Rogue Mascots - 2026 Series

 

I'm typing this as I just finished the 2026 Series of Rogue Mascots. This started as a crazy idea last year while travelling through Southeast Asia and seeing the penguin mascot from the Japanese Dondondonki supermarkets. I had previously been to Japan 9 years ago and it brought me good memories. The Mixue snowman came also from Thailand as I couldn't stop having cheap ice cream under such massive heat. 

As I flew back home to NYC, I had a thought of making an exclusive series of forgotten / obscure mascots from different brands across the world. Purposely, I didn't want to pick the very famous cereal box mascots or other very known ones - although I guess the Duracell rabbit is quite famous but still... I wanted to go for mascots that most people wouldn't know so they would go look them up and research their stories.

I do have to admit, as months went by, it was really hard to pick new mascots, given I didn't want to repeat patterns (i.e for some reason there are tons of fully white colored mascots) and I wanted to make sure they were not famous mascots whatsoever. That's the main reason I decided to cut this short at 9 pieces instead of 16 or 36 as I did previous years.

I have really enjoyed making these series and hopefully I come up with new ideas in the near future. For now, I'll go back to regular weird monster artworks, the kind you're all used to (or not). I hope you liked this year's series and enjoy the summer. See you soon-

The Year of Nobody

 

I have to admit, every time I write here is mainly because I forgot to do it and somehow something reminds me I have a blog. It is almost 2026 and that I know of, I must be one of the few people who still have a blog -- at least nobody I personally know has one -- Writing these lines from my Manhattan office on a Friday afternoon.

Besides the Metal Souls series, this year has not been the best one for me art-wise. I really should start dedicating more time. Unfortunately I also didn't do any art shows given the effort they take every time, not barely break even (if lucky) with the costs. Let's hope the coming year is better.

Otherwise, I did travel a lot again this year (which seems to be a constant fortunately) and also worked quite a lot while not travelling. I have been thinking about buying a Samsung Galaxy tablet as an incentive to draw more while not on my desk. However, I'm on my desk most of the time so not sure how much of a difference it will make haha. 

I have been thinking about selling art online through Bitcoin-only purchases as an experiment. I am not sure however how many systems exist today for an easy shop setup that's Bitcoin focused. Maybe I should work on making one. I also still want to make a boardgame one day, since it's also another one of my good hobbies.

I hope you all have a great year 2026, I hope for you and also for me, to invest more time on our hobbies in the coming year. Stay safe!

Metal Souls Series

 

I've been away for quite some time, but here I'm back to my digital relaxation spot. There haven't been many updates regarding my art lately and especially since my last blog entry. I don't feel excited about the art shows I did last year anymore, but that hasn't stopped me from drawing on a weekly basis. While looking at my past work, I realized I had a lot of fun working on the Fruits & Veggies series back in 2023/2024. I have then decided to create a new robot-inspired series called Metal Souls.

I'm not sure how many entries this series will have, but I don't think it'll be more than eight. I originally wanted to do a four artworks series but I think eight will do it. Expect a new robot every week on my site! The Metal Souls section is already live here: https://okcerk.com/metal-souls

'til next time-

End of Summer '24

 

I sometimes forget I have this blog page while life keeps distracting me constantly. But indeed this was a fun summer, I went to Europe once again and finally stepped in Scandinavia for the first time. Lovely Norwegian fjords, castles in Copenhagen and Swedish meatballs, what a pleasure. I'm now back to NYC waiting for the cold weather to arrive, or not waiting but it's unstoppable.

This week I'll be doing a new Pancakes and Booze event, my third one actually and will conclude my art events for the year. I did enjoy doing two events at Green Point Gallery, even though it was a bit hard to arrive to the place. Hopefully I get to find a few new places next year to display my art and maybe sell some.

I have a few more trips before the end of the year but I hope I manage to make time to draw a bit more. The amount of art pieces made this year is not big, but I hope the quality gets better. I'm also searching for a new series to make, since the Fruits & Veggies was so much fun.

Not much more to add, I'll see you all soon ##

The 2024 art extravaganza

 

Well hi! Right after the crazy end of year with the Fruits & Veggies Series (where I ended up making 36 of them and I'm now planning prints for upcoming shows), I went on a two month trip to my home country of Argentina. There was no new content in this lapse, for which I'm a bit ashamed of but there was really no good time to sit down and draw.

I'm now back and the proper planning for the year has started. So far I will be attending two art shows -- one at Green Point Gallery and a new Pancakes and Booze in the coming weeks, both in Brooklyn, NY. Hopefully I get to bring new content for the second one, since I'm planning to get the Fruits series printed out soon. On that note, people seem to have loved the series and it may be a great idea to do a new one later this year.

Another idea I have been brewing is creating yet another coloring book and maybe a comic series, but that's yet to be decided.

On the NFT side, the project has not really caught much traction so it will still be there on the site, but I have just released a new homepage that removes the NFT focus. I'm back to displaying simpler content, with a link to the new Fruits series and the latest artworks uploaded. I may go back to NFTs one day, but unfortunately the craze is long gone and I have no idea how to catch traction on new users. This has been a lot of work with little results, but I'm glad about the project regardless since it's been an awesome experience. Maybe by creating more art and improving the website, it will start moving again one day.

Thanks for being there!

-Andres

Fruits & Veggies Series

Hello internet! Unfortunately I was not able to attend my second Pancakes and Booze art show this September due to horrible weather that day and the fact that it was being done outside. I arrived at the place and as they were setting up an outdoor tent, I decided to not attend that day since it was pouring rain like crazy. Sorry :|

As of today, the new Fruits & Veggies series is up on my website. This just randomly started after a friend saw the initial Tomato drawing and asked if I was making a fruit series. Then I realized a tomato can simultaneously be both a fruit and a veggie, therefore I continued with vegetables too. I will be adding a few more in the coming weeks so stay tuned!

Looney World NFTs + 1st Art Fair

 

I often forget to post updates here, but that's because most of my updates these days occur over Twitter. Anyhow, it's been an epic 2023 so far:

In March I released my first official series of NFTs called Looney World NFT. This was an interesting experiment and indeed it took long hours, days and weeks to get everything ready. The hardest part was getting the website Metamask logging and furthermore displaying the NFTs on the site. I have to say this was probably the biggest blocker. The actual creation of setup and blockchain handling of the NFTs happened over AutoMinter, a tool a highly recommend if you ever work on your own NFT project. Finally, the social media and community engagement was as always quite rough. I was well aware I was releasing an NFT collection during a massive NFT bear market, but I still had a lot of fun. The Discord channel is still alive, although not very active. The channel has mainly become a way of keeping the community up to date, but not much more unfortunately. I will keep working on the collection, there are a few web updates coming up and I'm planning on releasing exclusive content only for NFT holders. A Looney World NFT Series 2 may be on the horizon, probably for 2024.

On another note, I will be finally exposing and selling my art at an art fair / event called "Pancakes and Booze". This will occur on July 20 in Brooklyn, NY and I am getting ready by setting up prints, books, trading cards and more! I'm really looking forward to my first in person art event :)

Finally, as always I've been uploading new artwork to both Instagram and my website, trying out a few new things and enjoying myself.

Hope you all have a great summer, take care of yourself!