. There are lots of things I want, like clothes, jewelery, cute dishes and teapots, but I didn't want to draw any of them. Then I remembered I had this drawing leftover from my 'doodle' challenge, and decided to finish it. Although I wouldn't mind a little boy viking for a kid. One day.

Day 20 : Something Orange

I thought of orange, which lead me to orange sherbet, which lead me to 80s roller skating chick. Tadaaa!

Day 19: Something New : Harley

I didn't know what to draw for this...so I drew something I've never drawn before: HARLEY! Yay!

Day 18: A doodle

I actually did this yesterday before work, but I left it...at work. So here is a doodle I started around Halloween and finished up today! An idea my friend Serena came up with, Pumpkin Head kid!

Day 17: Favorite Flower : Bleeding Hearts

I always thought these flowers looked like some fancy Victorian wig. So fancy they are!!!

Day 16 : Inspiration - Paul Dini and Bruce Timm

I think Batman Animated was one of the first shows I watched where I noticed the artwork. So clean! So fluid! So well structured! In college, my professor Brian Ralph re-exposed me to these two guys and I fell in love with their art. Then I forgot about them until my good friend Cory Lewis told me to look up Bruce Timm. So, my biggest influence are these two guys. I re-learned how to draw thanks to them!

Day 13, 14, 15

Day 13 : Comic

           


I totally SUCK AT THIS. This comic one really held be back and now Im 2 days behind. Does it make any sense? No. Is it stupid? Of course! I don't make comics! Rage and anger! I hate it!



Day 14: Favorite Fairy Tale: Little Mermaid

Ok, I didn't look up reference. I was going to draw Ursula all original but it turned out Disney-like anyway. I don't really have a favorite story...I just really wanted to draw a big sexy lady! That, and I love underwater stories....


Day 15: Family Portrait

This is my current family status. Hooray! We love our kittens. This one got rushed so no color mboo.