Fat Mike / Cokie the Clown

Fat Mike of NOFX dressed up as Cokie the Clown - his cocaine deranged alter-ego. Unfortunatelly, the clown make-up was eventually omitted  as I couldn't paint it properly for some reason (my artistic skills are limited in many ways)... But I guess it still makes a decent Fat Mike pic, though.

Corto Maltese

Even though I never was a die-hard "Corto Maltese" reader, I did this experimental piece for a Hugo Pratt fan exhibit that will be held during Belgrade's "Night of the Museums" event on May the 19th.

Snape !

A fully colored pencil quickie of Professor Snape from "Harry Potter".
The most painful part was drawing the Slytherin crest and the frame.

Gaston Lagaffe

This was supposed to be just a color practice. It turned out fully rendered. I chose Franquin's Gaston because he was easy to sketch in minutes and I needed a sketch to start a color test in Photoshop. Maybe people couldn't guess by the looks of my art today, but Andre Franquin was possibly my biggest influence in art. I studied his style meticulously when I was 15. So, here's a tribute to this great artist and storyteller!

It all Ends...

Inspired by "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2". I have to admit I'm not really satisfied with the pencil work I did on this one, but it served its purpose of being a testbed for my ongoing color experiments well. This turned out to be the last post of 2011 although I have six more unfinished illustrations that will be carried over into 2012, along with recoloring the old works.

Web Lab

A commission I did for a friend's website.

Sketchdump of 2010

Various commissioned artwork done in 2010.
Mostly math textbooks and some commissions by friends.

Nathan from "Misfits"

Nathan Young - both obnoxious and lovable, a twat and a prick - probably the most memorable character featured in this British science fiction comedy-drama.

NOFX: Backstage Passport

Fat Mike (bass, lead vocals), El Hefe (lead guitar, trumpet, backing vocals), Eric Melvin (rhythm guitar, accordion, backing vocals) and Smelly (drums) from NOFX. NOFX are an American punk band formed in California in 1983. Today, they are probably the biggest and most popular independent punk band in the world best known for their D.I.Y. approach to music (minimal staff and crew, no management, self-promoting and show booking, staying off the major record labels, mainstream magazines, MTV and commercial radio stations). The artwork was inspired by their documentary series "NOFX: Backstage Passport" which was a lot of fun! I wanted to capture a kind of "trading card" look to it.

Check out the awesome "NOFX: Backstage Passport" theme song at YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xcZvN349c0

Harry Potter fan art ...

Some of the recent Harry Potter quickies turned out fine, so I decided to clean them a bit and give them a full coloring treatment...

LEFT: Sirius Black - based upon Gary Oldman - in his human and Animagus form, with the ancient Black family house elf, the vile Kreacher. RIGHT: Year four Harry from the "Goblet of Fire" era. Inspired by the looks of actor Daniel Radcliffe.

Last Stop Tokyo

Joey Ramone as the Modesty Blaise type of a super-spy in the Cold War setting. This piece was inspired by the Riverdales' song "Last Stop Tokyo". Riverdales were a Chicago-based punk rock band that started off in 1994 as one of the Ramones-core bands, but went on to create a whole new aesthetics of their own. Go check them out HERE!

Ramones, ver. 2.0

Final revamped colors for the Ramones artwork originally drawn in 2010.

Vekovnici

The fully colored version of the pencil illustration I was asked to do for the cover of "Vekovnici" Sketchbook #4. I previously did a 3-page sequential for a "Vekovnici" book in 2010, published by System Comics.

Exhibition Promo Material

The promo material (biography) and the banner/e-mail invitation I produced for my upcoming exhibition at Belgrade Student Cultural Center which will be held from June 3rd to June 17th. On display will be an array of my previous work (childhood era included, beginning with 1989) complete with current digital artwork. I especially enjoyed assembling all of my childhood heroes - featured throughout my career - for the first time in one single picture: Gremlins, Jurassic Park, The Addams Family, Terminator, The Crow, Alien, Starship Troopers, Godzilla and fighter jets/Robotech...

UPDATE: A big "thank you" to everyone who came to see the exhibit!

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

It took me ages to complete the colors for this, but it is finaly done! A fan-art piece with all the main characters from "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince". The likeness was loosely based on the franchise actors. I loved the J.K. Rowling's book and even David Yates' 2009 film adaptation was decent enough.

Mayakovsky

Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930), a Russian poet.

The Axemen of Aerosmith

Joe Perry and Brad Whitford of Aerosmith.

An Aerosmith cassette was among the first I ever bought when I was 13.

S.

Just a certain Northern girl I know...

Stupid Kid Abroad

My new short comic based on a true story. Published in "Novi Magazin" #22 and to be published in the annual "Komiko" anthology of modern Serbian comics 2011.

Stayin' Alive cover

Cover art for an episode ("Stayin' Alive") of "Bloodless" comic book created and written by Marko Stojanović. Published in Serbia by System Comics.

Ron & Hermione

Sirius Escapes + So Alone . . .

RIGHT: Sirius Black flees Hogwarts grounds riding on the back of Buckbeak the Hippogriff... Inspired by "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" - most notably it's film version by Alfonso Cuaron. I found Gary Oldman a perfect cast for the role of Harry's godfather Sirius Black. Even though it was the first Harry Potter film adaptation that differed significantly from the J.K. Rowling's book, it remains a personal favourite.

LEFT: The illustration was inspired by the opening chapter of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" published in 2003 after five years of anticipation:

"The hottest day of summer so far was drawing to a close and a drowsy silence lay over the large, square houses of Privet Drive. Cars that were usually gleaming stood dusty in their drives and lawns that were once emerald green lay parched and yellowing; the use of hosepipes had been banned due to drought. Deprived of their usual car-washing and lawn-mowing pursuits, the inhabitants of Privet Drive had retreated into the shade of their cool houses, windows thrown wide open in the hope of tempting in a nonexistent breeze. The only person left outdoors was a teenage boy who was lying flat on his back in a flower bed outside number four."

Partibrejkers

A tribute to the cult Belgrade garage/blues/punk-rock band. The lyrics snippets were written in hand by my friends: Jana Aleksić, Bojana Janjić, Sonja Baltezarević, Ksenija Marković, Bojan Palikuća, Milutin Bešlić, Filip Janković and Miloš Dimitrijević. Thanks, guys!

Bloody Baron

A commissioned art I did for a friend's historical article on Baron von Ungern-Sternberg...

I decided to use traditional water color technique combined with a few simple Photoshop effects.

Jurassic Park

The sick Triceratops scene. Paleontologist Dr Alan Grant (portrayed by Sam Neil) and paleobotanist Dr Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern) from Steven Spielberg's "Jurassic Park". Every now and then I tend to re-watch this exciting movie and it amazes me over and over again.

Hudson from "Aliens"

"Even though his motion tracker detected no activity in the sector, Private First Class Hudson, W. suddenly felt the sort of anxiety that you feel when a pointy teeth monster stares at you from the dark - and a strange heat washed over him, the heat that had absolutely nothing to do with the warm corn fields of his native, far away Oklahoma..."

This artwork is based on Bill Paxton's character of Pvt. Hicks, the cocky U.S. Colonial Marine from James Cameron's "Aliens". Ever since the film's 1986 debut, every single line of his dialogue has become a popular cultural reference ("Game over, man, game over!", "Why don't ya put her in charge!", "Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen", "Is this going to be a stand-up fight, sir, or just another bughunt?", "We're on an express elevator to hell, goin' down!" ... just to name a few).

Trespasser: Jurassic Park

This 1997 video game is often regarded as one of the worst games in history. Advanced for its time - featuring enormous outdoor environment and dynamic physics modeling - it was rushed and went overbudget several times, so many details remained unpolished. The developers built and scanned a real 3D model of the tropical island which the player could explore entirely thus resulting in hours of non-linear gameplay. "Trespasser" had a thrilling music score, appealing storyline, top voice acting (Minnie Driver and Richard Attenborough) and a trademark Jurassic Park survival horror atmosphere - setting the stage for much successful "Far Cry" series.

Initially, the game was difficult and buggy for me too, but I gave it a second try a few years later. After a while I got so immersed in its unique universe it even gave me nightmares.

"Dawson's Creek" revisited

Joey, Dawson and Pacey, the original trio of friends from the coastal town of Capeside, MA - just before the raging hormones kicked in. While I was working on this fan art I listened to Bob Dylan's opus, so I considered naming this piece after Dylan's Times They are A-Changin' as I thought the title summed the essence of the show's first two seasons perfectly...

Billy Idol

Billy Idol put a great show in Belgrade last week. The first piece was inspired by his 1993 experimental concept album Cyberpunk often regarded as his weakest record that started the decline of his career. I, on the other hand, think that this futuristic concept album, influenced by techno and cybergenre literature, suited Idol's image perfectly and to me it remains his most imaginative effort.  

UPDATE: Images were completely re-colored in 2012.

Zombie-Boy

"Mommy, why the f... have you forsaken me?!"

Out of pure boredom, I turned a very rough unused comic book panel sketch into this bizarre piece of artistic improvisation. UPDATE: A complete re-color was done in 2012.

Anytime... Baby!

The artwork was inspired by the phrase "Anytime, Baby" that the "Tomcat" crews sported on their squadron insignia. The shield in the upper corner was conceived to celebrate the AIM-54 "Phoenix" missile which was designed specifically for the F-14. It was U.S. Navy's sole long range air-to-air missile and it was a "Tomcat" trademark. After more than 30 years in active service, the "Tomcat" was retired in September of 2006.

M.

A rather dear friend of mine.

MiG pilots

Character designs based on true testimonials by surviving Yugoslav MiG-29 pilots who flew their 14 malfunctioning jets against NATO in 1999. I did a lot of research and put a lot of time and effort into retrieving every possible information in order to reconstruct these events as true as possible. I have produced 7 of these character sheets so far with more to come in the future, hopefully.

the Rolling Stones

A quickie featuring the Rolling Stones from 1997 Bridges to Babylon era.

Toxic Twins of Aerosmith

Aerosmith's notorious duo: Joe Perry and Steven Tyler. The music of Aerosmith was an important part of my early adolescence. No photo references were used.

Liam Gallagher

Liam Gallagher of Oasis. In the background are the lyrics to "Champagne Supernova" from (What's the Story) Morning Glory? I drew this piece without any photo references.