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STEVE MONTANO

ghost — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:23:22 +0000

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY PAGE 6

Me, my brother, and my friend Yoken are doing this webcomic called American Otaku so I was looking for some inspiration at the New York Comic Con this year. I bought this original artwork by Steve Montano which basically shows how to draw comics in the oldschool way. It’s amazing how much time and effort is put into just one page. If you look at each dialogue balloon, it’s hand cut and the letters are all written by hand!!! This page had a tracing paper on top so the artist could add more detail without getting his hand smudged on the ink. The texture for space is all hand done of course. Thanks to modern technology, everything is so much easier and faster nowadays. However, it’s always nice to see how real authentic art was made back in the days.

Steve Montano's Original Artwork

CONTAGIOUS

alecho — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 05:37:01 +0000

Why is yawning contagious? I was on Skype the other day talking to my girlfriend, and we were still able to give each other the yawns. Weird.

Here are a couple of links that talks about the contagious nature of yawning.

http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/050309_yawnfrm.htm
http://news.discovery.com/human/yawning-social-behavior.html

REFERENCE: movie “Contagion”

http://american-otaku.com/2011/10/contagious/

EARS IV

alecho — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 04:00:13 +0000

Guys will always be guys… ;)

REFERENCE: artist “Vincent Van Gogh”

http://american-otaku.com/2011/10/ears-iv/

MUD

alecho — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:41:12 +0000

Hear no evil, Speak no evil, See no bikini girls fighting in mud… Anyways, can’t think of any witty comment today, haha.

REFERENCE: movie “Predator”

http://american-otaku.com/2011/10/mud/

ToMato Sketch #26

alecho — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 01:21:36 +0000

New drawing for ToMato. This time I emphasized on the (1) fashion, (2) wrinkles on the clothing, and (3) different posture. Still in the works. Still not too happy with the main character’s hairstyles. Long way to go…

ITCH

alecho — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 10:15:20 +0000

Be careful of what you ask for ;)

REFERENCE: movie “A Nightmare on Elm Street”

http://american-otaku.com/2011/09/itch/

JUST A GAME III

alecho — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 04:43:12 +0000

Hello! I was away from webcomics for couple weeks and your patience is much appreciated! Well, back to comics! and apparently Hulk still has no sense of humor ;) Once again, THANK YOU for sticking around!!! :)

REFERENCE: character “Hulk“, game “Rubik’s cube”

http://american-otaku.com/2011/09/just-a-game-iii/

SURPRISE

alecho — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:49:52 +0000

Now we know why Pikachu refuses to go into a Poke Ball.

Reference: game “Pokemon”

http://american-otaku.com/2011/08/surprise/

HIDDEN POWER

alecho — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 04:00:00 +0000

I really really really don’t like the chalkboard scratching noise!!! Aaaahhhhh!

Reference: marvel heroes “Wolverine“, “Magneto“, and “Juggernaut”

http://american-otaku.com/2011/08/hidden-power/

TRAPPED

alecho — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:53:05 +0000

Another fart joke… but this time it was inspired by a true event. Couple days ago I got into an elevator occupying just me and one other person. I smelt fart. It wasn’t me so obviously it was the other person. He got off soon afterwards. However, bunch of people got on the next floor and they all gave me a nasty look. “It wasn’t me!” Shaggy.

REFERENCE: book “Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator”

http://american-otaku.com/2011/08/trapped/