The Art of DJ Luongo

Love Triangle

2012-02-05T00:18:00.000-08:00

Miss Martian sure doesn't seem pleased about this shocking discovery, Lol

Superboy/Black Canary/Miss Martian are owned by DC Comics

Edit: Fixed Canary's eyes

There's something paranormal

2012-02-04T16:28:00.000-08:00

Here is the cover/promo picture of my web comic "Hollow".

I'm so excited because I almost have the first couple of roughs done, and once that's finished I can begin doing the final steps.

Once completed expect to see a new page each Wednesday. I will post a link when they're done.

Does Whatever a Spider Can...

2012-01-27T19:28:00.000-08:00

"Spider-Man, Spider-Man, Does whatever a spider can..."

Man do I love that song. Well anyway, here's another Spider-Man drawing I did a while ago. More artwork is coming soon

(Spider-Man is owned by Marvel Comics)

Spider-Sense Tingling!

2011-12-29T12:25:00.000-08:00

A quick drawing I did while watching The Spectacular Spider-Man. Can't wait for the new movie to come out.

Featured

2011-12-26T18:10:00.001-08:00

It's so cool when people take notice of your work and then want to show it off with other great artists;

http://shadowness.com/dailyinspiration/forum/daily-inspiration-295

Happy Holidays from DJ!

2011-12-25T17:46:00.001-08:00

Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!

Christmas CD!

2011-12-18T19:54:00.000-08:00

I had done a commission for a music company called Gomination. It was a cover for their Christmas Dub-Step soundtrack. You can go check it out here on the link, as well as their awesome soundtrack;

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/gomination-dubstep-christmas/id483446813

Program Assignments - Aug-Dec

2011-12-15T16:27:00.000-08:00

Here is ALL the work I did for Programming with Animators. There's still so much I need to learn but I still feel like I've accomplished so much since I started SVA.

Merry Halloween 2!

2011-11-17T00:14:00.000-08:00

Christmas is on the way... and sadly I still have Halloween on the brain. I guess I'm still bummed about missing it due to Midterm Exams

Happy 8-Bit Halloween

2011-11-04T16:57:00.000-07:00

Yes I know Halloween is gone. Well I'm still sore about that mainly bc the snow storm hit hard in New York stopping me from being able to go to Hollo-Scream.

Anyways... enjoy

Sneak Peek at Hollow

2011-10-21T23:29:00.000-07:00

Here's a sneak peek at my upcoming Comic Book Hollow. Mind you that I'm still in the beginning phase here so some pictures are probably destined to be changed.

Artemis

2011-10-20T23:53:00.000-07:00

Artemis (from DC Comics)

The first of my series of Heroes.

One down... 14 More To Go!

More to come very soon. Up next is The Amazing Spider-Man

8 Bit Link

2011-10-14T18:39:00.000-07:00

Here is something I did for a project in Programming for Animators. Oh my God I don't know how people understand Mel Scripting so well sometimes

Not so average nerd

2011-09-28T18:53:00.000-07:00

Here's a quick drawing I did of Peter Parker/Spider-Man in Class one day. Hope you guys like it. I'll probably color him in one day

Spider-Man and Deadpool

2011-09-15T23:28:00.001-07:00

Anyone who knows me knows that Spider-man has and always will be my favorite superhero. Some of my favorite comics are whenever he teams up with the Merc with the mouth himself.

Hope you guys digg it

Note: Just wanna make note that I'll be working on a MUCH better version of this. I know the perspective is way off so allow me to give you guys something better.

Updates coming very soon....

2011-09-14T21:33:00.000-07:00

I've sadly noticed that I have not been updating my blog/site as much as I wanted to, but I promise I have been working on a lot of new stuff that I plan to scan and put up onto my sites. There are also some changes I hope to make. With the recent high workload from my school it's getting difficult to do my own stuff.

Expect to see an update very soon about my latest weekly Webcomic coming very soon, until then please be patient.

Paranormal Investigator

2011-08-17T15:50:00.000-07:00

This is a teaser for my upcoming graphic Novel. I'm happy to say I already have the script fully written (at least in my head).

All I can tell you is that it's gonna be about the paranormal and one man's destiny that could change the world forever.

Ghost Adventures Crew 2

2011-08-09T17:39:00.001-07:00

Since the first one I did was so popular, I of course had to do a second one of my favorite paranormal investigators.

Ghost Adventures Crew

2011-06-21T19:35:00.001-07:00

Here is a piece I did for Ghost Adventures. I love watching this show every night to see Zac, Nick and Aaron get locked down in the creepiest places in the world.

Hope you guys digg it

Sisterly Love

2011-05-29T16:12:00.000-07:00

Here are the heroines of my upcoming graphic novel; Aya and Trish.

Aya is the oldest and has psychic abilities while Trish had lost her human form and remains as a spirit.

Art - The Marksman

2011-05-21T20:46:00.000-07:00

Art is the second hero of my group. He really doesn't have any super powers but when it comes to his marksmanship, you can forget about it.

Welcome to Superjail!

2011-05-16T20:03:00.000-07:00

During my year at Ringling I took Z-Brush class (since I took Maya once I'd figure I'd try Z-Brush as well). We had to do a sculpture of whatever we wanted, so I figured I'd do one of the Warden from my favorite show "Superjail" (owned by Adult Swim).

I even made a process page to show you the steps I took into building it.

Clay - Silent Giant

2011-05-05T18:35:00.000-07:00

Here's a drawing I worked on for a bit. Clay is the silent giant with massive strength and practically indestructible. He never really says anything and the only time he ever really does speak is with his fists. So he is the strongman of the evil trio of my upcoming comic.

Hope you guys digg it

A comic with Grim Results

2011-04-19T12:12:00.000-07:00

Hey guys, if you wanna check out the rest of my senior thesis comic "HOLLOW" you can see it by visiting on this site: http://boukenred.deviantart.com/

Hope you enjoy, I'll be posting more pages as the week goes on.

Assorted Drawings

2011-04-19T12:07:00.000-07:00

Been working a ton of artwork this month and you can expect to see more and more coming along the way on this blog. First drawing here is called "Chillin Like a Villain" which shows me drawing and the first look at my newest characters I've been working on for my newest project "it's Fun TO Be Evil".

The other is a piece I did for a Pokemon show. Hope you guys enjoy them.

My Process work

2011-04-02T14:47:00.000-07:00

A look at how I do my artwork since I've been doing a lot of process work for my portfolio.

Here is some concept work I did for my future online web series about a space pirate.

Pencil - Illustrator - Photoshop CS5

Near the Finishing Line

2011-03-20T22:45:00.000-07:00

So as I've said many times before I've been working on my senior thesis for art school. Well I'm happy to say that I'm on the verge of finishing it. All I need to do is finish coloring one more page and then have everything printed.

Once that is done I can start working on some other projects for myself.

Sketch Compilations

2011-03-12T09:27:00.000-08:00

A collection of sketches from my sketchbook. I mostly tend to draw superheroes. (You can see why I want to get into comic books). Hope you guys digg them. More to come very soon.

Raise the Sails

2011-03-07T22:49:00.001-08:00

My cast for a project I plan to work on (after graduating of course)

-From Left to Right-

Captain Tenacious, Ember, Teddy, General Kaine

Slumberland

2011-02-25T16:38:00.001-08:00

Here's something I did in photoshop since I hadn't used the program for a while, plus it's nice to step away from Illustrator for a while before I go insane.

Hope you guys digg it.

Reaper in Training

2011-02-11T15:08:00.000-08:00

This is the new cover to my senior thesis comic "Hollow" (Originally it was called Sickle but much changes were to the story and so did the title followed).

The Comic is not yet completed but it should be all done by March which I'm excited to say. Once this is done I can move onto my next Project "RESET".

Until then, enjoy.

A ton of work coming this way

2011-02-05T17:50:00.000-08:00

I've been up to my knees with artwork. I have never drawn so much in my entire life since the end of senior year arrived. (To this day I still can't believe it's already here, it feels as if just yesterday I handed in my portfolio, coming to this school to prepare what would come my way).

I'm still trying to work on my portfolio having it prepped for jobs such as Hallmark and the golden crown of my gaol, Blue Sky studios (sigh).

I won't be posting much on my blog for a while but wait till next month when this blog will be filled with brand new stuff. Wish me luck everyone.

Spidey Sense

2011-01-12T20:02:00.000-08:00

Here are some sketches I did of my favorite Web Slinger; Spider-Man. I really wish they didn't cancel the last show they had for him, but hopefully the new one that's in production will turn out just fine also..... hopefully.

Anyways, hope you guys dig them

Fire and Ice

2011-01-12T19:03:00.000-08:00

This was a vector piece I did for class. We had to do a Fire and Ice piece and I came up with this idea to use Ringtailed Lemurs chasing one another.

I mean seriously, how many times have we seen dragons, foxes, lizards or even horses.

X-Mas Card

2010-12-18T11:58:00.000-08:00

Here's wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a soon to come Happy New Year.

Sickle Cover

2010-11-30T06:23:00.000-08:00

Here is the official cover for my upcoming webcomic "SICKLE". A ton of proejcts have been coming my way but I've been giving Sickle the attention it needs.

More to come very soon.

Selected Pages from Children's Book

2010-11-17T17:53:00.000-08:00

Here are colored version of Page 14 and Page 31 from my children's book "Alice and Aku"

Mostly Ghostly

2010-11-13T11:04:00.000-08:00

Here is the cover for my Children's Book "Alice and Aku"

Story centers around a little girl named Alice who loves reading about the paranormal, but this hobby of hers has earned her the nickname "Creepy Ghost Girl".

Soon she finds a befriends a little devilish ghost named Aku and that's where the adventures begin.

A Grim Story

2010-10-11T13:40:00.001-07:00

For my senior thesis, I'm creating an online comic. I'm very excited to get this done since I've been getting a ton of positive reviews from people. The story centers around young easy-going Raimi whose life can be at times very boring.... that is until he discovers one day he is the son of the Grim Reaper who must train him to one day take his father's place.

Currently working on a website for it.

A Paranormal Children's Book

2010-09-28T21:20:00.000-07:00

Here are Character layouts for my Children's Book called "Alice and Aku". The story is about a young high spirited little girl named Alice who loves ghost stories and believes in the paranormal.

She soon befriends a devilish ghost named Aku (short for Akuma which is japanese for lil' Devil). The ghost tries to scare her but fails at it and soon the two begin to grow a bound between the real world and the world of the paranormal.

Cooking Disaster

2010-09-28T15:32:00.000-07:00

This was part of a story concept we had to do for class. Mine was about a girl who decided to cook one night until disaster struck and it came to life and went to attack her.

The third final piece had mysteriously disappeared. Once I find it I'll post it up as soon as possible. The outline was done in illustrator and then colored in using photoshop.

Music is good for the soul..

2010-09-12T20:43:00.001-07:00

This was an old vector piece I did for art school. We had to do a montage of certain objects and I chose to use instruments to symbolize the different eras;

Trumpet = The Jazz era

Guitar = The Hard Rock era

Violin = The Classic Style era

Hope you guys enjoy it. More to come on my blog. Promise to have it updated much more once my work is done.

The Potts sample

2010-08-28T21:06:00.000-07:00

Here is the comic cover (or atleast title card when you open the book) to the upcomiing Potts comic that I'm glad to be apart of.

For a release date I have no idea when since Matt hasn't told me much as well as I'll be working my ass off for my senior year of Art school but will do my best.

Hope you guys dig it.

Spider-Girl, Spider-Girl....

2010-08-12T17:08:00.001-07:00

Whenever I go "Spidey" crazy (mainly after reading a Spider-Man comic book) I always decide to draw something.

Here is Spider-Woman from the Ultimate Spider-Man comics. Personally... I'm starting to like the new stories they're pulling out.

Let me tell you about The Potts.....

2010-08-11T22:14:00.000-07:00

My dreams are on the verge of coming true. A comic book deal has literally fallen into my laps to work with Focus One Entertainment to create a comic for them called "The Potts" about a hitman who kills people with chinese potts. It's a very unique and creative new look at the hitman game.

For those who miss the Sopranos and need something to fill that empty void.... might I suggest The Potts?

Somebody call a doctor!!

2010-04-28T16:45:00.001-07:00

I've finally created a super villain for my Junk City Series. His name is PATHOLOGY... a psychotic doctor whose weapon of choice is his special glove that has needles attached to his fingers and all 4 contain different deadly medicines.

Ringling assignments

2010-04-27T16:20:00.001-07:00

Two paintings I did for my figure painting class. I apologize for them looking so dark. I did the best I could to shoot them. I will try again soon.

Are you a Fan of Delicious Flavor?

2010-04-26T09:11:00.000-07:00

This was a tribute to my favorite TV show of all time "Psych". A show about a guy who is a great detective but pretends to be psychic. It's a hilarious show.

Trick 'r' Treat

2010-04-11T16:18:00.000-07:00

This was for my illustration class where we had to make a concept for any month on the calendar. I of course, did October to do this halloween themed Illustration.

Hope you guys dig it.

(I just improved it a bit from my teacher's opinions)

Hands off the Lucky Charms

2010-04-03T10:55:00.000-07:00

This is what REALLY happens if you try to steal a Leprechaun's gold form them.

Junk City Tales Cover #1

2010-03-31T14:48:00.000-07:00

So I've been really trying to work on my own comic. Unfortunately I've been so busy with work from my classes at my art school. But I have been able to do small things. I've got a cast, a setting AND I'm finally working on a script for my first issue.

Expect to see somethings this May when I'm finally free to do my own stuff. Meanwhile I'll be stuck doing more homework at the time. Hope you guys dig this.

My cast is complete!

2010-03-25T12:44:00.001-07:00

Top Row (Left to Right)

Art, Phineas, Renn & Ken

Bottom Row (Left to Right)

Lilith, Eri & Dr. Slater

What... No Cape?

2010-03-18T10:09:00.000-07:00

After years of constant sketching and such, I finally created my superhero. A guy named Len one day wins a card game against a voodoo man who then gives Len a devil card which if used properly can grant him amazing gifts.

Len uses the card one day and is suddenly finding himself doing things no mere man could ever do.

He then decides to become Junk City's protector and silent guardian. However I still haven't come up with a name for him yet.

A world of Stories

2010-03-06T15:29:00.000-08:00

I did this piece for someone special. I hope she likes it and so do you people.

JCT: Character line up

2010-02-23T19:03:00.000-08:00

These are the characters of my upcoming comic book "Junk City Tales".

Lillith, Phineas, Art and Jace.

Wayside School

2010-02-17T15:52:00.000-08:00

My cover for the book Sideways Stories from Wayside School.

Welcome 2010

2010-01-26T15:55:00.000-08:00

This was a project I had to do for class. Basically it's Father Time with Baby New Year.

JC Character Profile: Phineas

2010-01-24T20:55:00.000-08:00

This is a character I created named Phineas. He's more of a supportive character. He wonders around Junk City and is the only one who knows his way around.

He's a mysterious character, nobody knows where he came from or who he really is. Phineas doesn't even his know his real name. He just calls himself Phineas cause he likes it. He's light-hearted, has no care in the world and most of the time his attention tends to wander.

My Gem

2010-01-03T14:17:00.001-08:00

Something I randomly decided to draw. Basically we're all looking for something on that long journey called life. And righ now I'm looking for a gem in a huge sea of coal.

My calling Card

2009-12-10T20:49:00.000-08:00

Instead of sending a card or something, I figured out the best way to get my name out there was to make small posters and send them out.

And since I mostly do comics I figured I make it look like a graphic novel page and use my super hero Bone-Head

The Soldier's Dream

2009-12-10T14:50:00.000-08:00

We had to do a conceptual idea for my illustration class. My story was about a guy who dreams that he's a soldier in the woods. These are the best 2 of the 5 pieces I did.

PHD in Horriblness!

2009-12-10T09:08:00.000-08:00

"It's a brand new and the sun is high. All the birds are singing that you're gonna die".

God I love that song. This is a tribute to Brand New Day from Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog.

Money Money Money

2009-11-20T06:20:00.000-08:00

This was part of an illustration project for "Being your own boss".

Got inspired to do this after getting my job offer.

Welcome to the show

2009-11-18T14:04:00.001-08:00

We had to do a cover for our favorite book. The book I chose was my favorite vampire series out there "Cirque Du Freak".

A story about a young boy who becomes a vampire's assistant and joins him in a traveling freak show. Trust me, it's an awesome story.

Lazy Dayz

2009-11-15T16:37:00.001-08:00

This is a portrait I did of my roommate Jeremy. He was feeling ill that day and basically just hungout on the couch all day. I needed to do a figure portrait for a class so I painted him.

Character Development

2009-10-19T20:14:00.001-07:00

Designs and skecthes I did of a character of mine. Originally his name was JD but for now I've decided to call him Bone-Head. Hope you guys Digg it.

Fractured

2009-09-27T15:26:00.000-07:00

My first assignment for my Illustration class was to make a piece telling about what we did over our summer vacation. Out of all the stories I told my teacher, he liked the one about me getting my heart ripped out the most. Adn incase you are wondering...no that's not blood. That is Rum.

A Little About Me

2009-09-27T12:37:00.000-07:00

I've always wanted to do some kind of mini-comic or online kind of thing. I figured what better way then just drawing a comic about my life, that way people could get to know me without asking me so many questions.

Good times with vector and vicodin

2009-09-25T07:08:00.000-07:00

Been a while since I did anything in Illustrator. We had to do a portrait of someone for my Computer Illustration class, and I decided to do none other then House.

I've become obsessed with the show, I love the new season already and I'll make sure to post up new works soon.

Sentai Drawing

2009-08-16T06:11:00.001-07:00

Wanted to do something to fill up some of the pages in my sketchbook.

So I decided to draw none other then Shinkenred from my favorite japanese show "Super Sentai".

On A Whim

2009-08-05T14:40:00.000-07:00

This was my class project. We had to do a 4 page comic following a certain plot. I got to be creative with my idea by using characters for this comic book idea I had about a spy who works for a top-secret underground agency that fought America's secret wars. Hope you all enjoy it, please tell me what'cha think.

Spidey

2009-07-08T07:10:00.001-07:00

Did a quick thing of Spider-Man while I was on break in my class.

I love Spidey. He's my all time favorite superhero and I practically have a library of Spidey comics, toys and other merchandise.

Yes, I'm one of those Spider-man dorks. If you have a problem with that then move along.

Attack of the Clones

2009-06-27T19:36:00.001-07:00

Woke up one morning, turned on the tv and the first thing that came on was Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

I wouldn't exactly call myself a fan of the show but I am a fan of the Star Wars series in general.

Any way, I didn't know what to draw so I did a clone trooper. I used ink pens and sumi brushes to do this.

Working with Sumi Brushes

2009-06-19T23:22:00.000-07:00

I've really jumped into practicing with ink, especially while using the sumi brushes. At first I thoght they were gonna be difficult but I've had a lot of fun doing this.

I hope you guys like this, I'll be sure to post more of my ink works soon. Sorry that it's been a while since I posted stuff but I now have a scanner.

Incase you're wondering, I did Rorschach because he's one of my top favorite comic book heroes.

Upcoming Works

2009-04-13T17:51:00.000-07:00

So I've finally made my own blog site. Yes, the name of my comic series is called "Junk City" hence the name. It's basically a collection of different comics I've done and all the characters and stories take place in the same city.

I'm currently doing schoolwork for my college but I'll post the comics up soon.