Bayonetta, AtomeFabrik, and "the Artisan Rogue"

As some of you may know, I am a HUGE fan of the game company Sega. As a kid, while other kids had their NES systems, I had a Sega Master System and a copy of Lord of the Sword, and from that point on, I began collecting and reading up on everything Sega. I happened to come across a contest that was being put on by Wizard in cooperation with Sega to celebrate the introduction of the newest original character in the Sega character stable, Bayonetta. The competition was calling for artists to submit a re-envisioned take on this supernatural gun toting heroine. So, I submitted the artwork below.

About the same time I began working on this, I had received a phenomenal work of art from a buddy of mine in England who runs a business that focuses on extremely tough and well made hand machined goggles. His name is Nicolas, and his site is www.AtomeFabrik.com. As it turns out, the design that he and I had talked about became the origin of the idea for creating "Steampunk Bayonetta".

And what do you know? I ended up placing in the top 10! I have to commend the other artists that I ended up competing against as there was an insane amount of talent to go up against!

I'll be posting up some information soon about my convention schedule for this next year as soon as some details are finalized and I can figure out where and what I am able to attend to push Pagan Zoetrope.

Look for my next update for more information on this. Have a fun and sage Halloween, I'll be trying to take pictures of some of the cool costumes I hope to see and maybe post a few of them up on here. Thanks for reading! -Mario