Hello everyone, I know that i have been gone for some time.  But things have been crazy as usual with the nine to five and the recreational side of my artwork.  I'm happy to announce that I have quite a bit of new stuff to offer for my next show.  I have taken a little bit of a departure from what i usually sell at the shows.  So debuting at Long Beach Comic Con, I will have some of my t-shirts and accessories for sale.  I hope to see you all athere and I hope that you stop by the table and take a look.  I will be posting different new items that will be available at the show as the date gets closer.  So please be sure to check in, thanks everyone.

Hello everyone, I have been asked many times if I do commissions, and the answer is yes.  The issue is that I have a fulltime job and I find it hard sometimes to do extra work. But in an effort to do more drawing in 2012 i have decided i will take on commission work in 2012.  so here are the prices and I hope that this answers some if not all of the commission questiuons you all may have.

Prices
8.5"X11"  on  bristol board
black and white w/ marker wash (single character w/minimal background) $50.00
(shipping not included)


If you want multiple characters then the price increases depending on the amount of characters.  
I prefer to work at a smaller scale because it's fast and easier for me to get the work done.

Also I will get a list started, so feel free to contact me if youy are interested in a piece.  I will take ten commissions at a time and as I complete a piece.  I will alert then next person in line to an open spot.  If you would like to be on this list ifeel free to contact me at

rubenmartinez73@yahoo.com

I hope this gives you all the necessary info, and I look forward to hearing from you, thanks.

SORRY I"M CURRENTLY NOT TAKING ANY OTHER COMMISSIONS UNTIL AFTER WONDER CON.  SO I WILL FINISH ALL THE ONES CURRENTLY ON MY LIST.  I WILL LET YOU ALL KNOW WHEN I START UP AGAIN, THANKS FOR UNDERSTANDING.

O.K. just in time for Halloween, there will be a great art show which celebrates the greatest of all holidays.  There are many great artist working in many different mediums.  and all of this artwork will be for sale. For more info check out this link.

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Hello guys,I know I have been away for some time.  But I want to take this time to hopefully get some of us involved in a very worthwhile event that my friend Kam has spearheaded.  This event is to raise funds to help find treatment and a possibly cure for H.I.B.M (Hereditary Inclusion Body Myopathy)  a very seriuous dabilatating muscle disease that effects about a 1000 people in the world.   Please take some time to visit the link I have attached, it speaks to the cause better than I ever could.  And please feel free to participate if you can,  every little bit counts.  Thanks so much.

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O.K. everyone, it's that time of year again.  I will be in artist alley and selling new prints and my artbooks.  so, if time permitts, come by and say hello.  I look forward to seeing some familar faces, and some new ones.  I hope you all have a good show.

I would like to thank Mr. $hwetzler for the premium membership.  I really appreciate the act of kindness.  please send me a link where i can view your stuff (art) or just email me.  I would like to thank you personally and possible do a art piece based off of your request.  thanks again.

hello everyone, if anyone of my fello So Cal based deviants is in the Anaheim area this weekend.  come on down to the Anahiem Comic Con.  it promises to be a fun show.  and if you don't have fun there.  you can always walk across the street and go to Disneyland.  hope to see some of you there.

well I'm back at work and basking in the glow that was Wonder Con.  as usual, i had a lot of fun meeting my fellow deviants, and meeting all of the bay areas art, and comic supporters.  I had the pleasuer of sitting next to Mr. Justin Chung, and his gal Suzi, and to the left of me was Ms.Camilla d'Errico and Tritan, thanks for the pizza.  i usually walk away meeting great artist like them and meeting really nice people which is why this is one of my favorite shows to do.  I want to thank all of my repeat customers, it really means a lot to me that all of you come back for more.  so i want to formaley thank you all.  and to all of the new people that bout my wares,i hope that you all feel that you walked away with something worthwile. thanks again.

well wonder con is this weekend, and i will be traveling up to my favorite city by the bay.  i will have copies of the Extinction, aswell as original artwork from the book.  I will also be selling copies of my Alice and Wonderland piece.  so i must say this is probally my favorite show to do.  the size is right, it's only three days, and it's in San Francisco!!!!  so if you don't have plans and want to take a drive.  come see me I'll be in artist alley and i hope to see some of my fellow deviants.  see you this weekend.  P.S. after the show i will begin posting new artwork, so stay tuned.

o.k. for all of you deviants that live in socal, and have deep pockets.  come on down 2/6/201 to the nucleus gallery.  for those of you unaware of nucleus, it's a great bookstore/gallery that has monthly themed exhibits.  this months theme is "zombies in love".  i will have two of my pieces in the show, so come on down for a fun night.

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part of my New Years resoloution is to definitely do more art in 2010.  i will be riding the train more this year.  which followers of my deviant site know, is prime drawing time for me.  i think that i'll focus less on the monster stuff this year (not entirely true).  that way i can draw everything and anything that comes to mind.  which will hopefully be fruitfull and interesting to you the viewer.  so i will do my best to get a lot of work done and continue to push myself artistically.  thanks for hanging in there with me and i hope that you enjoy the upcoming work.

o.k. for those of you that live in L.A. please think about coming down to the first annual Long Beach Comic Con at the long beach conventiion center.  i pesonally like the smaller show because it gives people more time to do all the little things they can't at the bigger shows.  so please come on downif you can.  the artist guest list is getting bigger by the day.  so take a look at the shows website for more info.  i hope to see some of you deviants ther.

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hey guys i know that i haven't been to active lately.  buy my full time job is really busy this time of year  and thos etoys aren't going to make themeselves.  si once things die down i will begin drawing more for mysef, and then i'll post.  thanks .

well guys if you live in So Cal.  you know that House of Secrets is one of the best comic shops around.  It's a multi nominated Eisner Spirit Arawrd shop.  They have always been very supportive of my work and they are doing so again.  so this Friday i will be there signing copies of Extinction and selling pieces of original artwork.  so if you are interested come on down and say hello.  but if you have never been to House of Secrets, come down and support this comic shop. it get's my seal of approval.  take a look at the flyer I've posted for more details.

Once again, WOW!!!  I would like to thank all of my fellow Deviants and everyone else that came out in support of my second book.  i can't tell you how much it means that you would spend your hard earned cash on my artwork.  especailly in these crazy financial days we are experiencing.  I really do appreciate it.   The thing i like the most about comic con, is interacting with all the fans and my fellow amazing artist.  i sid it before but it takes alot of conviction to throw yourself out to the masses to be judged.  so to my fellow artist in artyist alley i salute you all again.  Now that's over, I'm going to go lie down for a while to catch up on some much neede rest.  talk to you all soon.

WOW that's what i call, cutting it a little to close.  but my books are in hand and now i feel so much better about next week.  once again the books will be $25.00, and they are hardcover full color.  so if you are interested stop by my table in artist alley (JJ08) and take a look.  see you all at the show and i hope you all have a good time.

thanks for the heads up.  i knew the # seemed odd.  so i checked the site and confirmed the table number.  sorry for the confussion.

so i believe i will be at table AA96 in artist alley.  so come by and say hello.  hope to see many of you Deviants as possible.

O.K. it's almost that time again.  it's always so much fun meeting all the Deviants at the shows i attend.  some i know and some i don't, but at the endof the day it's aklways good to put faces to the on screen names.  so if you are in artist alley, come by and take a look.  i hope to see some of you guys there.  i will have my table # soon and will post it, if anyone os looking for me.  see you there.

o.k. i know that i have been away for a while but I'm beginning to post more regularly.  so if you have the time stop by and take a look at what's new and hopefully it will satisfy!