Tony Mendez

2010-12-16T00:11:00.000-08:00

Hello folks!

Heres a arcade stick i modded with my own artwork. Got it printed by Art from

http://www.tek-innovations.com/arthobbies/

I coulda' printed it out myself but he does such an awesome job and takes a huge chunk of work off your hands by cutting out the art out, even the buttons and other holes depending on the arcade stick. I highly recommend his services if your thinking of printing some of your artwork for your own arcade stick!

He also sells plexi covers for your sticks if you wanna protect the artwork from your dirty hands!

Took out the old Hori buttons and replaced it some sanwa buttons(huge improvement) and switched out the ball top with a Seimitsu bubble top. I got rid of the last 2 buttons since I was never gonna really need them for Street Fighter.

I aint no pro at fighting games, but more of a casual scrub that loves to play!

Here's how the stick looked before I modded it

PEACE!

The Zion Laser Strike

2010-04-16T23:31:00.001-07:00

Check these guys out, they frigging rock! They're working on an album named Masturlord currently, and from what they have up so far, sounds as if it's going to be a must own album. Do yourself a favor and check 'em out

http://www.myspace.com/thezionlaserstrike

Here's a piece I did for them, the sketch and the final piece.

Peace!

Video Games?

2010-03-05T22:24:00.001-08:00

... so Mega Man 9?

2009-12-30T01:10:00.000-08:00

Yeah...how is everyone? Used this for my xbox background. Feel free to use it too if you like...you know...wanna...i'm tired.

2009-11-04T20:00:00.000-08:00

Did this a while back for my friend's skate crew

2009-11-04T19:55:00.001-08:00

I don't know why I did this, just messing with a picture my friend had on his myspace.

2009-11-04T19:28:00.000-08:00

Another design i did for La Rue Royale

2009-11-03T17:46:00.000-08:00

This is a vinyl sticker label(whatever there called) i did for my friend's band, Moon Sassafras. Check their music out, there awesome people and also create such awesome songs that puts you into a atmosphere you can just pack up your bags and live in. http://www.myspace.com/moonsassafras

2009-11-03T17:38:00.000-08:00

I did these flyers a while back for The Airliner in Los Angeles. I was in a band a while back and played here, great place to go and enjoy some local bands and have a drink or seven!

Flipnote Animation!

2009-11-02T22:23:00.000-08:00

Back again, and with more stuff to post. So Nintendo released a newer version of their handheld, the DSi, and yeah i bought it for one reason....well two kinda...but mainly just one thing. They have this app called flipnote studio. It's pretty much a animation program in a little machine that works magic before your eyes. You can draw onto frames, have up to two layers, and even record audio onto it. I've messed around with it for a while when they released it, and did a few animations. Check em out. The program even has it's own website where you upload your animation and allow people to check your work out and comment and whatever. Nintendo is releasing a bigger DSi next year, so I recommend everyone to pick one up now or later when the bigger version comes out. Other reason i bought it was to play some games on it of course, from dragon quest to Korg DS-10. Who cares about that though, and this whole badly written and boring paragraph, just check out the vids and have a chocolate shake!

2009-11-02T21:25:00.000-08:00

Hello again...heres some work i did for my cousin's clothing brand, La Rue Royale. Check out their site if you'd like to check out their other shirts and scoop up a shirt for yourself on their online store.

whoa whoa whoa!!!

2009-11-02T21:09:00.000-08:00

Geez! So i just figured out my log in name after the longest! I have a yahoo account, but for blogger i had to sign up for gmail, so that was confusing. Anyways, it's been years since i've been here! I'm gonna look through my harddrive to see if i can put up any artwork that i've done lately.

2008-03-11T17:20:00.000-07:00

I finished this one yesterday, a revised version of that other lazy rockstar. I decided to go with a different look and added color with...watercolors. I was inspired after seeing some illustration of sonic youth that looked like a ralph steadman illustration, So I tried going in that direction.

New stuff...

2008-03-11T17:17:00.001-07:00

2007-11-03T09:35:00.001-07:00

I did this earlier this year, I never really liked the whole thing since everything is off, but kinda thought the story in here was cute...haha

2007-11-03T09:28:00.000-07:00

I drew that first stormtrooper from a action figure before going to work one day, and drew the rubber-hosed version during my break that same day.

2007-11-03T09:08:00.001-07:00

I did this little design a while back for my friends' skate crew, K-Guey. . .man, i'm hungry.

2007-11-03T09:00:00.000-07:00

2007-09-14T20:31:00.000-07:00

Here's another background.

2007-09-14T20:21:00.000-07:00

Here's some more stuff from my short flash film. I'm trying to add some actual scenes from my short, but each time i try, i fail horribly. haha. This is a kid that falls on some running teeth for a scene. He's only there for a split second, but...I don't know, he's there.

dusty

2007-09-03T01:04:00.001-07:00

It's been so long since i've put anything up, it actually took me almost5 minutes to figure out my username and password! I've been busy latley working on a short flash film. I'll post up the thing once it's done. For now, here's a background i recently did for it. Still not done adding to it.

Couple of hours old...

2007-07-09T02:21:00.001-07:00

After trying out the water colors couple days ago, I decided to keep experimenting with it. So I went out and bought myself a Koi Pocket Field Sketch box(awesome!) and a water color pad. I got the chance to take the things around today. I just returned from a baptism after party and sketched a bit, just to mess with the water colors. I began getting the hang of it, The buzz from the drinks gave me enough courage to select colors and apply it on the page without being cautious of where to place the brush. I was no longer in control of the sketch, I just let my instincts pull the image together. Luckily, I gave myself a limit on drinks; just so I can masterfully avoid getting a d.u.i.! If a limit wasn't placed, the pages would be drenched in water and would eventually curl themselves up once dry. I didn't plan to include that rough beginning sketch in here, but what the hell. Don't drink and post.

Couple of days old...

2007-07-08T13:32:00.001-07:00

I was gonna post this the same night I posted that first blog, but my futon wanted me to have some alone time with it. The next day I had begun to try again. I got as far as to scan the images in, but was then visited by my cousin who had brought over his "glow in the dark" Ouija board. We talked on the phone the day before on how he had just purchased it and began speaking with spirits, including his great grandpa....I should really post these images instead of talking about that day. Here's some stuff I did over at Pricilla’s cafe. Miguel Puga brought along his "Mickey mouse" watercolor set so I was excited to use that. I haven't touched the medium since high school, but as I began bringing in color to the sketches, it was as if I stepped into a time portal to when I was a little boy coloring away on loose pages. It really was some awesome fun...even though I was horrible at it.

Welcome!

2007-07-05T15:14:00.002-07:00

Hello people,

This here is my first post, and I have absolutely no idea on how to start it! Well my name is Tony Mendez and I hope you enjoy your brief stay at my blog as you travel across many other profiles and head back out to the world wide web highway and hitch your way to other websites. I am hoping to "grow" from the feedback on here if i receive any. Currently, i have found myself in a rut in my ways of drawing. So i thought it would be interesting to hopefully blog my way out of it by posting my thoughts and what not.

Here's an ink drawing I did in my sketchbook a couple of months ago. I'm in the process of giving it some color in photoshop; I'll post that up when it's finished. I'm still debating over colors.

Well, I must go and take a shower, I can no longer stand being home. Yeah, I still live with my parents(sigh), and they never seem to take advantage of that air conditioner...it's way too hot in here and this banged up fan is doing a horrible job of keeping me cool. I will post a bit more later tonight. Peace.

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