Here go the MenFolk, or at least 1 man and 3 chillins'... How I Love these old photos...

Here's my favorite guy in the whole wide world, my GrandFather... This one was way, way, way back in the day... Back when people actually interacted with each other... No internet, no cell phones or any of the stuff that has managed to separate us as a people... I only mention it cuz' when Gramps and I would go for our walks, there wasn't anywhere we'd go that a bunch of people didn't know him... It was, "Hey Don Tono" here, "Goin' for a walk Don Tono" there... Now, don't misunderstand the "Don", he wasn't a gangster... It was a show of respect and admiration for a man well liked... And let me tell you, "Like" doesn't cover it, He's LOVED by everyone who knows him, then and now...


On my trip to Puerto Rico, I scanned so many old photos of my family... Two of the people that I didn't have too many photos of were my two cousins... Which, I thought was a shame, since I love them like Brothers... When my Titi O and Ricky moved to Puerto Rico, I was devastated... I lost my Titi, who has always been like a second mother to me... And Ricky, who was the closest thing I had to a brother at the time... Which is why I was always so excited at vacation time... I wish we were all closer to each other... Anywho, this one here is Ricky when he was cruisin' around on a Go Cart...



Here we have Baby Alexis... I scanned a grip of his baby pics, since I had so little of him to begin with... I mean c'mon, look at that grill, he was so Adorable... It's funny, after Alexis was born, Ricky and I would fight about who would hold him... He would say, "He's my brother", and I would say, "But you see him all the time"... Eventually leadin' to my Titi or Mom takin' him away, and us fightin'... Ahh, good times... On this last trip, Ricky wasn't there (Miss You Brotha'), so I got to hang with Alexis more, and his beautiful daughter Nicole... He's a good soul, I wish I woulda' been around him more growin' up...


And then there's me muggin' for the camera... I don't remember what I was thinkin' here, but doesn't it look like I'm about to say one of my Dumb-Ass comments???


Well that's it for this round... I hope you enjoyed the trip down "My Memory Lane", I know I did... Catch ya'll laters...

Tony

Just postin' some more Sketch-A-Doodles today... No CUCOs this time around, just people... I know, Borin', huh??? Anywho, enjoy...

This was a sketch I did of Raf, as I was figurin' out the look for the project I'm workin' on with, well Raf... Tell you guys/girls about it next post, cuz' that one, would take me longer to post than this one did... And I'm not feelin' that right now... Oh, I didn't go with this drawin' style cuz', well, it didn't look right for the story... You'll see what I'm talkin' about next post...


This is just a small piece of a much bigger sketch page... I hated most of that page and, I didn't want to spend more time in PhotoShop than I needed too... That program is the DEVIL, I tell you...


This was for some gig that didn't pan out... But I liked it anyways, so here it goes...


Again, with the Hatin' of the entire Sketch Page, and only grabbin' the one I liked...


More character development for a barbarian story I wanna do someday... Basically, I doodle around with different grey tone markers first, then I go in with an ink pen and sculpt out a doodle... It's fun, and it keeps me loose enough to mess around with different inkin' techniques...


Oh, I added a new link... Check it out...

Well that's it for this edition of "The Lonely Rice Chronicles"... I'm Tony Maldonado, Blah, Blah, Blah. See You Next Time on Blah, Blah, Blah, Peace...

Some more Sketch-A-Doodles, just like I said.. But, I'm gonna leave the Motor City Con Commentary for tomorrow, while I fix some of the pics that I took there to accompany it... Sooo, onto some sketches...

I just felt like mixin' different animal parts together to play around with... Create something that I can animate later, possibly... I should probably pullback with some of the detail though, NAW...


These are a couple of many different alien designs I've come up with, for an idea that's been floatin' around in my melon since High school... When I finally get to it, I should have a plethora of characters to pick from... That's the idea anyway... we'll see... I obviously went with a gross name like "Snotulon", cuz', well, look at it... It's gross...


It's name is "Snotulon"... I'm so juvenile... You Love It !!! Yes You Do...


Okay, so a couple of months ago I came across this site called,

www.mojizu.com

... And it was in it's Beta stage, had a free membership, and involved character designs... How could I pass up such a temptin' offer??? Well, I couldn't, so I joined up... I'm signed on there as tmalo70, if you want to take a look at any new ones I'll post there, or look at any of the other Sooper Kick-Ass MOJIs by other talented Character designers... Below are the two that I've posted so far...

This is Chuckles, my first MOJI... Funny, how he looks like he could be related to one of my CUCOs... Hmmm, interestin'...



Then came ChickaDummy... A description of this little "it" is on their site... Check it out, you know you want too... C'Mon!!! Puh-Leeease...


That's it for this time, hope you weren't too disappointed... Catch you all next time with some more of, whatever it is either of you call it, when you tell other to people to swing by, cuz' it's so FUN here...

Later,

Tony

“Alex Toth: 1928-2006”



SAD, SAD NEWS,one of Comic's and Animation's most influential Artists has passed away... That giant is Alex Toth... For more info click,

Alex Toth: 1928-2006

...

Below, you will see just a handful of what made Alex Toth so Cool, and Inspirational... Then do yourself a favor, and check out the his site for more Greatness... http://tothfans.dynu.com/









GoodBye Alex Toth, You will be missed...

Tony

SORRY!!! SORRY!!! SORRY!!! For the lack of updates... Between Work, Movin' into a new apartment, the Motor City Con, and a 4 day Migraine from HELL, it's been kinda' hard to post anything on this baby... But, I am back and will have a Grip O' Crap to post... Here's a few things just to start off with...

This is a CD cover I did for a punk band from Vegas back in Janurary of 2000... They went by the name 3rd. Man In... They were a pretty good band, unfortunately they broke up and went their seperate ways... The band was represented by John Robinson of NakedMissingPersons, an old friend of mine... Who asked if I was interested in doin' a cover for their cd and possibly namin' the album... I jumped at the chance, since I had never done anything like it before... The next day I sat at my table stumped for hours... I started to get nervous, and started to clean-up my studio... I came across a bag of balloons and started messin' around with makin' animals (I suck at it), and I felt like the Dr. Moreau of Balloon Animals... I must've made like 15 mutant B.A.s... Then it hit me like a sack of nickels, and 30 minutes later I was done with pencils and inks...Lucky for me, they loved the cover and the name... It was pretty cool to watch people buyin' the cd at a couple of the concerts...



Here's a color version someone did...


And, some Digital Camera TomFoolery... It made me laugh while I was doin' it, so I thought I'd post it...


Well, that's it for this post... Come back for some more Monday, where I will bombard you with loads of Sketch-A-Doodles, tell you about the con...

Later,

Tony

Hey Lonely Riceans,

My partner and friend Rafael Nieves has another interview over at

Comic Book Resources

,
check it out... He's tellin' us about his book, The Apocalypse Plan, that is bein' published by Narwain Publishing...

Later,

Tony

P.S. Did I mention that you should go to the interview, now...

P.S.S. For real, go now... Then you can come back... I'll still be here...

Just in case anyone was gettin' bored with my Photo Posts, I thought I'd post some old sketches... They aren't in any particular order, just some old scans... Enjoy...

More Train Peeps...



These are for an IP that I'm slowly devlopin', until I'm comfortable enough and ready to jump on it... Project #2,473...



This Alien Fellow goes by the name Hugo... Yet more Development Sketches, for a project that may happen at a later time... Project # 3,869...



Here's one Bear you don't want to Piss-Off... Or, he's liable to put his Grizzly Style to use on your Ass...



I don't even know... Kids with glowin' eyes, or Demonic Appendages always freak me out... Where's my Holy Water ???



That's it this time...

Later,

Tony

Los Mujeres ( The Ladies )...

Aawww yeah, Grandma' was stylin' with this "DO"... Her rollers did not go waste... Go Abuelita, with Yo' Bad Self...


I'm not quite sure what was goin' on here with Mom's hair, but she shoulda' did it more often... Man, Mom looked a little "DANGEROUS" back in the day, Huh ??? Keep an eye out for that icepick guys...


Titi Olga was snappin' Hawt Shots way before "Glamour Shots" was born... My guess is she coulda' got a few more flowers in that Fro... Whatchu' think ???


PEACE !!!

Tony

Blasto from El Pasto Time...

Here are the men, with the exception of my little cousin Alexis... I don't have any pics of him with his hair out in the open... But, I still Love You kid...

Since Gramps was already Folicly Challenged when I was born, he was known to always have a Chapeau on... Today was not the case... So, he used mine... YeeHaaaaw!!!


My cousin Ricky always wore his "Fro" proudly... He should defintely grow it back...


And then there's me... What the HELL??? I know I'm makin' a face, I know this... But, even if I smiled nicely for the Photographer, look at that hair... Unfortunately, the curse still follows me to this day... After a haircut, I've got 2 good weeks before I have to break out the Cubs hat...


The Ladies are next...

Later,
Tony

HOLA!!!
Remember when I posted that "Cole Cutz" character sketch, and I wrote that when I found the others, I'd post them.. No?.? Well, here they are any way, and some vectors from 2002... Man, I've come a long way with Illustrator... Now, if I can only get better at PhotoShop...... Now these are for an idea my friend Juan Gomez and I came up with a while back... He came up with the Hash Brown character and idea, and I couldn't help but sketch that little dude out... Havin' done that, I couldn't stop designin' characters for this idea... How many of them will actually get used is anyone's guess, but I had a blast comin' up with'em...

Enjoy








Mo' Stuff Later,
Tony

Happy Saturday...

This morinin's post has a few things in it... First off, is

Raf's Interview

over at

comicon.com

... He talks about "The Apocalypse Plan", one of his several projects bein' published by

Narwain

... Along with the interview, is a 5 page preview of the book, with art by Aaron Kuder (And it's Beautimous)... This book is gonna kick some major ass, and prove what I and many others already know, that Rafael Nieves is a brilliant writer whose "Come Uppance" is right around the corner... Check out the interview and art, maybe even leave a comment on what you think about it... Show your support, cuz' in the end, all we've got is each other...


Secondly, here's a post-it doodle I did after noshin' on some Chicago's Pizza... It felt kinda' blah, and like such a generic lil sketch... Well,

Norm

saw it, and asked for a scan... I hooked him up with it, and the next day, he emailed this colorful piece to me... It got lost amongst all my crap, but I found it, and wanted to share it with you guys and girls...


Thirdly, a few more older sketch-a-doodles of mine...

I have a tendency to not be able to throw things away... Even small bits of bristol board... I figure they might make for cool disposable pieces of sketchin' paper... And, this is one of them...


When I used to be an usher at the Auditorium Theatre, I had visual access to many different kinds of people... They came from all walks of life, and this lady was no exception... This is what she looked like, all I did was make her look cartoony... I just might use this design for something, someday...


Yes... I saw "Finding Nemo" a few days before drawin' this...


I doodled this one while waitin' for my Momz delayed flight... It's a good thing I brought my sketchbook with me, cuz' it was 3 and a half hours late...


Well, that's it for this post... Check out that

Interview

, grab your doodlin' supplies, go down to a public place and sketch out some stuff or people or what have you... Get out there be creative and have some fun...

Much Love,

Tony

Chicago's RedLine L Sketches...

Here's another "Oldie" post... Back when I used to take the RedLine to work everyday, the only thing that would make that long-ass commute bearable, was that I'd sketch people on the train... It was a great way to warm-up before gettin' into work and capture so many different looks... Occasionally, someone might see that I was drawin' them, which usually resulted in them either hidin' behind their Sun-Times, or muggin' for the cartoonist (Which would piss me off, especially if I was happy with the sketch)... However, others were so oblivious to everything, they made easy targets... Ahhh, Good Times, Good Times...









If I find anymore, I'll post'em...

Later,

Tony

Update Time...
I know it's been over a week, but here we go... First off, my apologies to those who have seen these "Oldies" already... I have posted these on the

Drawing Board Forums

before, but not here... More later, when I get a minute...

Just a few Warm-Up Sketch-A-Doodles... Just how I start a day of "Arting" for someone else... I'll usually throw some grey tones on later, dependin' on how much time I've got available to warm-up...






"Domo Arrigato, Mr. Roboto"...


I liked this little guy, so he got his own page...


Later,

Tony

"A Valentine's Day Card in March"?!? You ask loudly...

Kinda'...

This was one that I did that was actually on time this year, but only thought of postin' just now... I thought I'd put the sketch and vector art together side by side, instead of two different pieces...

Anywho, check it, and I'll catch you next time...



Tony