Happy Memorial Day! I’m currently in Elkhart, Indiana doing an inline half-marathon. Hope you’re enjoying your holiday. So here we have ASIMOV beginning his story, and lo and behold we get his origin! A lowly trash collector. I wonder how he got to be the sophisticated machine he is now?
Win a piece of Marooned original artwork!
Hello Martians out there! Welcome to the Marooned Original Art Contest. The prize for the winner is a piece of original artwork from an unpublished strip – truly a unique Marooned artifact! Just think, when I’m a rich and famous artist, you can sell it on the market for millions!
The Prize
The artwork is the original piece from this unpublished strip (click to see full-sized version):
The artwork is pencil and ink on 300 series Bristol board. It will be spray mounted and suitable for display or further framing and will be shipped free of charge to the winner.
How to Enter
Entering is simple, just create a piece of fan art and send it to me and you will be entered into the contest. You can do the art however you like, in whatever medium you like. You can either create it digitally (or scan it) and e-mail it to me at pixelmech@gmail.com, or you can send it to:
Tom Dell’Aringa
Fan Art Contest
91 Fay Ave
West Dundee, IL 60118
Official Rules
Contest begins immediately and ends on midnight, CST June 30th, 2008. I am the sole judge on which piece of fan art wins, so tickle my fancy. Please keep all fan art family friendly. Art that is not family friendly will be automatically disqualified.
Good luck!
I just finished upgrading to Comic Press 2.5, I believe the odd navigation problems are now solved. Let’s hear it for Tyler. Some of my styles are not quite right, but I wanted to get the fix in as soon as possible. I’ll finish tweaking the design over the next week or so, but the main thing is the site should work much better and be organized much better.
Ah, so this is what ASIMOV had in mind. I wonder what he has to say? Although my official update day is Monday, I think I will often post sometime on Sunday to make things easier on myself, since I get up pretty early to work out and get to work. Be sure to check out the contest to find out how you can win a piece of original artwork from the strip.
NOTE: I’ve had more than a few people e-mail and ask about getting the 3d file for this model. Right now it’s buried somewhere on a CD in storage. I have no idea if and when I’ll have time to dig it out. Even if I do, it’s not a polygon model – it’s a spline model. That means unless you are using Hash Animation:Master, you’re out of luck. So I suggest if you really want a Mach 5 3d model – you make one! 
Well, I was a huge Speed Racer geek when I was a kid, so I’m really looking forward to the movie tomorrow. I’ve already purchased myself a little Mach 5 toy that I’ve been zooming around my desk in anticipation. So to celebrate the movie, here’s a 3D model of the Mach 5 I did a few years ago in Hash Animation:Master while I was learning the software. They ended up putting on their demo CD and I even got a free jacket out of it. I only wish it were in my garage!
Edit: Found a bunch of renders of the Mach 5 in 3D in various states of progress, including a final one done with some “show models†by a John B. where he took my model and mixed it with his girls. I’ve added those as well.
ASIMOV is on the job… what will he do?
My wife and I went to see Iron Man yesterday afternoon. Since I was a big Iron Man fan as a kid, I was really looking forward to the movie. I think this might be Marvel Studios best work yet, it was a fantastic movie and Robert Downey Jr. is incredible in the role of Tony Stark. It’s certainly as good as the first Spider Man, which is my other favorite Marvel hero.
Anyway, as an homage to Iron Man, Captain John decided to don a tribute suit and take flight. I had lots of fun doing this one.
Eben07.com has posted a review of Marooned. I think they are actually spot-on and did a great job. Thanks guys.
I did another playing card today, this time using Ugo as the Joker card. I like it better than the King card myself.
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