Weird alien armor

Weird alien armor sketches in blue...the official color of weird alien armor sketches.

Guile tribute.

While taking down the "Heads Up!" show I met a couple who was interested in buying several pieces. While they looked through the stacks of paintings the Husband told me that he had lost his best friend and Street Fighter gaming buddy some time back. I made this painting as a thank you to the couple and a tribute to the husbands lost comrade who's favorite character was Guile. You can see his friend's initials below the U.S. flag tattoo on Guile's arm.

Closing time.

My "Heads Up!" tribute show is finally down. Thank you so much to everyone who made it out.

BTW if you weren't able to make it you can download a digital book of all 77 paintings at www.JacobRomeo.com. Just click on the "Heads Up!" link.

Final MVC2 Set!

Here's all the finished Marvel Vs. Capcom tribute pieces drying in my studio...hopefully I'll get around to adding these to the "Heads Up!" Ebook with the other 77 paintings from the show:http://www.jacobromeo.com/downloads.php

See ya Friday after Wondercon.

Marvel Vs. Capcom: Character painting # 10

Marvel Vs. Capcom: Character painting # 10

Here's is the tenth and final of the MVC2 themed pieces I'll be selling at the closing reception of my "HEADS UP!" show March 29th, from 6-11pm at Gcs Santa Ana. You can view all the rest of the pieces at the show by going towww.jacobromeo.com and downloading the free "Heads Up!" E-Book.

Marvel Vs. Capcom: Character painting # 9

Marvel Vs. Capcom: Character painting # 8

Marvel Vs. Capcom: Character painting # 7

Marvel Vs. Capcom: Character painting # 6

Marvel Vs. Capcom: Character painting # 5

Here's is the fourth of the MVC2 themed pieces I'll be selling for $20 at the closing reception for my "HEADS UP!"

Marvel Vs. Capcom: Character painting # 4

Here's is the fourth of the MVC2 themed pieces I'll be selling for $20 at the closing reception for my "HEADS UP!" show on March 29th from 6-11pm, at 209 N. Broadway Santa Ana Ca. The restored customized MVC2 arcade cabinet (that you can play now at the show) is also up for sale via silent auction.

Marvel Vs. Capcom: Character painting # 3

Here's is the third of the MVC2 themed pieces I'll be selling for  at the closing reception for my "HEADS UP!" show.

Marvel Vs. Capcom: Character painting # 2

Here's another of the MVC2 themed pieces I'll be selling for at the closing reception for my "HEADS UP!" show.

Marvel Vs. Capcom character paintings and closing reception for "Heads Up!" show.

I'll be having a closing reception for my "HEADS UP!" show on March 29th from 6-11pm. That night I will be selling a single $20 print of each of the ten characters that I made specifically for the Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 arcade cabinet. I will also be selling the remaining unsold paintings from the main show at discounted prices to those people who attend the closing party. Don't forget the custom game cabinet itself is also for sale. Look forward to seeing you later this month.

Custom Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 Arcade cabinet!

As a surprise and center piece at my Heads Up! show, (March 2nd- April 4th)  I refurbished and completely customized a  Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 arcade cabinet! MVC2 was one of the last arcade fighting games that Capcom released before arcades were taken over by home entertainment systems. It is one the best and most beautiful arcade games ever made. After restoring the cabinet itself, I replaced all the surface components plexiglass, buttons, etc and finished it up with custom artwork. The work that went into rebuilding this cabinet was an art show in itself...below I documented some of the process:

 

Here's the original cabinet after I bought it and began removing the old components and vacuuming up the spiders and possums inside.

Next I recut and replaced the plexiglass and began restoring 12 years of damage to the cabinet. Lots of shaving, filling, and sanding. Finally I replaced and repainted every component. 

After that I completely removed the old controls and ordered tournament style joysticks, internal components and custom LED buttons. When I got the new controls I had no idea how to wire the electic components of the LED's and even worse the 1st Player side wasn't even responding. Enter my friend Jason Holland and his brother Jesse. Jason is a talented artist who is finishing up a degree in industrial design and his brother is an Air-force Computer engineer or something crazy like that...anyway them Holland boys had the cabinet up and running in no time. Thank God for you two!

Although I am absolutely amazed by the art and animation in the game I never liked the Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 logo much so I remade it in a color palette that tied into the rest of the show. I also painted 10 new characters specifically for the game cabinet (5 from the Marvel Universe, and 5 from Capcom). The new cabinet art was printed and applied to custom cut plexiglass by the fantastic folks at New Port Graphics. Below is  the finished cabinet in all it's glory! BTW the cabinet, like all the other art pieces in the show is for sale. =)

Can you feel the joy wafting off that beautiful thing?