Trippy Me

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Welcome!

What to expect

This site will be my main platform to share all the different content that I’ve been working on. It’ll be a place to buy prints of my artwork, the home of my brand “Trippy Me” & a TON of artwork/concept’s for passion projects such as “Fire & Bones”. This site will be ever changing & will only get better through time, Enjoy.

ART GALLERY

“Infinity Tongue”

An accurate drawing of myself wearing the Mascot of “Trippy Me”.
“The Ego Wheel”

Oil pastel drawing on canvas of a person with a Slot Machine face of Detachable emotions. While the world just keeps on turning.
“UFO’s & Beer”

(2023) My 1st time using acrylic markers, canvas drawing of me pretending to be an Alien in a bar somewhere far far away.
“Dali’s Gingivitis”

A Salvador Dali ( my favorite artist & my mentor) inspired drawing. Don’t forget to Brush kids!!
“Marcus”

A self portrait of me, definitely looking forward to making more.
“Trippy Me Mascot”

The current updated version mascot for this brand. Not too bad huh?
“Trippy Me Mascot (old version)”

Previous version of the mascot, I want to keep tweaking the look so it can be the best it can. I didn’t like just two teeth, the green polka dot tongue is a good idea to try out again though.
“Trippy Me Mascot (old version)”

When I first started drawing digitally, this was the first version of the Mascot besides doodles & sketches on a notebook.
“Logo”

Logo for the brand, just like the mascot drawings this will also be updated over & over till it looks just right
“Don’t eat the Cheese Puffs!”

Three is my favorite number. Would love to make a series out of this concept, which means I can make even more Mice workers carrying poisonous cheese puffs…now who wouldn’t want that?
“Ego”

A sequel to “The Ego Wheel”. Even the Artist themself can’t exactly pinpoint the meaning to some pieces, maybe not everything needs an explanation. Raw emotion extracted out of the mind, making a potent statement.
“The Visitors baring Gifts”

I typed up a short story that goes along with this particular drawing. On this site there will be an ever growing section called “Storytime”, where select art pieces having a short story to go with them.
“Pearly Whites”

I Definitely have a lot of fun making messed up looking teeth on characters. Unique looking Teeth can add a lot of personality to a drawing.
“The Thief ”

A somewhat mutual agreement of switching bodies.
“The better side of the void”

A self examination drawing that is the exact example of what “Trippy Me” represents. Self improvement & positivity, a new state of mind.
“The Tooth Fairy has workers”

If the Tooth Fairy was real (not saying she doesn’t exist) then how could she actually get her job done? If Santa Claus can have his worker’s, well then why can’t she? Definitely interested in returning to this concept of working tooth fairies on adventures.
“The mortality of Cheese”

A conscious block of cheddar cheese (Mr.Cheese if you will) coming to terms with his own mortality, realizing mold is starting to grow. Instead of sitting in sorrow, Mr.Cheese chooses to view this situation in a more positive lens.
“Crowded”

A single vessel passing around some love. It seems like they’d have to all settle an agreement just to get about anything done.
“Trippy Apparel” (old)

A very old early concept that would eventually lead into “Trippy Me”. It’s important to embrace old concepts & to enjoy the process.
“A Spider in the Garden”

The human brain being contaminated with a temporary mind virus known as negativity. It’s ultimately up to the beholder to have it be temporary.
“The travels of a Hippie”

A Hippie traveling through space & time during one of the most influential events in American history known as “Woodstock”.
“World Eaters”

Personally one of my favorite drawings I’ve ever done, so mysterious & magnetic. I’d like to think that they are siblings, definitely want to recreate this multiple times throughout my career for some reason…
“Gross pixie”

An old high school drawing that is inspired by artist “Ed Roth”, his style is very grotesque and adds a lot of texture on his characters. I find it really fun making gross characters.
“21st year metamorphosis” pt 1

If you look back at “the better side of the void” drawing you’ll see a reoccurring character, myself! Made this when I turned 21, cocooning into a new form.
“21st year metamorphosis” pt2

Drew this on my 21st birthday, it’s supposed to be myself inside of a cocoon. Waiting to transform into a new form.

What’s “Trippy Me” ?

“Trippy Me” is not only the name of this site but the name of my upcoming clothing brand. It is a term that I came up with, it being another way of saying happy, positive, feeling good & it’s pretty much a state of mind. I want to make a change through my creativity. Art can sometimes be overlooked because it’s polluted with artists who are pretentious & making millions on art that’s annoying to look at & not that impressive. Throughout my career I want to spread positivity & promote self improvement not only through my art but also this website. A community where people can give their thoughts on anything & to help one another. On a side note, I’m heavily inspired by cartoons and the amount of fun it can bring. I’d say my art style is very fun & colorful, “Trippy Me” clothing will also be the same. The style of clothing will be street wear casual, if the clothing isn’t something I’d personally wear then what’s the point? Absolutely can’t wait to incorporate my artistic talents into clothing and to add something new to the industry :)

Regarding my Art Style

My style has developed over time & it’s pretty distinct with it’s own kind of look. I’ve always been mainly a cartoonist but over the past few years “surrealism” is an element I like to incorporate as well. Surrealism is a unique style of art that most would describe as “dream-like”. My goal is to have the viewer get lost in the artwork & to really wonder about it. A Surrealistic art piece can be so mesmerizing that I feel as if I’m looking into some other world or dimension. That strange feeling is one I’d like to incorporate most of the time, the feeling of awe & wonder. To have someone potentially stop in their tracks over an art piece of mine would mean the world to me, that’s the goal.
Influences

Touching back on Surrealism, to me it’s easily the most interesting style out there. As I said before it truly is dreamlike, it captures the most inner abstract thoughts of an artist. Many refer it as dreamlike because of how random, unexplainable & shrouded in mystery it can be. Giving off that same feeling along with a cartoon style makes it all the more fun.
When you think about it, all art styles stem down from an artist being influenced by not only the world around them but also other art someone has created. Just like many growing up, cartoons played a huge part in my upbringing. Although I still watch cartoons, the shows I grew up on played the biggest influence on my style of art. Cartoons of the late 90’s to the 2000’s & early 2010’s were so unique from one another & there were so many great shows for kids to watch.
The Cartoon Shows of my upbringing

Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon were the main networks to watch back then & still are today. I kept tabs on all the shows I could possibly watch, although some will keep my appreciation for the rest of my life. The main shows that are near & dear to my heart are “SpongeBob”, “Ed,Edd & Eddy”, “Billy & Mandy”, “Chowder”, “Courage the Cowardly Dog”, “Flapjack”, “Avatar the Last Airbender” & finally “Adventure Time”. Now that may be a handful of a list but “Flapjack”, “Adventure Time” & “Billy & Mandy” are easily the most influential towards my style. Each show being so odd, hilarious, stylistically unique & packed with monsters!
What I think my Art Style will be in the future

Like I said before, pretty much all art styles are developed over time through inspiration of others & the world around you. I’m young, my style won’t remain the same unless I stay stagnant. As of right now I love where it’s at. The style I have now is very eclectic and usually isn’t straight forward, as the years go by I’d like to think it’ll only be more of that. If I truly want to be great at what I do have I have to truly know that I’m progressing as an artist. That means more risk taking and trying out different looks & mediums such as sculptures, getting better at painting and trying out oil pastels more. Anything that I think will only accentuate my current style and grabbing a stronger hold on the target audience. I want the viewer to be glued to the canvas, as an artist the absolute last thing I’d want is for the viewer to be quickly bored and to be like “eh, I get it”.

The Trippy Me Self Portrait

This here is a self portrait I’ve done that I feel best encapsulates what’s on my mind regarding my brand and how I feel about my approach on life. The left side is my current young self while the other side is my possible oldest self. To me this portrait is a reflection of a young man with a dream valuing his time. The old side of me definitely seems to represent time and urgency, showing how much I value my life. I definitely love sitting back and figuring out different ways to show different looks, Instead of just adding a simple eye on each side, I felt adding my eyes on one side would make things more intriguing. While the clock that seemingly looks like a third eye, represents the time & urgency I noted earlier. The coins and money printing out of the mouth seems to represent my excitement towards the monetary gain from the brand, which will make me a full time artist soon.

My Passion Project

The year is 2017 and I’m a distracted 17 year old in the computer room of my High School. As a young kid feeling the itch of creativity, I decided to whip out a small leather sketchbook & simply started to doodle as a cartoonist does. Little would I know, these three silly characters are now the leading forces to my passion project.
The decision on the title for this project is still ongoing, “Fire & Bones” seems to be the best working title at the moment since I feel it really encapsulates it’s fun Adventurous tone. I’ve always known I wanted to be someone who creates animated shows or graphic novels, but to actually feel like I have “lightning in a bottle” feels just so unreal. Sure, I’ll have more ideas; Ideas can come and go but if you truly stick to something you feel is special, cmon who knows where it can go :)
What’s it about?

So, I may not know exactly how the story ends and plays out but as of now I do have an idea of how it starts. So in the center of Planet Earth, there’s a hidden world. A place filled with a seemingly infinite amount of mystery & wonder.
Long ago there was a war of complete total chaos involving Kingdoms of creatures & beings. The reason for this war has yet to be understood to me. What I know for sure is a large faction of Traveling Magic user’s banded together & Magically raised all of the Kingdoms’s Land floating high in the sky separate from each other, thus ending conflict for many ages & waging peace.
Now For a long while now I’ve wanted to change my characters in a big way. Originally my two main characters “Gustavo & Sneeb” were two Demons. Reminding that these characters started as harmless doodles in junior high, over time I’ve lost interest in that choice. Them being Demons made me lose interest & would garner less of an audience. It felt less inviting as the target audience would be kids and young adults, furthermore it didn’t align with my faith.
For a long time now I’ve had interest of “Gustavo & Sneeb” being Goblins instead, now so much more interest and ideas have been brewing for me to share with you the audience.
The Star Character’s

Sneeb - Being the main character of the story, Sneeb is a friendly Goblin who becomes the unlikely hero. For his small size, he makes up for it with his natural ability of Magic. With his newfound abilities and courage, he’s able to help others in need.
Gustavo - A heroic Goblin who is Sneeb’s good friend. With his natural ability of super strength, Gustavo wishes to help others in need as well. With his passion for heroism and to run a “Monster Exterminator” contracting business, this unlikely duo can save the day for many.
Z The Cyborg - A mysterious supporting character for the heroic duo, an ally who’s origins are yet to be discovered. A curious character with an Egg shaped body, high tech, and a floating talking head in a glass tank…

Previous “Fire & Bones” Art Gallery

“The Faces of Many” 2023

A Monsterous concept of Sneeb, Gustavo & Z the cyborg running into some potential trouble, regarding an ancient yet friendly monster and some animal dentists…
First original drawing (2017)

This here is my first official drawing of these three characters, along with some forgotten character. These three have come a long way and it’s honestly surreal how I’ve kept them along my path in Art.
Original Gustavo drawing (2017)

Now Goblin, This is again my first drawing of this character all the way back when I was in high school. From silly doodle to part of a passion project.
Sneeb the Goblin (2017)

My star character Sneeb the Goblin has come a very long way design wise. For his comedy relief he was very popular amongst my friends in high school.
Back in Action

One of my last drawings before my change of Gustavo and Sneeb being now Goblins.
The Journey (2020)

Sneeb, Gustavo & Z the cyborg facing a landscape of a long treacherous path ahead of them.
Gustavo’s profile (2020)

My idea for this passion project developed during the pandemic.
The Lord of Bones (2021)

The heroic trio coming across a terrible foe, some monsters are just too much to deal with. Even for Gustavo & Sneeb
The Queen of the Hive (2021)

A strange story of the trio inside of a large insect hive on the search of a magic jewel.
Sneeb’s profile (2021)

For as long as this character has been around my favorite part of his look is the large spiked collar