Artist of The Month February 2013: Scott Modrzynski
It’s the first of the month again, and our next installment of Artist of the month is upon us. This time, we present Scott Modrzynski. We’d also like to thank Scott for providing us with another great bio!
Scott: “I was pumped that Rick and Dan asked me to be the Artist of the Month here at sCrypt Comics. I started writing a standard third person bio, and there is no way for that to sound anything but douchey, so if it still sounds that way in the first person, I guess I’m just a douchebag.
I’ve always been artistically inclined. Whether I’m any good at it is up to your eyes, but the fact remains, I enjoy viewing, studying and creating art. Mostly just the last part, though.
I went to Providence College in Rhode Island and accidentally spearheaded the “Digital Imagery” concentration to the Studio Art major, along with two classmates. After that, I bounced around, literally and figuratively, as a mascot for the Frisco Rough Riders, a graphic designer for a huge ad agency in New York City, then a small one, followed by a few well-paying freelance gigs, a three-year stint with the NHL’s New Jersey Devils where I combined graphic design and mascotry, and ultimately landed back in New York at the first ad agency as a freelancer after throwing tee shirts into the crowd at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.
Luckily, I’ve got the time to pursue other passions like moonlighting as a marathon runner (50 races in 50 states is the goal; 7 down so far – NY, NJ, OH, FL, RI, NV, MS), daylighting as a beach lifeguard every summer, and moodlighting notebooks and bristol board for my own graphic novel, which has no timetable. A neck injury and the big three-oh tag teamed to end my hopes of becoming a pro wrestler. I’m too old and brittle for huracanranas now.
My art made of food, Foogos, has been featured all over the web, notably on Yahoo, Robot 6 and slashfilm, as well as in Sports Illustrated (October 31, 2011). Lately, I’ve picked up a lot of pop culture painting commissions, and plan to showcase a series of unsold paintings at the Asbury Park Comic Con on March 30th.”
sCott (See what I did with his name there), illustrated the story “Annabelle & the Prince” for sCrypt Comics’ Bones At Breakfast: In Case Of Werewolf. And he loves cereal.
Check out his gallery of work below, as well as his site http://www.foo-gos.com for some mind blowing and amazing artwork done with food and more!
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- Excerpt from “Bones At Breakfast In Case Of Werewolf” Graphic Novel by sCrypt Comics
short story – In Case Of Werewolf
These are stories that expand upon the novel “Bones At Breakfast.”
Do your bones ache? Does your instinct sometimes prevail over rational thought? When night descends, do you feel “different”? If any of these are your symptoms, then you are not alone. You may have contracted lycanthropy, and when the moon rises, your inner beast will emerge. This is the third graphic installment in the world of “Flesh And Leftovers,” where cases of werewolves will shatter your bones. Ten talented artists bring one author’s stories to life in this spinoff of the novel “Bones At Breakfast.
** UPDATE: This is now available as a text short story in print at lulu.com or in digital form as part of the Eden’s Order Trilogy Extras at Amazon
Written by Rick Pipito, with featured art by: Dan Pipito, Joe Parisi, Scott Modrzynski, Ivy Duffy, Kristie Vanderzee, Ken Hensley, Michael Coppolecchia, Jacob Greenawalt, Sakura Jones, and Kelly Swann.
Artist Story Details:
Joe Parisi returns as a sCrypt veteran artist, and this time, he is illustrating the journal of a man in search of the Abominable Snowman. He soon finds out that this creature is not what most people think it is.
Scott Modrzynski takes photography and art to a whole new level in a truly Beautiful and Beastly tale.
Ivy Duffy brings her talent to this issue by showing how animal instincts can take over a man in order to survive being shipwrecked on an island.
Dan Pipito’s watercolor takes us to an alternate future in a dilapidated Philadelphia, where a Lycan queen is hunted by human resistance.
Kristie Vanderzee takes us on a journey through Russia’s underground subways as a rogue soldier gives in to his new werewolf appetite.
Ken Hensley shows us the true story of the historical “Moonlight Battle.” An ancient wolfman turns the tides of this revolutionary event.
Michael Coppolecchia, a veteran Marvel Comics artist, truly channels a native American Indian’s animal spirit as he attempts to interfere with the white man’s plans to build on his people’s ground.
Jacob Greenawalt adds his style to a story where a man cursed with changing into a wolfman during the cycles of the moon, pilots a craft to the lunar body to see why the moon has these powers over him. What would happen to a werewolf on the moon? One man is about to find out.
Sakura Jones enters the Garden Of Eden with us, and what happened once man found it again. Zombies, vampires and werewolves are cured in a healing wave that sweeps the planet.
Kelly Swann tackles Norse mythology and the story of Loki’s half human half wolf son, Fenrir.
Bones At Breakfast: In Case Of Werewolf TM and © Rick Pipito. All rights reserved.
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