The Sketchbook of Michael Napolitano: Illustration, Comics and Fashion

Sunday, October 12, 2008

Things Are Nearly Done!

Well, as you've probably noticed, things look a bit different. With the coming weeks, things will be tweaked here and there. Added. Subtracted. Turned upside down and then hit with a feather pillow three times before saying some magic words. Along with the changes, I will bring up ALL the sketches I've been working on for the past little while. That, my friends, is no easy task due to the shear volume.

I hope you like the new look, and leave some feedback on how I'm doing.

Monday, August 25, 2008

Updating...

Well, Hello there, sexy traveller...
I'm busy updating everything here, so things are a bit of a mess right now.

Have a bit of patience and all will be re-revealed in time.

Which, according to Del Tha Funky Homosapien, is too expensive.

Thanks and enjoy.

Thursday, July 3, 2008

SUMAPPU: Kimutakoyaki


Here's the Kimura Takuya design for my SMAP (A long-time-running, talentless Japanese 'boy' band) t-shirts. His shortened name is Kimutaku, so I extended it to 'Kimutakoyaki'. Takoyaki being fried balls of squid, a favorite snack of the Japanese people.

SUMAPPU: Shin5 (go)


Here's the Shingo design for my SMAP (A long-time-running, talentless Japanese 'boy' band) t-shirts. Using the correct kanji, 'Shin' means 'death' and 'Go' means 'five'.

Sunday, June 29, 2008

Curly Yukata Back 17 (2008)


You can see a previous drawing ingrained in the paper. It sucked. This one's nicer. I went back to the simple shading. It was getting too complicated, plus I wanted to see an obi high-up on the chest, like a woman's obi, on a guy.

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Curly Yukata Back 16 (2008)

Curly Yukata Back 15 (2008)

Sunday, June 1, 2008

Curly Yukata Back 14 (2008)

Monday, May 26, 2008

Curly Yukata Back 13 (2008)

Monday, May 19, 2008

Curly Yukata Back 12 (2008)

Saturday, May 17, 2008

Curly Yukata Back 11 (2008)

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Curly Yukata Back 10 (2008)

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Curly Yukata Back 9 (2008)

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Curly Yukata Back 8 (2008)


This is for all the boys!

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Curly Yukata Back 7 (2008)

Curly Yukata Back 6 (2008)

Curly Yukata Back 5 (2008)

Curly Yukata Back 4 (2008)

Monday, April 14, 2008

A Southpaw (2008)


This is a Southpaw, a creature that only comes out on windy nights. It's attracted to electric lights and hunts anyone that is bathed in it. It makes an eerie whistling sound that most mistake for the wind, and if it finds an apartment with the lights on, it will get in. Legend has it, it's allergic to firelight.

Curly Yukata Back 3 (2008)

Curly Yukata Back 2 (2008)

Curly Yukata Back 1 (2008)

The Sporty Yukata (2008)


Here's a Yukata based loosely on my very own sports jacket.

Friday, March 14, 2008

The Year of the Rat Postcards (2007)



Finished Product

Here are the original sketches for the postcards I design for my wife.

No Brakes! (2008)


Just your normal, everyday Slight-Antigravity Hamsters. Don't let them near your ankles!

The Swirly Yukata (2008)



I really got into Giving a Yukata some really interesting design elements, like this swirls, cut from harder fabric. It gives the Yukata, I think, a different cultural feeling. Perhaps.

Just Some Suits (2008)


Just a couple I knocked off one day

New Website Title Cards (2008)


I'm designing a new site for the RocketRat Blues comic that I'm currently working on, and I was thinking about what kind of titles do I want to see. These were the first, one of the heroes and one of the villains.

New Website Background (2007)


I'm designing a new home for the RocketRat and my portfolio, so I was toying around with different backgrounds that I might use, this being the first.

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