New Street Fighter Art book dropping in September! OH YEAH!

OH YEAH!!
(ahem.)
Oh baby, oh…I’ve been scouting out the imports of the Street Fighter art books for a couple of months now, unwilling to pay the current ebay premiums. Keep them Ebay, Iv’e got mine on pre-order already courtesy of amazon! Woot! I’m estatic! The info is courtesy of the Capcom blog, and here [...]

Street Fighter IV official desktops (Japan)

I just came across this link to Street Fighter 4 desktops…so naturally I’m sharing it! It’s located on Capcom’s Japanese servers, so don’t be scared if you see little English, hehe. And you guys know how much I love Street Fighter…
here you go ladies and gents, the desktops await you here.

KING OF FIGHTERS…I HEART YOU

I’m a BIG, HUGE King of Fighters fan. I love their character designs, and I’ve always seen KOF as a more brutal type of street fighter which is somewhat of a ‘clean’ fighter. I actually collect KOF games for consoles, and with the upcoming release of KOF XII, I am stoked!! (and so is my [...]

John Dillinger: Public Enemy

A drawing of the Infamous John Dillinger, inspired by the upcoming movie, Public Enemies.
Dillinger was a “criminal’s criminal”- robbed banks on sheer free will, and laughed at the authorities during his campaign of (bank) terror. This drawing is based off of his real life image (located at the wiki page below), not from Johnny Depp’s [...]

Awesome- Don’t Call Me post @ Drawger blog

Wow. One of the best, honest posts I have read lately is from Gary Taxali over at the drawger blog – he’s ranting about how companies are trying to get over on artists in this down economy, and he’s most definitely not having it. The wave of comments solidify that this guy has definitely touched [...]

RIP Dave Arneson, co-founder of Dungeons & Dragons

I’d like to send a shout-out+RIP to one of the co-founders of the Dungeons & Dragons Movement- Dave Arneson, which shaped most of the fantasy world concepts and ideas that us artists and regular(sic) people enjoy today. Good Show, Dave, Good show. Get more info and links to memorials at other game sites over at [...]

Catalog your favorite online images with Vi.sualize.us

Just beginning to keep track of web images I’m inspired/influenced/outraged by with this cool site called VI.SUALIZE.US. Basically an images version of de.licio.us, it’s wondrous because you dont have to store them offline and can view them on any computer. Sweet.
Check out my images feed here: http://vi.sualize.us/ashmadux/

Added a galleries page to host photoblogs of special events. First up: The International Armory Art Show. Click on the Flicker Galleries link in the main navigation bar or simply click here.

Street Fighter 4 Illustrated Training Manual (PDF)

Wow. Simply, WOW. Japanese character design has always been one of my bigger inspirations, second only to the Marvel Universe. that said, Capcom is offering free download of the Street Fighter IV Training Manual, for those of us that cant afford to purchase the printed book-yeah yeah, recession, baby. An absolute must-have piece of material- [...]