I’ve just added two more categories to my gallery section. With the recent interest in these “ragadoodle” baby blogs, I’ve decided to add a category that I will upload all of my design templates for the baby blogs into. I’ve also added a "Photo Manip" section that I will use to showcase my...(what else?)..Photo Manipulations that I’ve recently been doing. I don’t have a lot to put in either category for the time being, but within a few weeks I’m hoping to have enough to keep people going back to those sections as much as they do the other ones.

The custom blog I built as a birthday gift for my friend’s daughter is now online!


After nearly 2 months of planning, designing and building (with help from the web guru Wynn of course) mommyslittlepeach.com is now up and running, and looking pretty good. I decided to build this blog for my friend’s birthday because she had talked about wanting to get into “scrapbooking” pictures of her daughter for fun/to share with friends and family. I had mentioned the idea of doing one of these blogs as a way to keep EVERYONE updated with stories about Kembry (her daughter)—she shot down the idea because she said it was "too much hassle" for me to do that for her. Well, luckily I rarely listen to what other people say once I have an idea in my head so I went ahead and started designing the thing. I contact Wynn from Komikazee and told him of my ideas, he agreed it would make a great gift so we teamed up together and got this thing put together in about a week.


I presented it to her this past weekend at her birthday celebration, and she seemed to really like it a lot. I invite you all to check it out, and also stay tuned since I’ll be adding a new section to my gallery called “Ragadoodle” now that we’re going to be building custom blogs similar to Kembry’s for people who want to skip the scrapbooking and go straight to blogging. I’ve already got about 10 different template designs completed, and we’ll be adding more—as well as custom caricatures as we receive orders.

I’ve FINALLY finished the artwork for the Komikazee group shot, and I’m pretty pleased with the way it turned out. I actually finished the artwork for the bodies earlier in the week, but I being the nit-picker I am I’ve been making minor tweaks here and there in an attempt to give each of us our own look and personality. I finally think I’ve got it right, and the people I’ve shown it to have been pretty receptive towards it as well....mainly the small (no pun intended) height issue that’s blatantly obvious. I’ve also finished the new artwork that will be featured on the ABOUT PAGE for Komikazee, and I can honestly say it’s SO much better than what’s up there now. In my new design I wanted each person’s information to read like a case file complete with “mugshots”, and some pretty off-the-wall information. You can view the new design for the about page HERE and the “Usual Suspects” design HERE.

By now most of you have seen my designs for the Komikazee hero that is featured on the main page of the site right? Well Komikazee forum member “Rombado” posted a picture of the custom action figure he created based on the designs I created for the character, and it looks awesome! This is the first time anyone has ever taken a drawing/design of mine and translated it into an actual sculpted piece, and I couldn’t be more excited about it. The figure is dead on for our character, and really is a wonderful piece of work. Rombado has been good enough to let me use the picture in my gallery, and has said I could also use his various progress pics if I’d like. I’m really blown away by how great this thing looks, and now my next question is....how do I get one of my own??


You can check out the picture here.

Much like everyone else I staggered into work today at 6:15am wishing it was already Friday again. I did manage to post some recent artwork to the misc. galleries over the past week, so I’m happy about that. I’ve got a lot of stuff, but there are a few things that I can’t put up right now for various reasons, so I’ll try to keep it updated with some other recent artwork I just finished. Also, got a chance to catch "The DaVinci Code" over the weekend and review it for Komikazee, if you’re interested you can read my review here. Speaking of movies, has everyone seen the latest trailer for "Superman Returns"?? it has probably the coolest ending to any trailer I’ve ever seen! if you haven’t, you can check it out here (you’ll need Quicktime).

After an almost 2 month break from updating the site I’m finally back with a ton of new things to add to the misc. galleries. Been really busy as of late, work has been killing me, the Komikazee site is really starting to take off, and Mom just got out of the hospital from some pretty intense surgery (don’t worry she’s fine). I’ve got a lot of pretty neat stuff on my plate right now that I’ll be sure to keep everyone updated with, and of course since we’re only 2 weeks away from X-Men 3 hitting theaters, you can be sure I’ll probably be doing a lot of X-Men themed artwork to get in the right mindset for the movie (it’s a geek thing). I also wanted to thank everyone for all the nice e-mails I’ve been getting regarding my work. I’m REALLY happy to see that more and more people are checking out the site and enjoying what they see! Stay tuned because there’s more on the way…

I’ve FINALLY managed to update my "ABOUT ME" page which has now been renamed "CUP OF JOE". Right now it features a brief bio, and some “interesting” facts about me. I’ll probably change it around over the next couple days, but for now at least it gives you a little bit more info rather than just “My name is Joe...” Check it out and drop me a line with any questions, comments or critiques!

Lots of new artwork added to both the AVATAR, SKETCHBOOK and GRAPHIC DESIGN sections. I am currently working on a new set of caricatures for the Komikazee site using a different style than I previously used with the other set. The style was inspired by one of my favorite artists Jeff Matsuda, and so far as translated really nicely into each of the caricatures I’ve done. I am also working on an entire group shot of the Komikazee team that will later be used to turn us all into misc. characters...similar to what I did when I changed my avatars to Superman, Spider-Man, Chuck Norris...etc. I am going to do us all in our regular street clothes, which will then provide me with the template I need to create costumes and different looks. You can check the AVATAR section to see my conceptual artwork for me as the “Human Torch” from the Fantastic 4.


Also being added is my "CUP OF JOE" section which was formerly titled “ABOUT”. I am adding some new information as we speak so hopefully I’ll be able to have some “interesting” facts about me added some time this week.

I’ve been going thru some old files and adding them to my various galleries in an attempt to translate every piece of artwork I have to the web. Just added 2 new avatars I just finished. One is called “Darth Molen” and the other is one I did of myself for St. Patrick’s Day. I’ve also added some various sketches, and the “Batman: Year One” concepts I did in 2004 that really brought a lot of attention to my work as an artist. I haven’t finished uploading all of the “BYR1” files, but I’ve got a good portion of them up in both the SKETCHBOOK and GRAPHIC DESIGNsections. I will be adding more of them over the next few days so please be patient if your favorite image isn’t up yet...there’s a lot! Also coming up are some more avatars based on the guys from Komikazee I’ve got Flash, classic Thor and Iron Man on deck so keep checking back.

I have just uploaded 20+ images to my gallery section of various pieces I’ve done both past and present. Please check out the “GRAPHIC DESIGN”, “SKETCHBOOK”, and “3D” sections for my new images. I have a lot more pictures that I will be uploading throughout the week so keep checking back for constant updates.

Some new images have been added to the illustration, graphic design and sketchbook galleries. I’ve updated it with some of the things I’ve been working on lately, and I’ve got another batch of pictures to add within the next few days, in the meantime check them out!

The site will be undergoing some minor changes over the next few days in an attempt to make it look a little bit more “organized”. Also just added is my new “Spider-Man” avatar so go check it out!

Check out the “gallery” section for a ton of images I recently uploaded. Each subcategory should have a few pieces in it (some more than others), and I will be adding as many files as I can on a daily basis. Be sure to check back for more!

My online gallery is now live!.  It’s still undergoing some construction to get it just right, but for the time being at least SOME of my artwork is up for you to check out.

Welcome to Averagejoeart.com! This site will showcase my artwork, keep people updated with things, and hopefully help answer some questions you might have about what it is I do. The site isn’t 100% finished right now (as you can tell by the lack of content) but content will be added, and some minor tweaks will be made over the next few days to ensure it’s just right. In the meantime, feel free to comment on anything you’d like, but keep it clean!