The Man Who Bled Roses

RAW Underground Art Show

2013-01-17T06:25:00.001-08:00

Original prints, art and books at the RAW underground art and rock show in Indy.

Paul Schmitt from Gargantuan Media, here. I'll be at the first RAW underground artshow of 2013 on V-Day February 14th. I really need to move some Pre-Sale tickets! $5 off the first 20 people who use the promo code "Gargantuan Media" in the ordering menu.

RAW on Valentine's Day, Thursday the 14th, at Bartini's 39 West Jackson Place #75 in Downtown Indy. I will be celebrating my first true loves: booze and rock'n roll. Pre-Order tickets are only $10 and that gets you:

Two bands including the excellent Chicago Typewriters.
Burlesque show from Vegas Showgals PUR.
Work from 10 Artists including my newest prints and books.
A great chance to network with a wide group of artists and film-makers.

Please Pre-Order tickets to ensure my appearance and those of all these excellent bands! You will save $5 on tickets when you buy the Pre-Sale tickets. Please remember select "Gargantuan Media" when you order your tickets and support small press. See you guys and gals there.


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Animation Production Art: The Middle

2012-01-09T00:01:00.000-08:00

The concept for this animation began as sketches in 2006. In 2012, the project is getting fully rendered.

I am preparing a Demo for my dA comic artists' group #IndieGraphicNovels and this is the final product of the web comic/animation production. The effort went fairly quickly due to the incredible amount of professional hours I've spent as an Illustrator on projects that make "money". Have you heard of it?

Kinda hard to picture the narrative with just an image sequence? Maybe you should take a look at this Box.net file. The same file, seen below, is a story board panel/pencil page from a long scene in The Man's colossal corporate job. His building is a sprawling, over-crowded rat maze. One of many existential cross roads he finds himself inside of.

The pencils for the main scenes are re-scanned as whole pages. Now, I'm digitally inking them.

This story looks like it will be included in a larger book project and self-published printed as part of an anthology. As you can see above (I think), the art is slowly getting digitally re-inked for Print. Fun city, here I come, babies.


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The Man Who Bled Roses

2011-05-31T00:01:00.000-07:00

A web comic and animation about the strange curses of the city.

The Man Who Bled Roses is an independent animated film that was, regrettably, totally destroyed in a fire a few years ago in 2006. The original film has been lost but not forgotten.

Today, I'm in the in the very early stages of re-assembling the entire project. Currently, I'm in a second pre-production phase as I re-draw several scenes and re-digitize them.

The story follows a grown-up version of Charlie Brown as he bumbles around working in Corporate America and falling in love with a beautiful young woman. This woman has absolutely no interest in him unaware of his affection.

After visiting a strange flower store in a lame attempt to impress his love, The Man inexplicably begins to sprout roses, thorns and vines from his skin pores.

When I get some more of this film re-constructed I'll post some images and clips.


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Excuse me? Miss? Excuse me, please ...

2011-05-03T00:19:00.000-07:00

Some re-constructed production art of the main character.

The Man Who Bled Roses character is a real square - a nebbish nerd who falls for a pretty young muchacha. The character has always reminded me of Pugsly Addams or Charlie Brown if Mr. Tim Burton imagined them.

The script is also getting a much needed re-tooling - I am adding some interesting bits to really emphasis the plant's explosive growth cycle.

The Man Who Bled Roses character is a real square - a nebbish nerd who falls for a pretty young muchacha. The character has always reminded me of Pugsly Addams or Charlie Brown if Mr. Tim Burton imagined them.


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They were everywhere.

2011-05-01T00:00:00.000-07:00

Some re-constructed production art of more characters.

These zombie characters are exaggerated versions of the Man's co-workers who appear to him as nightmarish caricatures - evil-minded zombies that block him from the Pretty Woman he has become infatuated with.

Working at a colossal corporation finding his office and cubicle in a murky, unhappy way.

The Man Who Bled Roses character is a real square - a nebbish nerd who falls for a pretty young muchacha. The character has always reminded me of Pugsly Addams or Charlie Brown if Mr. Tim Burton imagined them.


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She was so close, but just out of reach.

2011-04-29T00:01:00.000-07:00

The love interest, The Very Pretty Woman is a bit off-put by our hero.

The Pretty Woman character is another sensitive person, like The Man, who is lost in a dimly lit maze of angry, confused people. If the poor dweeb just got it together enough they would really get along! Unfortunately for The Man, he doesn't ever have it quite together enough.

The Man Who Bled Roses character is a real square - a nebbish nerd who falls for a pretty young muchacha. The character has always reminded me of Pugsly Addams or Charlie Brown if Mr. Tim Burton imagined them.


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