ALL OF THE PROJECTS DONE BEFORE THIS TIME WERE SHELVED WHEN THE ARTIST WENT TO CONEY ISLAND TO AIRBRUSH TEE SHIRTS. A FEW YEARS LATER HE RETURNED TO THE STUDIO TO RESUME WORK. HOWEVER, TIMES HAD CHANGED AND THE ARTIST PURCHASED AN AMIGA 500 PERSONAL COMPUTER. HE BEGAN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD OF COMPUTER GRAPHICS. THE AMIGA WAS AN INEXPENSIVE YET POWERFUL TOOL. IT'S CAPABILITIES HAD OPENED A WHOLE NEW WORLD FOR HIM. USING AN APPLICATION CALLED DELUXE PAINT THE ARTIST WAS ABLE TO EXPLORE COLOR CYCLING ANIMATION AND VIDEO PRODUCTION. IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE THE HE HAD DEVELOPED SEVERAL NEW PROJECTS. "THE EGYPTIAN CATS", (A SERIES OF STATIC IMAGES DESIGNED TO FLASH ANIMATE) "PSYCHEDELIC IMAGES THE VIDEO LIGHTSHOW",(REMINISCENT OF THE 60'S A SERIES OF STATIC IMAGES DESIGNED TO BLEND EACH IMAGE INTO ANOTHER) AND "THOSE PSYCHEDELIC MELODIES" ( A SERIES OF SPECIAL SOUND FX AND ABSTRACTIONS).

WE SHALL BEGIN WITH

THE EGYPTIAN CATS

WHEN THE ARTIST PURCHASED HIS FIRST PERSONAL COMPUTER IT WAS A COMMODORE AMIGA 500A UNIT WITH A 512K BUILT IN MEMORY AND ANOTHER 512K ADDED ON MAKING THIS 1 MEG MACHINE. IT WAS A FERCE  LITTLE BUGGER. WITH A 1.2 KICKSTART WORKBENCH AND AN APPLICATION ENTITLED DELUXE PAINT IV SO BEGAN HIS INTRODUCTION INTO COMPUTER GRAPHICS. THE FIRST PROJECT RENDERED WITH THE AMIGA WAS THE EGYPTIAN CATS SERIES.

USING THE APPLICATIONS AEGIS IMAGES AND DELUXE PAINT 1V ON THE COMMODORE AMIGA 500 PERSONAL COMPUTER THE EGYPTIAN CATS WAS A SERIES OF NO MORE THAN 50 STATIC IMAGES. AEGIS IMAGES WAS A UNIQUE APPLICATION THAT HAD THE CAPABILITY OF RENDERING AN EVEN MORE UNIQUE GRADIENT EFFECT THAT THE ARTIST FOUND TO BE MOST USEFUL IN CREATING THE ORIGINAL EGYPTIAN CATS. HOWEVER, WHEN THE IMAGES WERE LATER CONVERTED INTO JPEG'S MUCH OF THIS WAS LOST AND THE IMAGES USED TO COMPOSE THIS ANIMATION WERE ENHANCED ON A PC USING PHOTOSHOP IN A WINDOWS XP ENVIRONMENT.

CAN YOU RECOGNIZE THE UNIQUE AEGIS IMAGES GRADIENT EFFECTS IN THIS ANIMATION?

THE FIRST PROJECT CREATED ON THE AMIGA500A COMPUTER BY THE ARTIST WAS THE EGYPTIAN CATS. INSPIRED BY HIS BROTHER CARL ANTHONY  WHO ALSO ENJOYED DRAWING AND PAINTING AND WAS HIMSELF AN ARTIST IN HIS OWN RIGHT UNTIL HE DIED ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, 1985.

"CARLANTHONY'S ARTWORK WAS RATHER SIMPLISTIC BY DESIGN. HE WOULD OFTEN SUGGEST TO ME TO......" KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID ".  AND HE TOOK HIS BROTHER'S ADVICE WITH THIS PROJECT, THE EGYPTIAN CATS!

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE ENHANCED VERSION OFTHE EGYPTIAN CATS

THEN CAME THE

DURING THE EARLY 1980'S THE ARTIST PAINTED A SERIES OF 3D ACRYLIC PAINTINGS ENTITLED "THE VAMPIRES FROM OUTERSPACE". THE PAINTINGS WERE COMPOSED OF ACRYLIC MODELING PASTE SCULPTED ONTO CANVAS BOARDS MOUNTED ON THREE QUARTER INCH PLYWOOD. AFTER SCULPTING, GRINDING, SANDING, AND PRIMING THE PIECE WAS THEN AIRBRUSHED. ALTHOUGH EACH PIECE WAS UNIQUE THEY ALL HAD BLOOD (RED PAINT) SEEPING FROM THEIR MOUTHS HENCE THE NAME "VAMPIRES".

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THE HYBRID COLLECTION AKA THE VAMPIRES FROM OUTERSPACE

  THIS IS A COMBINATION OF THE PSYCHEDELIC IMAGES VIDEO WITH SELECTED IMAGES FROM THE HYBRID COLLECTION ADDED IN.