MOON TOOTH FLYER + OWL MOTIF

Client: Moon Tooth

Genre: Heavy Rock//Aggressive Progressive

Location: Long Island, NY

https://www.facebook.com/moontoothband/

 

OWL + RAVEN

Quick, conceptual sketches.

REBUKE THE MASSES JANUARY 2013 TOUR FLYER

Client: Rebuke the Masses
Genre: Christian/Melodic Hardcore/Metal
Location: Long Island, NY
https://www.facebook.com/rebukethemasses

REBUKE THE MASSES LOGO

Client: Rebuke the Masses
Genre: Christian/Melodic Hardcore/Metal
Location: Long Island, NY
https://www.facebook.com/rebukethemasses

The Baphomet, The Dancer

The Baphomet, The Dancer
2012, 14x17" ink on bristol board
Portfolio piece from Life Drawing I.

For sale. Email axeldlobita@yahoo.com for price.

PROJECT: PALMYRA

https://www.facebook.com/PalmyraNY

Without a doubt one of the most challenging but rewarding projects I've taken on. Started in July 2011 and finished in the end of November. We worked nonstop with constant communication, revisions, and eventually came to a four-panel wallet styled album cover and two separate shirt designs.

TRACE YOUR STEPS + MY KINGDOM TOUR FLYER

A tour flyer, pass, and Facebook Timeline cover image I designed for local Long Island bands, Trace Your Steps and My Kingdom.

https://www.facebook.com/tysTraceYourSteps
http://tystraceyoursteps.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/WeAreMyKingdom
http://mykingdom.bandcamp.com 

BILATERAL -ISON

Bison skull. Micron pen on bristol board. I apologize for the poor quality photo, once mounted a better one will be taken.

RECENT WORK: NOVEMBER 16TH-26TH

Recent sketches being rendered digitally now.... check them out in all their Instagram glory!

EAGLE: TOUR FLYER WIP

Work in progress for a tour flyer for two local bands.

TRACE YOUR STEPS: LYRICS SHIRT

Client: Trace Your Steps
Hometown: Long Island, NY (Nassau County)
Genre: Post-hardcore

Lyrics are from the track "In Perspective" off their debut EP "Between You & I".

LIMITLESS: 6-PANEL ALBUM PACKAGING FOR SALE

SKYBOUND: FOR SALE: 6-PANEL ALBUM INSERT

CASTLEWORKS: TOUR FLYER FOR SALE

ELISION "SICK" DESIGN

Completed shirt design for Long Island post-hardcore band Elision!

ELISION SHIRT MOCKUP #1

Shirt mockups/rough sketches for a design created for the Long Island-based post-hardcore band Elision.

WITHIN OUR GATES CD RELEASE FLYER

Flyer created for the album release show for Virginia metal band Within Our Gates. Always a pleasure working for them!

DANI CONCESSI BUSINESS CARD

Business card design and logo created for Dani Concessi, a local body piercer and tattoo artist.

TEASER 1

Teaser shots from a client's projects... from top to bottom:

Album artwork front/back panels
Album artwork inside (lyrics) panels
Shirt design (black on white)
Shirt design (blue/white on black)

CAVITY THE RAM (for sale)

FOR SALE.

This is Cavity, a male ram's skull done in metallic acrylic paint on a 11"x14" canvas.

He's for sale for $75 (cash) or best offer. I'll deliver him anywhere in the Nassau/Suffolk County area. If you're out of state, we can disc

uss shipping rates with insurance to make sure he gets to you safely.

The "Cavity" design itself is also for sale for use on a t-shirt, album cover, etc. This post is only concerning the original painting. If you're interested in purchasing him as a design please send me an email at axeldlobita@yahoo.com

SURFACE OUR SANCTUARY LOGO (rejected)

Rejected by the client, but still a piece I'm proud of. Entirely hand drawn.

PALMYRA LOGO 2012

Over the last few months I've had a lot of people asking me who "Client L" is. Client L is a "big local client" from Long Island, NY. They just recorded their EP down in Nashville, Tennessee with 456 Recordings, and are making LI proud every day. They're a breath of fresh air followed by a nice hard kick in the ribs in an otherwise stagnant and generic genre where almost all bands now sound the same. I haven't seen an up and coming band from the area create such a loyal and heart-pumping crowd response during their shows. They just opened for The Acacia Strain last week at 89 North in Patchogue, and next month they'll be opening for BORN OF OSIRIS / UNEARTH @ OLLIE'S POINT / REVOLUTION 11.02.12.

I'm very excited and proud to announce that I am now the designer and photographer for Palmyra!

Here's their logo for 2012/2013, the first of many designs we've collaborated on. Expect shirt designs and a beautiful album cover design to come.

www.facebook.com/PalmyraNY

CAVITY THE RAM - PREVIEW

Instagram photo of my newest painting "Cavity" the ram skull. Will take a better photo tomorrow of the entire piece.

11"x14" on canvas, watered-down acrylic paint.

BLUE & YELLOW

Old markers/acrylic piece done last December 2011.

THE END MINUS YOU LOGO

MISERIA LOGO

Logo designed for Long Island, NY melodic death metal band Miseria.

WORK IN PROGRESS: HANDS+SPINE

Lovely Instagram quality of a drawing assignment for my Life Drawing class. Topic is "two body parts interacting". Referenced off a woodburned image from Etsy.com of two hands grasping a fraying rope. Decided to do my own adaptation of the human spine and back of the skull plus the hands.

Done entirely in #2 Ticonderoga pencil
Time: 5 hours

THE END MINUS YOU LOGO SKETCH

Sketch preview of Long Island metalcore band The End Minus You.

GROUP OF SKULLS SKETCH

"Group of Skulls" shirt design

Color scheme: dark lime green, dark teal, light teal
Skulls species from left to right: otter, human, mouse, bobcat

HAYMAKER PRODUCTIONS ONE YEAR SHIRT

GROUP OF SKULLS

Design in the works.

Otter - Human - Starling - Bobcat

SHOW FLYER FOOTAGE OF A YETI

Flyer created for Saturday, Sept. 22nd.

LEVIATHAN LOGO

FOOTAGE OF A YETI

Logo redesign/alternate logo for Footage of a Yeti from Queens, NY. They wanted a logo to look as similar to the original as possible, but in a total horizontal format instead of "stacked" like it was previously.

CITY OF THE DEAD

WITHIN OUR GATES LOGO

FXZERO SHIRT DESIGN

Design never used, but still worth posting.