Just a quick post… I was going through my sketchbook and saw that this little guy has been popping up for years. I found one of the bigger sketches that I had and did a quick color job in Photoshop.
Now that the last project is finished, I just started getting ready for this July’s San Diego Comic Con. I hope to share some of the things that I’m working on with the following posts. More soon!
~Rhode
There’s a hand-pulled noodle place that my friends and I like to go to and we have become some sort of regulars there. Sometimes there’s a kid that works there, my guess would be he’s around 10 or 11 years old. I feel it’s really because of this kid that he makes us feel like regulars there, because he helps his parents at the restaurant sometimes by taking our order. He ALWAYS remembers what we like to order. He usually will put in the order for us and then goes back to doing what he was doing, which is normally working on his homework or reading. Good kid.
I don’t know why, but I thought that he must do this everyday when he gets home from school and wouldn’t it be cool if we “accidently” left some TOP SECRET documents behind, for some plans for a cool robot or something. Something that maybe he would get a kick finding and reading. I know I would’ve enjoyed that as a kid! I presented the robot documents idea to my friend Jason one day on our way over to the noodle place, and as soon as I told him he said he was in! Jason has helped me with my antics before. When we got to the restaurant that day, the kid placed our order and went right back to burying his face in a huge book that said REPTILES on the cover. That’s when Jason said to me, “It has to be a robot snake!” A few days later I get an email from Jason with the TOP SECRET copy to V.I.P.E.R.R:
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C’fied — Docket# 336710023 ; Test# 223410002
CODE: CHAO CHAO MENG
THIS DOCUMENT IS FOR GOVERNMENT EYES ONLY. EVERYTHING INCLUDED HEREIN IS CLASSIFIED AND SHOULD BE TREATED AS SUCH. ABSOLUTELY NO COPYS, PHOTOGRAPHS OR NOTES ARE TO BE TAKEN OF / FROM THIS TEXT WITHOUT GENERAL T. MAGNUS PERMISSION, APPROVAL AND PRESENCE. ANY PERSONS READING THIS NOT A PART OF SPECIFIC CODE # 2099864892 DO NOT HAVE CLEARANCE AND SHOULD IMMEDIATELY STOP ALL ACTIONS AND READING OF THIS DOCUMENT.
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THIS DOCUMENT CONCERNS THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SPY CELLS PROJECT# 134310002 FROM HERE ON OUT DESIGNATED AS VENTRICLE INTERCEPTION PROSTHESIS EVOLVING RETINA REPTILE (V.I.P.E.R.R.)
Dr. Edgar Scholentsky designed and modified the original prototype. The cells are made of an organic skin harvested from cadavers. They are run by nano-machines and are capable of adaptation to any / all severe environments. V.I.P.E.R.R.s are able to transform size and locution, modifying through speakers, the change of pitch and vocal tones of whomever is speaking from a remote microphone linked up to the device. The V.I.P.E.R.R. is first and foremost a medical and/or war device disguised as a snake / serpent / worm. The V.I.P.E.R.R. can grow in size of 12 feet and shrink microscopically, entering the heart and monitoring the waves and bodily functions of enemies or allies. It is a spy probe which can be ejected from any altitude, dropped onto any surface. Housed in an exoskeleton consisting of modified osteodermal membranes, pre-hatching allows the V.I.P.E.R.R.s to be housed in any condition and under any weight rigors or pressures including air and underwater pressure. Though the V.I.P.E.R.R.s are “alive” in that they are made from re-animated flesh, the robotic nano-machines housed within supply all the commands and needs of the said device.
THEY ARE CONTROLLED BY US AND HAVE NO MIND OF THEIR OWN.
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The V.I.P.E.R.R. is a revolutionary and breakthrough device in its evolving shape and eye.
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[TO SEE UNEXPURGATED / EXPANDED TEXT ON MEDICAL USES AND TEST RESULTS, REFER TO DOCKET / DOSSIER #9177531762]
The V.I.P.E.R.R. was originally designed for medical purposes. After Dr. Edgar Scholentsky discovered he could grow, remotely, the size of the structure he decided to harvest it for both medical and war purposes. When shot or dropped, the V.I.P.E.R.R. is capable of entering a person’s body either by burrowing in the skin, causing no feeling whatsoever or by being inhaled or ingested. Once inside, the retina (eye) of the V.I.P.E.R.R. is able to see and relay back data on the person including vital signs, life-span, medical traits, chemical compounds and brain functions.
The V.I.P.E.R.R. can be worn as a prosthesis as well, changing size to fit and wrap around the waist. Once attached to a person externally, it harbors many security functions:
Immunity against all weather and heightened or super-heightened sounds / frequencies; ///–/// An outer shell which is Bulletproof, Bio-proof, Fireproof, …..
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The ventricle interception of the V.I.P.E.R.R. revolves around the facts and numerous tests that in its evolving shape, it can shrink down to microscopic size, entering any organ in order to repair the body / organ from the inside or destroy it.
The V.I.P.E.R.R. uses advanced laser technology and magnetized receptors to extract the metal from the body, rendering the blood and all liquids within the body useless. The patient or recipient literally suffocates on his own bodily fluids as the lungs cave in and the heart pumps out bile. The laser on the tip of the V.I.P.E.R.R., housed next to the camera, emits a light beam capable of cutting through metal surfaces (excluding adamantium and carpith enxcres) and all organic surfaces. Tests show that the laser has a GREEN productivity level capable of cutting through 30 feet of solid rock.
One of the main uses of the laser is for escape. Once inside a body, the V.I.P.E.R.R. can only egress when defecated, vomited or sneezed. It can burrow out of the skin, but this causes discomfort with the patient. However if a patient is dying as the V.I.P.E.R.R. has disposed of it, the liquid within the body, having lost its metal, disrupts the navigable centers of the V.I.P.E.R.R.. The laser turns on, cuts through the flesh / bone / organ and the viper is free to leave in either the same size or larger. Once outside, the navigable ports reactivate.
The V.I.P.E.R.R. is powered entirely by an internal battery which charges and gets the bulk of its energy from the sun, its patient or any heat source.
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VIDEO / CAMERA / SPY CAPABILITIES:
The V.I.P.E.R.R. comes equipped with a 23.7 megapixel camera capable of taking pictures at any size. The lens contracts with the skin and the mirrors are made of fibers which grow and contract in unison with its evolution / transformation in size.
Video capabilities at this early stage are limited to 20 minutes of recorded data, though the V.I.P.E.R.R. is able to emit and broadcast at secured frequencies a video and/or audio channel.
Due to its ability to evolve / transform size, the V.I.P.E.R.R. is the perfect spy tool. It can fit anywhere and enter any location without a trail behind it or any observation / perception from the outside subject.
FORTHCOMING LIVE FIELD TESTS WILL BE NOTED AND ALL DATA LISTED IN DOCKET / DOSSIER #6194248975
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It was great to read and it inspired me to draw this:
Now we wait for the perfect time to “accidently” leave the documents behind after we eat there and for the kid to hopefully find! I’m hoping that this isn’t a mean-spirited thing because it’s not a real thing, but my friend Jason and I both share the thought that we would’ve loved finding something like this as kids. Hopefully, it just fuels his imagination. If anything, it’ll give him something to read.
-Agent Rhode
Hello everyone!
After losing all of my entries to my blog after a Spam attack last month, I simply must start all over. I found myself doodling something for the holidays and this was just a quick sketch that I colored. It’s Scrooge and Jacob Marley from Dickens’ Christmas Carol. If by some chance there’s someone out there that saved my entries of past, I would greatly appreciate it if you contacted me.
Merry Christmas!
Rhode
Here’s a Dia De Los Muertos inspired logo I just did.
Rhode
The Halloweeen-inspired madness continues…Here’s another image done in the similar style as the previous, “Humpty Pumpkin”. I was trying to go for a vintage look to these.
-Rhode
October is usually a crazy productive time for me, because of my favorite holiday at the end of the month, Halloween. I love me some Halloween! I also always look forward to Dia de los Muertos, which follows on November 2nd. I tend to get really inspired around this time and produce things more than I normally do. I started to feel the season change here last month, so the madness began a bit earlier than scheduled. On the side, I’ve been doing some Halloween and Day of the Dead drawings and crafts, that I hope to share here, in the days leading up to the festivities. I also hope to share some past works that I have never posted, including one of my favorite yearly traditions at my parents’ house. I hope you’ll make a return visit for that. Here’s one drawing, for now…
Thanks for visiting,
-Rhode