Etched in Stone Productions is a multi-media production company. We create graphic novels, print media, on-line entertainment and other various artistic creations.

http://www.etchedinstoneproductions.com



My finished comix stories @
http://user.drunkduck.com/Matchhead1984

Niche: Social/Political conscious thesis presented with edgy artwork and media.

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Etched in Stone creates innovation and promotes social awareness through art that reflects todays social climate. Though our art may be edgy at times, it carries a positives message, which is our main goal.

We do work for hire projects and enjoy working with other creative or social active organizations. Feel free to contact us with how we can help you…

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My current work as an artist revolves around the graphic novel art form, but ranges from fine art to film and music. The Graphic Novel art form is my medium of choice because it encompasses visual art and the written word, two very powerful forms of communication, which are fused into an amalgam that has not been cultivated enough as a free art form without conventions. The Graphic Novel can be distributed to multiple individuals for a relatively low price and is unique in the way it interacts with its audience. This art form has been my passion since I was a child drawing comics with my older brother and watching my uncle paint murals in my house.







Here are some of my paintings and such.

I am currently working hard in my studio on some paintings for an artshow. Its funny, I've had more success selling paintings than getting work in the comic field, and I love comics more. I guess I've been going to school too long...but I'm done now! Whew, still have the loans though.



Some of my favorites:
X-Men, Conan Magazine, Maus, original TMNT, Love and Rockets, Kabuki, Graphic Novels
Diego Rivera, Pablo Picasso, Jack Kirby, John Buscema, Barry Winsor-Smith







“A few years after a war that was decided upon by .0002 percent of the population, half the people of the world try to survive its repercussions. Radiation, Chemical poisoning, lack of natural resources, hate, anger, and oppression run unbound across the globe. This is a world that mirrors our own world. This is a city that mirrors every city…Scarcity.



Scarcity: The demand and need of something that there is not enough of. A Scarcity of love, of hope, of goodness, of faith…of all things that are light. This is where these characters dwell. Absorbed by their own stories, guilt, shame, heroics, power, fame or vanity. They live these extraordinary events only to lead to the inevitable. The end/the beginning.”



“So it was all about the war. Not even all the other wars before then could compare to its devastation. People have killed before, but this time it was radioactive. Everyone was warned about what would happen if they used experimental weapons and untested technology. They spent million, trillions of dollars writing proposals and trying to fight against the use of mass destruction. No one predicted it, except for everyone. They all thought about it as the end of the world.

Some countries were completely annihilated. No survivors, no apologies. Of course they were the non-violent countries as compared. The world order was needing a dominant lead, and who wanted to be leader? Everyone. Technology gave man the power to vaporize themselves and lots of greedy men had it. It was not a decision that was given to most people of the world. Only those few who had the choice to wield the power. And when one decided to use it, the rest could only follow...and follow they did...as fast as they could.

They soon developed genetic experiments which could enhance a humans abilities. They created monstrosities. They used weapons of war that were never contemplated before because of its certain death to mankind. They left unbelievable amounts of land desolate and forever dead. The toxins left would kill any breathing thing. Who would win? What would happen to civilization then? Would there be anything left? Those were the questions being contemplated then. Even the most high breathed in their mortality. After all, we’re only human anyway.

Lets have peace. C’mon, let’s shake hands and forget about all this stuff. It’s the past anyway. We can make it work. Let us gather together and use our technology for good. God gave it to us for a reason. But did they believe in God? Did they believe that God was looking upon them in anger and holding his wrath until it filled the cup...Did they know that their notrocitites were prophesied and their hearts are empty. They could do nothing except play their role. Every one has a chance. And so it was written.”




EDUCATION
BA in Experimental Film, San Francisco Art Institute; San Francisco, CA
AA Degree in Graphic Design; Butte College, CA
Areas of study include: illustration/painting, graphic design, video
production/film and sculpture.


EMPLOYMENT
Oct 2006-present
Tales of Scarcity, finishing books that have been working on since before college.
(authors/creators: Ruben Vera, Daniel Vera)

Freelance for T-Shirt design, illustration, animation, commissioned murals/portraits, business owner


May 2006 to Oct 2006
Marine World, Caricature artist, Vallejo, CA

Oct 2005 to June 2006
After School Art Instructor, James Lick Middle School
Teaching comic book art: storytelling, genres, history of the art form, drawing methods.
Managing classroom of 10-15 students ages 11-14.
Creating class agendas.

June 2004 to Oct 2005
Art Director, Voice Magazine, Paradise, CA
Publishing a bi-monthly youth art/writing/poetry magazine. 32pgs full color
Layout (InDesign/Photoshop); Cultivating content by working with schools and organizations, local and in SF; Working with artists of all ages.
Helping society through the use of art.
Highlights: Interviewed Joe Quesada (Marvel Editor), David Mack (Kabuki) for special section of Voice called “The Big Picture”.




The ideas and concepts explored in my work are both aesthetic and introspective. Aesthetically, I am interested in synthesizing words and art to create stories and or communications which would engage the audience clearly yet innovatively. I am not interested in creating a new category of art but rather use those that exist in unity and choose which medium would best suit the means of communicating an idea or feeling.