• Real Name: Rey Ortega
• Gender: Male
• Age: 25
• Location: Oakville, Ontario (Canada)

• Joined: Dec 10th, 2006
• Last Visit: Apr 20th, 2008

User Tags: awesome, illustrator, radical, toronto

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The Adventures of Cagney 

Here are a few pages from my 'choose your own adventure' novel. in total its 32 pages featuring 24 illustrations (spot and half page)

although i've only featured a few samples here, you can undertake the complete adventure at my website!

day eighty-four 

a short two page comic. this was an exercise in creating a 'hook' or twist. every panel tries to subvert the expectations based on the panel prior.

[ Posted by andyristaino on Jun 14th, 2007 11:47 PM ]...

thanks for the add rey.
keep up the good work!

[ Posted by tweedlebop on Apr 19th, 2007 4:14 PM ]...

Rey, it's just one squishy happy social web world! Neat!

[ Posted by daviddegrand on Feb 6th, 2007 12:39 PM ]...

Hey Rey, your sketchbook Fridays on your blog are awesome, gives me something to look forward to each week. Can't wait for more!

1 Reply [ Latest posted on March 1st, 2007 12:15 PM ]

[ Posted by ReyOrtega on Mar 1st, 2007 12:15 PM ]... thanks David! i recently added the three submissions that i sent out to applied arts magazine! check em out and tell me what you think!

[ Posted by robertmlee on Jan 28th, 2007 1:52 AM ]...

I seek battle.

[ Posted by Looseville on Jan 15th, 2007 5:48 PM ]...

Loving the wood panel stuff dude, brilliant!

[ Posted by steam on Jan 14th, 2007 8:53 AM ]...

Hey Rey

I'm diggin' algonquin just fine man and I dig your illustration work too, keep at it!

[ Posted by robertmlee on Jan 12th, 2007 7:17 PM ]...

I know you in real life. Your a horrible person. The shame...

[ Posted by romantic on Jan 3rd, 2007 1:16 AM ]...

I like the connect the dots comic! <3

[ Posted by illustrators_lounge on Dec 24th, 2006 3:25 PM ]...

Good stuff mate! And a great pic on yor page, very eye catching (for me it was anyway- I love pixel art). Are you into the old Lucas Arts games of the nineties?

Merry X-Mas from the Lounge!

2 Replies [ Latest posted on January 2nd, 2007 8:22 AM ]

[ Posted by ReyOrtega on Jan 1st, 2007 11:49 PM ]... i'm a huge fan of pixel art and 2d cartoons - it's also why i love my DS so much, its pretty much the last place you can go for some old school graphics. and following that! i loved those 90's adventure games, monkey island, the dig, sam and max (a really good one) and full throttle! i want to see those kinda games come back! anyways, happy new-years! i hope you all got totally drunk!

[ Posted by illustrators_lounge on Jan 2nd, 2007 8:22 AM ]... Day of the Tentacle is my all time favourite! We've found Steve Ince on here, a guy who's worked on BrokenSword...great guy! We are slowly putting together a point and click game ourselves, so it was nice to find him on here. What would you think of a cartoony murder mystery game? That's kind of where we are going with it...

[ Posted by alfredoybruno on Jan 2nd, 2007 4:56 AM ]...

Thank you very much... I'll translate all the strips to english as soon as I can. Drop by often ;-) I've visited your web site too. I love your work, specially the ink portraits. :-) See you

[ Posted by Looseville on Dec 30th, 2006 7:47 AM ]...

Generally I feast on the tears of orphans to keep up the cartooning. More so now over the Christmas period.

[ Posted by bencze on Dec 23rd, 2006 12:20 PM ]...

nice blogwork

[ Posted by brandonbolt on Dec 23rd, 2006 1:29 AM ]...

Ah. You added me. This is good, because I want to be able to keep up with your stuff and this makes it easier. Cartoons on wood panels = pretty brilliant.

There seems to be a lot of cartoon-inspired painting going around these days, that I've noticed. I wonder if you could sell pieces like that, actual comics, on a fine-art basis? Intriguing.

[ Posted by Postjob on Dec 20th, 2006 12:04 AM ]...

Thanks for the add! I dig your stuff, please keep it up for everyone's viewing pleasure.

How are you liking Wordpress? I enjoy it thoroughly.

[ Posted by uboy on Dec 19th, 2006 2:59 PM ]...

Hey Rey, thanks for the add

[ Posted by takisoma on Dec 18th, 2006 9:46 AM ]...

thanks for checking out my website! and yes, it's very minimal and clean... I told my designer that I believe in 'less is more' theory :)

btw, that keyboardguitar thing is called keytar. it makes me feel totally rock and roll --

I love your artwork, very unique.

[ Posted by daviddegrand on Dec 18th, 2006 12:46 AM ]...

Thanks for checking out my stuff and I'm glad you like it! Your artwork is AMAZING!! Looks like you're one of those artists that's going to get me to work extra hard to get to your level, THANKS A LOT!

[ Posted by ToxicShockComics on Dec 15th, 2006 7:17 PM ]...

Hey, thanks for the add. I like the art a lot, keep it up.

-Mike Storniolo
Toxic Shock Comics

[ Posted by longstreth on Dec 15th, 2006 7:09 AM ]...

Are you kidding??! LONGSTRETH is my name--Don't wear it out! :)

[ Posted by Joe_Annabi on Dec 14th, 2006 5:14 AM ]...

Dude. I'm moving to Reytronia. :) I like your stuff man. I really want to see this comic you're doing on wood. Nice to meet you.